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by vellum 14y ago
patio11 is Patrick MacKenzie: http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=patio11 He's minorly famous for his essays on how engineers can be better at marketing. A lot of it is about, but not limited to, how to properly A/B test your product. A
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Startups find talent pool not dry yet(blogs.seattletimes.com)
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by vellum 14y ago
Just tried it again. I think the problem is more with the fireplace and other stuff behind the text. The user's eye gaze is caught in a tug-of-war between the text and the imagery when he's scrolling.
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by vellum 14y ago
Agreed. I think the OP should change the image or at least use a Gaussian blur on it.
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by vellum 14y ago
Some people don't write tests. But Bob was only comparing TDD and 0 tests. A lot of people sprinkle a few unit tests for sanity, instead of letting tests drive development. There’s a wide spectrum of successful coding practices that get p
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by vellum 14y ago
> Of course one of the disciplines I'm talking about is TDD. Anybody who thinks they can go faster by not writing tests is smoking some pretty serious shit. That's some serious strawman. In between 0 tests and TDD, there's a lot of ro
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by vellum 14y ago
I'm not sure what kind of traffic most Atlantic articles get. I used Gawker as a reference for guesstimating pageviews. A lot of their self-reported pageviews in the sidebar are around 30k or under. You're right, 2-5% is high. But I do t
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by vellum 14y ago
I'd try shopping around for a GP first, versus a hospital. Find out if they offer cash discounts and which testing centers they use. Then see if the testing center they use offer a discount. If your primary care doctor is cool, he should
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by vellum 14y ago
If you already have something to promote, like a self-published ebook on North Korea, and they let you put a few lines and an Amazon link at the end, then it might be worth it. Assuming: 30,000 page views, 2-5% conversion rate, $4.99 price
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From Sloppy Slouchers to Discreet Leaners: What’s Your Desk Posture?(images.businessweek.com)
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by vellum 14y ago
I don't think you need a unifying mission. Take Apple, for example. They just make great product lines. Their mission statement [1]: What is Apple's mission statement? Apple designs Macs, the best personal computers in the world, along w
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by vellum 14y ago
Cached copy: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://...
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by vellum 14y ago
I looked around and they still have non-domicile rule. Since 2008, they added an annual £30,000 fee, but that's nothing if you're rich. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/london-is-a-magne... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxation
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by vellum 14y ago
I meant that it's bad if you're an American knowledge worker, and you have to compete with cheap foreign labor, thanks to holographic technology.
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by vellum 14y ago
Employers like the current setup because they can make sure people aren’t playing Minesweeper all day. And people still feel that face-to-face conversations have higher information density. But if holographic teleconferencing becomes mains
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by vellum 14y ago
College debt is getting out of control. I could see MOOCs cannibalizing some lower tier options, like University of Phoenix, which IMO would be a good thing. But I don’t think Harvard’s going anywhere. To become more popular, MOOCs need
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by vellum 14y ago
> UK government is chairing the G20 and is pushing "fixing international corporate taxation" That's rich, considering London is one of the biggest tax havens around. http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2007/jul/08/tax.business1
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As Pirates Run Rampant, TV Studios Dial Up Pursuit(online.wsj.com)
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They could wait around for a tax-repatriation holiday. There was one in 2004 that brought in about $312 billion. Companies paid 5% tax, instead of 35%, on all foreign revenue brought back to the states. The theory was that companies would
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by vellum 14y ago
If employers are just using a college degree as a signaling mechanism for basic skills, they should just ask for high school GPA and SAT score. Those are the primary criteria colleges use for admissions.
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by vellum 14y ago
"Much of Mason's wealth comes from Groupon's stock. He owns 7 percent, or about 46 million shares, according to FactSet. Based on Thursday's closing price, that's worth more than $208 million." I think he'll be more than ok. http://www.npr
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by vellum 14y ago
I still like the Aerons. You can get a cheap knockoff on Amazon for $150-200, or a used one off Craigslist. Whatever one you end up going with, I'd recommend trying it out in person first.
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Hollywood targets "rogue" mobile apps in war on pirated content(reuters.com)
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At this point, I think the author is just trolling. > Mayer doesn’t want to work with anyone who is working 60 hours a week. She is in Silicon Valley where an 80-hour week is full-time and 50-hours is part-time. > I have written be
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Google Defeats Publishers Over Web Copyright in German Vote(bloomberg.com)
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How the Harlem Shake is being used to push for change in Egypt(worldnews.nbcnews.com)
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It’s the Sugar, Folks(opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com)
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by vellum 14y ago
Our very own Patrick McKenzie (patio11) publishes a monthly article: https://training.kalzumeus.com/
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Yelp: We compete with print -- not Google or Facebook(news.cnet.com)
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Google, Facebook And Twitter Ordered To Delete Photos By UK Law Enforcement(techdirt.com)
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