karl11

18 ms·

151.
by karl11 18y ago
One of my professors, at an ivy league school no less, mentioned how he thinks admissions would get the same quality student body if they admitted every fifth candidate, as long as they didn't tell anyone they were doing things that way. I
152.
by karl11 18y ago
While I agree that Jim Cramer got ripped apart... and I don't really care for Cramer anyway, I didn't care for Jon Stewart's attack on long term investing. People on Wall St. were not engaging in long-term value investing, but in short-ter
153.
by karl11 18y ago
Just a problem I found - it doesn't limit the new tabs to article links. So if I click to view my profile, then click to see what articles I've saved, it opens a bunch of new tabs when I only really want one. Does the same thing when I cl
154.
by karl11 18y ago
Awesome, I usually middle-click so its no hassle, but when I'm without a mouse on my laptop, this will be great to have.
155.
by karl11 18y ago
Why isn't this illegal, and why does Yahoo serve ads to this clown?
156.
by karl11 18y ago
"Society doesn’t need newspapers. What we need is journalism." Right now, I don't see any real journalism that occurs only in the online world. And we really do need it to keep watch on those in power. I understand his argument that jou
157.
by karl11 18y ago
The most important conclusion, in my opinion, is this one: "there is a great deal of hostility toward [systematic and disciplined inquiry] by people who feel their values threatened" This is the most widespread and most damaging anti-intell
158.
by karl11 18y ago
I would be inclined to agree with you. I don't think the inconvenience is too great to wipe with three passes just to make sure.
159.
by karl11 18y ago
I've never heard of this idea... I'm scanning econ blogs for the rest of the day to see if anyone comments on it.
160.
by karl11 18y ago
It bothers me that someone trying to present evidence on whether or not children should vote needs to throw in political commentary on how voting minors would have averted the disaster that was George W. Bush. How can someone be scientifica
161.
by karl11 18y ago
CDSs work like this: Imagine you buy a house, and then you take out fire insurance with AIG in case it burns down. You pay AIG a premium for the fire insurance. They pay you a large lump sum if the house burns down. Now imagine that AIG
162.
by karl11 18y ago
Our dealings with China is really not what has created the mess we're in right now. I hope Thomas Friedman didn't actually blame the crisis on our trade imbalance with China. This video [ http://vimeo.com/3261363?pg=embed&sec= ] does
163.
by karl11 18y ago
I like his overall message - but I can't help feel a twinge of disagreement that happiness and success do not come from following your passion and your dreams. I think a better way to say it would be that you might not find yourself where
164.
by karl11 18y ago
I wonder how many readers of HN are philosophically inclined rather than pragmatic?