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by zzleeper 12y ago
How's that possible? I would expect them to be investing heavily which means low FCF even with positive profits. I also doubt they are decreasing inventory (do they even hold it?) Maybe the positive cf is just a fluke due to Xmas seaso
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by zzleeper 12y ago
Nice! I hadn't heard of Unison.
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by zzleeper 12y ago
Independently of whether DB reads/uploads all the files or not, I've arrived at a difficult position about Dropbox: I'm looking for alternatives. No, it's unrelated with politics or pricing; it's just that in many c
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by zzleeper 12y ago
That's a bad comparison. Marriot is hugely leveraged [1] on purpose (tax shield reasons, etc. etc.), while Airbnb isn't. It would be better to compare the firm values instead of equity values (which you can change in one day jus
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by zzleeper 12y ago
Looks much more interesting that what they have on reddit (They have a huge EDC subreddit), which is basically people showing off their concealed guns and knifes.
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by zzleeper 12y ago
So was it Karpeles or one of his employees?
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by zzleeper 12y ago
That's amazing! Much easier than managing the mess that is chrome bookmark manager, when you just want to save something for a while and not forever.
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by zzleeper 12y ago
Tried to find it but the top google matches are just links to your comment =/
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by zzleeper 12y ago
Totally agree about that. I think those are what most of us saw (I was there, and the lights I saw coincided with the power failing). HOWEVER: .. several of the cameras from the video were facing the ocean (i.e. the one at Larcomar, the mal
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by zzleeper 12y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lj2PQ3onAL0#t=40 Most of the cameras in this video were aimed towards the sea
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by zzleeper 12y ago
Not that it's not interesting, but a [2012] next to the title would have been helpful
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by zzleeper 12y ago
Nitpick: it breaks the browser's back button
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by zzleeper 12y ago
Yep. It would probably be easier if you write it in a quick readme.md on github and post the link to that, as it's hard to read with greyed text.
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by zzleeper 12y ago
Do the microwave networks suffer any problems (disconnections, etc.) under rain or other weather conditions?
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by zzleeper 12y ago
What do you use to cover your nose when biking? Do you also wear glasses to prevent dry/frozen eyes?
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by zzleeper 12y ago
Alternative: Write it in markdown/commonmark (possibly with an extension for tables a la knitr). Pick your favorite text editor and just type away merrily. Use latex ($\gamma$) when you want formulas. Then compile it to PDF with pandoc
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by zzleeper 12y ago
Agree with the other people replying. I tried twice in the past to switch but always got stuck at some important nonported package. Recently, however, I jumped in and was mesmerized that i) most packages worth installing are already ported
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by zzleeper 12y ago
Ditto. I'm happer with pdf.js than with my external acrobat pro. Also, it takes a few sessions to get used to it, but I don't see much of a difference in how I use FF with australis (i.e. its kinda good but nothing to think about
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by zzleeper 12y ago
Edit: after seeing the discussion on 25mph and the disarming cuteness, then it makes much more sense. I too don't care about what the car looks like, but then again I don't own one, partly because I don't care about them as m
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by zzleeper 12y ago
Indeed. Looks "cute", but cute doesn't sell with cars..
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by zzleeper 12y ago
By the way, what made you switch? (And also, did you got the $40 version or..?) I'm thinking about migrating (gmail just feels sluggish), but I'm a little afraid of all the potential gotchas vs my current gmail setup, which makes
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by zzleeper 12y ago
The frequency weight trick seems like a cool one. You always have to code around frequency/probability/analytic weights, so you get two birds with one stone (It's not a perfect solution though, as if you need to e.g. regress
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by zzleeper 12y ago
Some feedback: - The PICK button was unresponsive until I F5ed - I have no clue what measure vs attribute is about. - Got logged out (session expired) twice. - Tried BIME Desktop, got confused by the lack of a latitude/longitude value
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by zzleeper 12y ago
Nevermind.. found that there is a Bime Desktop!
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by zzleeper 12y ago
Looks cool! The number of data sources is surprising, and the pencil background looks amazing (does what it should, stay in the background). However, what's the performance with big datasets? For instance, I have a 2MM-records dataset
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by zzleeper 12y ago
It depends. In my case, there is only one prof doing what I do in my school (my advisor), so the answer would be a clear no. In contrast, a friend was doing a more broad topic and after some strong disagreements, was able to switch mid-race
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by zzleeper 12y ago
Yes, it says we have to work 6-8 hours a week for them doing RA and TA work, but to not worry as "in practice the workload is much lower". My problem is not with teaching/grading/doing silly RA work [1], but that they ex
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by zzleeper 12y ago
The thing is, what you see while in school and in academia before deciding to do the PhD are the survivors. The ones who like the power play, the grant-writing, and possibly those more prone to Stockholm Effect from their PhD years. When de
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by zzleeper 12y ago
They are quite different in practice, because in the PhD you are really at the mercy of the advisers and have made a huge commitment compared to a 1-2 yr masters).
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by zzleeper 12y ago
I'm in a finance PhD program at a top US school. What he says is quite close to the true, from my experience with friends in finance and partly economics (the marketing and accounting people seem to be having healthier lives in my scho

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