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by kochikame 8y ago
Fascinating to see such an obviously intelligent brain at work under such unusual circumstances.
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by kochikame 8y ago
Taking photos of things you are interested in is, for me, fine. It's easy to take photos and we can all snap those flowers, beers, sights etc. that we like. Taking photos of yourself, on the other hand, just seems to me to be grossly n
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by kochikame 8y ago
Not really a good analogy. The brain does far, far more than marshal resources and distribute the where they are needed, which in essence is what the financial sector does for the economy.
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by kochikame 8y ago
You're right. Even on a warm Friday night, the city center couldn't be said to be crowded. You can get a seat at a bar or a table pretty much anywhere you want, in my experience.
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by kochikame 8y ago
Your comment made me think of the Bournville model village that Cadbury's built for their workers in Victorian times https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bournville
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by kochikame 8y ago
Downtown San Jose is a curious place. There are almost no stores and only a few big companies (like Adobe) clustered together. It seems like bars and restaurants are the only things really thriving there. If you compare the experience of wa
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by kochikame 8y ago
Everyone is reading this in Archer's voice
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by kochikame 8y ago
I wonder if a similar change would occur in the brains of native English speakers who learn Chinese or Japanese as adults? After all, it's a whole new way set of very different characters to learn and decode. It may be that once the bi
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by kochikame 8y ago
You've inspired me to try it. Next time I'm waiting for a train, I'm just going to stand there and see what happens.
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by kochikame 8y ago
Good points. In my comment, I was focused on the difficulties around getting the information you need and being aware of what is happening in other parts of the company, but there is also the huge factor around punishing risk-takers too. Fo
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by kochikame 8y ago
No one knows anything in big companies Lots of smart, talented and energetic people are expending most of their power just figuring out who to talk to about what or what the hell that out-of-the-blue email from corporate finance means for t
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by kochikame 8y ago
Sapiens was a great read, very thought-provoking, but the weakest part of it by far were the final chapters on technology and the near future. He kind of just dropped a few buzzwords, asked a lot of big questions and put a bow on it. Very
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by kochikame 8y ago
Good managers always connect people, by breaking through silo walls and barriers
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by kochikame 8y ago
Try living in a country like Japan for a while and you may have the experience of having your idea shit on or ignored because of your race. It's just a majority/minority thing. As a caveat, it is still a pretty privileged position
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by kochikame 8y ago
Yeah, default subs and the unfiltered reddit front page is awful. Just subscribe to things you really want to hear/talk about, block users who harsh your mellow and you should be fine.
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by kochikame 8y ago
"Invasion"? No. Managing an "occupation", maybe. But look what the US left behind when it withdrew from those nations. Independent, stable, wealthy, democratic, growing, peaceful countries which now rank high on most dev
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by kochikame 8y ago
I hate these kinds of articles and titles. I mean, the science is interesting, but it's not like "survival of the fittest" is now discredited or anything. Fit doesn't mean physically fit, it means fit as in "fit for
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Some Techies Are Shunning Silicon Valley for the Japanese Dream(bloomberg.com)
148 points by kochikame 8y ago|218 comments
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by kochikame 8y ago
These rules can always be broken, however. Money can always be found with the right person inside saying "I want this person on the team ASAP"
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by kochikame 8y ago
Dexterity is their secret weapon!
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by kochikame 8y ago
With this kind of dexterity, I would say Las Vegas croupiers should be getting a little worried and thinking about re-skilling. David Copperfield should be OK a while longer though
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by kochikame 8y ago
With the huge exception of Spotlight on Mac OS