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Tech Firms May Find No-Poaching Pacts Costly(dealbook.nytimes.com)
2 points by mathattack 13y ago|0 comments
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by mathattack 13y ago
Remember that this is New York City. $6000 is great money to begin with. Add $2000/month minimum for rent. (And imagine digging up a security deposit too...) This is investment banking money for a software firm with a much more res
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by mathattack 13y ago
Perhaps not with violins, but blind wine tasting is very hard to tell differences... http://www.liquidasset.com/WEILVDQS.PDF
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by mathattack 13y ago
In Asia a lot of the microfinance goes to fund new businesses. The rates are similar to what's been discussed here - once all the fees are factored in it can be 30some percent. It doesn't sound like charity, but there are a lot
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by mathattack 13y ago
If you put in laws that say owners can not profit from their buildings, but their renters can, then you will have chronic underinvestment in housing infrastructure as a consequence. You wind up feeding the problem you are trying to solve.
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by mathattack 13y ago
This isn't black and white. Many landlords struggle because their tenants are paying below market rents. This is a particular problem in San Francisco, but also in other cities like NY. On the one hand, you can say, "Joe taxi dri
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by mathattack 13y ago
Also - many of the borrowers find positive NPV results despite the high interest rates. This is because there is such a dearth of credit, that many activities that would be profitable elsewhere are just not being done. If you make it illeg
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by mathattack 13y ago
Good to get a direct response. APR is still the right # to give Apples to Apples comparisons. Service fees should be included. That said, these rates are no worse (and in many cases better) than other Microloan program. It highlights the
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One big reason we lack Internet competition: Starting an ISP is really hard(arstechnica.com)
1 points by mathattack 13y ago|0 comments
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Selfies push more toward plastic surgery(journalscene.com)
1 points by mathattack 13y ago|1 comments
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by mathattack 13y ago
It will happen at some point. Just because an idea is a long time coming, doesn't mean it's wrong. People talked about mobile devices for a long time, then one day it happened. Same with speech and handwriting recognition. The
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Perceived intelligence is associated with measured in men but not women.(ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
1 points by mathattack 13y ago|0 comments
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by mathattack 13y ago
I'm surprised there weren't more financial technology firms on the list. French mathematicians seem to be behind the guys of most software requiring hard financial computation.
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by mathattack 13y ago
If I had access to free coffee every morning I would grab 2 cups every morning. :-) I do get what you're doing here. By making an external commitment to people, you simultaneously get up on time to meet your commitment, feel better a
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by mathattack 13y ago
Any comments on what the issues with SAS were? Performance? Interface?
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Why I rank my friends(kernelmag.dailydot.com)
2 points by mathattack 13y ago|0 comments
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Is Silicon Valley ageist?(tech.fortune.cnn.com)
1 points by mathattack 13y ago|1 comments
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by mathattack 13y ago
R didn't bring open source to science. It brought free (as in price) software to stats This is a very powerful statement. Never underestimate the power of free. It is very hard to compete with. Look at the browsers.
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by mathattack 13y ago
A leader stepping down due to death threats is a terrible thing for an organization.
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Differential Equations in Data Science(nbviewer.ipython.org)
1 points by mathattack 13y ago|0 comments
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Forget the Algorithms and Start Cleaning Your Data(datanami.com)
1 points by mathattack 13y ago|0 comments
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How The Rise Of The "R" Computer Language Is Bringing Open Source To Science(fastcolabs.com)
123 points by mathattack 13y ago|93 comments
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by mathattack 13y ago
I don't think so. I'm under the impression that records are kept there indefinitely.
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Tim Cook Turns Up the Heat (recode.net)
1 points by mathattack 13y ago|0 comments
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The costs of measuring value too precisely (model this)(marginalrevolution.com)
2 points by mathattack 13y ago|0 comments
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by mathattack 13y ago
Ephemeral apps seem to be ideal for insider trading too. Send an ephemeral message on your mobile phone, and nobody is the wiser. (Banks have tremendously rigours retention policies to keep track of things like this)
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by mathattack 13y ago
There are 2 ways to look at it: 1) Look at total returns after the fact. Over the past 10-15 years, Microsoft has underperformed the indexes, even on a risk adjusted basis. (If you want to compare it to low vol stocks rather than tech, l
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Bitcoins aren’t cash, so Silk Road creator’s clean: lawyer(nypost.com)
5 points by mathattack 13y ago|0 comments
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High Frequency Hyperbole(online.wsj.com)
1 points by mathattack 13y ago|0 comments
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Virtu Said to Delay IPO Amid Furor Spurred by Michael Lewis Book(bloomberg.com)
1 points by mathattack 13y ago|0 comments

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