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   Chinese Factory Workers & the Toys They Make(m.imgur.com)

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

   In my observation, it is very hard for a humanities major at a non-elite university to get a good job outside of sales. You can get away with majoring in history at Princeton, but don't expect a good job with the same degree from Ford
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   My understanding of Finland isn't that teachers are paid more, it's that they are highly respected. (Similar to Singapore) They are in a positive cycle: Teachers are respected -> The elite want to become teachers -> Teach
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   I think the point of the story wasn't proper attribution, it was a way for Gates to prod people to work faster.
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   It added very little to the value of the story. Clearly Jeff could have found him if he wanted to.
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   When Bezos’s lieutenants learned of Wal-Mart’s counterbid, they ratcheted up the pressure, telling the Quidsi founders that “sensei” was such a furious competitor that he would drive diaper prices to zero if they sold to Bentonville. That
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   Maybe a fine line between "writing" and "designing" and "prototyping". :-)
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   There’s no such thing as being “good” or “bad” at math(qz.com)

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

   Edited to add a citation. At many universities (certainly my undergrad) the mean and median students in the Education department are weaker than students in other departments. Taking the weakest to bring out the best in our students seems
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    While I don't subscribe to Howard Zinn, I like to read him for an alternative viewpoint. He has strong views about how we curved the opinion on Columbus and built a myth around him. http://www.historyisaweapon.com/defc
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    if anything accept part of the Bible, cherry picking, is worse (logically) than accepting all of it. I'm not sure I follow this... Why is this so bad. Let's say that my view of the bible is a set of self-replicating instructio
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    And it got me my "dream job," which counts for a lot. I think that's the true lesson of the story. Thanks for sharing it!
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Thanks for the update! I do believe that there may be diminishing returns to focusing on intellectual improvement (a genius that can't get a date won't be happy) but it's clear that our minds are indeed malleable.
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    The answers may get better, but don't you want to find out which candidates are more likely to bluff when they're wrong? The point of the interview isn't for candidates to give you answers that are as correct as possible. I
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    The GMAT as well. It's interesting when you work with little kids - you have to encourage them to guess. They're more likely to admit what they don't know.
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Indeed. Really the story could be, "How my side project landed me my dream job."
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Any hands on experience from people making their living developing add-ons for the platform? I'm curious if their experience lived up to the article.
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    I was wondering the same. My guess is it's "Enough to finance the next project" rather than "Enough for a new life" but Im' interested in the outcome. Good story no matter what!
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    True. And it's not just the fights, it's the training. Ali used to train without headgear, as he wanted to prepare in as realistic a situation as possible. Even with the headgear, you can get a lot of small concussions. It is s
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    The fields medal came 30+ years after the Nobels, though. The article explains why it wasn't there to begin with. If there was a Nobel for math, perhaps the Fields Medal would have been for another subject, or not created at all.
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    However, the story of some rivalry over a woman is obviously much more amusing, and that's why it will probably continue to be repeated. Great storytellers never let facts get in the way of a good yarn!
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    I think it's more malleable than people give it credit for. Over time my performance on IQ tests changed from being much higher on math to much higher on verbal. (I largely stopped reading for pleasure in high school, and didn't
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Yes. I have no medical training, but it's hard to imagine all the hits to the head didn't accelerate the brain damage. Here's more on Dementia Pugilistica: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dementia_pugilist
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    Harvard Business School Publishing crosses the ‘evil’ academic line(digitopoly.org)

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

    With the exception of one or two superstars, boxing has died on it's own. (Or is it the UFC that killed it?) When I was young, Football was the only sport that my parents forbade me from playing. Hockey - ok. Wrestling - ok. Footba
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Dividend paying stocks outperform non-dividend payers over time, so you're on the right track. Giving the owners their money back keeps mature firms from wasting it. (This is very different from high growth firms who have a high cost
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    True. I view the move to services as a way of monetizing the brand. Historically their HW and SW weren't always the best, but people knew you could call their support with a problem. Now they've found a way to get paid for the
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Yes. For most projects, having the "Whatever it takes to get it done" is most important. For long term skill development, and some key hard projects, the deeper understanding is valuable. The 10xers whom I call first with hard
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    I'd add a 5th. "Maxing the value of a mature or declining business." Many companies overinvest on #4, when the business has moved to step 5. IBM played this very well. Blackberry, perhaps not so well.
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    My sense is people generally separate their work into, "Tasks I like to do" and "Administrative overhead". For small companies, being nimble is more important than scale or coordination, so the overhead takes a back sea