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n0rm
12y ago
Exactly. You should be learning things in college, not kissing ass. That's the very definition of the downward spiral education is in. Those contacts you make in big-name schools are mostly wishful thinking. Those places don't tra
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12y ago
When you try to get it accredited, you'll have a better understanding of the problem. Only when you threaten to rock the boat do the esteemed gentlemen show their mafia qualities.
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12y ago
Yes. A diploma from a prestigious university only means you can go through better gilded doors. After that, your measure is how much money you helped your employer make. After a while, the metric becomes what you've done (in the past)
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12y ago
Disengaging from yesteryear's institutions is not going to help them. Best way is to force them to adapt. MOOCs seem to be the thing that will make education assess its business practices. I wish I didn't have to refer to educatio
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12y ago
It just has more nodes pointing to its links. That's the danger behind PageRank. If something false is popular enough, it will replace fact.
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12y ago
Bad design. Throws the information at the user and expects attention.
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12y ago
Launch team is probably not happy their stress is prolonged for another 24 hours. Then again, their boss is Musk. Lucky bastards.
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12y ago
"Road to Serfdom" indeed.
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12y ago
Can someone link a mirror? I get timeout for some reason.
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12y ago
What is the one book you'd recommend on young humans' learning?<br> The sort that gives data and backs its claims up by evidence (empirical, controlled etc.) if possible.
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12y ago
Every time I read how most professionals out there simply make a living by bluffing and cheating, I die a little inside.
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12y ago
A question about hype since I know almost nothing about biology; Is this possible? - http://microfabricator.com/articles/view/id/538989659aad9d53...
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12y ago
Consulting is basically getting someone to figure out how to do something for you. CEOs like consulting (primarily big name) because if it fails, they can say they got the best.
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12y ago
The author needs to come to terms with one fact; not even your professors are going to read these walls of text. Most people you want to convey your opinions to will check the amount of text before deciding on whether to invest the time or
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12y ago
Assimilation. Only way to cure trolls.
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12y ago
These people have apparently never seen /r/spacedicks. Wow. This made Time? Conde Nast must have expanded its influence.
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12y ago
Tesla also said that using non-GAAP information that excludes some items... it earned $17 million, Which means the article is like a proof-piece on how unreliable these financial analyses are. They got 12 cents when analysts expected 6. T
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12y ago
ALL HAIL THE HYPNOTOAD!
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12y ago
Basically it boils down to (I believe); everyone wants everything and also; nothing is more commonplace as the wish to be remarkable
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12y ago
It's a society that shares everything. Logical mode of thinking suggests that leadership should also be shared. A recent example of this is; San Francisco (I think) municipality opening up it databases to the citizens so that people ca
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12y ago
and hopefully a css native <blink> tag !
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12y ago
Economist has a penchant for writing a wall of text and not telling you anything new. Personally, I stopped reading when they referenced techcrunch.
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12y ago
Congratulations NYT! You've published the 1000th hype article on graphene. I wonder which lobby is desperately trying to get their graphene products approved.
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13y ago
Rumor has it that a sex tape of this wanker will be spread on the 26th. Coming to a screen near you.