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by es09 7y ago
If you assume a random person has a probability of carrying the virus at 0.001, here's the probability of someone in a crowd of N people being sick - https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=plot+%281-%280.999%29%...
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by es09 10y ago
You are absolutely right on the fees being a problem here. I opened a wealthfront account a couple of years ago and added some money because I really liked the interface and I was sold on tax loss harvesting. I recently wanted to compare ho
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Artificial Intelligence Swarms Silicon Valley on Wings and Wheels(nytimes.com)
2 points by es09 10y ago|1 comments
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by es09 11y ago
Even more likely - hiring comes to a screeching halt. That's what brings the rental market down. There are a lot of new apartments being added to the market and bam, oversupply of rental units if the hiring slows down or stops.
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The Temptation of Co-Working Spaces(nytimes.com)
4 points by es09 11y ago|0 comments
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Trillions in Bad Loans May Sap World Economy for a Long Time(nytimes.com)
115 points by es09 11y ago|80 comments
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Dropbox May Not Be LeBron James, but Is Still in the Game(nytimes.com)
150 points by es09 11y ago|195 comments
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Cisco ruling could lead to ban on Arista tech imports(marketwatch.com)
1 points by es09 11y ago|0 comments
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by es09 11y ago
Good point. It's the fraction of women that are in the labor force - http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.TLF.CACT.FE.ZS
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by es09 11y ago
The statistic that stood out for me was the drop in the fraction of labor that are women. This is also true for China in the last couple of decades, admittedly from a much higher level. Anecdotally, I hear from business people in India that
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by es09 11y ago
It's all too easy to ignore the admonition to maintain good posture when you are young. I can speak from experience that our back doesn't forgive that mistake and it's very hard to make it forget. I wish that article had more
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by es09 12y ago
This doesn't square with the report that says they are looking at manufacturing processes and materials. I agree with you though that this is the most likely explanation.
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by es09 12y ago
Good points. I doubt if they are aiming at any competition. Their stated goal is to reduce the cost of the hardware for themselves by standardizing it. Their hope is that the other big guys (amazon, google etc) will pick this solution up dr
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by es09 12y ago
I grew up in India as well and I can second this comment. There is something to be said for seeing first hand the effects of a disease. Speaking from personal experience, my brother developed a bad reaction to a polio vaccine and developed
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by es09 12y ago
In the middle of last year, Google announced that they will also look at other bay area cities like Santa Clara for Fiber. I don't see what happened to that and there is no more mention of Santa Clara in the latest post. Maybe it fell
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by es09 12y ago
I doubt if reducing cost can be the only factor. Broadcom chips are going to be pretty much the lowest cost ones because of their scale. It's more likely that they are dreaming up some network architecture that isn't served well b
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by es09 12y ago
The original hyperloop proposal called for the tube to be in the median between the northgoing and southgoing sections of I-5. That's how the 6B$ estimate conveniently avoided land cost.
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by es09 12y ago
The 95$ per semester figure is for the State University at Sacramento - not for the community college. The current fees work out to ~5500$ per semester[1] for the same university. [1] http://www.calstate.edu/budget/stud
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by es09 12y ago
McDonald's does have a veggie burger on their menu in most parts of Europe. Could it just be a matter of we-give-what-people-want here?
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In Suit, Cisco Accuses Arista of Copying Work(bits.blogs.nytimes.com)
2 points by es09 12y ago|0 comments
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by es09 12y ago
Not here to give any names, but I can third this observation. The job description ads are absolutely tailored and never intended to hire anyone local. But there is one good reason why that happens - OPT. Foreign students graduate out of US
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by es09 12y ago
1. Yes, if both applications fail and OPT expires, the candidate has to go back to the home country. 2. Working for a big company will not help in getting a H1B slot in anyway. 3. Typically, these things are done by a resident starting the
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by es09 12y ago
That could be said of Microsoft in the server business as well, but Linux still managed to gain a big share. It's possible for a RedHat model to develop in networking - sell services and support, but not hardware. See Cumulus for examp
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by es09 12y ago
The discussion from a week ago https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8323010 And the week before that https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8304019
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by es09 12y ago
Anyone else seeing a 'Phishing attack ahead'? Chrome is complaining that Google Safe browsing detected an ongoing phishing attack.