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3451.
by mathattack 11y ago
Beyond security, this highlights one of the main issues with the cloud. Was there no backup? Of course once you get beyond the headline, I think most people are much worse with protecting themselves from rare outages than Google.
3452.
by mathattack 11y ago
The kids do much better when I'm the one on business trips than my wife. (I can manage, but they miss her more than they miss me.) Not sure how universal this is. I hear it changes when the kids get older. Also - the dad in the story i
3453.
by mathattack 11y ago
The more I read this, the more skeptical I become. All this shows is "What characteristics are most likely to get you an offer?" This is a little important from a narrow process metric, but isn't valuable to the company&#x2
3454.
by mathattack 11y ago
The same is true from name brand schools. They filter for good test scores and other things.
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by mathattack 11y ago
I agree. As a hiring manager, I prefer to do resume reviews. It's an activity that can be done with a six pack (or bottle) in the evening, and still be 10x as accurate and efficient as an HR manager. One would think they would have t
3456.
by mathattack 11y ago
Yes - remarkably, options are priced using the mathematical physics of heat diffusion. (& GPUs are used to speed up the calculations)
3457.
by mathattack 11y ago
I do too, but thought I was in the minority relative to much bigger sites. :-)
3458.
by mathattack 11y ago
I don't know about the three commenters, but I have no connection with Ryan or the company. Very interesting that HN might be worthy of being gamed.
3459.
by mathattack 11y ago
Indeed. In this instance a negative keyword filter would be appropriate. :-)
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The Advent of Artisanal Cash(nytimes.com)
8 points by mathattack 11y ago|0 comments
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The digital media industry needs to react to ad blockers … or else(cjr.org)
1 points by mathattack 11y ago|0 comments
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by mathattack 11y ago
Are these long resumes playing Keyword Bingo, or shorter resumes? I've kept my resume to 1 page and avoid the table stakes skills.
3463.
by mathattack 11y ago
Here's my take... It's not a moral decision, it's a financing decision. Larry and Sergey (and their initial backers) made a decision to put this structure in place. Everyone is free to decide to invest or not invest in it.
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Advance/Newhouse Acquires 1010data for $500M(blogs.wsj.com)
5 points by mathattack 11y ago|0 comments
3465.
by mathattack 11y ago
Here's the thing... Many companies are actually poorly run. For most of them, Wall Street does the dirty work of forcing them to relinquish their money to more productive efforts. (Think of all the bloated monopolies who used to hav
3466.
by mathattack 11y ago
Do schools really make people take an MS Word class? I've never seen anyone have the courage to put that on a resume or transcript.
3467.
by mathattack 11y ago
I interpret it as keeping the ad machine separate from everything else. If product decision impact ad revenue, they stay in (G)oogle. Everything else moves to different arms. My guess is this serves 3 benefits: 1 - Less turf wars. 2 - Bett
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Uber’s Secret Weapon What Future Founders Can Learn from Ryan Graves(medium.com)
3 points by mathattack 11y ago|7 comments
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by mathattack 11y ago
Yes - Mancur Olson it is. Thanks! It's more subtle than just Wealth is Power, as it also explains some counterintuitive results. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Logic_of_Collective_Action
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by mathattack 11y ago
There's an economics term for this, though I'm spacing on the name. It's the same reason the taxi lobby is so strong - it's a subset of 1 issue voters with concentrated financial support of key issues. It's also b
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by mathattack 11y ago
This is a huge pet peeve of mine. In the 90s, the market was flooded by Marketing majors who learned a few lines of HTML. It ended poorly.
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Researchers Demo Algorithm That Lets You Take Clear Photos Through Reflections(techcrunch.com)
1 points by mathattack 11y ago|0 comments
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by mathattack 11y ago
It helps for capital to have cheaper labor, and vice versa. :-) The system grows best when both are free. (Incidentally, this is also why I'm ok with stock buybacks. If companies can't put their money to good use, retire the s
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by mathattack 11y ago
The question I have is "Why limit this to High Tech"?
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by mathattack 11y ago
Yes - this is an instance where a law can help an ecosystem at the expense of individual players. In aggregate though, it's net neutral for most companies, since they benefit from being able to hire from competitors. The companies do
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by mathattack 11y ago
In theory there should be no support for most customers on the free model. Having a cost with no associated revenue is bad. This is different if you're looking to bump prices later or get a special reference, but this doesn't se
3477.
by mathattack 11y ago
Matt Levine is awesome at separating arguments from interests, and writes very clearly. He was great on Dealbreaker, and I'm glad that he's not tempering his voice on Bloomberg.
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by mathattack 11y ago
A couple comments... 1) The social scientists tend to make heavier use of Econometrics, which tends to hold less water the mathematics used by Physicists. [0] [1] [2] This doesn't mean that Econometrics should never be used, just that
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by mathattack 11y ago
It will be VERY VERY hard for economics (or any other social science) to have the kind of scientific integrity of Physics. The math is much looser, and many more assumptions need to be made.
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Why enterprises are embracing rogue IT(cio.com)
2 points by mathattack 11y ago|0 comments

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