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Google CEO defends desk-sharing policy, says offices like 'ghost town'(cnbc.com)
11 points by gpresot 4y ago|7 comments
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by gpresot 4y ago
I realise the article was written for a specific audience for which this may be obvious, but what is the difference between data scientist and data engineer (in terms of what their job is)?
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by gpresot 4y ago
A good presentation is not a matter of software. You can make outstanding presentation without embedded videos and fancy transitions. And you can make them on PowerPoint, Keynotes, Libreoffice, or translucent sheets. Focus on a clear storyl
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Work is not your god: welcome to the age of the burnout epidemic(theguardian.com)
4 points by gpresot 5y ago|0 comments
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How to slightly improve your life without trying(theguardian.com)
5 points by gpresot 5y ago|0 comments
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‘Battery arms race’: how China has monopolised the EV industry(theguardian.com)
2 points by gpresot 5y ago|0 comments
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The everyday foods that could become luxuries(bbc.com)
2 points by gpresot 5y ago|0 comments
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Race to the bottom: the disastrous blindfolded rush to mine the deep sea mining(theguardian.com)
9 points by gpresot 5y ago|0 comments
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by gpresot 5y ago
It is one of the few subscriptions to media / news sites that I really value. Apart from their Editorials section, all articles have a balanced point of view, presenting all sides of an argument. They are all well written, and manage t
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The invisible addiction: is it time to give up caffeine?(theguardian.com)
26 points by gpresot 5y ago|13 comments
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The real-life plan to use novels to predict the next war(theguardian.com)
17 points by gpresot 5y ago|1 comments
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The Crystal Hunters of Chamonix(outsideonline.com)
2 points by gpresot 5y ago|0 comments
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Mega-dairies, disappearing wells, and Arizona’s deepening water crisis(theguardian.com)
3 points by gpresot 5y ago|1 comments
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by gpresot 5y ago
Former management consultant here (with one of the Big 3). It is true that some of this type of work (twisting analysis to fit conclusions) happens, but my experience has been the opposite, as in the medium-long term clients appreciate more
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A mathematician, a philosopher and a gambler walk into a bar(aeon.co)
1 points by gpresot 5y ago|0 comments
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The clockwork universe: is free will an illusion?(theguardian.com)
64 points by gpresot 5y ago|118 comments
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How Saudi Arabia's AI-powered NEOM megacity will be built(wired.me)
2 points by gpresot 5y ago|2 comments
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Ransomware hackers steal plans for upcoming Apple products(theguardian.com)
3 points by gpresot 5y ago|0 comments
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Scott Galloway: unified monetary theory of everything(nymag.com)
4 points by gpresot 5y ago|0 comments
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Coinbase debuts on Nasdaq at 100B $ valuation(cnbc.com)
35 points by gpresot 5y ago|12 comments
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by gpresot 5y ago
Who is this product for? The majority of expert Excel users in a company, do not know how to code. The majority of people that in a company are coding (for whatever aim) are never asked to produce business reports from excel. People who nee
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A sand shortage? We are running out of a crucial and underappreciated commodity(cnbc.com)
5 points by gpresot 6y ago|8 comments
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by gpresot 6y ago
Really great app. One minor issue I have with it is that when you sort alphabetically (by ticker symbol), the watchlist and the portfolio get mixed together, which is counter-intuitive and a bit unfriendly to the eyes. I would expect it to
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Super cubes: inside the surprisingly big business of packaged ice(theguardian.com)
11 points by gpresot 6y ago|3 comments
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Uber’s fraught and deadly pursuit of self-driving cars is over(theverge.com)
2 points by gpresot 6y ago|0 comments
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by gpresot 6y ago
> But there's literally no difference between the hardware of a Macbook, Mac Mini, and iPad Pro apart from peripherals (e.g. screen, keyboard, touchpad). screen, keyboard, trackpad, touch screen ports, are A LOT of what defines the
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by gpresot 6y ago
I work as management consultant and the iPad+Apple Pencil+OneNote combination has been a game changer for my workflow. No need to have tons of paper notebooks to take notes during meetings (and then misplace 2 months into the project), no n
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by gpresot 6y ago
Actually, roughly 55% of annual demand is for "practical" uses: jewellery and industrial products. The remainder for storing in vaults (by investors or central banks). https://www.statista.com/statistics/29960
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Permanent Assumptions(collaborativefund.com)
2 points by gpresot 6y ago|0 comments
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What lies beneath: our love affair with living underwater(theguardian.com)
2 points by gpresot 6y ago|1 comments

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