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   by mathattack 13y ago

   A lot of folks are writing that this is bad for employees. Is it worse for employees (who may have been sold a bill of goods joining) or worse for customers (who may have been sold a bill of goods signing up)? My sense is there is a little
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   IBM has come a long way from "Employment for Life" which was one policy that almost killed it. A couple things jump out on this article: 1 - One analyst has estimated that IBM will cut 13,000 of its more than 434,000 workers, bas
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   I've read a lot of quotes like this, but I used to wonder, "Is this just people downplaying all the other things that led to their success, like family money?" It's interesting that modern psychology is providing some p
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   Facebook Inc. changed its newsfeed algorithm. You’ll never believe what happened to Upworthy’s traffic next. A little subtle humor from our friends at Bloomberg! This is the type of sly writing I'd expect from the Economist.
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   There are now lots of articles suggesting praising people for effort rather than intelligence. Seems like Raymond was ahead of the curve. 2 examples of many: [1] http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews&#x2F
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   That's actually good grandfatherly advice too. It's worth knowing when people are talking behind your back.
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   I wish I saw the response. That said, the "curse of the gifted" manifests itself in a lot of ways. One problem is also that "less gifted" see the "gifted" and say, "If they don't have to be disciplin
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   My 2 cents... I hate hearing when people describe themselves as passionate. It's rarely as solid an indicator as watching them be passionate. The people who truly care don't spend their time advertising how much they care, or t
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   Ummmm.... Welcome to gamification of games. This is how they hook people. It's a shame because "All-in 1 price" games used to really kick ass. Now as soon as a game starts narrowing the world looking for obsessive-compuls
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    I was thinking it was just Starbucks spoofing themselves, since the copyright infringement is too obvious.
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    I think you've hit the key issue. Is it really wrong to have different operating systems for mobile and desktop so long as MS Office works on both?
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    You are very right. That's why I divide the world between Cognitive Psychology, which is "How intelligence really works" and Artificial Intelligence which is "Replicating and improving intelligence with machines."
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Sometimes when I see articles from Wired, I wish someone would write the hype-free summary in a paragraph. (Is there an app for the lazy reader?)
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    And I think that's the point of the article. To make money, you have to put up with a lot of other BS. (Same as working in a bank or large company, just that the BS is more public in gaming)
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    I might say though, that 30 to 40 years ago, when the field was really young, artificial intelligence wasn't about making money, and the people in the field weren't driven by developing products. It was about understanding how th
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Typed from memory w/out referencing it. (I'm not agile certified, or anything to that effect)
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    I'm a fan of repeatability and process. Here's my take on why they don't work: 1) You can't get around that things don't work as planned, and too many methodologies assume that things will. 2) It is better to hav
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Great book. He anticipates a lot of the problems, and "Adding idiots at the end" rarely fixes things. (Look at the Obamaacare website) It's been a while since I've read it, but I don't think he captured the benefi
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    Choco Pie distribution to be cut down at Kaesong(nknews.org)

    1 points by mathattack 13y ago|0 comments
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    Miami Bitcoin Arrests May Be First State Prosecution(bloomberg.com)

    1 points by mathattack 13y ago|0 comments
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    First - you are taking on a very worth cause. I think you are missing a very important point above and beyond skill building, though. Many people that are very advanced in math get bored. Topics like number theory can reintroduce the fun
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    This is a Sales truism too. It's much easier to convince people who believe than people whose job it is to say "No". Early stage funding requires shared optimism between the funder and funded.
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    Mooconomics(johnhcochrane.blogspot.com)

    1 points by mathattack 13y ago|0 comments
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    From personal experience, I learned theory and structure first. It took a long time to "get" variables as locations in memory, and I had to relearn it many times. Harvard (who sends a lot of people on to PhDs) forces everyone to
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Thanks for sharing. I like his insight of spreadsheets being the tool to share data with the masses.
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    All valid points. And "Don't think about it" can be valid for things that aren't the main point of concern for your customers. Executives have limited things they can pay attention to. They don't like to change w
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    My guess is this will get killed. The owners of the site don't want it to devolve into complaints for or against existing companies when there are other forums to do that. (If it were allowed, that's all people would talk about,
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    'Doc Shock' Reaches the Masses(bloomberg.com)

    1 points by mathattack 13y ago|0 comments
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    I like the term "Idea Fairy" - people who toss ideas that cost you time to analyze and refute, but who don't actually provide anything like time or money to implement them. It is good to keep an open mind, but if you pay too
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    Is social networking making us stupid?(phys.org)

    2 points by mathattack 13y ago|0 comments