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by secretasiandan 17y ago
I would stress that with Excel, changing the underlying data set, especially dimensions of your data is annoying and not very automate-able. This is the case even when the analysis is the exact same or very similar as the original. You ei
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by secretasiandan 17y ago
I wouldn't call that a defense of open source because I didn't realize that people giving things of their own will needed defense. In fact, I would refer to open source as an attack on the rationale for the patent system.
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by secretasiandan 17y ago
Regardless of the validity of this or other arguments against the current patent system, how viable would an effort to reform the system be? I think it would take a tremendous force to do so. Something on the order of a developed (not eve
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by secretasiandan 17y ago
Like most Gladwell related information, there's an anecdotal relationship between a town that doesn't have much heart disease and a subjective observation about its inhabitants' lifestyle. However, I would suspect that self promotion is cor
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by secretasiandan 17y ago
I believe this problem is a lot closer to the Secretary Problem http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_problem As he notes however, he does not try to choose "the very best candidate", for which the optimal solution is to pass on the firs
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by secretasiandan 17y ago
You might work at the institutional level where they want to do this frequently, but I don't think most players would trade directly with each other. One of the purposes of exchanges is to reduce counterparty risk. So only those firms tha