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by mathattack 13y ago
One could take the analogy further - for the same reason people choose C versus LISP. :-) Sometimes structure isn't the best (or quickest) solution for the problem at hand.
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by mathattack 13y ago
"So the first news I see regarding Microsoft today is that Ballmer refuses to talk about the company's wearable computing strategy. My first thought was, "This is its priority? Wearable computers? So it can spy on your day-to
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by mathattack 13y ago
Exactly. You can anonymously sort for IQ, but not for EQ. And the IQ parts can be gamed. (I know of someone who "cheated" their way into Microsoft)
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by mathattack 13y ago
This is a very true and real problem, and there is significant data and other studies to support her assertion. That said, the title is a little misleading as it's "Job Inquiries" that skyrocket, not offers. Of course it tak
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by mathattack 13y ago
It was a little more than 100K, but I'm being purposefully vague on the exact #s. But let's do some back of the envelope math: $800 day * 250 days (10 holidays) * 75% (3/4 billable) = 150K - 10K ? Social Security - 5K No m
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by mathattack 13y ago
This could also be worded, "Cancel Netflix if you value free software." By definition, Netflix users are paying for software (ok, a service) so it seems hard to get them rallied up for this cause. (This isn't a comment eith
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by mathattack 13y ago
I'm with you - 3 or 4 months seems premature to give up on something that's already been built. It does sound like the marketing plan is weak.
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by mathattack 13y ago
I would also argue that there's substitution effects too. Many Americans capable of getting into the top Econ Phd programs can get salaries post-undergrad that would rival their post-Phd salaries. This is less true of students in man
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by mathattack 13y ago
The dollar conversion is very important. I used to work with some people who made $800/day as independent consultants. Some full time employees making north of $100K were livid, and complained about being exploited. The complexities
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by mathattack 13y ago
It's easy enough to fix for screening for gender, but it's much harder to fix the screening for age, because people like to see a sequence of activities. At the very least, work experience years comes across. When people leave o
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by mathattack 13y ago
I learned to dance from an awful starting point in 10 weeks, and got very good in 20. You don't need a year.
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Why yousendit had to change it's name(tech.fortune.cnn.com)
2 points by mathattack 13y ago|0 comments
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Nokia's new 41 megapixel camera(money.cnn.com)
1 points by mathattack 13y ago|0 comments
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by mathattack 13y ago
Every farmer has a decision: Eat the grain, or sell the grain. They sell it if the money has more value to them than eating it. Unless they're indentured servants or slaves, they are doing this for their own benefit. If they'd
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by mathattack 13y ago
I like this conceptually, but where you set that wage is the tricky part. If most folks don't have to work, most won't. Less people to tax too. That will in turn cause inflation, as there's less supply of goods. Then you&
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by mathattack 13y ago
I witnessed a fraud where someone ended their career over a couple grand in expenses. I couldn't believe it. My takeaway was they thought they wouldn't be caught, or they could talk their way out of it if they were. Unless this
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by mathattack 13y ago
Absolutely fantastic and inspiring story! I like your point that it's more than lifting. If you don't eat well, and don't get enough sleep, you do all that effort lifting to not get a benefit. Kind of like working for 8 ho
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by mathattack 13y ago
It's very much the fight of simplicity versus committee-think.
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by mathattack 13y ago
Empathy to that level gets expensive! You have to really feel it to do it.
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by mathattack 13y ago
I think this is him now -> http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=73484462
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by mathattack 13y ago
"Crime is at an all-time low yet spending on police is near an all-time high." Isn't this cause and effect? Crime is lower because we are hiring more policemen. That is certainly one conclusion from Freakonomics. This is ju
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by mathattack 13y ago
Here's what I don't follow... Did he lose a spaceship worth $9000, or did he actually pay $9000 for it?
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by mathattack 13y ago
A year is much too long. I wanted to learn to swing dance, coming from a starting point of absolute incompetence. I took lessons once a week for about 20 weeks, and practiced 3 nights a week. Halfway through I was very comfortable, and c
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by mathattack 13y ago
It sounds like the informal style of a small company didn't scale. I've heard various #s between 50 and 160 batted around as optimal sizes of organizations, after which you need more structure. The challenge is that interpersonal
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by mathattack 13y ago
This is very true. If there is no structure, there is no company, just a bunch of contractors doing business with each other. People need to know what's been decided and what to do, and what others are doing. Whether it's via in
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by mathattack 13y ago
I guess it's just splitting hairs... On the one side is the classical economist saying, "Customers shouldn't be screaming in indignation over this" which is my reaction to the author's rant. The other is the behav
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by mathattack 13y ago
True. And in the sarin gas bombings it was the line station managers who took the great risks.
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by mathattack 13y ago
It seems like a strange methodology to get at what's an obvious truism. Berea college ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berea_College ) is very atypical. It's a small school, with a mission of helping poor Appal
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by mathattack 13y ago
Similar. I was wired to take hard courses for the challenge, and just didn't care about the grades. But a lot of people are coddled and fear failure.
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by mathattack 13y ago
The courage of Japanese managers in the line of duty in situations like this is commendable. Similar examples were found during the Sarin gas bombings.

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