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What does that mean/how does it affect me? And howd that happen?

Is it common to keep the notes you wrote in college?

Uh, how does the first graph not have a correlation? As a first order guess, that looks like a very strong correlation to me, probably at least .10 R^2 if you fit a regression to i…

>But I think most people also think that a guy who burns movies to DVDs and sells them on the street corner is an asshole. Do you actually think that? All that talk on HN recently …

"I am too cowardly/lazy to actually treat people with any sort of respect, and really I never matured out of kindergarten bully tactics" Am I wrong for interpreting it this way?

Actually, that's not entirely reflective of reality. You would have to access www.python.org in order to download python, so you'd have to write some sort of TCP/IP handler to conn…

What did you classify him as? What is your classification of white?

I'm sure he appreciates all the iTunes downloads he'll get. You know, the one with "Glee cast" in the 'artist' field?

What a big baby reply. "i'm really smart and you sound really dumb, so I'm gonna take the high road and not argue with you".

How would he not have a chance in prison?

Why do you think that would stop drug trade? The market is driven by demand, not by supply, and the US demands a 150,000 strong army of drug traffickers to keep making the drugs fo…

Didn't decline that much? 15% of Americans had their incomes decrease by 100%.

You don't think who your parents are is a consequence of luck? Did you just will yourself to become that particular fetus?

A well-made sandwich is currently worth more than most startups. Most startups are entirely worthless.

What makes you think increasing the tick size would help? HFT would still be at the front of every book, except in larger quantities now. Most people support MORE decimalization th…

I think your problem is with government bailouts of private companies, not with HFT. The effect of most HFT firms completely blowing out would be completely unnoticed in the market…

It's a joke.

I think you're overstating the importance of perfect design principles or things like UML diagrams, whatever those are. The point of a software company is not to write great code -…

Why do you think it's so surprising that when comparing CS graduates and someone who's spent 4 years in the workforce doing real programming work, the latter is better at doing exa…

You know how people tell stories about kids learning not to touch hot stoves after getting burned too many times? No, you clearly don't.

Sounds like an easy way to bankrupt people. Buy every one of the producer's dresses, put them in a pit, burn them, and now the producer is bankrupt and destitute.

The thing is, your method is NOT a good heuristic.

Why do you assume, a priori, someone with a college degree should be more qualified for a job than someone without one? If I was looking to hire someone for a low-skill ceiling job…

So take the higher salary and buy yourself a $900 chair for work?

So hows the audition project work? Do you guys just hire the person on as a consultant for a week, or what? I'm curious, because I've never heard of this before.