paulbaumgart

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   Please, take the "Work" out of networking(business.theatlantic.com)

   1 points by paulbaumgart 18y ago|2 comments
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   by paulbaumgart 18y ago

   That looks like it might be a worthwhile book. Thanks for the recommendation. I'm not "so certain that the probability of success is higher in the valley," but there are two main reasons I think there might be something to it: firstly the f
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   by paulbaumgart 18y ago

   Yeah, but that doesn't make nearly as interesting a headline. :-)
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   by paulbaumgart 18y ago

   Viceland's got a compelling set of pictures, too, about a closed high school in Detroit: http://www.viceland.com/int/v16n2/htdocs/schools-out-forever...
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   by paulbaumgart 18y ago

   It's surprisingly fun for such a simple little thing, especially since the lack of friction makes it so much more compelling than the "marble in a bowl" demonstration I got when I was a kid.
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   by paulbaumgart 18y ago

   You've got a point, in the sense that a lot of the "probabilities" are just best guesses based on anecdotal evidence. But pragmatically, I don't see much of a choice; it would be paralyzing to try and gather all that data before making a de
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   by paulbaumgart 18y ago

   Does anyone know why JIT-ing Python isn't given more "institutional" support (by which I suppose I mean mostly Google, since they employ Van Rossum after all)? It seems like the logical next step to make Python more generally useful. As I s