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by mathattack 13y ago
This seems to me to be more like Supportus Lazicus . Many support organizations are purposefully understaffed, so you have to mathematically prove that there's a problem to get through the noise. For small ticket items it's ver
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by mathattack 13y ago
If you're looking for warm fully constructive feedback, there are better places than HN to post. It's like going to a Tea Party website to extoll the benefits of Obamacare. Of course the feedback will be harsh. Some of it might
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by mathattack 13y ago
This seems very much a French ideal. I used to visit France a lot for work, and there seemed to be a lot of disrespect of authority. (Strikes, unions, etc.) This gets me thinking about Open Source. I would think that adoption is consiste
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by mathattack 13y ago
Is this a case of incompetence at the junior levels or conspiracy at the senior? We tend to blame the latter, when it's frequently the former. (The folks at the airline terminal seem to be too incompetent to be entrusted with any kin
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by mathattack 13y ago
10% of invested funds for admin? Isn't that 5x the industry standard?
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by mathattack 13y ago
The united position of Tiffany's and Walmart is interesting. Perhaps both are concerned that unrestricted flooding of the market will new gold will hurt both of their profits. Or is it altruism?
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Highbrow betting: gambling on cultural events is on the up(theguardian.com)
1 points by mathattack 13y ago|0 comments
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by mathattack 13y ago
Fair enough, though perhaps we're going too deep down the rabbit hole for a video game. :-)
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by mathattack 13y ago
That's why I'd like to see an investigative journalist look into it. The big question is which source can we trust? For better or worse, the WSJ has it's own biases. (Anti-Obama and pro-big business - and this coming from
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by mathattack 13y ago
This shows how complicated people can be... From an outsiders view (obviously influenced by the media) it does seem like he sold the stock to keep his personal fortune as the company went down the tubes. But yet he's the only major e
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by mathattack 13y ago
Not about diversity, just an example of culture. I wanted to pick a counter-example that didn't include pizza or alcohol, and "chocolate brownie" came to mind first because I had one in front of me. (Unfortunately not compa
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by mathattack 13y ago
It seems like crime follows income disparity. When you have a lot of wealth connected to a lot of poverty, and not many people keeping them apart, you have crime. It surprises me that Oakland is even worse than Detroit - perhaps because D
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by mathattack 13y ago
Freakonomics discussed crime decreasing in New York. A lot of it was just due to more police.
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by mathattack 13y ago
Indeed. When my 10 year high school reunion came, we were surprised by several "Who knew?" instances of people passing away. It was always people 2 removed. With social media the amount of people 1 removed is closer, and it&#x2
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by mathattack 13y ago
The math still holds if you assume buying back after the drop. Think of it this way - in both cases you're selling today, and buying later. The only difference is the "hold the whole market first" strategy requires more capi
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by mathattack 13y ago
Let's oversimplify for the sake of showing the calculation... There are 4 stocks in the world, A, B, and C, and D, all trading at $25. I invest $100, buying $25 in each. Now lets say that I know for sure that stock D will go down beca
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Apple passes Coke as world's 'top brand'(cnn.com)
1 points by mathattack 13y ago|0 comments
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by mathattack 13y ago
I view them like the ratings agencies. They exist because someone has to fill a void. For the ratings agencies, there is a void where people who don't have a lot of financial knowledge are placed on top of large sums of money. One c
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by mathattack 13y ago
It seems to balance "Yes, we fined them" with "No, we didn't scare a high tech employer out of the country."
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by mathattack 13y ago
Interesting. I could see this as the intellectual genesis of an entirely different game. Imagine tying the virtual market to Bitcoins! One comment on being able to short... Based on how the game is described (I may be the only one the pl
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by mathattack 13y ago
It may tell you that the job is anti-diversity, but at least it's honest. If there's a weekly whiskey (or tequila or chocolate brownie) hour at the company, wouldn't you want to know in advance?
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by mathattack 13y ago
Forgive me for being naive, but don't the HR applications scan for keywords?
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by mathattack 13y ago
If someone isn't working out, whether it's their fault or yours, you are doing them a favor by terminating them so long as you give them appropriate severance that will cover them long enough to find a new job. Most people don&#x2
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by mathattack 13y ago
I'm also in the "I like to get up and out of the office even for a few minutes" camp, though I hate waiting in line. I've seen the opposite - where I've been in a capital markets job where I couldn't leave my d
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by mathattack 13y ago
Yet another instance of XKCD having an answer for everything. I expect many instances where I will reuse out the "Data is imaginary, this burrito is real" comment.
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Siemens lays off 15,000—this is what happens when you put a CFO in charge(qz.com)
2 points by mathattack 13y ago|0 comments
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by mathattack 13y ago
This is true in any academic field: Poetry, history, math, physics, engineering... The nice thing about computer science is you can make a decent living out of your hobby. The not so nice thing - you have to do what people pay you to do,
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by mathattack 13y ago
The challenge is I can't think of anything better. It just seems like if one complains about too many guns in their neighborhood, there are better solutions than mounting a machine gun on the roof. Perhaps I have sympathy because I&#x
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by mathattack 13y ago
It takes a while to develop the habit. The biggest part is forcing yourself to go to bed early. :-) I used to be a "Do things until they're done" in the evening person, but switched to a morning routine when I got into man
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by mathattack 13y ago
Of course. I wonder if he'll (or is it bias to say he?) follow her own advice. Rules of etiquette Much has already been written on the subject of wikietiquette, and behaviors that are considered disruptive. As a propagandist, your on

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