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961.
by shard 13y ago
You can throw in there the senior VP of an investment firm. The answer depends on whether you are trying to maximize expected value or the probability of hitting a black swan event.
962.
by shard 13y ago
Based on your experience, what level of proficiency would you expect from 1.5 years of 3hrs/day study? 3000 actually tracks about right from what I know. Here's some information with little backing: I've read somewhere that c
963.
by shard 13y ago
Echoes of Jonathan Swift in the title but no reference to cannibalism? Color me disappointed.
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by shard 13y ago
What does CINC stand for?
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by shard 13y ago
In Korea at least, it's not an unknown practice for companies to pay interviewees for their time, although not all companies do it. Being American, I was taken by surprise the first time it happened, but it was a pleasant surprise in that t
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Modern art was CIA 'weapon' (1995)(independent.co.uk)
14 points by shard 14y ago|3 comments
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by shard 14y ago
It's a popular saying around these parts (as in the startup community) that you should hire people smarter than you. It seems like having managers less intelligent than their direct reports would be a sign that the company is applyig that r
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Crowdsourcing your love life(theverge.com)
2 points by shard 14y ago|0 comments
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by shard 14y ago
Paywall-less Google link to article: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&#...
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by shard 14y ago
Paywall-less Google link to article: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&#...
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by shard 14y ago
Paywall-less Google link to article: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&#...
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by shard 14y ago
Increasing responsibility is only one facet of aging. Others include lower energy levels and reserves, health issues, and general need to take more care with the body (e.g. need a comfortable bed, otherwise will be stiff and swollen for man
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by shard 14y ago
Is not letting guys be cashiers a corporate rule, or just in that particular McDonald's? What's the reasoning behind that?
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by shard 14y ago
Doesn't this feel more like Castle Wolfenstein than Doom?
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by shard 14y ago
What about the possibility of simply sending the gzip version until the zopfli version is ready, then switching over? Seems like you'd get the best of both worlds.
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by shard 14y ago
Paywall-less Google link to article: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&#...
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Xerox CEO Ursula Burns uses technology to shake up business-services market(technologyreview.com)
2 points by shard 14y ago|0 comments
978.
by shard 14y ago
I think the correlation is that creativity matters less in entrepreneurship than execution.
979.
by shard 14y ago
Since OpenCL is not available in Android yet, Renderscript seems the only GPU compute game in town. So when will Renderscript apps start appearing?
980.
by shard 14y ago
Could you clarify about the GPU compute tradeoffs on desktop versus mobile? Why is it different between the two?
981.
by shard 14y ago
I thought it would be great to have one device as well, but then I realized that sometimes I want to use my phone while watching TV or using the laptop, so they can't really be one device, unless I wear a wireless headset, which I don't rea
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by shard 14y ago
Especially the door handle. I've seen enough people not wash their hands after using the urinal or even the toilet to ever want to touch that when leaving a public restroom.
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by shard 14y ago
It's arguably a better ride for her and her kids than $3500 for car + insurance + maintenance + gas could buy her.
984.
by shard 14y ago
One limit is the fear of some medical catastrophe in your family wiping out all your savings. This is the main freedom that being rich would give me.
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by shard 14y ago
It seems like you're taking the term "fast" to refer to the number of employees. I think it refers more to revenue, or maybe user acquisition for those "we'll figure out how to make money later" companies.
986.
by shard 14y ago
I first read it as "when life throws a new wench my way", and had to read it again since that would have been a clever pun.
987.
by shard 14y ago
Right, in other words, they are killed off by old age prior to breeding.
988.
by shard 14y ago
What's the reason for getting your fat through bacon?
989.
by shard 14y ago
Many cars nowadays have seat warmers, which can warm you up faster than turning on the heater. It's very pleasant in cold weather.
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by shard 14y ago
Therefore to optimize, it's best to start with very little original capital, thereby increasing the rate of return. I believe there are many communities practicing this technique.

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