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1. 1981.▲
   by mathattack 9y ago

   This last point is universal in companies that bill hourly.
2. 1982.▲
   by mathattack 9y ago

   Only a few data points as an outside observer, but... 1 - The people I've seen doing it are learning A LOT - more than another online program I've seen. 2 - They're also working A LOT - it intrudes on all aspects of their per
3. 1983.▲
   by mathattack 9y ago

   Isn't debt harder to raise than equity? My impression is that the risk tolerance for junk bond buyers is somewhere between high grade credit and equity, perhaps closer to equity. Certainly more conservative than growth or venture equi
4. 1984.▲
   by mathattack 9y ago

   So much for their running out of money. Impressive that they can get it from the bond markets. Highlights maturity as a company.
5. 1985.▲
   by mathattack 9y ago

   I'm surprised they're only pricing each mile at $5. The opportunity cost of time on the bus would be a lot more than that too.
6. 1986.▲
   by mathattack 9y ago

   Unfortunately I don't think it's that small. It's similar to saying "The Trump base is a small vocal group" - perhaps it's really larger than we care to admit?
7. 1987.▲
   by mathattack 9y ago

   Reminds me of the financial crisis when banks that were losing billions would claim to be "Awash with liquidity." Once the CEOs admit weakness, the sharks circle tighter.
8. 1988.▲
   by mathattack 9y ago

   Looking at the chart, it seems like they're reading an awful lot into 1 or 2 data points. It's very noisy data.
9. 1989.▲
   by mathattack 9y ago

   Yes. So the question is, "Are schools giving up their academic rigor, or just facing up to the reality that students aren't learning anything anyway?" My soft anecdotal observation is... - At my large public undergrad, very
10. 1990.▲
    by mathattack 9y ago

    Very good point. I saw some research that suggested that once you control for income and SAT scores, where you applied to school (Signaling ambition) was as much a predictor of success as where you actually attended.
11. 1991.▲
    by mathattack 9y ago

    This seems like they're focusing on the wrong metric. They look and say, "Graduates earn more money" and say "ok, for the best NPV, let's reduce the cost and increase the graduates". The problem is they mistake
12. 1992.▲
    by mathattack 9y ago

    I'm ok with an open office, but my job is to be interupted. It's less good for deep thinking jobs, or heavy phone call jobs. Our engineers don't seem to mind though, maybe they just plug in their headsets? Joel Spolsky wrot
13. 1993.▲
    by mathattack 9y ago

    There are a lot of reasons why Google isn't 50/50 Men and Women. And people try to justify it by saying "The company can't do anything about it." Many of the reasons sound well thought out. But these reasons also
14. 1994.▲
    A controversial ex-banker is gambling the company's future on one risky bet(businessinsider.com)

    1 points by mathattack 9y ago|0 comments
15. 1995.▲
    by mathattack 9y ago

    If you disappear for 7 or 8 years to dedicate yourself to the next few versions of Windows, don't be surprised that your spouse is a stranger.
16. 1996.▲
    by mathattack 9y ago

    This is a lot of automation. :-) When you have 1.46 births per Mom [0] you are effectively automating a quarter of the jobs. On the surface this seems achievable, but generally automation winds up creating new needs. (The advent of trac
17. 1997.▲
    by mathattack 9y ago

    Japan has one of the lowest birthrates in the world. This is inevitable as demand from the elderly outpaces young people to fulfill it.
18. 1998.▲
    by mathattack 9y ago

    I went on to build a large financial services firm, but despite having paid everyone back, I ended up with a 2 year Federal prison sentence. Ummm.... This sounds like a huge rationalization. "I'm sorry for breaking in and robb
19. 1999.▲
    by mathattack 9y ago

    I suspect that the lawsuit thought process from Walgreen's was, "We can get a huge judgement that will put you into bankruptcy where we fight everyone else for the scraps, or we settle for something more modest and leave you with
20. 2000.▲
    by mathattack 9y ago

    I kind of wish someone had written this article from an independent viewpoint.
21. 2001.▲
    How Uber Is Trying to Fix Itself(recode.net)

    1 points by mathattack 9y ago|0 comments
22. 2002.▲
    by mathattack 9y ago

    Probably some heavy delegation.
23. 2003.▲
    by mathattack 9y ago

    Is @startuplqdtr a Twitter parody site?
24. 2004.▲
    by mathattack 9y ago

    >People working there will likely have a big hole in their resume's that they'd rather not talk about. Where's the line on this? Is Enron a hole on the resume? How about Arthur Andersen? Do companies like Uber make the
25. 2005.▲
    by mathattack 9y ago

    My 2 cents - go for it. Very little downside. Just pick where you write (Wordpress vs Medium) based on how much ownership you want on brand of the blog, versus readership.
26. 2006.▲
    by mathattack 9y ago

    Cochrane is an awesome thinker
27. 2007.▲
    When Snowden mattered(techcrunch.com)

    1 points by mathattack 9y ago|0 comments
28. 2008.▲
    The “attention economy” created by Silicon Valley is bankrupting us(techcrunch.com)

    2 points by mathattack 9y ago|0 comments
29. 2009.▲
    by mathattack 9y ago

    For better or worse, they accepted investments with limited power to influence the company.
30. 2010.▲
    by mathattack 9y ago

    I don't think the instant comprehension comes until hindsight. I don't know what the killer app will be for the home OS (or even if there will be one) but history will make it look like a logical step that was inevitable. It&#x27