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   Paul Oyer: online dating an economics class(sfgate.com)

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

   It picked 3 cities each about 50 miles apart that triangulated where I grew up. I guess some things follow us around in our life's travels.
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   Metadata Material Shouldn’t be Held by the Government(newrepublic.com)

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

   I like the idea that pure math is pure problem solving, for it's own sake. This quote captures it nicely: It can be of no practical use to know that Pi is irrational, but if we can know, it surely would be intolerable not to know.
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   Great idea! I believe that teachers feel like data is mostly about grading them and their students, and not about improving the educational experience. Some "Get it" but most either lack the tools, the support, or the mindset.
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   This is an important reason why it's important to study the historical context of when novels were written.
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   It shouldn't be either/or. It shouldn't be either Western or Eastern. It's shouldn't be literature or non-fiction. It shouldn't be arts or sciences. It's possible to study the Odyssey and Tales of Genji
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   Catholic schools generally get by on less money per puli than public. State run liquor stores are more expensive than private. Even still, it's hard to be more expensive when your cost of capital is near zero. (Taxpayers foot the bil
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   Welcome to life with kids.
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    AT&T is explicitly selling "we connect you", not "we secure you."
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Shouldn't this destroy RSA as a company? If your in security, and your security can't be trusted...
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Indeed. NYC has Tribeca. There's a reason that a few good schools and great restaurants are in close proximity to so many hedge funds. :-)
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    This too, though I'd rather blame my bad back and gray hair on the kids, than age! :-)
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    You can remain yourself, but your priorities shift. Even with restaurants, you look for those that are stroller friendly and have enough other kids that you don't feel bad when lunch winds up on the floor. The problem with schools is
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Exactly. Once you have kids, "Having a cool bar with craft brews nearby" and "Fun concerts" pale in comparison to "Having a public school nearby that actually educates kids." I think this is much more importan
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Young people, it should be expected, tend to be less sensitive to ultra-high rents Is this really true? I was hyper-sensitive to rent just out of school. Every $100/month difference meant something I would have to write out of my l
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    At first I thought it was an intentional play on words, but perhaps it's an issue of English as a second language?
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    I think the EXTREME branding hurt corporate adoption.
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    I haven't shared your experience with efficient civil service. In the US, everything without market pressure fills with bloat.
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    This is and, not or. But it did sound like check in growth was tapering.
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Let's say I'm a competitor, and I find that Niel (randomly picked) is someone I want to hire. All else being equal, I offer him $100k (website says he's making $88k). He comes to his boss to say "I like it here, can you
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    I had a boss bully his employees with fellow employee salary information. (i.e. bill took a pay cut because of the recessions, so should you...) If you see this, it is time to run. Fast. Very fast. Unless salaries are completely open,
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    I'm very much on the fence with this. If you follow a simple formula, it can work. If you need to use judgment (how to pay a superstar?) then it becomes very tricky. My general observation is that any time two people compare salarie
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Thanks - this is the best analogy I've heard so far.
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Oh boy this is a political landmine. Talk about reminding folks early in their life about how different there background is.... Work study certainly works for college. Working does help build character, but at what age is it correct to
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    Predicting Highly Cited Scientific Papers(wired.com)

    1 points by mathattack 13y ago|0 comments
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    Data Story: John Foreman of MailChimp on the Data Science Behind Emails(blog.gnip.com)

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

    From the investor list, it sounds more like celebrities extrapolating their needs to the rest of us. This reminds me of the urban legend of a Hedge Fund exec's kid who didn't know the word "airplane", only "private
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    I can't fathom this working. Why not just fly first class? The purpose of private jets is flexibility and privacy. If you want to pay up, NetJets is an option. But perhaps I'm not their target customer.
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    They're also into mining some of the "data exhaust". Monetizing this turns them into something much bigger than a social checkin company. Here's a presentation given at Data Driven New York. http://vimeo.com