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   by mathattack 13y ago

   This kind of seemed inevitable, no? I can't imagine a field more ripe for automation.
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   Very true. Followers is a very weak approximation. It's almost like utilizing just pagerank on a search engine. In many ways measuring influence is analogous to creating a search engine. You constantly have to search out and avoid
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   Marissa Mayer hasn't saved Yahoo yet(money.cnn.com)

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

   Great article. Thanks for sharing. I think that the change in time horizons is very important. It can take a long time to see the benefits of education. It can also take a long time for companies to realize the benefits of what they&#x2
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   I'd be interested to learn more about how they analyze the data too. Managing page requests on the web is very important. But they're also left with an enormous social graph of usage and expertise. I'd be interested in wha
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   Geoffrey Moore covers this in Crossing the Chasm [1]. He basically suggests that you have to specialize in an industry vertical to get beyond the early adopters and into the masses. Once you cross enough verticals, then you can come back
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   Impressive that it's scientific. I think it also measures how much people are trained to learn all the historical games versus learn deep principles and truths of chess. The great ones should be able to thrive in chaos. This is true i
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   Deep sea trawling is bad, because it's part of a wave of depopulating our oceans. (This is compounded increased acidity from CO2, plastic pollution and other things) Spinning a story that's strong on cute graphics but light on tr
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   They're Watching You at Work(theatlantic.com)

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

    Fair enough. I consider Emacs a success by almost any measure. The question is, "If he wanted it for 25 years, why hasn't it happened?" It could be time and attention. It could be the ethos of working with volunteers. Thi
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Right - but how about the long term? My experience in the corporate world is things start with momentum, but without a cop managing all the details, things don't get over the finish line. Does this method get projects over the finish l
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    My 2 cents, having gone through a few job searches in off markets... 1 - You may need to go lateral or a half step back from what you want, but don't take 3 steps back. There's no reason to be a waiter or a shop assistant unless
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    How transferable is the learning? If they are learning real math, won't they be able to switch to FOSS (or anything else) soon thereafter?
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Does this style of management work for them? I'm not close enough to know if this is all that it takes.
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Is it that Stallman lacks a manager's mindset of breaking the vision into manageable pieces, and then delegating them out? Or is it that this is so against the ethos, that he couldn't make it happen with a volunteer workforce?
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Could people please start working on the features that are needed? As someone aware of gnu, but not an active participant, how effective are requests like this? Does "Can people start working on this?" actually get results? I&
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    There frequently is a reason to speak for free. PR. It helps get the next job, or consulting gig, or book deal. As long as the value exceeds the time, who cares if someone else makes a lot of money?
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    NASA spin-off technologies(kottke.org)

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

    I can believe that IBM does far more software patent lobbying than most of the firms whose core products are not directly software related This is in part because they have a heavy patent culture, perhaps due to their legacy as a machines
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    While we support what Mr. Goodlatte’s trying to do on trolls, if the CBM is included, we’d be forced to oppose the bill. OK, so go on the record as opposing it.
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Do you think this is the solution? Would it work in any environment? Start-up for instance? One could argue that training a programmer should be like training a doctor - once you get over the initial hurdle of getting into Medical school,
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Gottschall believes that these problems (the humanities’ increasing irrelevance, decreasing popularity, and the subjects' inability to ever answer questions conclusively) are not only connected, but can be solved by implementing the k
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    IMHO... You can't get a crew of experienced software engineers without starting with hordes of novices. It's just not a field where you can say, "Pass the entrance exam, get some mentoring, and come back in 6 years with exp
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Based on this, why not work as an independent consultant rather than an employee?
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    There's a problem in asking "How much did they deserve?" because there are so many hard to answer questions. - Did they uncover some unique IP, or was the exit the work of subsequent management? - How much did the VCs influen
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Can you share more on why it's a bad place to work? They seem to be in a hot area now - consumer products data.
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    We've seen a lot of articles on Google about the product side. This is the first I've seen in a while on their internal management. This is important for them to nail to avoid becoming the next IBM or Microsoft. (Both did well
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    GE or Nielsen?
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    I guess I don't understand something. Everywhere I have worked has had a ranking of employees such that when finances become difficult they knew who they would make redundant first. To me this is also stacked ranking. This is a stack
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Maybe he's not being honest with himself? :-) But I have heard elsewhere that a big reason behind doing this is it forces managers to not be wishy washy telling everyone how great they are. It's very hard to enforce the discipli