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by klochner 14y ago
1) We're not in a position to value the acquisition. 2) TechCrunch is more of a PR outlet than news source. It has an occasional news story, but the vast majority are PR pieces. Surely Mailbox met the minimum bar for some glowing PR pieces
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by klochner 14y ago
On a smaller scale, I often observe a general feeling of uneasiness without knowing why, and can usually trace it back to something I was thinking about in the most recent 10-20 minutes.
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by klochner 14y ago
tldr: && has higher operator precedence than "and" Significantly, "&&" > "=" > "and", which can lead to unintended results when refactoring "&&" --> "and"
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by klochner 14y ago
"Welcome to our team, here's the spec for our project, and here's the spec for our DSL. See you in a month."
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by klochner 14y ago
Given that most people working tech in the valley haven't hit a lot of significant roadblocks, this is a great parable for HN to find compassion - we too often write off the less fortunate as merely less talented or hard working.
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by klochner 14y ago
They made a reasoned decision based on: - gems shouldn't be installed via ports in the first place - the ports are not being maintained by BSD - the gems/ports in question would need to be patched You turned that into "rails sux
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by klochner 14y ago
The more important point about the Big 5 is that Introversion and Extroversion aren't opposing qualities - so "ambivert" no longer means you sit in the middle of some bipolar scale - more likely you just score high in extroversion and consc
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by klochner 14y ago
Digressing . . . centrifugal force is a non-inertial force. It's roughly equivalent to being in a car which accelerates quickly so that you feel pressure from the seat on your back. The centrifugal force in this case would be the pseudo
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by klochner 14y ago
Chomsky is extremely methodical in citing references and providing evidence to back up his narratives. Any over correction is on the part of the reader, not the writer.
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by klochner 14y ago
Thanks - that's helpful to know.
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by klochner 14y ago
A friend from grad school was working on this at Toyota about 6 years ago, so I can confirm this didn't somehow take the car companies by surprise.
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by klochner 14y ago
He didn't invest in a solar cell manufacturer, he bought a couple of solar energy plants - mostly fixed cost, variable revenue. If energy prices come down, he will lose money.
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by klochner 14y ago
Isn't this something of a contrarian bet on solar technology, and energy technology more generally? If you anticipate technology improving or prices for energy coming down, you wouldn't invest in today's technology.
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As Swing Districts Dwindle, Can a Divided House Stand?(fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com)
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by klochner 14y ago
aside from hormone imbalances, why do you care at all about water retention?
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by klochner 14y ago
Water weight may make it harder to track your "true" weight, but that shouldn't affect your eating decisions. More specifically, your water retention will fluctuate up and down within a narrow band depending on your diet, but you will never
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by klochner 14y ago
The Forbes brand is about money and wealth - they're most famous for the Forbes 500 list of 500 wealthiest individuals - so including academics or open-source people wouldn't make sense.
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by klochner 14y ago
The main thrust of his post is "look at this idea that no economists seem to be aware of". He makes his point by googling for this term that he made up. He does not appear to be an Econometrician, nor a Statistician (I can't find his CV, w
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by klochner 14y ago
cynicalkane: "He's not criticizing people for not having heard of the name" Nick Rowe: "Google seems to tell me I'm right. I'm the first link, which is really pathetic for such an important idea." Not to mention that googling for "F
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by klochner 14y ago
Am I the only one who read Friedman's paper? [1] The answer to OP's question [2] - "why are economists unaware of milton friedman's thermostat" - is because the OP is misinterpreting Friedman's paper, and therefore has misattributed this
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by klochner 14y ago
But in practice people buy houses with heavy leverage (often only 20% down), meaning that price appreciations have the potential to multiply their capital and more than make up for the price gap widening.
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by klochner 14y ago
I personally take a proactive view of my environment, but Derek's post is lacking moderation. From the description of Battered Person Syndrome [1]: - The abused thinks that the violence was his or her fault. - The abused has an in
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In Dieting, Magic Isn’t a Substitute for Science(nytimes.com)
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by klochner 14y ago
"... the [MM] theorem is still taught and studied because it tells something very important. That is, capital structure matters precisely because one or more of these assumptions is violated. It tells where to look for determinants of optim
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by klochner 14y ago
What happens when you need someone else to take an action before you can move forward? It's like blocking IO.
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by klochner 14y ago
The flip side is that you can out-compete by hiring the underpriced developers with experience. As mentioned elsewhere in this thread, hiring for experience doesn't make as much sense if your company is the next iteration on mobile/social w
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by klochner 14y ago
More generally - be aggressive with your data: probe it, sort it, graph it, sanity check it, and never take it at face value.
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I'm pretty sure you just got trolled - their website is a 404.
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by klochner 14y ago
Do people associate liking things with "completing their profiles"? Maybe I've been on the other side for too long, but I equate liking a page with opting into their facebook marketing content, and I unlike if I want to opt out.
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by klochner 14y ago
I think it's self-fulfilling - people see his posts score high for a submission, so they scramble to be the first to submit his next one, or automate submission through a bot/rss. That agrees with the observation that this post hit 15 point

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