mathattack

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   110 predictions for the next 110 years(popularmechanics.com)

   3 points by mathattack 14y ago|0 comments
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   by mathattack 14y ago

   I can't wait to find out if this was part of an application, or some other prank.
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   by mathattack 14y ago

   A similar problem happened at Harvard Business School. In the mid 80s they found no correlation between GMAT scores and success at the school, so they stopped requiring applicants to submit scores. This was a thermostat-unaware view. The
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   Kazakhstan beats alabama on math tests(techcrunch.com)

   1 points by mathattack 14y ago|0 comments
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   Apple: A hedge fund liability?(money.cnn.com)

   2 points by mathattack 14y ago|0 comments
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   by mathattack 14y ago

   Missing a ton of data, no? This is just what Crunchbase has? Hard to imagine there were so few deals in the early years. I think it paints a misleading picture because of all the missing data.
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   Trust me, I run a pyramid scheme(brontecapital.blogspot.com)

   2 points by mathattack 14y ago|0 comments
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   by mathattack 14y ago

   And it's still another $25 million loan, even if on good terms.
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   The Economist's best books of the year(economist.com)

   3 points by mathattack 14y ago|0 comments
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    by mathattack 14y ago

    Sounds like a break from Steve Jobs. http://www.politico.com/politico44/2012/01/obama-spars-with-... I suspect this is to combat negative PR from their overseas subcontractors.
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    by mathattack 14y ago

    I can't imagine that Apple thinks of being bailed out. Companies at their peak don't think that way. Hubris is nothing else. Firms don't admit to it until they're in way over their head.
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    by mathattack 14y ago

    Yes - same authors. Thank you for the more precise link.
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    by mathattack 14y ago

    Several economists write about the Great Stagnation a lot at www.marginalrevolution.com. A couple things to think about: - There have been a lot of very smart people who have thought growth can't solve the world's problems. They've been wr
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    by mathattack 14y ago

    I was scratching my head on this. Where's the buzz? What's this have that Google+ missed on?
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    by mathattack 14y ago

    It's been flat for investors for a decade.
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    How HP's Meg Whitman is passing the buck(management.fortune.cnn.com)

    1 points by mathattack 14y ago|0 comments
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    by mathattack 14y ago

    I can't see how this isn't the death knell from Zynga. Maybe I am missing something, but Zynga loses all their mass appeal. Maybe there is a self contained group that runs under the radar screen at their site, but they lose much of the so
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    by mathattack 14y ago

    Are these patents really evil, or just positioning for an endgame where everyone settles financially based on their portfolio?
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    by mathattack 14y ago

    Actually it validates their intellectual experiment. That this is the way to correct answers.
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    by mathattack 14y ago

    Profound and honest post!
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    by mathattack 14y ago

    Getting fired always sucks, but at that level it's not a career ender. He's beyond financially independent, has a broad view of the industry, and a lot of contacts. Each of these are viable: - Run a medium sized software firm. - Run a larg
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    by mathattack 14y ago

    You hit it on the head. It wasn't the idea itself, it's his marketing of it. This is how Levitt broke out of the pack with Freakonomics. It wasn't just being novel or counterintuitive, it was getting up on the roof an shouting about it.
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    by mathattack 14y ago

    My reaction to this is, "It's about time!" Yelp needs a competitor. Foursquare needs to be more useful.
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    by mathattack 14y ago

    If he's your bro in law rather than brother in law, you're already in trouble.
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    by mathattack 14y ago

    Interesting that they also took a stab at Harvard, pointing out that Gates and Zuckerberg had to leave to fulfill their ambitions.
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    by mathattack 14y ago

    Many times this type of fast vesting is to compensate for options lost elsewhere. Yes he was a crappy executive, but hiring ex-CEOs is costly.
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    by mathattack 14y ago

    I hear you. There's always a method to the madness, but sometimes it's hard to figure out in advance.
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    by mathattack 14y ago

    I was thinking the same. How do you know these stories aren't BS? "Oh, I did some shady things in the 60s..."
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    by mathattack 14y ago

    Racism or Bullying - either way props to the boss for firing 4 people over it. If you leave that unchecked, it destroys a corporate culture.
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    by mathattack 14y ago

    This is a rare instance where Jeff is wrong. There is a big difference between knowing your priorities (which Jeff describes) and knowing all the little things that need to be done or will cause problems later (what Jeff misses). I find it