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6961.
by mathattack 13y ago
It can be worse... Companies can hire moral workers because they won't steal secrets after they've been screwed over. But such is life. If morality were 100% cost-effective then it wouldn't really be morality, it would be
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by mathattack 13y ago
You answered it much better than me. Every hire that comes in without someone at the firm personally vouching for their character is a risk. Sometimes an honest meh is better than risking the apocalypse.
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by mathattack 13y ago
Hiring a CEO like this will help you out in many ways. Congrats on the coup!
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by mathattack 13y ago
If your core business isn't profitable, SaaS won't get you there, but it is a great model if you can get big. If done right, the value from not having to re-implement at each customer site is huge.
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by mathattack 13y ago
Wouldn't it be more fun to write it in LISP itself?
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by mathattack 13y ago
"How costly? The U.S. Department of Labor currently estimates that the average cost of a bad hiring decision can equal 30% of the individual’s first-year potential earnings. That means a single bad hire with an annual income of $50,000
6967.
by mathattack 13y ago
This is even more cool. His encouragement will go a long way for her.
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by mathattack 13y ago
I think many folks are missing that this is art. On the surface it's a story of someone who games the system. A level beneath it's about someone losing their ambition as they get sucked in to gaming the system. It could be a la
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by mathattack 13y ago
I don't think Friedman and Dowd should be mutually exclusive with him. It's multiple avenues towards the truth - see who gets their first. When he's correct, it's good for science and math.
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by mathattack 13y ago
There were rumors at a large consumer products company that I used to work at of a salesman who went to law school full time during 3 years there. He was selling products that didn't really require selling.
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Facebook remembers first chef(techcrunch.com)
1 points by mathattack 13y ago|0 comments
6972.
by mathattack 13y ago
Surprising how long this bug was out in the wilderness.
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by mathattack 13y ago
I wonder what this does for their strong reputation for security. Are they now big enough to attract attention? (Or too big to not attract attention?)
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The world as free fire zone(technologyreview.com)
2 points by mathattack 13y ago|0 comments
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Drone joystick pilots versus airplane pilots(marginalrevolution.com)
1 points by mathattack 13y ago|0 comments
6976.
by mathattack 13y ago
What I mean is, should we allow scientists a couple years to interpret the data from their experiments and models before forcing them to share it? Should we (as taxpayers funding the research) require them to disclose results before the pe
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by mathattack 13y ago
Based on personal experience (small sample size), Phds in Computer Science can find homes at consulting firms (hired for "being smart"), and software and hardware firms that utilize their speciality, and even hedge funds. It can
6978.
by mathattack 13y ago
It would, but people pull it off. Here's one example, also from Harvard. http://matt-welsh.blogspot.com/2010/11/why-im-leaving-harvar... I think it's much easier in Computer Science than other fields -
6979.
by mathattack 13y ago
Wow - crowdsourcing the removal of ludicrous patents. This could be the killer app of StackExchange. Well done!
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by mathattack 13y ago
Very good point on market centric versus customer centric view of the MVP. Is the critical path "Will someone pay for this" or "Can we get it to work"?
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by mathattack 13y ago
Seems like a shot across the bow of their Southern neighbors. The US needs to get our act in gear. Vancouver and Toronto are already world class cities.
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Education in the clouds(cherokeegothic.com)
1 points by mathattack 13y ago|0 comments
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by mathattack 13y ago
Be careful. If this gets out they'll shut it down. :-)
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by mathattack 13y ago
I like the idea. When you free yourself from undue external pressure creativity comes out. This doesn't work for everyone. You have to be very prescient to avoid all advice. Being smart and in computer science allows one great back
6985.
by mathattack 13y ago
It would seem like anyone worth their salt in computer science could get a corporate job after 7 years at any school, especially Harvard. It seems like the concept of having a failed career is much less than if the Phd was in Philosophy.
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by mathattack 13y ago
Whoops! This does beg a question... Does science deserve a higher standard of opacity for publicly funded research than our government overall? My sense is "let the process work to separate the signal from the noise" but I'
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by mathattack 13y ago
She doesn't need the money, so this is probably from the publisher.
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by mathattack 13y ago
Wow - that a tear jerker that's hard to respond to. Glad to hear he is well!
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by mathattack 13y ago
It just seems very inefficient to store stuff on a hard drive for 9 months, no? If it's important enough to snoop, shouldn't you want to get the word out sooner?
6990.
by mathattack 13y ago
Who is the bully? Squatters are just taking advantage of their advantage of the internet to loot someone else's brand, similar to patent trolls. Two sides to every story.

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