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7201.
by mathattack 13y ago
I usually skip the comments and just come here. :-)
7202.
by mathattack 13y ago
Wow - that was a very meaningful contribution. It certainly shows Kyle Wiens to be a man of purpose.
7203.
Some Foreign Telcos Reportedly Defied NSA Phone Spying Order(techcrunch.com)
41 points by mathattack 13y ago|7 comments
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SimCity using Optimizely for A/B testing(techcrunch.com)
2 points by mathattack 13y ago|0 comments
7205.
by mathattack 13y ago
There are many locations where things like this are true. The strange thing for me is the 20 miles bit. That seems very big. Wouldn't 5 miles do?
7206.
by mathattack 13y ago
I liked the comment about "You can't grow bigger than your partners." This is very true of small firms starting with small partners. If you want a 5 person consulting firm to resell your product, you get a lot of attention,
7207.
by mathattack 13y ago
I'm not positive in general, but I can see there being issues when the items being modeled are dated. It also seems like there's a general trend against the concept. But I'm not a designer as well.
7208.
Science Prizes: The new Nobels(nature.com)
1 points by mathattack 13y ago|0 comments
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Finance and the Common Good(papers.ssrn.com)
1 points by mathattack 13y ago|0 comments
7210.
by mathattack 13y ago
That was the first thing I thought. Isn't beef jerky supposed to be dry? How is dry grizzled fat any good?
7211.
by mathattack 13y ago
This is starting to sound like Inception. I'll get my Scheme manual to figure out how far down this recursive algorithm can go. (Infinitely?)
7212.
by mathattack 13y ago
I think the context here is different than the strength of the quote. The context is about the government knowing everyone's petty mistakes in life, or Achilles heal. If they know this for everyone, then they can push or manipulate p
7213.
by mathattack 13y ago
Really the second half. It's the money in the bank. :-)
7214.
by mathattack 13y ago
From reading the text, was he able to charge $40 again? Seems unclear. I can see Apple not wanting to introduce a middle man.
7215.
by mathattack 13y ago
And what if you get laid off by a big company? Over and over again? And what if your pension becomes worthless? And what if your union fails? There is no risk-free path through life, only guesses and degrees.
7216.
by mathattack 13y ago
Awesome! When I was reading the article, I thought, "This was what God had in mind when she created links. Where are they?"
7217.
by mathattack 13y ago
Destruction just seems like such a harsh word. Any time you measure something, you impact what you measure. Without being pedantic about the Physics, look around. If you measure when people get in and our of work, they will optimize aroun
7218.
by mathattack 13y ago
Very good points. Listening is a HUGE part of leadership. It's very easy to fall into the charisma trap, but speaking is just a small part of the overall leadership puzzle. It's much easier to learn, think, and get the pulse of
7219.
by mathattack 13y ago
Interesting. I thought that Oracle was hyper-competitive too. Is it because they are now the defacto standard?
7220.
by mathattack 13y ago
:-) Everyone's inbox gets flooded. This highlights what people self-select to ignore.
7221.
by mathattack 13y ago
"I am surprised that no one I met in Windows Azure team heard about Heroku or Rackspace, which are direct competitors. That’s acceptable, not everybody has to know these." WOW! It's one thing to ignore competitors, it's
7222.
by mathattack 13y ago
There's a natural tendency when people leave to say, "It's them, not us." It's also natural to say, "The best companies in the world routinely prune. Look at Microsoft, Goldman Sachs, GE and McKinsey." T
7223.
by mathattack 13y ago
It would be great to know the full story. Unfortunately, if it has to do with national security, we probably will never know.
7224.
by mathattack 13y ago
Brooks' argument sounds logical until you realize it applies to all whistleblowers. His world is one in which there is no way to shine light on evil without being disloyal. This extreme I do disagree with very much.
7225.
by mathattack 13y ago
The key seems to be keeping the total amount of activity in balance. This can work well if you're single, but once you have kids their schedule will force changes.
7226.
by mathattack 13y ago
There's stories of vodka sales increasing with price increases. Marketing can sometimes overcome Economics. :-)
7227.
by mathattack 13y ago
The analogy I use is degree is to career what weight is to fitness. It's an indicator, and moving towards it helps your goals, but it's at best an imperfect marker and shouldn't be mistaken for the goal. People who have degr
7228.
by mathattack 13y ago
Holy moses that was a long article. I couldn't get to the end to see if the punchline was different than, "Yes, we get paid for hard work, but we also get paid for having rare skills. Some think it's fair, some don't. The folks doing the
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The avant-garde art of book stacking in stores of Japan(en.rocketnews24.com)
5 points by mathattack 13y ago|1 comments
7230.
by mathattack 13y ago
As others mention, Grand Central has the S and 7 (crosstown) which connect to Times Square. Grand Central gets 800,000 visitors per day, getting many commuters from Long Island and Connecticut. Grand Central is also a much bigger stopping p

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