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   by mathattack 12y ago

   When I see people argue "You can't measure the learning that's going on" I have to disagree. It's only based on my personal experience, but in undergrad I didn't see a lot of learning going on. My (large publ
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   by mathattack 12y ago

   An open question.... Are the scientific and philanthropic directions of wealthy individuals that much worse than our government? Remember - the US government doesn't fund stem cell research.
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   by mathattack 12y ago

   Isn't there a service that works with restaurants to allow them to sell their own reservations?
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   by mathattack 12y ago

   I also would like to see some kind of normalization about the rounds they invest in.
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   The Kaggle Higgs Challenge – Beat the benchmarks with scikit-learn(dbaumgartel.wordpress.com)

   2 points by mathattack 12y ago|0 comments
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   Big data's dirty problem(fortune.com)

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

   Exactly why it's tough to tease apart.
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   by mathattack 12y ago

   False versus False? Gladwell's paper was so explicit that I thought it couldn't possibly be true, despite the niceties of "We'd like practice to be important" The best programmers (and martial artists, and runners,
9. 4299.▲
   by mathattack 12y ago

   I like that it was Crick who gave some early research. Good to see that some scientists do get a second act. If he had published and survived, would this have been a second Nobel?
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    by mathattack 12y ago

    I could see pissing away an awful lot of time on this. It's almost like I'd rather wait until I'm 60 to dig in. :-)
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    by mathattack 12y ago

    I have never seen this. I've seen actual productivity in those amounts. (4 hour push in the morning, less productive afternoon, nothing gets done on Friday) If you can find it and pull it off, all the more power to you, because it i
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    by mathattack 12y ago

    I hate to say it, but it's hard to read articles about him any more. I get so pissed off that it becomes counterproductive.
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    by mathattack 12y ago

    I wonder where the interviewers will come from. That said, this is a great idea, and also along the lines of the "Show me a million new jobs" RFS [0]. [0] http://blog.ycombinator.com/new-rfs-one-million-jobs
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    by mathattack 12y ago

    I would suggest more bridges to other programs. One could argue this exists ad-hoc with double majors, and minors, and similar, but it could be done better with more proactive thought and combined classes. Some areas that could be combined
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    by mathattack 12y ago

    Perhaps it can be done with leverage? Finding a way to empower others to create those jobs. Perhaps this is via capital, advice, networking, or some combination.
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    Japanese startup could be worth $200M – here’s why the founder won’t sell(techinasia.com)

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

    Exactly - the branding is to ycombinator, not just news to hackers.
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    by mathattack 12y ago

    I suspect it's that it's a hefty price tag for a simple website that doesn't directly generate revenue.
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    by mathattack 12y ago

    It's part of his personal style.
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    by mathattack 12y ago

    I'm not sure why, but I struggled with the concept of randomness in my algorithms class. On the last day of class, the professor signed his book, "May you one day explain randomness to all of us"
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    by mathattack 12y ago

    I started my career in IT at P&G a long time ago. One of my mentors got me started on a few business books, and worked Deming into the equation. An interview with Robert Reich (yes, the same one) and him was included in a training cla
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    by mathattack 12y ago

    Right. In my view it's better to lock in relatively low 10 year (or better yet 30 year) rates rather than roll the dice on interest rates rising. Rates can easily rise to long term norms of 5%. The market is anticipating that rates w
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    by mathattack 12y ago

    The issues of debt relate to a Minsky Moment. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minsky_moment It happens when the assets can't pay their interest payments any more. For now interest rates are low, so the government c
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    by mathattack 12y ago

    His writing was fairly disorderly, even in his best work. Conversely, a lot of insight is compressed into his 14 points. I think a lot of the issues he explains go way beyond manufacturing. When I think about the problems with performance
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    by mathattack 12y ago

    Deming's career arc has been interesting. Neglected in the US to revered in the Japan to revered in the US to forgotten in the US. Maybe now that we don't fear Japan so much, we don't feel the need to obsess about his views
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    by mathattack 12y ago

    There are reasons to fear everywhere. How about also rising coasts due to global warming?
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    by mathattack 12y ago

    Matt Levine is awesome. Thanks for sharing. He's also the world kingpin of footnotes. It's almost as if he's a frustrated academic who needs to hide his humor in citations.
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    by mathattack 12y ago

    Matt Levine is a great writer. He comes from Dealbreaker and still retains an edge in his writing, as well as lots of footnotes.
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    by mathattack 12y ago

    Yes - such a great site. There should be no agenda against it.
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    by mathattack 12y ago

    What's the story with the hack? It's a shame because the original was so much fun!