jmeister

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   by jmeister 7y ago

   The private industry, academia(atleast for STEM) are still worlds best, by a mile
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   by jmeister 7y ago

   Add CS to Math and Physics, and you’ll go through the next one very rich
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   by jmeister 7y ago

   What a story. Thanks for sharing
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   by jmeister 7y ago

   Third possibility thrown around some alt journos on Twitter is that the president was _persuading_ Google to help. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/14/us/politics/trump-google-...
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   by jmeister 7y ago

   Something which uses a DSL to describe the business domain, like Viaweb by PG in the late 90s
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   by jmeister 7y ago

   I’m just using the colloquialism “most important job” for POTUS
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   by jmeister 7y ago

   You could also take inspiration from all the age 70+ candidates interviewing for the most important job in the world :-)
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   by jmeister 7y ago

   PG talks about noticing the same phenomenon - when at Yahoo during the dotcom bubble - in the beginning of this article: http://www.paulgraham.com/bubble.html
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   by jmeister 7y ago

   I just started studying CLV models for a research project. Has anyone implemented/seen these kinds of models in production?
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    by jmeister 8y ago

    Yoga and ballroom dancing, especially Tango, are two ways that helped me get out of my mind and tune into my body/emotions/instincts more.
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    by jmeister 10y ago

    Bezos is a lot richer and is on his way to making a ton more.
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    by jmeister 10y ago

    Paris has been doing fine without money from tech for thousands of years thank you very much
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    by jmeister 10y ago

    I don't see why this is bad - I echoed this sentiment in my previous comment. Not every city/country needs to turn into SF/US. Most people associate Paris with old world charm, weltsmerchz, brooding philosophers and artists,
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    by jmeister 10y ago

    Honestly I don't see this as a bad thing. It would be a tragedy if every country turned into a cut-throat capitalist place like the US. In fact I'd go further and say it would be better if the US is like NYC of the world - a place
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    by jmeister 10y ago

    I think it's a combination of two factors: 1. Programmers have lower status in the UK relative to the US - UK is more status/class conscious in general whereas US is more about money/productivity/impact. 2. Due to a bigg
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    by jmeister 10y ago

    Please add me to the beta test list too! This sounds awesome.
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    by jmeister 11y ago

    https://www.metacademy.org provides plans for learning certain technical topics.
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    Tech Is Alpha(cantabcapital.com)

    3 points by jmeister 11y ago|0 comments
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    by jmeister 12y ago

    They all do in varying degrees - e.g. Goldman's Slang/SecDB -and are investing in well-engineered valuation/risk systems that work across various trading units due to regulatory pressures as well as to reduce manpower/ma
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    by jmeister 13y ago

    Related quote by Yo-Yo Ma: It takes three generations to make a musician; the first to leave poverty, the second to go to school, and the third to master the instrument.
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    by jmeister 13y ago

    There's a similar situation in finance - Goldman is known to pay slightly below market to entry-level/junior employees, and the gaps swings the other way with senior employees who make above market on average.
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    by jmeister 14y ago

    You just discovered Vipassana meditation on your own!