john_b

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   by john_b 15y ago

   Since AMEX caters to wealthier customers you would think that they would be on top of this kind of thing...
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   by john_b 15y ago

   There are two big problems with this study. First, their data selection is skewed and relies heavily on countries with longstanding cultural problems (besides inequality) affecting their economic growth. Just look at the list of countries c
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   by john_b 15y ago

   That one is fairly short and is mostly an overview of prior work. I think the original sources he's referencing are these: http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/sdn/2011/sdn1108.pdf http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=21769
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   by john_b 15y ago

   I think people pre-judge others too much. In older, much more traditional cultures, marriages managed to remain stable in cases where the bride and groom did not even meet until shortly before their wedding. That is a completely different t
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   by john_b 15y ago

   It's worse to actively try to hide the other women than to bring them up. I have never done this myself, but my dad did when he was younger. He wouldn't bring up the other women on purpose, but if one of them wanted to spend some time toget
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   by john_b 15y ago

   I'll second the dancing idea. Salsa and other types of latin dance are especially good, since the culture of those dance forms is (generally) that there is nothing wrong in asking a girl to dance whether she is in a relationship or not. But
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   by john_b 15y ago

   I think you've completely missed the point. Pick any girl you like and show her some pictures of well dressed men wearing ties and then ask her if she thought about the level of blood flowing to their brains. She might think about other thi
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   by john_b 15y ago

   My impression was always that MBA programs are best suited for people who wanted to work within an existing organization rather than create their own. Most of the MBAs I know are middle management or above in engineering companies, and the
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   by john_b 15y ago

   I think a technical solution for a technical problem is better than a legal solution to a technical problem, especially since the hardware and infrastructure for such a widespread camera system (not to mention the associated state bureaucra
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    by john_b 15y ago

    I don't think the average person on HN is the target audience for this in the first place. If you know HTML5 and Javascript and work in a web-based environment most of the time, then this probably won't help you much. On the other hand, if
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    by john_b 15y ago

    I think you missed the author's point. The article wasn't about gaining more (or infinite) time. It was about maximizing your joy in life by living in such a way that you can be proud of your accomplishments without being overwhelmed by the
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    by john_b 15y ago

    "The most important principle on HN, though, is to make thoughtful comments. Thoughtful in both senses: both civil and substantial." "Empty comments can be ok if they're positive. There's nothing wrong with submitting a comment saying just
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    by john_b 15y ago

    It does matter; unlike the web development world where blogs are ubiquitous, in some industries writing a blog may be a complete waste of time. A better way to market yourself may be to go out and actually shake hands with people. There is
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    by john_b 15y ago

    I think this is an excellent idea. If published software could be tagged via a unique identifier (like the DOI of a paper), then it could be cited by that tag just like a paper. Well written software might even get cited more than the paper
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    by john_b 15y ago

    PhD student funding is guaranteed in my department, but not funding for M.S. students. Initially I did have a RA, supplied by my advisor's start up funding (he was fairly new at the time). But when his grant applications were rejected and h
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    by john_b 15y ago

    Even when money allows for this, it's not always possible to segregate the work. I.e. a scientist may fully understand the mathematics of his work, but not understand that translating the math directly into code will cause serious performan
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    by john_b 15y ago

    I'm a M.S. student in mechanical engineering facing a similar situation, except I haven't put any code on Github (my advisor wants to keep it proprietary, but I probably would not bother putting it up even if he were ok with it). I've writt