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IBM Poised for Growth, Chief Says(nytimes.com)
1 points by pesenti 12y ago|0 comments
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U.S. businesses are being destroyed faster than they’re being created(washingtonpost.com)
79 points by pesenti 12y ago|72 comments
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Nassim Taleb's view on Piketty(fooledbyrandomness.com)
3 points by pesenti 13y ago|0 comments
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Are Malls Over?(newyorker.com)
230 points by pesenti 13y ago|239 comments
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Our Supercomputer Overlord Is Now Running A Food Truck(npr.org)
5 points by pesenti 13y ago|0 comments
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by pesenti 13y ago
I understand. But IBM CEOs are just not the "rotating CEO" type. For most (if not all) it was their last position before retiring.
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by pesenti 13y ago
The current CEO has been at IBM for 33 years while the previous one had been there for 39 years... So no, these CEO don't move on to the next company.
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by pesenti 13y ago
IBM Watson - http://www-03.ibm.com/employment/watson/ We plan to hire 160 developers and researchers focused on NLP, ML, and cloud services in 2014. We hire mostly in the US - main sites are East Village NYC (chec
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by pesenti 13y ago
I can't believe you are linking to CSI instead of Blade Runner, the grand daddy of all enhance scenes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHepKd38pr0 makes me feel old...
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by pesenti 13y ago
Enhance! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHepKd38pr0
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Watson Is Moving To NYC(forbes.com)
1 points by pesenti 13y ago|0 comments
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by pesenti 13y ago
There are many more avenues for the non specialist to get a substantiated opinion. In this case, not just doctors, but the general press, scientific vulgarisation sites and blogs, facts surrounding the publication (all the authors but one r
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by pesenti 13y ago
I don't understand why commenters don't actually discuss Obama's argument. He has the following options: - Do nothing - Use drones - Use conventional weapons which, he argues, would have more collateral damage - Put troops on
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by pesenti 13y ago
What's the protection against double spending given that the transaction isn't yet broadcast? Imagine that I am the buyer and as soon as I receive the goods I double spend what was on my key. If the third party signs the transacti
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by pesenti 13y ago
what are the theoretical implications of the fact that any specific real must have a finite representation of some form? See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Definable_number
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by pesenti 13y ago
Your argument is indeed completely wrong. Let me construct a new positive even number as follows. Take the first positive even number, then add the second positive even number, then add the third positive even number, etc. The set of even
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Die, selfish gene, die(aeon.co)
8 points by pesenti 13y ago|0 comments
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by pesenti 13y ago
HN did have a mobile layout for a little while, but it was pretty awful https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6253835 and seems to have been discontinued. Maybe they just don't have anybody to make these changes properl
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by pesenti 13y ago
Also I don't see what's the big deal about "doing four different jobs". In a small company most employees do multiple jobs. It does mean that they have to work more, just that they have to be flexible.
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by pesenti 13y ago
I come from Europe and I am all for good benefits (which we tried to implement in my company). But the main issue in Europe is people don't see how good they have it. This sense of entitlement (which also permeates the developer world
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by pesenti 13y ago
I do think developers should be grateful (and investors and execs as well) for their good fortune. And I think it's perfectly fine to ask for market value. Just don't have fit - like a spoiled child - if someone is trying to give
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by pesenti 13y ago
> Full Medical, Vision and Dental, 401k (SEP) retirement contributions (2% of annual income per year), Holiday pay, Periodic bonuses, Flexible vacation time, We're willing to relocate you if need be An insultingly horrible job a
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by pesenti 13y ago
Figuring out that a hotplate is turned on can be done though a very simple and direct observation, so most likely I would take your word for it. Figuring out what makes people successful at starting companies is extremely complex. And witho
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by pesenti 13y ago
In order for us to "believe you", you would need to test your hypothesis at least once - for example, by selecting a small number the startups you invest in at random and see how they fare compared to the other startups. Keep in m
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by pesenti 13y ago
Of the two methods described - search vs. clustering - the first one - simpler and not involving ML - is better for this use case. The only reason it seems to give worst results is because it's only used with the titles and not the ful
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Homemade Camera Takes Stunning Close-up Pictures of Snowflakes(imgur.com)
11 points by pesenti 13y ago|0 comments
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Come On, Apple Fans, It's Time To Admit That The Company Is Blowing It(businessinsider.com)
2 points by pesenti 13y ago|0 comments
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by pesenti 13y ago
A book about a security analyst/encryption specialist who finds messages deep inside natural sequences of numbers (like pi's decimals).
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The End of Hitler’s Family Line – The Pact Never to Have Children(todayifoundout.com)
4 points by pesenti 13y ago|0 comments
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by pesenti 13y ago
Not if you finance it through taxes and elimination of other programs for the very poor like food stamps.

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