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by tryitnow 15y ago
One thing I really like about this is that it's a great example of a university making it's expertise publicly available. Universities are definitely entitled to their proprietary intellectual property, but things like class content is some
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by tryitnow 15y ago
This is a good example of the problem with review articles and it's very well done. Totally straight-faced until the part about children smoking. However, I think the use of nicotine as a performance enhancer (not smoking though) is a pret
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by tryitnow 15y ago
I would have thought that OKC would use some dynamic weighting scheme where the weights are not constant, but depend on how commonly people answer that question. For example, questions that just about everyone lists as mandatory wouldn't b
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by tryitnow 15y ago
That's interesting, I have tried using OKCupid for dating, but it seems like all of my matches are women I might be interested in platonically, but not for dating. It could be that OKC has developed a very good system for meeting new friend
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by tryitnow 15y ago
It would also be really nice for such a site to have a place for collecting tips, comments, feedback, like what I am reading here on HN. I've learned a lot in just the past five minutes that will be useful for picking which (if any) courses
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by tryitnow 15y ago
This is a great tip. Actually, I was kind of hoping that Ng's course would be focused more on implementation and less on the why, not that the theory is not important, it's just that I have found a lot of other great places on the web to g
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by tryitnow 15y ago
That's a very good point. Once again the "headline" about a "huge tax return" distracts information away from the real problem, which is that US nominal corporate rates are too high and the effective rates are too low. The real problem is
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by tryitnow 15y ago
I have noticed these discussions rarely revolve around what real economic problems are being solved by these individuals at elite firms. This is in sharp contrast to the startup world. I like to say the entrepreneurship is just like a job
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by tryitnow 15y ago
same.
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by tryitnow 15y ago
This is a great article. Here I thought the author was going to criticize Silicon Valley and I was already to bounce on it because...Duty Calls: http://xkcd.com/386/ Then he turns around and actually defends SV pretty well. One thing tha
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by tryitnow 15y ago
I'm sure there is an interesting story here,but this article does not convey it. I would be very interested to read about the Iceland situation with the veiled ideological barbs at bankers, international finance, neo-liberalism, etc. There
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by tryitnow 15y ago
I second this, I am in the db-class and I can't help but think it would be more fun with an interactive class. Widom is a great teacher, but it's weird to just watch her in that room by herself talking about database stuff.
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by tryitnow 15y ago
"Future ML and AI classes will have a tougher time having that same draw" Really? Or are you pioneers? I know reading your comment just greatly increased the probability that I will take another class (currently in db-class) and seek out
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by tryitnow 15y ago
Wow, I knew there was some people viewed Yelp negatively, but judging from the comments here, Yelp has a credibility problem more serious than I realize. The thing that I've found Yelp most useful for nowadways is little tidbits of useful i
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by tryitnow 15y ago
Spot on. I find it amusing that people who talk about the benefits of college education fail to see the flaw in their argument* - apparently they could have used another stats course. *Any statistical analysis of the college/no college inc
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by tryitnow 15y ago
Thanks for the insightful comment. I think you hit the nail on the head when you write "it makes sense to have much of the financing of higher education rely on individual resources" Unfortunately, there seems to be several outside forces
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by tryitnow 15y ago
This is where entrepreneurship comes into play (at least in the long run). Many older enterprises become uncompetitive because of the chaotic absurdity of their systems. This allows upstart new entrants or innovative competitors to eat th
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by tryitnow 15y ago
To answer the question posed by the article's title: No. It will provide people with the opportunity to work harder if that's their preference. As for downward pressure on wages. That's only a bad thing if there is no proportionately downw
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by tryitnow 15y ago
I used to think the only argument in favors of credit cards is that they offer credit. However, from a purely selfish perspective, they also reward people who pay on time - if you play the "rewards" game, which I have avoided throughout mos
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by tryitnow 15y ago
My guess is that this phenomenon has something to do with boredom (as mentioned in the article). I have never studied IQ, but when I reflect on the IQ tests that I take I realize that a big part of my problem solving process involves rapid
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by tryitnow 15y ago
Yes, he's right, but let's put this in context. There are probably a lot of talented engineers who are doing startups now who shouldn't be. The problem is how do we know who is going to be a good entrepreneur and who is not? We don't. T
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by tryitnow 15y ago
I agree that these courses were some of the most valuable. For me a course in Eastern Religions was one of the most eye-opening. However, there's nothing stopping someone from taking these courses later in life (I've known single moms work
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by tryitnow 15y ago
OK, this is an awesome idea, great to see it started. I hope it succeeds wildly - ohours.org looks like a great site, definitely plan on using it. My background is in economics, so my concern is this: There will almost always be more ment
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by tryitnow 15y ago
Unfortunately, I think a lot of people may miss the most useful point of this article: blocking out days by themes as a productivity booster. The big headline is about working 16 hours days, but that headline grabber will distract from the
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by tryitnow 15y ago
There are several lists like this floating around, but this one is just amazingly comprehensive. Reading a subset of these books (and actually building stuff with the knowledge gained) will most likely provide one with a better education t
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by tryitnow 15y ago
I have four questions, I only see one at a time. On http://routinetap.com/answers_list I expect to see all four of my questions. I want to spend as little time on this app as possible.
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by tryitnow 15y ago
You did the right thing in submitting this now. In reading the feedback, just remember that you can't please all of the people all of the time. Focus on the feedback that really resonates with you. Other people will create apps for those
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by tryitnow 15y ago
absolutely, make it opt-in. At least for me, I will just forget about if it's not reminding me. Please give us a daily email opt-in.
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by tryitnow 15y ago
I second this, a mobile app would be awesome. Of course, you already know that, I'm just expressing my opinion on it to add another data point to your feedback.
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by tryitnow 15y ago
This article, like most business articles, is just too full of generalizations and the trivially obvious to be of any value.

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