mathattack

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1. 1621.▲
   A change of the guard?(avc.com)

   1 points by mathattack 8y ago|0 comments
2. 1622.▲
   Valuation Inflation(avc.com)

   2 points by mathattack 8y ago|0 comments
3. 1623.▲
   by mathattack 8y ago

   Workers do have the right to abruptly cut off work, don't they?
4. 1624.▲
   by mathattack 8y ago

   I thought he looked like a musician rather than a programmer. (Even if many programmers are also musicians)
5. 1625.▲
   by mathattack 8y ago

   How much of this can we pin on IBM's overhype of Watson?
6. 1626.▲
   by mathattack 8y ago

   How much of this can we pin on IBM's overhype of Watson?
7. 1627.▲
   Is surfing the Internet dead?(marginalrevolution.com)

   2 points by mathattack 8y ago|0 comments
8. 1628.▲
   Federal Watchdog Launches Investigation of Age Bias at IBM(propublica.org)

   1 points by mathattack 8y ago|0 comments
9. 1629.▲
   by mathattack 8y ago

   IBM seems expert at stealth layoffs. Possibly to avoid lawsuits? https://www.propublica.org/article/federal-watchdog-launches...
10. 1630.▲
    by mathattack 8y ago

    My two cents... This is more about low unemployment than the tax code or internal goodness. It’s hard to hire entry level employees and managers. This gives them a leg up on entry level competition while training new front line managers. I
11. 1631.▲
    by mathattack 8y ago

    They care because unemployment is low.
12. 1632.▲
    Has there been progress in philosophy?(marginalrevolution.com)

    159 points by mathattack 8y ago|247 comments
13. 1633.▲
    The Crypto-Tax Chapter(medium.com)

    1 points by mathattack 8y ago|0 comments
14. 1634.▲
    by mathattack 8y ago

    Once you’ve juggled a hard career with parenthood, it’s very hard to judge others.
15. 1635.▲
    by mathattack 8y ago

    Securities fraud is the easy one to get them on but knowingly putting people’s health at risk is the moral atrocity.
16. 1636.▲
    by mathattack 8y ago

    Interesting. I’ve seen other Jobsesque CEOs in action. One was the only person in the company who could overrule an internally focused CTO. I couldn’t figure out if it was “Thank God we have him to defend the views of our partners or custom
17. 1637.▲
    by mathattack 8y ago

    He is making the rounds. He appeared with Kara Swisher on Recode, which may be accessible to this audience. https://www.recode.net/2018/5/16/17358484/michael-pollan-how...
18. 1638.▲
    by mathattack 8y ago

    I'm pretty sure the KPMG's and PWC's of the world make a lot of money sorting through things like this. :-)
19. 1639.▲
    The Social Network Employers Love to Raid(bloomberg.com)

    12 points by mathattack 8y ago|3 comments
20. 1640.▲
    How Turing Decoded Nature’s Mysterious Patterns(nytimes.com)

    1 points by mathattack 8y ago|0 comments
21. 1641.▲
    by mathattack 8y ago

    If it's at all profitable to produce a newspaper with more than the bare minimum writers, wouldn't a new paper start up after the last local one dies? What am I missing?
22. 1642.▲
    by mathattack 8y ago

    Sounds like it was for a Sales position. Those types of interviews are easier to BS.
23. 1643.▲
    by mathattack 8y ago

    Interesting - moving from one fund of theirs to another. I'm sure they'll have to do a lot of careful work on pricing the transfer.
24. 1644.▲
    by mathattack 8y ago

    Two old tech companies want to merge. An activist investor blocked this, figuring there is more to be made milking the technology on the way down. This can happen in software too.
25. 1645.▲
    Music After Authenticity(subpixel.space)

    1 points by mathattack 8y ago|0 comments
26. 1646.▲
    Why read old philosophy? (2017)(meteuphoric.com)

    1 points by mathattack 8y ago|0 comments
27. 1647.▲
    by mathattack 8y ago

    I’ve learned a lot through Jiu Jitsu too. Some is humility and empathy for a wide range of people. Also being able to learn over long time horizons. When I train the stress of life is more manageable. Perhaps the best part is being surround
28. 1648.▲
    by mathattack 8y ago

    You don’t need to damage your knees. Find a school that doesn’t let white belts do leg locks on each other. Lower back is what to watch for, as keeping posture can take some power at the start. The biggest challenge is total hours. Addin
29. 1649.▲
    by mathattack 8y ago

    Anyone can spend beyond their means. New dorms, fancy technology, state of the art gyms, expensive non-revenue sports.... The nature of their governance structures makes it easy to spend money but harder to save it.
30. 1650.▲
    Facebook tapped the next Zuckerberg(wired.com)

    2 points by mathattack 8y ago|0 comments