mcbaby

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by mcbaby 13y ago
I don't think STEM reflects market demand as much as it does our new understanding of 21st century skills. While the gov't loves the "college = success" equation, I think it is somewhat valid for STEM students, as it int
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by mcbaby 13y ago
Skimming over Arin Dube's paper, I can't help but wonder why he doesn't address any of the lurking variables. His time frame, 1990 to 2012, represents a period of vast technological change throughout the US and the rest of th
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by mcbaby 13y ago
I disagree that those "counter-arguments are even more ridiculous." Of course, I don't think every CEO will flee the country——they are bogged down by inertia. Some will, but when you have a family, a home, etc, it's a lo
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Slow Ideas(newyorker.com)
2 points by mcbaby 13y ago|0 comments
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by mcbaby 13y ago
I don't think it's fair to make that kind of teleological evaluation... Yes, RapGenius may be the best solution for google's customer. However, if Google permits shady SEO tactics simply because the ends justify the means, th
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by mcbaby 14y ago
While I'm sure Andreessen Horowitz feels some tech-world pride in this investment, they are still a venture capital firm. This article is a bit too sensational, self-loving to really portray the importance of the investment. I think TechCru
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by mcbaby 14y ago
it's sad to realize that once blossoming companies fueled with innovation and hope, like Google and Twitter, have resorted to promoting anti-trust litigation because they feared their product couldn't stand on its own merit
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by mcbaby 14y ago
Evernote is obviously a very successful company, and I'm sure Phil Libin is a smart guy, but he comes off as a total snob saying this... > "I think you know what it is: it’s to change the world" Most people who start a company start it
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by mcbaby 14y ago
If the NYT shut down can you give a few examples of some of the "implications"? Granted, the NYT is a prestigious, old publication, but you've given me no reason to believe there would be far-reaching implications "far-reaching implications
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by mcbaby 14y ago
But "worth" is such a subjective word. Instagram is only worth 1bn to Facebook, whereas the NYT's value is derived from its market cap. And being "one of the finest news sources in existence" (which I don't believe) does not necessarily den
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by mcbaby 14y ago
The New York Times, according to a quick Wikipedia search, has a (print) circulation of <2,000,000. They also have several hundred thousand users subscribing online (this number is to be taken with a grain of salt, it's my own estimate
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by mcbaby 14y ago
The ironic thing is, if any legislator who supported SOPA was exposed to the complexities and realities of copyright/IP legislation as this guy was, I'm sure SOPA would have never seen the light of day. Sadly, like most legislation that our
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by mcbaby 14y ago
DuckDuckGo
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by mcbaby 15y ago
I'd like to point out that if we replaced the "Womens" perk with the "Perfect Fuel" perk, nobody would be complaining about how this insulted people who don't eat dark chocolate. Obviously not every guy cares whose serving their drinks, the
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Ask HN: Advice for learning Python as your first language?
2 points by mcbaby 15y ago|2 comments
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by mcbaby 15y ago
Couldn't have said it better. It's their entire approach to the process is wrong.
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by mcbaby 15y ago
Vaccines and antibiotics are not the only ways, and certainly not the most effective ways, to fight bacterial infections. What we should be focusing on is developing bacteriophage technology (namely phage lysins). As every human (a eukaryot
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by mcbaby 15y ago
this should not be treated as a victory, because the entire piece of "legislation," if we can even call it that, might as well read in lobby-dollars from the old media titans to the cogs of Washington's political machine Calling this small
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SOPA and the credit card
5 points by mcbaby 15y ago|5 comments