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by sharpn 16y ago
Alexander Pope disagreed: "True ease of writing comes through art, not chance, As he moves best who learns the steps of dance, 'Tis not enough no harshness cause offence, The sound must seem an echo of the sense" Learn the rules, then maybe
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by sharpn 16y ago
If you mention it at all, I suggest being bold - under a heading of 'Other Achievements' include a brief sentence about overcoming the illness - alongside any sporting success or open source work etc. This frames the illness as (ultimately)
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by sharpn 16y ago
No-one comes out of this well. Good cautionary tale.
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by sharpn 16y ago
No apology needed - thanks for the clarification.
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by sharpn 16y ago
There are many fields (for example media, PR, some civil service positions) where communication is the primary skill being assessed - written in the CV & spoken in the interview. If you have a non-maths written component to your intervi
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by sharpn 16y ago
You've really never seen anyone hired primarily for their communication skills?
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by sharpn 16y ago
In answer to your question, possibly not, but it boils down to a shift from passively absorbing a primetime broadcast & actively consuming either: i) The same thing, but at a time of your own choosing, or: ii) Only niche programmes of i
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by sharpn 16y ago
I agree with the main thrust of this essay, but there are nuances & counter-examples that make me more optimistic: For example, a nuance: More people are giving up television, magazines & newspapers than ever before - perhaps we (as
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by sharpn 16y ago
Interesting, but I'm not convinced the examples support the argument. English uses 'is' to refer to a permanent characteristic or a temporary state, depending on context. Other languages have two separate words (e.g. Spanish with 'estar'
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by sharpn 16y ago
Not very, in my experience. Although they were very helpful on exporting goods, every other question I had was either answered incorrectly (!) or met with 'we can't give legal/accounting advice' - which is understandable but I did tell them
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James Crimmins on the 'portfolio approach' to personality(marginalrevolution.com)
1 points by sharpn 16y ago|0 comments
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by sharpn 16y ago
Fair enough then. I only came across the post through this site & couldn't see anything to substantiate his claims, but I guess they're a given.
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by sharpn 16y ago
There are no testimonials on his website. Just saying.
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Life-form of the Month: Yeast(opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com)
34 points by sharpn 16y ago|7 comments
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by sharpn 16y ago
Very good matches when found, and excellent clear descriptions to justify the match. If this is driven by algorithm, it's brilliant. Slow & incomplete, but hey it's beta. Bookmarked - thanks for posting. [edit] - just read the 'about
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by sharpn 16y ago
You can start here: http://www.wilmott.com/categories.cfm?catid=38
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by sharpn 16y ago
I parsed the heading ok, but I agree it should technically be hyphenated: 'first-time-in-a-startup '
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by sharpn 16y ago
Good points well made. I heard a similar differentiation when moving from investment banking to a hedge fund years ago. It's all about adding tangible value.
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by sharpn 16y ago
In terms of mispriced expectations, it's unprecedented for 1/3 of the world population (<2bn people - India & China) to smoothly transition from 3rd/2nd to 1st world economies without massive internal 'social unrest' (&/or war).
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An interview by a 7th grader(paulgraham.com)
243 points by sharpn 16y ago|64 comments
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by sharpn 16y ago
Thanks waqf - I didn't know it was on youtube, otherwise I would have posted your link.
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(UK only DRM?) bbc dramatisation of early UK home computer companies rise & fall(bbc.co.uk)
3 points by sharpn 16y ago|3 comments
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by sharpn 16y ago
Reading between the lines, I guess you are alluding to the specific example jacquesm & swombat refer to - but as a straight answer to the question, I'd say twitter's 'fail whale' was a fun way to take the edge off their frequent early d
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Why startups should train their people(bhorowitz.com)
7 points by sharpn 16y ago|1 comments
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by sharpn 16y ago
There was a coalition formed without election during WWII, as an election could not easily have been held. It worked quite well, perhaps partly because nobody wanted to be the one who exacerbated the crisis, and partly the gravity of the si
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by sharpn 16y ago
True - with VAT at 17.5%, £700 is roughly £600 + tax
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by sharpn 16y ago
This looks like the same idea as the hub: http://kingscross.the-hub.net It's a little more expensive, but that's London for you...
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by sharpn 16y ago
Spotify responded that these figures were way out (without giving the true numbers). If I remember correctly, the low figure was for a short period & related only to the Swedish market AND for only the Swedish co-writer's royalty - i.e.
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by sharpn 16y ago
I think South Park may have been alluding to this sad story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7112929.stm
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Regression Discontinuity Analysis of Angel Investment(hbswk.hbs.edu)
1 points by sharpn 16y ago|0 comments

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