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by pyoung 15y ago
Considering that the founders will be taking positions at facebook, these 'side deals' appear to be closer to salary/compensation negotiations than anything else. Just because you invested in a company, it doesn't mean you own the founders
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Tech's terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year(sfgate.com)
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by pyoung 15y ago
To limit the ability of scam artists setting up sham companies and fleecing inexperienced investors. Presumably, if your net worth is pretty high, than you probably have enough financial savvy to spot these scams (although plenty of wealth
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by pyoung 15y ago
It will be interesting to see who ends up using this type of funding. For things like "buy a second delivery truck", i fell like getting a bank or auto loan would probably be the best method. For patent applications, I am not sure if it m
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by pyoung 15y ago
I am sure google+ would love it if FB started charging for accounts.
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by pyoung 15y ago
Alternatively, don't include background music in your game. I am usually listening to my own music anyway.
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by pyoung 15y ago
Try watching the ML or DB lectures in '1.5x' mode (it speeds the video up). Because of the faster pace, it is a really good counter to my ADD tendencies. Also it is really nice when you are trying to cram a few lectures into a short time
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by pyoung 15y ago
For those that do not want to open the sources spreadsheet, Short answer, the do not compensate for food waste. Interestingly, they also do not account for the food your pets eat. "The food consumption refers to the amount of food availabl
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by pyoung 15y ago
A quick search turns up this link. Looks like the birthday paradox does not apply in this situation. http://hatlogic.blogspot.com/2010/04/cards-and-birthdays.htm...
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Stanford develops super-fast computer device(sfgate.com)
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by pyoung 15y ago
I like the decimation idea. Before they can be bailed out, capital punishment should be randomly applied to one-tenth of the bankers of the failed institution. The lottery can be weighted based on bonus size, to ensure that the big wigs a
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by pyoung 15y ago
Interviewing is a tricky thing. I have been on both sides of the court, and it is very difficult to get a good idea about a candidate's potential simply from the resume/cover letter. If you keep getting contacted by companies for interview
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by pyoung 15y ago
I don't know anything about their algorithm, but I highly doubt that it 'guesses' the desired temperature. It looks like it simply records the users preferences based on time of day and day of week, and then tries to mimic those preference
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by pyoung 15y ago
This is genius. If they can prove that the thermostat actually results in significant energy savings, there is potential to take advantage of utility sponsored rebates for the device in certain states. Also, there is the potential to hook
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by pyoung 15y ago
He is probably comparing R to SAS (which are the two most popular statistical programming languages). SAS doesn't really have libraries, instead you buy additional packages from SAS, which are very reliable and well supported, but expensiv
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by pyoung 15y ago
One could argue the same thing about a traditional college degree. You spend a ton of money, take four years out of your life, and are forced to take a bunch of classes that don't even pertain to your major (breadth requirements). At least
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by pyoung 15y ago
I think the Stanford AI and ML classes demonstrate what can be done with lower division and introductory classes of technical nature (physics, chemistry, CS, etc.). However, this model doesn't work as well with liberal arts classes (where
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by pyoung 15y ago
Don't have any stats to back this up, but driving is probably just as unsafe.
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Did Earth's oceans come from comets?(esa.int)
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by pyoung 15y ago
Bank of America isn't exactly part of Wall Street. When I think of Wall Street, I think of the big (and not so big) investment banks. While their stocks are(currently)down, and most of these banks are laying off employees, I think the hatr
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by pyoung 15y ago
I am getting the feeling that Netflix's customer base doesn't understand why some titles are available on streaming vs DVD only (this is based on random comment reading). It is a very subtle difference, but it comes down to 'Netflix doesn'
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by pyoung 15y ago
It will be interesting to see if Full Tilt has a solid defense behind how they handled the cash. Full Tilt (and most other poker sites) make their money by taking a rake (small percentage) of every pot. Theoretically, over the long run (i
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by pyoung 15y ago
My best guess as to why they are splitting the queues is due to the availability issues on the streaming side affecting customer 'morale', so to speak. i.e. when a streaming-only customer searches for a title, and then finds that it is onl
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by pyoung 15y ago
"Note non-competes as the result of acquisitions are pretty much iron clad even in CA." I think that only applies if the employee in question had ownership/investment in the acquired company. If they did not, then the non-compete is not va
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by pyoung 15y ago
I think it primarily applies to less capital intensive products, and more specifically software.
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by pyoung 15y ago
Most major american cities have one or more rugby clubs. It is great way to unwind after a long day at the office. You should definitely have good health insurance, and be prepared to accept some longer term consequences, but unlike footb
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by pyoung 15y ago
It will be interesting to see if this effort is successful or not. I have always considered subletting to be a buyers market, which is probably why you had trouble subletting your place. I know a few people who were easily able to get sub
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by pyoung 15y ago
I am interested to know where they got the savings estimate. $110M seems like a bit much for cutting the boarding time by 10 to 20 minutes. I was under the impression that most airline delays were caused by weather and traffic, not boardi
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by pyoung 15y ago
Not sure I understand. The top 1% have little in common with the poor, especially when it comes to political interests. Due to the supreme court case, they can now spend unlimited amounts of money to try and influence politics, which means
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by pyoung 15y ago
The title is a little misleading. The subjects were forced to work at a fairly menial task, and then were given a short break. A large majority of white collar workers manage their own schedule and therefore the web can be a distraction f

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