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   by mathattack 13y ago

   I admit that hoarding books is an irrational pack rat behavior. :-)
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   It took me a long time to pitch old SF books but I never reread them. I feel that each time you read a great book you can get half the remaining insights so unless a book is awesome I will go for new ones.
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   I'm with you on goodwill and lending, or giving. I found that most folks don't give back when I lend so I don't create the expectation that they should.
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   I guess he can always go back to the Claremont Country Club. http://www.linkedin.com/pub/andy-johnston/41/81/119
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   Good points. I wasn't thinking extortion in return, I was thinking, "Give them a chance to fix it before going public." I'd always like to fix a problem before a client goes public. And this would put the onus on the
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   Computers which magnify our prejudices(marginalrevolution.com)

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

   I think I would have written a hardcopy letter to the CEO, cc:ing every member of the board of directors asking how they would protect my business from the slander. I don't see how the offending employee doesn't get fired, but I t
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   All I can say is Wow! To say something like this on the phone is crazy, and something to get fired over. To put it in writing is a career ender. Any company that does background checks will not hire someone like this. Absolutely amazing.
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   The "stuff" I struggle with pitching is books. It just seems criminal. And I hate that I can only get 10% of what I paid from a used book store. But I miss very little of anything that I've pitched over the years. Out of
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Is this art or a prototype? I just see it on my desk tipping over. :-)
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    I was thinking of the same article. :-) In their defense, most of the people that I know at Google work very hard. It's not a culture of 40 hour workweeks.
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Very useful introduction!
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    Old athletes never die. They just move to your iPhone(tech.fortune.cnn.com)

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

    Some of the craziest are also the smartest. And they follow chains or reason a little too far.
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    I think it's highlighting all the marketing pieces that show people using their products in coffee shops. Like "Coffee shops" are the new trendy location. "Use our product, and be a cool coffee shop person."
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Yes. I would think that if this works, there could be other similar uses. If there are natural genes in plants that turn on vitamin production, why not engineer it? It's a shame that they're destroying experiments. There are ra
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    I wouldn't blame this on MBA-think. The folks doing it at Google aren't MBAs, and the 3M/Google/HP approach is treated as a positive case study. It's an issue of central control versus decentralized organization, a
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    I'm amazed at the breakdown. Over 3/8 are internationalists - what a Cosmopolitan group!
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    Facebook testing one-click checkout for mobile shopping(money.cnn.com)

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

    You should have thrown the FREE PIZZA and BEER in the subject. :-)
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Software engineering. Many people go to theoretical programs (nothing wrong with that) and start their careers at places with underdeveloped software engineering practices. They then view this as unimportant, which in turn hurts them when
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    I hear you. Add in the loss of good employment, and the make-work in the public sector. Per capita GDP doesn't help if there are not enough new entrants in the workforce to replace departing workers. With no immigration, there won&#x
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Kyle Bass is credible because he has a lot of money on the line too. He's not just selling books.
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Why not also modify for nutrition?
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    In the case of trademarks, if it's a valid complaint (and this one clearly isn't) and you choose not to prosecute, you have a weaker case the next time. So if McDonalds sees someone open up a McDonny's with similar menu item
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    There are many industries (investment banking?) where empathy can hurt. For most of us, empathy helps. If you have customers, you need empathy. If you have counterparties, it can hurt. If you have employees you need empathy. If you out
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Good list! Do we put ____ guru in the same bin as the ninjas? It would be worth adding data analyst or data scientist, as this is a growing aspect of managing a platform.
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    I was in your camp until the weight of the discussion convinced me otherwise. I learned regression as an advanced statistics topic, and it wasn't touched on in my (beyond awful) AI class. However... If linear regression is being used
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    I may be wrong, but legally Coca-Cola had to protect the slogan, otherwise they would lose the copyright, no? The "our advertising will help you" defense doesn't hold up in court. Can any lawyers confirm?
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    The 1975 Buffett memo that saved WaPo's pension(finance.fortune.cnn.com)

    1 points by mathattack 13y ago|0 comments