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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 som…

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 technologica…

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 y…

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 …

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 real…

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 th…

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 cha…

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 w…

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…

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…

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 …

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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. O…

If you can give one online resource for learning python (as someone's first language) what would it be?

If you can give one online resource for learning python (as someone's first language) what would it be?

If you can give one online resource for learning python (as someone's first language) what would it be?

Couldn't have said it better. It's their entire approach to the process is wrong.

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 …

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 th…

I noticed both Visa and MasterCard Worldwide support SOPA, but AMEX has announced its opposition to the bill. While I think most people here agree the bill is a terrible piece of l…