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This Is War: How USAID workers are trained for work and danger in Afghanistan(washingtonpost.com)
1 points by philk 16y ago|0 comments
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Scroogle is down again(ssl.scroogle.org)
1 points by philk 16y ago|0 comments
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by philk 16y ago
Sorry, but I can't agree. Fleitz made a wonderful and inspirational post and got a preachy response which singled out the four words where he mentioned the physical characteristics of his new girlfriend. I don't see him getting the same r
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by philk 16y ago
Well I found it interesting. One of the scary things about trying to do something great is the fear that you'll fail and everything will go to hell. So it's quite nice to read someone who's had a terrible year say that they got through it
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by philk 16y ago
While you're busy pretending to be sensitive some of us are willing to admit that youth and looks are important to us in a partner. Also I note you disregarded the "great, funny, vibrant, intelligent" part.
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by philk 16y ago
I think of this as the internet equivalent of the crazy guy with a sign standing on a street corner.
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The Killer in the Pool(outside.away.com)
2 points by philk 16y ago|0 comments
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by philk 16y ago
I'm not really sure of the benefits of these big one off things; after seven days meditating you come back into your regular life, surrounded by your old environment and soon end up reverting to your previous mental patterns. It seems analo
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by philk 16y ago
Some of these are so general as to be useless: * Giving up too easily or not giving up to easily * Too little confidence or too much confidence * Spreading oneself too thin or thick * Taking too much blame or not taking too much blame The p
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by philk 16y ago
Well I don't know about you but as a New-Yorker who earns half a million a year, has millions invested in profitable companies and "reinvests" the dividends in a debilitating cigarette habit this article speaks to me on many levels.
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by philk 16y ago
So your solution to the authorities not doing their job properly is a potentially long and expensive lawsuit against a plaintiff people have a lot of sympathy for? I'm really not sure how this strategy is supposed to deliver a net benefit t
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by philk 16y ago
You don't need to believe I've found an inefficiency in the market . Fred Wilson outlined one in the original article, the market cap of the company was less than the cash they had in the bank[1]. If you believe markets are always efficie
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by philk 16y ago
It's a simplified example. Of course it will move the markets, and buying back half the outstanding stock is highly unlikely in any case. I just used those figures to make the math simple.
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by philk 16y ago
It happens from time to time, mostly after market bubbles burst these days. It used[1] to happen a bit more often because information wasn't as readily available. [1] ie decades ago...
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by philk 16y ago
No he doesn't. From the article: Stock buybacks are very popular with some investors as a way for a company to transfer value from the company back to the shareholders. It is like a dividend, except it is taxed as a capital gain, not ordi
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by philk 16y ago
I think he's missing the point. When a stock is trading below its tangible book value each share of stock bought back delivers increased value per share to the remaining stockholders. The only reason not to buy back shares if they're tra
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by philk 16y ago
Rape-axe is inserted like a tampon and when embedded to a man the device can only be removed by a doctor. I don't buy this at all. Doctor's aren't going to have some super secret method of Rape-axe removal, they're just going to cut the
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by philk 16y ago
Fortunately for guys like this there's an oversupply of smart kids without the worldly knowledge to avoid careers in science.
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by philk 16y ago
I think you should actually take more risks as you get older because you have a reduced amount of time to achieve things.
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by philk 16y ago
It's a hilarious money making idea but I have trouble understanding why people queue up overnight for these things[1] as opposed to buying it the next day or next week. It's just a phone, albeit a rather lovely one. [1] Although not nearl
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by philk 16y ago
Well that's similar to the argument she's making; she signed a postnuptial agreement and is now trying to weasel out of it.
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by philk 16y ago
No one is disputing that their five children should be looked after and supported. However, money for this should be allocated on the basis of their need rather than Elon Musk's ability to pay, and I'm not sure how one could spend more tha
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by philk 16y ago
Never underestimate the addictiveness of a good job and a regular paycheck. It's very easy to get busy and have years fly by before you know it.
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by philk 16y ago
The thing is, 5-10% of their shared assets works out to over a hundred million dollars [1] if you include the slices of his companies that she's asking for. So while she couches her request in reasonable language she's actually asking for
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by philk 16y ago
From the article: For-profit schools now enroll 8 percent of students—but as Eisman’s report shows, they take in a full 24 percent of federal student aid. This suggests that they are exploiting the system more than the non-profit colleges
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by philk 16y ago
Making providers pay back part of the tuition if graduates default on their loans would at least make them market useless courses solely to people who can afford them, so I suppose that's a positive. I can think of two other things we could
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In Praise of Tough Criticism(chronicle.com)
20 points by philk 16y ago|15 comments
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by philk 16y ago
They're probably referring to this article: http://techcrunch.com/2010/06/16/android-team-laser-focused-...
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by philk 16y ago
Given the alternative is having several different shoddy (manufacturer specific) UIs it seems like Google is making the right choice. After all, the iPhone UI is pretty fantastic and Google really needs to achieve some sort of parity on thi
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by philk 16y ago
Okay, a few thoughts: 1) Two 10kg dumbbells will be insufficient in even the short term. The idea is to make progress over time; ie being able to lift more weight for the same number of reps. 2) You need an exercise program built around th

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