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   A CEO's passionate defense of stack ranking(management.fortune.cnn.com)

   4 points by mathattack 13y ago|14 comments
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   Are there corporate implications to this article? I'd be interested in how someone might extrapolate the lesson. (Asking from interest, not to be a smartass)
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   I would like to see something that talks about the efficiency of both approaches - ideally from a controlled test. The reality is offices are much more enjoyable then cubes. Many years ago I was part of a consulting project that cube-farme
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   It is very interesting to watch the rise and expansion of Python. I'm interested in the thoughts others have to why this is. Is it that it's to learn? Easy to read? Easy to extend? Whatever the cause, I'm glad that I&#x2
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   Yes. Taking 2 years off didn't help either. This sounds like the plight of people who take extended maternity or paternity leaves, only to find themselves unwanted in the workforce. Age discrimination is tough!
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   A few thoughts as an outside observer... - You won't know until 10 years from now. Even still, it won't be enough to say they missed a lot of firms. Of course they will. They can't possibly have 100% market share. A sign
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   The idea of working at your kid's soccer game is pretty scary. I guess it's better than not showing up at all, but what about when you miss the big goal? Hard to argue with "You should be at home eating waffles"
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   I think Amazon's thought process here is that if there's going to be an after market, they might as well get paid for it. This also could grow the total market size if people can easily resell their books, rather than pitch them
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   Is there another side to this story? Not about the individual, but Amazon overall? For instance - could it be that Amazon was historically guilty of passing on a large amount of counterfeit goods via 3rd party resellers, and they are now j
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Thanks. This helps. Can you give a specific example of when someone would use this calculation, and where it would go wrong? Or what kind of problem requires the draws to be a function of all the data?
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Can anyone explain cases where the Monte Carlo optimizations wouldn't work in a distributed manner? Most of the examples of Monte Carlo that come to mind are path dependent pricings of financial instruments. That seems to be an easy
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    It's a very fine line between strong corporate cultures that encompass personal identities, and selfish cult-like behavior. If you look at the leading companies across many industries, one thing that jumps out is that the corporate ide
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Very cool - thank you for sharing! Now if only I can turn the volume on....
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer, and this is business manners advice, not legal advice. Step 1: Start with a very friendly letter noting the similarities, and asking for citation with a link. If it's a friendly error, or you give them
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    Microsoft, GE, and the futility of ranking employees(management.fortune.cnn.com)

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

    If it's not a resume, it belongs. (Personal programming website) If it is a resume, it doesn't. Recruiters don't like it because it then puts them on the defensive for age discrimination issues.
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    This is part of his contradiction. Kind of like a porn producer fighting for free speech, which is supposed to be for political protection.
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Great tips. Unblocking folks also applied to taking an afternoon off, or even using the office pool table.
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Does 20% realistically come between 80 and 100%, 100 and 120, or 120 and 140%?
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    He's a very strange person. As much as he's personally despicable, he finds himself at the forefront of civil rights.
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    This is very scary!
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Try a columnar database solution for time series.
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    By this argument I would have sold at 10 million.
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Getting our attention is a world of spam requires crossing the creepy line. Unfortunate.
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    I find readability and reuse to be very underrated. Even if it's an imperfect tool for many things, if the code is easy to maintain and update, you can overlook other flaws.
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    I'm thinking that if Spamchat is worth 3+ billion, then Instagram sold too cheap.
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    How about "4 - they think they can get a better offer"?
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Yes - for them the share price isn't about the cash, it's about keeping score.
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    More burger variety = less obesity. This is a very counterintuitive result. I would like to see two other breakouts: 1) Quantity of Burgers ordered (as opposed to Burger options) versus obesity. 2) Fast Food Options versus Obesity. My gu
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Normally it takes getting into a higher tax bracket to force this type of conversion. :-) The nice thing about conservatives is they don't believe in the power of government to do things right. The bad thing is that this sometimes le