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The study did not use city boundaries, it used MSA boundaries, which include the outlying areas. Here's a map of the area in question: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:San_Jose-Sa…

We must be reading different books, because the one I read clearly discusses the mechanics of large-block trades, and specifically calls out the fact that traders exist because you…

Resonance with potential customers, co-founders, and employees. It's fine if many people don't get it, but if nobody gets it, I'm probably fooling myself.

The technical and content quality issues are fairly minimal these days. It glitches and can't find content now and then, but no more than Netflix. Related: I'm currently watching T…

I'm an Evernote Premium user, but I convinced my wife not to start using it because of this apparent misallocation of resources. I've had data loss within the (slow) core app, and …

I also find the sentence Aaron faced to be excessive. For additional context, David Headley received a 35 year sentence for his active participation in the Mumbai bombings which ki…

The dedicated work-only office was my most important productivity enhancement. It helped me prevent burnout (where I'd just work every single hour), and it also helped my spouse un…

This is the same reason we switched from darcs to git. The value of ubiquity exceeded the value of our previous preferences.

That's an interesting catch. I'm guessing the gap was because the attacker commissioned the software at low cost, and didn't spot the problem. That said, the attack would still wor…

I also have a pair of the Bose QC15s. They're fantastic for my open-plan office. Even very quiet music, when combined with their noise cancellation, will silence nearly all backgro…

An MBA in entrepreneurship has business classes adapted for an entrepreneurial audience. A typical MBA involves the study of topics such as marketing, finance, risk management, acc…

The U.S. patents in question: 6,957,224: Efficient retrieval of uniform resource locators; https://www.google.com/patents/US6957224 7,072,849: Method for presenting advertising in …