wisty

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   by wisty 17y ago

   It looks nice, and seems to have a great community. It could learn from graphviz and matplotlib though, and have a gallary of examples complete with code snippets. See http://www.graphviz.org/Gallery.php and http://matplotlib.sourceforge
2. 3212.▲
   by wisty 17y ago

   I added Shockley, and a few of the Traitorous Eight. I'm not sure that they founded actually incorporations, but it's not really fair to completely ignore their contributions. (On a side note, I think Kleiner's little investment company di
3. 3213.▲
   by wisty 17y ago

   Cancer is what kills you if nothing else does. Either that or heart failure. If people are dying from TB or other easily treated (or prevented) diseases, then it's time to question the health system. Early detection is a huge factor in trea
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   by wisty 17y ago

   How will they calculate the Big Mac index for Iceland, now that McDonalds has left? http://money.cnn.com/2009/10/27/news/international/McDonalds...
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   by wisty 17y ago

   While poor people in Scandinavia (and drugs will ensure that some people are poor) can't afford $30 pizza.
6. 3216.▲
   by wisty 17y ago

   Domestic goods are cheap, imports are expensive. Import taxes are lower in Hong Kong, but then service expensive.
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   by wisty 17y ago

   The "winnowing process" is all about limiting participation (and competition). Dr. Menand is effectively arguing that Ph.D. candidates are not putting up a huge investement to learn more (that happens in the first 3 years) or to contribute