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   by mathattack 12y ago

   There are always unintended side benefits. A few degrees of warming and our friends in Washington will be producing better wine than Napa.
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   My Top Peeves (Cliff Asness)(cfapubs.org)

   1 points by mathattack 12y ago|0 comments
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   Make Good Government, Not War(bloombergview.com)

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

   It's a moronic policy, but it is the IRS.
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   by mathattack 12y ago

   It is very much so. It's a form of capturing rent. Look at how crazy the taxi companies go to protect this revenue stream. They keep this because they are tenacious 1 issue voters. (And in NYC, the current mayor was elected on the
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   by mathattack 12y ago

   Interesting. Thank you for the added international insight. I wonder if there's an interesting chart on where this does and doesn't happen.
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   by mathattack 12y ago

   This is an American phenomenon. When I lived in Japan, many people stayed with their parents until marriage. It's also typical in Brazil.
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   by mathattack 12y ago

   Thanks for sharing. This is awesome!
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   R / Finance 2014: Packaged Takeaways(blog.revolutionanalytics.com)

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

    I think Tech is decoupling education, rather than disrupting it. Tech is taking one part of the experience (the classroom learning) and moving it out of the classroom. It doesn't replace the networking, research, parties, football ga
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    by mathattack 12y ago

    I think Balzac was on to something. :-) I like how he quotes Brillat-Savarin. Others are here. [0] My favorite is the one that kicks off Iron Chef, "Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you who you are." http://ww
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    What I do when I get a new data set as told through tweets(simplystatistics.org)

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

    Great article overall. I like the last line in the summation. To improve problem solving, one should study solved problems, attack the problem while in different moods, and try explaining the problem to others.
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    Public Schools Are Hurting More in the Recovery Than in the Recession(fivethirtyeight.com)

    2 points by mathattack 12y ago|0 comments
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    How Much Is Winning the NBA Draft Lottery Really Worth?(fivethirtyeight.com)

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

    I've frequently had headhunters try to introduce me to people that I already know. It goes with the territory - at least it tells me they're on the right track. :-)
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    by mathattack 12y ago

    I like the intellectual honesty and perspective that comes with time. And I hope this post generates interest in the business for the OP.
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    by mathattack 12y ago

    Great on both counts!
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    by mathattack 12y ago

    This smacks of urban legend more than anything else, though I have worked with people who ran tech staffing businesses on company time while fully employed.
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    by mathattack 12y ago

    I'm not sure I believe it until I see a successful exit. Did the companies succeed? Did the relationship succeed? (The latter is a tough one to measure since marriage isn't for everyone) These aren't meant to be snarky - P
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    Prison Labor: Outsourcing's "Best Kept Secret" (2010)(cio.com)

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

    Being nice is like the Prisoner's Dilemma. It doesn't pay in the short term, but people who are consistently nice to each other help out in the long run. This is why CEOs that are nasty are actually the exception, though some of
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    How to be a Bayesian in Python(jakevdp.github.io)

    142 points by mathattack 12y ago|4 comments
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    Quadratic Fitting and all that via MCMC(bugra.github.io)

    1 points by mathattack 12y ago|0 comments
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    Why I switched to Julia(juliaeconomics.com)

    3 points by mathattack 12y ago|0 comments
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    Predictive Analytics(speakerdeck.com)

    1 points by mathattack 12y ago|0 comments
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    World Cup Learning(nbviewer.ipython.org)

    2 points by mathattack 12y ago|0 comments
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    Chat with Andrew Ng, Co-Founder, Coursera(blogs.technet.com)

    1 points by mathattack 12y ago|0 comments
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    Should Restaurant Reservations Be for Sale?(nytimes.com)

    1 points by mathattack 12y ago|0 comments
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    Hands-On With The Amazon Fire Phone(techcrunch.com)

    2 points by mathattack 12y ago|0 comments