mathattack

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   Computer Programmers the 7th most sleep deprived profession(finance.yahoo.com)

   3 points by mathattack 15y ago|2 comments
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   Defending Independent Innovation(marginalrevolution.com)

   2 points by mathattack 15y ago|0 comments
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   Where your money goes(johnhcochrane.blogspot.com)

   13 points by mathattack 15y ago|8 comments
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   State of the eBook(downloadtheuniverse.com)

   1 points by mathattack 15y ago|0 comments
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   Web salary trends(webanalyticsworld.net)

   1 points by mathattack 15y ago|0 comments
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   Self guided robots(web.mit.edu)

   5 points by mathattack 15y ago|0 comments
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   by mathattack 15y ago

   When I think of Dell, I don't think of PCs. I think of negative working capital, printers and ink. The process efficiency doesn't help when people don't want to buy your products, and the printer market doesn't seem like the gold mine it
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   The Power of Habit(marginalrevolution.com)

   1 points by mathattack 15y ago|0 comments
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   Quantifying the cost of tax on technologies(faculty.chicagobooth.edu)

   1 points by mathattack 15y ago|0 comments
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    by mathattack 15y ago

    Not true in that he doesn't show it, or that this doesn't happen in reality? I see the latter happening with specialists - firms will overpay to get a much needed specialist. I have seen instances where "key resources" get bid up internall
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    Is this Orkut after the Brazilians have left?(techcrunch.com)

    1 points by mathattack 15y ago|0 comments
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    by mathattack 15y ago

    Yes, there is that silver lining. :-)
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    by mathattack 15y ago

    With tech workers it's always tough to know, though, right? The average quality goes up, but so does the variation. What makes it tougher is the average non-technologist has a hard time quantifying technology people. "This one is good, b
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    Why the IT labor market doesn't clear(marginalrevolution.com)

    39 points by mathattack 15y ago|15 comments
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    by mathattack 15y ago

    I was just getting ready to post. What an adventurer!
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    by mathattack 15y ago

    Is there a comparable struggle between academic teachings and practical application in engineering? Do EEs, ChemEs or MechEs have these discussions? I would thing this hits them too.
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    by mathattack 15y ago

    Perhaps in an academic sense, but in terms of actual usage it's one of the biggest, no?
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    by mathattack 15y ago

    I recall a friend 20 years ago talking about his dad getting a Phd in vacuum technology. Sometimes I feel lime that today. I still don't think my degree was wasted. - A CS degree in any era signals persistence and an ability to solve non-
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    by mathattack 15y ago

    I was thinking the exact same thing. Great quote!
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    Internet driving cognitive inequality(motherjones.com)

    1 points by mathattack 15y ago|0 comments
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    by mathattack 15y ago

    Interesting. Perhaps I've got a little too much bias from just seeing Finance over there surviving better than Finance over here.
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    by mathattack 15y ago

    HK is prospering
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    by mathattack 15y ago

    Fair point. Normally the downside is just a stamp when the coupon gets pitched. Here it's more. but it's still a cost benefit analysis like anything else.
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    by mathattack 15y ago

    It's hard to draw a line on where privacy gets crossed, but this seems like it. Hard to imagine that Target doesn't lose a customer for life when their pregnancy gets prematurely outed.
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    Movie piracy displacing sales?(digitopoly.org)

    1 points by mathattack 15y ago|0 comments
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    by mathattack 15y ago

    Whoops! Kind of got that one wrong.
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    Reasonable Profits Board(thehill.com)

    1 points by mathattack 15y ago|0 comments
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    by mathattack 15y ago

    Yet another reason to love P and T. Although unmentioned he captured the valley spirit of execs mentoring youngsters who might nonetheless become competitors.
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    by mathattack 15y ago

    They're awesome and you're SuperDad!
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    by mathattack 15y ago

    The original post suggests he will be a lottery pick, perhaps first overall. Whoops. The writer caught his being undervalued but overestimated the math skills of basketball GMs. It's hard to avoid the Linsanity now.