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Doing well in your courses: Andrej's advice for success (2013)(cs.stanford.edu)
680 points by peterkshultz 11mo ago|198 comments
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Eyestalk ablation(en.wikipedia.org)
5 points by peterkshultz 2y ago|1 comments
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by peterkshultz 7y ago
"...in the United States, the commerce departments of state governments generally prohibit or restrict the use of certain words in the names of corporations unless those corporations are legitimate chartered banks. For example, words p
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by peterkshultz 7y ago
Balds are some of America's hidden treasures. Jane Bald through Hump Mountain was my favorite section on the Appalachian Trail, except maybe for a few sections in Maine.
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by peterkshultz 7y ago
South of downtown was the first one, yes. See "The History of Costco" at: https://www.costco.com/about.html
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by peterkshultz 8y ago
Highly recommend "Hard Landing" by Thomas Petzinger Jr. if you're interested in this sort of subject. Unit economics for commercial aviation have changed substantially since the industry's inception.
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by peterkshultz 8y ago
You should check out the book "On Bullshit" by philosopher Harry G. Frankfurt. He develops a similar theory.
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by peterkshultz 8y ago
That accountability doesn't work for everybody, of course. I learned in school that gyms sell more memberships than their facilities have space to support. People think that by buying a membership, they're locking themselves into
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by peterkshultz 8y ago
I disagree with the idea that the market has room for a finite number of millionaires. See Paul Graham's essay on wealth, specifically the subject about the pie fallacy. "...although there may be, in certain specific moments (like
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A new generation of environmentalists is learning to love atomic power(hcn.org)
199 points by peterkshultz 8y ago|223 comments
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List of unusual units of measurement(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by peterkshultz 8y ago|1 comments
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by peterkshultz 8y ago
Appalachian Trail? I did it too! Fritos and Nutty Buddies were my go-to. I added a few notes about my trip here: https://pkshultz.com/at/
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by peterkshultz 8y ago
I would call what you're experiencing the sunk cost fallacy [1]. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunk_cost#Loss_aversion_and_th...
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SAP to acquire Qualtrics(news.sap.com)
94 points by peterkshultz 8y ago|40 comments
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Derek Sivers: Persistence is polite(sivers.org)
1 points by peterkshultz 8y ago|0 comments
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by peterkshultz 9y ago
Anybody interested in this might want to check out EME (Earth-Moon-Earth) communication: point an antenna at the moon, bounce a signal off of it, and coordinate with someone back on Earth to receive it. More details here: http://
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by peterkshultz 9y ago
Had I not set up a keyboard shortcut for this a week ago, I would've been using your site at least a dozen times a day. Clean and functional. Well done!
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by peterkshultz 9y ago
When Amazon Go was first announced, my guess was that they were using RFID tags on every item in the store. I now understand why that was misguided: the cost of RFID tags would scale linearly with the amount of goods sold. With Amazon'
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Facebook to Let Users Rank Credibility of News(nytimes.com)
107 points by peterkshultz 9y ago|226 comments
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Apple Paying Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Aniston $1.25M/Episode for Morning Show(macrumors.com)
1 points by peterkshultz 9y ago|0 comments
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Google IT Support Professional Certificate(blog.google)
215 points by peterkshultz 9y ago|166 comments
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Visa Eliminates Requirement for Chip-Card Signatures(bloomberg.com)
3 points by peterkshultz 9y ago|0 comments
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Analysts Cut iPhone X Shipment Forecasts, Citing Lukewarm Demand(bloomberg.com)
1 points by peterkshultz 9y ago|0 comments
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Dom Hofmann hints at the return of Vine(twitter.com)
3 points by peterkshultz 9y ago|0 comments
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Overnight in Walmart Parking Lots: Silence, Solace and Refuge(nytimes.com)
2 points by peterkshultz 9y ago|0 comments
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Duo Security reaches unicorn status(mlive.com)
2 points by peterkshultz 9y ago|0 comments
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Tencent Increases Stake in Snap to 12%(nytimes.com)
2 points by peterkshultz 9y ago|0 comments
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How 1% Performance Improvements Led to Olympic Gold (2015)(hbr.org)
2 points by peterkshultz 9y ago|0 comments
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Will the Next Steve Jobs Be from China?(nytimes.com)
1 points by peterkshultz 9y ago|0 comments
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by peterkshultz 9y ago
I'm willing to wager that this number has dropped in the six years since the article has been written.

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