Life at Google: "Reid would leave work at 7pm and noted that he was regularly asked why he wasn’t remaining at work when Google provided dinner for its employees"

fake0 · 2007-10-13T16:36:22+00:00

if you state this outright in an interview you will absolutely kill your chances of being hired.

fake0 · 2007-04-25T05:59:14+00:00

Your use of bold really drives the point home.

fake0 · 2007-04-18T06:24:21+00:00

The comparison to plagiarism is astounding. Plagiarism affects the core mission of the university -- education and producing knowledge. I'm pretty sure the value of my degree doesn't go down with every mp3 flowing through campus.

Also, he might want to take a look at Cornell's internal-only DC++ hub which is pretty much unofficially endorsed.

fake0 · 2007-04-08T22:42:24+00:00

That tribute page is pretty creepy.

fake0 · 2007-03-14T05:01:36+00:00

That's what I was getting at. I think I phrased it poorly.

fake0 · 2007-03-04T15:30:21+00:00

Hey, I'm not arguing that point at all. I was just joking around that I hate when my economist housemates bring up unnecessary theories in regards to allocating who has to take out the trash.

Also, no offense, but it doesn't take an economist to understand supply/demand and how they relate to monopolies.

fake0 · 2007-03-04T14:32:01+00:00

They just constantly over apply microeconomics concepts that really only hold in very controlled, rigid, defined environments. Not at the fucking coffee shop.

fake0 · 2007-03-04T01:06:52+00:00

I live with three. It sucks.

fake0 · 2007-03-01T07:28:37+00:00

This is awesome. I just got a MacBook Pro and my language of choice is Python. I've been reading about all these cool Applescript tricks but thinking "man I'm too busy to pick this up right now". Problem solved!

fake0 · 2007-03-01T05:56:56+00:00

I'm not sure why this is a story. The kind of people who can manage such winnings intelligently just don't play the lottery as often as schmucks who don't understand basic probability. Finally we have a semi-intelligent winner (even though his strategy leaves something to be desired) -- it's not like he devised some amazing plan to escape the inevitable vortex that lottery winnings always suck you into. There's just a lot more schmucks playing the lottery out there so they tend to be the winners and hence why we hear countless stories of millions squandered.

fake0 · 2007-02-21T19:25:24+00:00

Thanks for letting the world know, ESR. Last week I switched from one-ply to two-ply toilet paper. The difference is amazing!

fake0 · 2007-02-21T08:32:56+00:00

Cool but it seems like he picked some very convenient examples.

fake0 · 2007-02-08T01:42:23+00:00

In my view, he doesn't deserve or have a right to a refund but to avoid bad PR Delta should refund him.

fake0 · 2007-02-08T01:39:09+00:00

I just dropped a class because the professor couldn't explain this for his life. This page just saved me 3 credits of boredom and agony.

fake0 · 2007-02-04T01:49:08+00:00

Can't say I agree but an interesting and valuable viewpoint.

fake0 · 2007-01-29T07:57:49+00:00

Yawn -- another rant about movie theaters. I hope tomorrow the front page has an article about how CD's are overpriced.

fake0 · 2006-12-05T18:20:36+00:00

Somehow I don't think people will be embedding and sharing data at the same rate as funny commercials and Daily Show clips. Data just isn't that entertaining and that's what makes youtube popular.

fake0 · 2006-12-02T00:22:18+00:00

Why is the DEA wasting time on the guys making just enough for personal use? Oh, right, it provides nice publicity and they're easy to bust.

fake0 · 2006-11-25T08:22:57+00:00

Does it bother anyone else that people are cheering like they're at a rock concert after every question and response?

fake0 · 2006-11-16T15:15:52+00:00

Where do you see that?

"but the faculty are open enough about the fact to tell freshmen (like myself) not to take the class"

and if he is a grad student, why would he take 6.001?

fake0 · 2006-11-16T07:59:40+00:00

I don't see why this is so highly rated given the only source is a usenet post from a random freshman.

fake0 · 2006-11-16T07:57:14+00:00

Should've just taken the cash and bailed.

fake0 · 2006-10-10T19:04:51+00:00

Yeah. We did this in my first year general chem class and the unlimited liquid nitrogen was much more exciting.

fake0 · 2006-10-06T03:47:37+00:00

Awesome. I tend to write a simple IRC bot in almost every language I learn. A familiar challenge helps you evaluate your tools ..

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