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Michel Foucault’s lessons for business(economist.com)
43 points by thisisit 8y ago|11 comments
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by thisisit 8y ago
Please don't go by the title. It is tongue in cheek but on reading the article will actually clear author's position. He is a supporter/worked on both technologies. Author's position is that "haters" brought No
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by thisisit 8y ago
How close are Harvard Business Review and Harvard, the university? Because timing of this article is odd with Harvard, the University is being sued for discriminating against Asian candidates. And the article's conclusion calling out f
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Confession of an Anti-GMO Activist(wsj.com)
1 points by thisisit 8y ago|0 comments
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Uncomfortable truths in Personal finance and Investing(threadreaderapp.com)
1 points by thisisit 8y ago|0 comments
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by thisisit 8y ago
The article is a meandering and muddles it point but here's the paragraph where the actual point is made: In 2001, an eBay user might have given an eBay seller a low rating for an unsatisfactory packaging job; in 2018, an Uber driver
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by thisisit 8y ago
So basically after years of pulling this with employees, employers are now getting the same treatment. I also have been ghosted couple of times by prospective employers. Only after they have someone on their payrolls that they will come bac
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by thisisit 8y ago
Dupe. Discussed earlier: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17364899
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by thisisit 8y ago
https://archive.fo/BVfM0
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Relations fray as the culture wars come to Silicon Valley(ft.com)
1 points by thisisit 8y ago|1 comments
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Why Jay-Z's Tidal Is in So Much Trouble(gizmodo.com)
1 points by thisisit 8y ago|0 comments
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How to get your first 1000 users(threadreaderapp.com)
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by thisisit 8y ago
So, one day after Instagram introduces IGTV to keep creators on their platform, YouTube jumps in with their attempt of keeping people on their platform? YouTube has been pushing creators like Blender forcefully monetise their videos. Today
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by thisisit 8y ago
I am curious about the methodology to count startups. One of things is sure that we are now in a consolidation phase. We are seeing a glut of M&A deals. In that vein many startups are disappearing because they are getting acquired by la
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by thisisit 8y ago
I really looking forward to the actual trial and evidence provided by Tesla. This can actually make or break Musk and maybe Tesla's image. They have insinuated in the mail that this might be an act of sabotage by oil/gas companies
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by thisisit 8y ago
As an engineer the first thing to look at is verbosity. We tend to try and convey as much information as possible. And that too in a single sentence. The end result is that our sentences tend to have 2-3 thoughts all at once. These sentence
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by thisisit 8y ago
Isn't the whole point of machine algorithms to find the best spot between variance and bias? In which case, every algorithms will have some bias. IMO, the focus should instead be on not overselling algorithms as being infallible rather
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by thisisit 8y ago
So, the race to squeeze out "influencers" for all their ad worth has started? First Youtube rolls out a Sponsor button to try and stop people from those going to Patreon. Then it tries to force people to monetize their videos even
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by thisisit 8y ago
It really depends on how much effort and risk you want to take. Much of the advice you will receive on HN comes from Bogle and his Vanguard index funds. That is the lowest effort and risk you can take. But, if you want to invest some more t
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by thisisit 8y ago
Discussed earlier today: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17355171
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by thisisit 8y ago
This is a settlement problem. Coinbase is unable to settle money between different accounts. And there is a perfect solution for this. We can use blockchain....Oh Wait. /s On a serious note, building a production level real time two bo
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Cryptocurrency Exchange Bithumb Says $32M Stolen(bloombergquint.com)
1 points by thisisit 8y ago|0 comments
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by thisisit 8y ago
You are describing a Master Data Management(MDM) system. Also referred to as "single source of truth" in a data oriented system. The data in a MDM is homogeneous. The most important requisite for MDM's effectiveness that ever
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by thisisit 8y ago
Each user maintains its own copy of the tree. All paths through the tree are followed and scored. The path with the highest score is designated as the active chain. The active chain is what many people think of when they use the term &quot
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by thisisit 8y ago
So, something built on the back of the mantra - "centralised services are bad", now needs a centralised custody and holding services because of security? I don't even. Then you realise that this same community talk about how
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Inside the Crypto World's Biggest Scandal(wired.com)
2 points by thisisit 8y ago|0 comments
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by thisisit 8y ago
Original link to the author's article: https://weblog.rogueamoeba.com/2018/06/14/on-the-sad-state-o... which was discussed earlier: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17312588
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by thisisit 8y ago
Curious how will this affect the Chinese sellers (both fake and genuine goods) on Amazon/Ebay?
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> Canadian internet of things (IoT) startup Tapplock learned the hard way why you should never knit your own cryptography If they wanted to knit their own cryptography, then cryptocurrency and ICO was their place to be.
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The EU's bizarre war on memes is totally unwinnable(wired.co.uk)
5 points by thisisit 8y ago|0 comments

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