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   Kling's laws of social science(arnoldkling.com)

   2 points by mathattack 11y ago|0 comments
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   by mathattack 11y ago

   Do we really want to force companies to give the option, rather than the market? I'm not 100% Ayn Rand, but my tendency is to let consumers drive what they want to pay for. If there is profit in giving people what they ask for, someon
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   by mathattack 11y ago

   What's really wrong with this? As a provider of goods or services, I should have the right to say, "I'm only renting you this, not selling it to you. If you want to buy it, go see someone else." If I build a house, I sh
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   by mathattack 11y ago

   “We’re all teaching three times as many students as we were six years ago, and we don’t have any more of us and any more money.” This seems very strange. Are universities still so far in the dark ages of management accounting that they don
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   by mathattack 11y ago

   I hear you. There is a distinctly different skill set between "Pushing the boundary of human knowledge" and "Teaching an intro class well." Universities and tenure have historically been built on this being a high corr
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   by mathattack 11y ago

   Thanks for sharing! Part 1 -> http://www.stanforddaily.com/2015/04/15/a-look-at-stanford-c...
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   by mathattack 11y ago

   This is true. But even if just 5-10% of the population is DIFM, that's enough to fund a lot of companies and take the growth away from a lot of mature companies. With interest rates low, a mature company can get away with 3-4% profit
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   by mathattack 11y ago

   Run. Run fast. This is someone who is playing games and obviously doesn't value your time. If you get burned, all the warning signs are there. At the very least, this person will waste a lot of your time.
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   by mathattack 11y ago

   The foreign money was a problem in NYC too. Lots of new buildings with empty apartments owned by international buyers. I like to view myself as a capitalist, but this seems like a break-down of the system. I'm not sure if the proble
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    by mathattack 11y ago

    Poly (& the Ecoles) are a fantastic education. It's a stretch to call it well rounded since it's 100% math, science and engineering, but those programs produce a ton of grads. They can't take everyone, though. (Hyper-c
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    by mathattack 11y ago

    If this is the free equivalent of an auto mechanic's apprenticeship for coders, I'm all for it. Although many folks look down at that type of work, there's an enormous quality and productivity difference in people who sort of
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    by mathattack 11y ago

    I think the author misses the point. Miami can fit the rich people all in one neighborhood because there aren't so many of them. San Francisco is sitting on an enormous bed of prosperity, and has little cheap land around it. There&#
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    START-UP NY Highlights Failures of the Empire State Development Corporation(forbes.com)

    1 points by mathattack 11y ago|0 comments
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    by mathattack 11y ago

    Sounds like the chaos of a startup. It's why some people choose to work at GM. It's also why GM floundered - I can't imagine them having any flexibility in work rules. I hope they pull it off - I will buy one of their mainst
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    by mathattack 12y ago

    Is it possible to pick up what they're missing later? Or is it something like Calculus or Accounting, where if you don't pick it up by college, the odds of picking it up later are negligible?
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    by mathattack 12y ago

    In good markets, it's harder to see the fraud because the rising tide helps the criminals too. As Warren Buffett says, it's only when the tide rolls out that you see who is not wearing pants.
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    by mathattack 12y ago

    In Manhattan it's Yale. In Palo Alto the cred comes from Stanford, Cal Tech and MIT.
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    by mathattack 12y ago

    This kind of thing gets me very angry. His windfall should not exist. He protects it with a lobby. Terrible terrible terrible. Makes me cheer for Uber all that much more, and happy to see articles like this -> http://www.b
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    If Nokia Map Unit Is for Sale, Microsoft, Apple and Yahoo All Might Want a Look(recode.net)

    1 points by mathattack 12y ago|0 comments
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    by mathattack 12y ago

    This is very true. If someone won't chase an idea because it wasn't validated by YC in the first place, they seem to be on very weak footing to begin with. (Similar to the people who only want a high brand name school.)
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    by mathattack 12y ago

    The NYT paywall is easy to get around. (Copy/paste the title and search for it in Google) Of course that's the irony mentioned, since the article in question was paywalled.
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    by mathattack 12y ago

    Everyone else who is there is an adult too. If they don't like it, they can leave. There are better ways to make a moral stand in the workplace.
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    by mathattack 12y ago

    It's written into most contracts as 2 weeks, occasionally 1 or 4. If you can pull it off, offer 4. No need to go longer than that. Start organizing yourself before you had notice. At the bank I mentioned earlier, someone gave notice
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    by mathattack 12y ago

    Doing a nasty or snarky "I quit" may feel good in the short term, but it won't help your career goals. Don't bash your boss on the way out. Don't say a negative word about anyone if you have an exit interview. St
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    by mathattack 12y ago

    It is slow - perhaps because it covers deeper content and ideas? I generally read it on the exercise bike in the morning. :-) I do think it's very Literary science fiction, which may be what pulls down the pacing.
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    by mathattack 12y ago

    Thanks! I kind of felt I needed to visit Spain again to appreciate the cultural feel. :-) Do any movies do it justice?
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    by mathattack 12y ago

    Kickstarter and friends can't, but there are other tech options for creating money, or money-like instruments. Bitcoin and Zynga points are some first steps in that direction. IOUs could be another. Any firm that can give credit is
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    by mathattack 12y ago

    I've heard a few Jeff Weiner speeches, and he's very big about connecting and improving human capital. This is him putting his money where his mouth is.
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    by mathattack 12y ago

    The theoretical basis for banks is twofold: 1 - Connecting money providers and money users. This can play out in the big deals that you mention. They provide $2 billion in financing, and line up a bunch of investors on the other side. Ad
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    by mathattack 12y ago

    I struggled with Don Quixote. After 100 pages or so I just felt like I was missing something. It was as if the story was just repeating itself. Did you get to the end? Did it get better?