mathattack

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1. 4921.▲
   by mathattack 13y ago

   I've known a couple people who have gone insane to varying degrees. All were hard workers. One was a grad student with schizophrenic tendencies, who just lost it after Phd quals. Another was a coworker who had a nervous breakdown at a
2. 4922.▲
   by mathattack 13y ago

   This is true above and beyond just science. I get the need for research. I get the idea of pushing the boundary of knowledge, checked by peer review. The current system just seems very broken. People respond well to incentives, and they
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   Which of the new mega-web sites will succeed?(marginalrevolution.com)

   1 points by mathattack 13y ago|0 comments
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   GitHub Puts Co-Founder on Leave, Investigates Harassment Claims(blogs.wsj.com)

   1 points by mathattack 13y ago|0 comments
5. 4925.▲
   by mathattack 13y ago

   If you left over pay, wouldn't you have known that a few months earlier when you took the job ?
6. 4926.▲
   by mathattack 13y ago

   Very good point in the case of Snowden, but this doesn't change that Gates pushed against breaking the law.
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   Open borders day on March 16(openborders.info)

   3 points by mathattack 13y ago|0 comments
8. 4928.▲
   Combating bad science(economist.com)

   99 points by mathattack 13y ago|18 comments
9. 4929.▲
   What was up with Pythagoras?(khanacademy.org)

   3 points by mathattack 13y ago|0 comments
10. 4930.▲
    by mathattack 13y ago

    It's a parallel to Japanese quality being led by American educators. Deming and Juran taught the quality control techniques that enabled the Japanese to beat the American auto companies.
11. 4931.▲
    by mathattack 13y ago

    Update: Just for some additional context, it’s probably worth pointing out that AOL’s headcount as of December 31, 2013, was around 5,100 people. If double digit means "10-19%", this is significant. If double digit means "
12. 4932.▲
    by mathattack 13y ago

    Non-violent resistance (civil disobedience) is all about willfully breaking the law. His reasoning would also exclude Martin Luther King and Gandhi from his pantheon of heroes.
13. 4933.▲
    by mathattack 13y ago

    * Uncompetitive compensation. Google pays me twice as much as BAC. The peer bonuses I've received at Google sum to more than I ever got in real bonuses or raises at BAC. * No perks whatsoever. People got notes from building managemen
14. 4934.▲
    by mathattack 13y ago

    How can you not like a game called Sharkpunch?
15. 4935.▲
    by mathattack 13y ago

    New Jersey has a lot of these strange laws. They also force you to have full service at the gas station. The lobbies force the issue.
16. 4936.▲
    by mathattack 13y ago

    I've seen an account hacked already.
17. 4937.▲
    by mathattack 13y ago

    My bank made the switch. The new OS is notably slower.
18. 4938.▲
    by mathattack 13y ago

    Maybe they're trying to allude that the liberal arts degree isn't completely worthless?
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    IBM's Double Dilemma(tech.fortune.cnn.com)

    1 points by mathattack 13y ago|0 comments
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    San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee: The Google bus protests didn't make sense to me(tech.fortune.cnn.com)

    2 points by mathattack 13y ago|1 comments
21. 4941.▲
    by mathattack 13y ago

    I used to speed read fiction. I found that I would get a couple pages ahead of my understanding. As I aged, I realized that understanding a few books deeply is much more important than understanding a lot of books superficially. Why read
22. 4942.▲
    by mathattack 13y ago

    Generally good managers know when the best are leaving. There are other challenges at work. For instance - if a team is still hitting it's numbers, the manager may not want to make a change. Or there could be no other leadership alt
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    Coull Plays It Cool, Raising Another $4M Angel Round And Opening In NYC(techcrunch.com)

    1 points by mathattack 13y ago|0 comments
24. 4944.▲
    This Funding Will Disappear In 10 Seconds(techcrunch.com)

    1 points by mathattack 13y ago|0 comments
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    Sprint Accused of Overcharging Feds Millions for Wiretapping(wired.com)

    2 points by mathattack 13y ago|0 comments
26. 4946.▲
    by mathattack 13y ago

    Great course. Glad to see Google in the MOOC game.
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    Who predicted Russia’s military intervention?(washingtonpost.com)

    1 points by mathattack 13y ago|0 comments
28. 4948.▲
    The crash of "Film as a Platform'(iveybusinessreview.ca)

    1 points by mathattack 13y ago|0 comments
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    Python vs Julia – an example from machine learning(tullo.ch)

    2 points by mathattack 13y ago|0 comments
30. 4950.▲
    by mathattack 13y ago

    Consistency too. McD is about process.