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   by mathattack 13y ago

   There's a lot of NYC cops that don't seem fit enough to chase someone taking a brisk walk. :-)
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   Political campaigns at least have downtime though, right? You can have a month or two off between sprints. I think certain creative work (movies?) is like this too.
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   I think it's refreshing that they didn't sugarcoat it. Sometimes being blatantly honest can help. ("I had a 6 month sabbatical, look at the class I took" isn't as refreshing as, "The management team missed it
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   I do stand corrected on movies. Even though a lot of filming now happens abroad, this does seem like the major example I don't view Boeing and Airbus as shining examples of success. Both get large government subsidies. Both have had
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   Yes - be yourself instead of being a card-swapping 5,000+ LinkedIn automaton. ok, makes sense.
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   Is it a war on access, or a defense of their contracts and profits? I'm a big believer that all publicly funded research should be publicly available. But... If you sign away your research, don't be surprised when people want to
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   Everyone is different, and most medical studies are based on averages. If it works for you... Some people can only concentrate for 4 hours a day. Others 12. There's a mean in there somewhere. Some folks can eat a dozen cheeseburgers
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   Great defense of TED. It's not a MOOC, and it's not a book, and it's not a documentary. The one caveat is that by extending their brand, they are giving fuel to their detractors. If you say, "Well anyone can get a TEDx
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   Clearly Mr. Ford did his things for self interest too.
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    I guess I always assumed must be grandma or grandpa on their first week of internet access.
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Are we sure this isn't fiction? I'm caught between, "People can't actually be this stupid" and "At least one person has to have been this stupid, otherwise they would have stopped long ago."
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    The automakers, airlines and schools all have had their share of managerial blunders too. That said, can you point to a heavily unionized industry in the United States that is a world leader? (Forgive the US blinders, but I don't wan
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    First - thanks for jumping in to a contentious debate. In terms of being tone deaf, isn't that more for politicians and corporate heads? Here we're arguing ideas, like should we support unions that strike during peak periods, and
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    I see - thanks! So it really is like an index, but of options. One or two will hit, and when they do, it's time to pay attention. I've heard stories of universities that seed firms with a Fire-and-Forget mindset, and then findi
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Great to see them involved. I'm curious about this model... At what point does the overhead of following so many companies become prohibitive relative to the small amount invested? I suspect this could be why Milner left. I don&#x27
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Of course the Avatar example. :-)
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    Yahoo's Mayer apologizes for e-mail outage(cnn.com)

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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Remember that they're still just a big office somewhere. They need janitors, network help, have copy machines that break, and all of that.
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    I like the simulation at the bottom. Sometimes it's best to just say, "The math gets confusing, let's run this a couple times and see what happens."
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    I'm very much with you on the cost-benefit of space. I think with every dollar, we have to ask, "Why not invest this in education?" and "Why not have the public fund this?" For the former, I don't have great a
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    First - I very much respect your point of view, since you're working for a similar firm. I don't believe that everyone needs a Phd, and not everyone needs to start their own business. My point is that if we create an environment
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    In Detroit it also crippled the auto industry, leaving companies unable to afford their pensions and health care promises. It destroyed a city, that is now is unable to honor retiree obligations. Threatening a firm at it's busiest poi
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Especially tricky before my first cup of coffee in the morning. Just ask my wife! :-)
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Two paragraphs isn't rambling. I appreciate your thoughts. I would certainly like to work 30 hours a week too. :-) And I share a concern that the middle class is getting squeezed, so that it's not a bottom 25% that struggle, it
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    It's also a strategic decision by Costco to treat their employees better. Why not allow them this type of strategic advantage? If Amazon doesn't want to follow suit, let them lag.
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    I spent enough time looking at Detroit. :-) The US is by no means perfect, but I think encouraging entrepreneurship is a better solution than organized labor. But the reality is, if Amazon is so bad, folks should just go work somewhere el
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    I fully agree that it's best to be in an environment where people and companies come to agreements on wages that is best. My thought is about what happens when you don't agree - in that case, go work for someone else. And as a
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    I appreciate your thoughts. I still think it's better to spend time and energy on education and increasing corporate creation initiatives, than strong arming companies. Let's take your example further... Yes, unions (especially
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Wouldn't it seem reasonable that it's better to give people better access to more jobs (through education or improving the environment for new business creation) than strong-arming existing employers? The former assumes that the p
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    I was thinking the same thing. He has to really have something awful on them - something so bad that they'd eat a ton of crow over it, and possibly lose their jobs over it. But it's still worth keeping under wraps. The conspirac