mathattack

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   by mathattack 13y ago

   I am actually ok with high pay for star professors. If you're a Nobel and bring international esteem to the school, you deserve to get paid. If your lectures are beamed around the world in MOOCs, you deserve to get paid. I think many
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   I buy the argument for community colleges. $3500/20 = $175 per student per class. The courses are cheap, so it's a wash. I disagree with this for private colleges where the cost per course can be $3,000 per student.
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   It would seem like there would be some kind of middle ground where adjuncts should be paid a little more and get health care, and students pay less in tuition. $3,500 to teach 50 students? Where does all the tuition go? That's enorm
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   Econometricians looked at the news business, and it isn’t pretty(washingtonpost.com)

   2 points by mathattack 13y ago|0 comments
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   A short list of online articles and references on data journalism(smalldatajournalism.com)

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

   I like "We'll succeed no matter what, but raising money will help us do it faster." I think this is a great universal negotiating technique. It's also useful for job hunting. Once you have time on your side (cash flow)
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   I interpret it as distinct - the junior employee. He refers to the partners subsequently, though still advising to delay (rather than skip) the meeting. If you get cold-emailed by an associate at a VC firm, you shouldn't meet even if
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   That's a great quote. I like this one: 6. "I very frequently get the question: 'What's going to change in the next 10 years?' And that is a very interesting question; it's a very common one. I almost never get
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   Is it the investors, or entrepreneurs that are afraid of failure? Folks like to have "Sold to X" on their LinkedIn profile.
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    It seems like they're looking for a large amount groups of people who are tightly connected.
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    That's exactly what will happen. The weakness of much social science is people make judgments based on no external influence. Once the influence happens, the outcomes change. This is also why market inefficiencies disappear after th
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Acquisition or acquihire? It's tough to know without seeing the return to the original investors.
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    There's certainly an irony on the link to a programming test not working.
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    There is principal-agent problems in a lot of companies. CEOs want to run bigger companies, even if it's not best for shareholders. Managers want to run large mini-empires, even if it's not best for the corporation. Engineers like
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    I was very poor at applying my stats knowledge at the time, a sample size of one is hard to draw conclusions from. One thing that is very true is there is not a lot of control over research. As a Phd you are bound to your advisor (which y
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Ahhh - UFMG - solid place. I heard UFMG is why Google is in Belo Horizonte. As for names, when I saw yours, I thought of this R Almeida. http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Ricardo-Almeida-11
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Do you see this ending in Lord of the Flies? I just can't imagine 10 friends all growing together with the land at the same pace. Some will have kids. Other want to be more rowdy. Or less. It sounds awesome though, I hope they mak
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    In general the trolls make a lot of money. 20-50k multiplied by a lot of victims. I recall a news article describing their multi million dollar lifestyles.
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    It's a shame that it comes to this - someone fighting with their personal wealth. The patent trolls are very well funded.
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    I was thinking the same thing. His hard earned thoughts carry much more wisdom than, "We should have followed the lean principles that we ignored. Whoops!"
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Yes, the distinction between discussion and expertise killed some of my enthusiasm as a contributor. In the end I decided to just enjoy the service as a user.
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    I find it to be an enormous productivity help too. Almost always it's the best hit from Google on any programming problem that I have. The one thing I've noticed is I've switched from being a contributor to a consumer of inf
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Yes. Both cities and corporations are guilty of this, especially on the Health Care side. I recall attending a recruiting presentation of a Detroit automaker who bragged about how they were purposefully not funding their Health Care liabi
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    I agree with your thoughts on this being Naive. As an undergrad I wrote off the idea of pursuing a Phd (my initial intent) because I saw how the senior professor I assisted spent his time. A lot more mental energy went to grant writing th
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Good analogy. But I would add "this book and the next one that I create" and "you can have help from whoever happens to be with you" In the best case there is still a little "unknown unknown" about both the sc
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    It's a political decision, but sometimes this is how the political process works best. For better or worse our political process pushes towards extreme edges during the primaries as candidates have to play to the base. Getting appoin
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    The problem is real. For many jobs that don't require working with strangers, it is unrealistic to the work required to be able to perform under stress in front of a stranger. I think this may be an introvert/extrovert issue. Th
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    The chapter dependencies is one of those things that is so obvious you wonder why it isn't in every textbook. How was the class? The book is very comprehensive. I'd imagine it would be hard to cover it in a year, let alone a qua
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    I appreciate the encouragement, and a couple references along the way. After some time away from programming on a daily basis, Python is bringing me back.
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    It looks very well organized, and that he's given thought to "How to teach" as well as "What to teach." Makes me wish I had 3 free hours a night over the next month. :-) OP - Thanks for sharing!