jmcgough

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by jmcgough 10y ago
I saw several small fashion startups pop up in the bay area after Nasty Gal got big revenue numbers. They all were obsessively trying to replicate them and chase after their success (even to the point of copying Amoruso's way of writin
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by jmcgough 10y ago
The New Yorker did an interesting article examining one such cheater http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/08/06/marathon-man
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by jmcgough 10y ago
> Sounds like the author has personal problems they're mistakenly ascribing to their work. I struggled socially in my early 20s and avoided dealing with it by drowning myself in work. Intentionally or not, it sounds like working non
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by jmcgough 10y ago
I'll probably get them if I keep up my level of travel, the free tsa pre-check, airline expense reimbursement, and benefits at hotels (free spa treatments etc) alone pay for the annual fee.
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by jmcgough 10y ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/fuckedcompany/ exists, though it's not updated as regularly
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by jmcgough 10y ago
"Bannon has been working on the long-term strategic vision that will shape the Trump administration’s overall foreign policy approach," Rogin reported, citing transition officials. He "is committed to working on the buildup o
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by jmcgough 10y ago
Because the majority voted for Clinton.
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by jmcgough 10y ago
Cute game, but it crashed in combat after playing for a bit: Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'moves' of null at Board.onDragStartPiece ( http://thefounder.biz/play/bundle.js:247249:71 )
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by jmcgough 10y ago
That book is #1 for classic american literature on Amazon right now.
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by jmcgough 10y ago
> I don't understand what's specific about Palantir They've already developed the tech that the government is likely to use, have millions of dollars of federal contracts, and have done very little to convince the public t
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by jmcgough 10y ago
For those wondering what the rationale is, the protest website has a good explanation: http://dobetter.tech
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by jmcgough 10y ago
Having already attempted suicide twice, I don't think she would have lived through 4 years of the Trump administration. Obama literally saved her life.
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by jmcgough 10y ago
The larger problem is that many people can't differentiate between the two, and will be drawn to fake news if the message appeals to them (confirmation bias).
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by jmcgough 10y ago
Plenty of people on the left were talking about it, but they live in highly populated states (CA, NY) where their vote counts for a lot less.
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by jmcgough 10y ago
In bio sciences (I was in neuro), nature is considered a tier one journal and a big deal to get published in.
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by jmcgough 10y ago
If you were making that little money, you were likely eligible for Medicaid.
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by jmcgough 10y ago
I don't view child porn, but I still never let techs look at my drives. You never know what they'll do with your data. As an example, one Geek Squad tech took a female art student's naked art photos and shared them online: h
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by jmcgough 10y ago
There's a lot of great events and talks there. JWZ frequently allows the EFF to use the space. DNA is more than just a dance club, it's an important community space.
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by jmcgough 10y ago
I appreciate your wanting to make tech more inclusive, but I am a woman, and I don't need to be protected from comments that reference sex.
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by jmcgough 10y ago
Same here - I'm actually studying to take the first actuarial exam. Not sure if it's something I want to seriously pursue, but it's fun learning the math.
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by jmcgough 10y ago
Was just there two days ago, that place is like an engineer's wet dream.
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by jmcgough 10y ago
I didn't push back enough on stories that were poorly thought out. I didn't ask enough questions and make sure I understood the real problems before trying to write code. I wasted a bunch of time trying to get a jenkins server run
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by jmcgough 10y ago
A lot of the critical comments I see here are addressed the Uber paper ( https://www.uber.com/elevate.pdf ) which is a really interesting read. The cusp of their argument is that several technologies are coming together to ma
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by jmcgough 10y ago
You're right, I was thinking actively managed funds in general, not specifically hedge funds.
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by jmcgough 10y ago
I think what we're seeing is a significant shift away from actively managed funds to passively managed funds, like index funds. People are becoming more educated about personal finance and are recognizing how much active management fee
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by jmcgough 10y ago
I was pretty blown away by it in theaters - crazy to see Tarkin, Leia, and Mothma, looking and sounding almost exactly as they did in in Episode 4 all those years ago.
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2016 also took one of the greatest female scientists of all time(cnn.com)
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by jmcgough 10y ago
Lol, every other tweet is about harambe, his supposed upcoming rap album or hillary having parkinsons.
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by jmcgough 10y ago
I don't think internet comments are a useful survey of opinions.
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by jmcgough 10y ago
They've had several excellent investigative articles recently - the investigative group is headed by a pulitzer award winner.

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