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quizzas

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    Comment #13979436

    The problem is market maturity. If Uber is currently facing a quickly maturing market, the upside is limited. Investing in growth is much different than investing in diversificatio…

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    Comment #13419647

    I'd rather see the connection between happiness and self-sufficiency, because ultimately, isn't happiness what we all want? Whether through intelligence, social connections or reli…

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    Comment #13338684

    Tim Cook has always been an efficiency expert. He is the master of supply chain management and logistics. He is perfect for operations and everything related to cost management. Ho…

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    Comment #13338390

    1. Guitar player in a band, either rhythm or lead 2. Study and compose (not lyricist!) I can spend all day playing my guitar and jamming with other passionate musicians from all wa…

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    Comment #12912453

    The response to this trend has always been the continued niche usage of Linux OS outside of server environments. Based on the quality of software applications, Professionals really…

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    Comment #12912357

    The issues of worker dissatisfaction in the U.S. is very similar to the ones in China, which was ironically built on economic equality.China, like Sweden and Norway, is ethnically …

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    Comment #12896278

    It really does depend on the organizational structure of the company, and whether they appreciate how difficult it is to replace programmers with an equally competent one. Most non…

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    Comment #12491651

    Contracting trades (electrician, plumbing, HVAC, etc.) make great money. I helped a few friends get in the business; they couldn't find jobs with their ITT tech degrees, so I hooke…

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    Comment #12250790

    Surround him with like minded kids, for example: 1. Well sorted family 2. Ambitious, hardworking 3. Creative, but not crazy self-destructive He's not going to be successful flying …

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    Comment #12088087

    groupthink platitudes are red flags - the beginning to the end of innovation.

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    Comment #10137103

    A combination of the following reasons: 1. Consumption Mismatch: men have an endless thirst for new sexual trists whereas women can be sexually fulfilled by a single partner every …

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    Comment #10137027

    Wonderful argument by the way. But the fly in the ointment here is the following analogies: 1. Human evolution never meant for man to fly, but human ingenuity figured out a way to …

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    Comment #8385853

    Because farming and irrigation sucks up everything that's available.

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    Comment #8264976

    Re-posting a response to that article: Auditioning actors are a terrible analogy. You seriously want to compare your hiring protocol to the film industry which has a surplus of goo…

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    Comment #8188625

    Africa: is it possible he's walking miles to school because either his parents can't read or they don't have time to teach him? There is nothing "elitist" about choosing what's bes…

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    Comment #8188591

    some references to start you off re the benefits of the Finnish system where formal education starts at age 7: http://www.npr.org/2014/03/08/287255411/what-the-u-s-can-lea... http:…

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    Comment #8145306

    When innovation is not a driving force in the economy, it makes sense that the platform which protects and incentivizes innovation is not taken seriously.

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    Comment #8120187

    So when people determine whether a startup is a "success" is this closure an acceptable end to that success because the acquisition by Salesforce locks in the "success" of that exi…

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    Comment #8093154

    Too indoctrinated by academia to be employed? Out of touch with corporate expectations? Or those who aren't a fit for employment returned to get their PhD, but only as a delay to t…

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    Comment #7939150

    If you reduce STEM to its most fundamental trait in a child, it would be something like "the love of taking things apart and/or assembling things together." Obviously Lego is one a…

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    Comment #7939003

    Is it too cynical to assume that a major defense contractor like GD has already integrated a hidden door for the NSA?

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    Comment #7755268

    A cautionary tale about not having the requisite "minimum viable" social skills. A person with no STEM skills but above average social skills will almost always have a job (sales, …

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    Comment #7576654

    LOL I have that issue

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    Comment #6676342

    Because American companies can trust the NSA

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    Comment #6435526

    No LTE means no enterprise clients like me.