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   by mathattack 13y ago

   The following are three forms of subsidies: 1) Schools are non-profits everything they do is subsidized. 2) Student loans subsidize schools. 3) State schools have in state subsidies. If a professor is writing and researching, that is time a
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   I find this interesting because this view of online education is the opposite of cheap education for the masses. It shows online education as a means to find the prodigies around the world.
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   Thank you for sharing! I want to (and will) upvote the OP and all the comments. Great discussion!
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   I don't think most humanities faculty are paid well. Perhaps the top few at the top schools, but the dropoff is enormous. A better question may be is it worth it for the government to subsidize research for humanities professors? Or
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   I would think that there has to be a synthetic was to get the same effect.
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   I was just thinking that everything from Coding Horror has to have appeared here at least once.
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   "It dwarfs all other problems -- Syria, terrorism, the NSA, class and economic disparity, all of them." I don't know enough about climate science to be fully informed about impact, but this I know... A true carbon tax would
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   The article is about the entire spectrum of education.
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   It does seem to be infiltrating financial services as the video suggests. I think it is earning it's niche precisely because it's easier for smart non-CS people to pick up than other languages. There isn't an overhead of le
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    This sounds like it should be the subject of a Dilbert article!
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Your analysis is spot on. My first assumption on reading this was, "What does it matter?" I think the starting assumption for everything online is, "This will be read by someone other than it's intended audience until
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    At some point firms grow from "Trust everyone" to people wanting to know what the shared expectations are. This appears to be an attempt to define what the shared expectations are.
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    The challenge for Pandora's new CEO(blogs.wsj.com)

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

    I suspect that managing a day job and a kid impacted the schedule quite a bit. I recall a quote from another thread, "Once you have kids you are only allowed one hobby."
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    "Had 1,867,713 additions, 1,748,514 deletions and 4,923 project commits." Damn you're persistent! In hindsight, why did take so much longer than initially expected? Poor estimation of the initial target, or a large change fr
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    When you combine the top 10% with a 12 to 1 student to teacher ratio, great things can happen. This seems more like the US private school model. I'm surprised they didn't mention that Finnish students start school at 7 years old.
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    "My software is a free browser extension that fixes and enhances the Facebook user interface" I can certainly see why Facebook might not want someone else controlling their user experience. It doesn't seem like too much of a
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    I still watch it, but it's more out of loyalty than quality.
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    I misunderstood the magnitude. So let's say it's a rigged contest. Do you think people will choose not to apply as a result? Or just accept that it's more for PR than for funding?
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    Women and philosophy(freakonomics.com)

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

    It would also seem that referential transparency takes away many real world applications. We need randomness and an ability to read files. This is coming from a big fan of functional programming and removing side effects.
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    This is fine, no? Who better to judge than investors? As long as it's not for firms he has a stake in, there's no conflict of interest. This is especially true when competitors want to attract investors.
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Both true. I think I've read research that acting confident increases your confidence. Unfortunately I can't find it handy, but I thought it was very counterintuitive.
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    I'll name 4 possible explanations of many. I'm not listing these to justify any behavior, just to explain what I've seen. 1) If the company has someone in particular in mind that they want to sponsor for a visa, they need t
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Thank you for sharing your experience. His type of advice and connections appear to be the pinnacle of what people can hope for in a VC.
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    A computer fit for the Amish(npr.org)

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

    My impression is that some of this has changed. The VCs I know are either domain experts or ex-engineers. Some are both. There also isn't a dearth of angel funding any more. Many angels are ex-entrepreneurs. This doesn't solve
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Am I going to have to write a flowchart for this similar to Inflection?
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Intuitively it would seem that if the desire is there, it can be taught. If someone doesn't want to learn, they won't. But if someone has an open mind, they can learn. There are many socially awkward people who bloom in college
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    The tech intellectuals(democracyjournal.org)

    1 points by mathattack 13y ago|0 comments