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by sdfx 16y ago
The models are optimized for the 99% of the cases without any special circumstance. Airlines overbook by x% because they know that a lot of people won't show up, they increase the price over time etc. I can see that an event like this can t
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by sdfx 16y ago
Here is the post from three days ago: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1274655
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by sdfx 16y ago
>First, this loss has to be covered on the margins - the consumers end up paying anyway, it's just less transparent. Apart from consumer protection there's an other reason for the government to do this: It's an implicit subsidy of ret
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by sdfx 17y ago
The point that surprised me the most was the study about lower salaries for non-drinkers (-12.8% for men and -25.5% for women). While the study is from 1988 I'm curious how much has changed in the meantime. Although I'm in doubt that the so
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Let's Not Celebrate Google's Decision to Abandon China(windowsitpro.com)
1 points by sdfx 17y ago|0 comments
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by sdfx 17y ago
He takes a lot of time explaining why Palm is dead, but his analysis of the assets falls somewhat flat. Sure, Palm is in a terrible position, but a case can be made for Google, RIM or HTC buying them - Google and HTC could be interested in
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by sdfx 17y ago
It varies from company to company (and country to country) but usually you can take vacation days whenever you like, but they have to be approved by your superior. He makes sure that not everyone takes the same week off or that you don't mi
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by sdfx 17y ago
Whether they had good reason for changing a central UI element or not, it comes across as if they decided on a whim. This change seems so random. It's strange that they didn't anticipate the uproar in the community and at least try to answe
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Entrepreneurship and Schools(wynia.org)
3 points by sdfx 17y ago|0 comments
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by sdfx 17y ago
I understand that you'd pay a premium for convenience, but if you compare the prices to hanes.com I can't see the additional value. I've compared a sample "Manpack" (8 of each for 120$ per year) with similar items on Hanes (45$ + 10$ shippi
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by sdfx 17y ago
I don't know about the accommodation, but isn't the loss of peripheral vision like looking out of a window? Think of the movie screen as a big window into the world. Not on the list (I think) but what about head movement of the viewer? If I
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by sdfx 17y ago
From the article: The Wikipedia entry on depth perception (an excellent read) lists ten different cues that your brain uses to figure out exactly how far away something is. Parallax is just one of them. Since the various movie and televisi
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by sdfx 17y ago
I think the biggest wow moment might be the price: "pricing starts at $499" is probably something no one would have expected.
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Researchers identify command servers behind Google attack(arstechnica.com)
4 points by sdfx 17y ago|1 comments
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Hot Startups to Watch in 2010 - Part 2(scobleizer.com)
2 points by sdfx 17y ago|0 comments
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Why "trending topics" are so spectacularly useless(collisiondetection.net)
20 points by sdfx 17y ago|9 comments
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by sdfx 17y ago
This question is not as stupid as it seems. True, your answer will most likely suck if you haven't thought about it previous to the interview, but this is probably true for most of the behavioral part. The interviewer is not looking for a b
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by sdfx 17y ago
legally is a funny word when talking about north korea.
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by sdfx 17y ago
Thought about that too. I think http://www.openstreetmap.org/ is similar enough in at least one respect: You describe the part of the world that you understand and know best. But maybe contributors concentrate their effords on their own p
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by sdfx 17y ago
While it is probably true that a more hostile environment is to blame for a big portion of the decline, the maturity of the articles might also be a factor. Maybe the articles people care most about are sufficiently well written. Many peopl
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This Place is Not a Place of Honor (2006)(damninteresting.com)
31 points by sdfx 17y ago|21 comments
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by sdfx 17y ago
The light bulb and the bridge riddle offer little insight into the problem solving skills of the interviewee: you either "get" the solution or not. There is not much room between the exact right answer and no answer at all. The Boeing quest
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by sdfx 17y ago
One problem with that is, that you can't increase the tax too much or many people will refuel across the border and evade your tax that way. After all its a small country.
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Add Another Zero(feld.com)
1 points by sdfx 17y ago|0 comments
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Virtual workforce found in Kenyan refugee camp(newscientist.com)
1 points by sdfx 17y ago|0 comments
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by sdfx 17y ago
The videos demonstrating their flex-picker are impressive as well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHuDvVa7mkw&feature=youtu... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wg8YYuLLoM0&feature=youtu...
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The Best Approach for Avoiding Zombies(physicsbuzz.physicscentral.com)
1 points by sdfx 17y ago|0 comments
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Mistakes we made when naming our computers(lbrandy.com)
42 points by sdfx 17y ago|46 comments
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by sdfx 17y ago
From their introductory page: It covers time complexity, hash tables, binary search trees, and some other things you might learn in 6.046. However, most of the time is devoted to topics you won't learn in class, such as crafty bitwise logi
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Why does this e-book cost $14?(news.cnet.com)
6 points by sdfx 17y ago|3 comments

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