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by mathattack 13y ago
To be drafted by the NBA you have to be "at least one year out of high school". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eligibility_for_the_NBA_Draft The degree is not required, but this forces most into at least one ye
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by mathattack 13y ago
I'm not sure I agree with all the scandal. To me it's more a legal technicality. Schools should be allowed to pay whatever market salaries they must to keep their heads. If students don't like it, they can choose to apply t
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What I learned at Facebook's big data boot camp(tech.fortune.cnn.com)
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The truth about Google's stock split(tech.fortune.cnn.com)
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by mathattack 13y ago
If it's a learning internship (as opposed to a "Get me coffee" internship) all you can trade for the teaching and money is enthusiasm. Many people treat interns like a burden from HR, and the way to win them over is enthusia
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by mathattack 13y ago
I remember interviewing for a job at a utility that gave a written test to determine aptitude for learning assembler. All I could think is, "Oh boy this will lead to a miserable existence." Then again, if I were born 30 years ea
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by mathattack 13y ago
We only know her side of the story, but it is still a very brave thing to write.
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by mathattack 13y ago
It's a shame to lose such a bold journalist when they are in short supply. There is an irony that the Rolling Stone is the place to house free speech.
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by mathattack 13y ago
A simpler list: 1. Show up early. 2. 2 eyes, 2 ears, 1 mouth - use proportionally. 3. Work hard and Learn hard. 4. Be nice to everyone. 5. Stay late. I've found very few people who follow 1-5 that have disliked their internship.
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by mathattack 13y ago
It's a support expiry, not a technical expiry, no?
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by mathattack 13y ago
I like inserting (Mechanics) in between classical and world. Very interesting video.
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by mathattack 13y ago
Don't most social media sites ask for permission to upload your contacts from elsewhere? The answer (as Nancy Reagan taught us) is to Just Say No. Yes there is (a lot!) of job-hunting spam on LinkedIn, but when you need a job the spam
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by mathattack 13y ago
This is why I thought the AFT's suggestion on a rigorous exam was ludicrous too. Does passing the bar make lawyers better law teachers?
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by mathattack 13y ago
Oh the drama! Should we tar and feather him first? Or skip the trouble and just stone him?
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by mathattack 13y ago
'Officially, there is a road there. We raised the money and the local authorities built it. It just never appeared.' I am a huge fan of Brazilian culture, but what you described is why so many aid programs fail. People know that
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by mathattack 13y ago
This jibes with what I've seen. I didn't think phones could generate content, but it was just long text that they struggled with. I don't like typing on a tablet, but my laptop gets smaller and smaller. Good user experienc
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by mathattack 13y ago
This is the tradeoff... SaaS gets great margins because it's not custom. There's a high fixed cost, then each incremental addition has benefit. Even with a low marginal cost this is true. The #1 SaaS can also add lot of featur
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by mathattack 13y ago
And most people don't use the subway for an hour, it's usually less mileage per person. But the extremes do show a big case of opposites.
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by mathattack 13y ago
Which one of us would find the other more toxic?
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by mathattack 13y ago
Go figure. I would be afraid of what might be growing in the water, but I guess that level of salt would kill most anything.
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by mathattack 13y ago
I may be wrong, but I put the medians at a similar price. Both systems can go cheaper or more expensive. This is a little frustrating because 1 hour between major metro areas can cost 50-100x the 1 hour subway ride from the Bronx to Coney
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by mathattack 13y ago
For Northeast travel in the US, the train is more practical. Pretty much anything from DC to Boston is less painful on the train. You get a seat an continuous alone time. This holds less on broader travel.
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Just thinking about money can corrupt you(money.cnn.com)
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by mathattack 13y ago
This is the best article on it. If you want to fish for an earlier version of it, go to the story of reduced choice in soft drinks in the Dilbert Principle. Cost cutting like this is a sign of either a general focus on margins (moving from
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by mathattack 13y ago
Indeed, the school has no obligation to house someone on a fellowship indefinitely. Let another school pick up the tab for the year, and get the positive PR that comes with it. If he's worth it, someone else will help.
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by mathattack 13y ago
Very good advice. And the large noisy bar scene for parties is a pet peeve of mine too. But that could be a side effect of not being 21 any more. :-)
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by mathattack 13y ago
The service is great for what it is. TL;DR - Someone please read the legal mumbo jumbo for me. I'm not a lawyer either. I could spend 2 hours reading the fine print and making a best guess, or someone else could read it for all of u
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by mathattack 13y ago
It's the 1% that can afford to move in. That's what's skewing the article. In Manhattan, there are very few buyers who make less than $400k/year as a couple. That's about the cutoff for the 1%. This doom and gloo
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by mathattack 13y ago
Bell Labs is long gone, and existed to appease the government about a monopoly. This is about BIG thinking enabled by the unique org structure. Everything about corporate governance says this is a bad structure. But they still might pull
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by mathattack 13y ago
This makes some sense. On personal experience, alcohol can facilitate group discussions too. It's social, everyone talks open ideas, and can stretch a little more. But it's much worse for deep thinking. It's also worse fo

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