Why Erlang Matters
In the end, this new type of computer will bring about data-centers-on-a-chip or high-density computing, whichever way we look.
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Posted on 2016-04-10T07:24:23+0000
Millennial Employees Confound Big Banks
Investment banks are trying to stop an exodus of junior bankers by adjusting their advancement models to better suit the expectations of the millennial generation.
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"Some bankers are baffled by the attitude of their more junior colleagues. There is a pain point among midlevel bankers who “can sometimes get frustrated if the younger analyst isn’t as available as they want them to be,” says Mr. Waldron, Goldman’s investment banking co-head.
Nevertheless, he says, “just because other people worked 80 to 100 hours [each week] in their life history doesn’t mean these people should.”"
Posted on 2016-04-10T03:19:19+0000
Exploding offers are bullshit · Erik Bernhardsson
Exploding offers are bullshit 2016-03-16 I do a lot of recruiting and have given maybe 50 offers in my career. Although many companies do, I never put a deadline on any of them. Unfortunately, I’ve often ended up competing with other companies who do, and I feel really bad that this usually tricks y…
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Posted on 2016-04-09T07:44:08+0000
Senate encryption bill draft mandates 'technical assistance'
The Hill obtained a discussion draft of the long-awaited Senate measure.
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Posted on 2016-04-09T07:38:29+0000
Being tired isn’t a badge of honor — Signal v. Noise
Whenever I speak at a conference, I try to catch a few of the other presentations. I tend to stand in the back and liste…
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"People pulling 16-hour days on a regular basis are exhausted. They’re just too tired to notice that their work has suffered because of it."
Posted on 2016-04-09T07:23:45+0000
The Panama Papers prove it: America can afford a universal basic income | Colin Holtz
If the super-rich actually paid what they owe in taxes, the US would have loads more money available for public services
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Posted on 2016-04-09T06:25:21+0000
How Celebs Make Big Bucks for Doing . . . Nothing
How rappers, Real Housewives, and lesser Kardashians get paid just for showing up at the club
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"And yet the club-appearance gig is a giant knot in Disick's life that seems to only tangle and tighten like a noose. He began booking these appearances a few years back, presumably so he could gain some agency beyond the grip of Kris Jenner and have something to call his “job.” For a while, this was working out nicely for him. He was gaining enough notoriety thanks to Keeping Up with the Kardashians that his appearance fee rose to impressive numbers: He could pull $70,000 or $80,000 a night in the U.S. At one high point, he scored a $250,000 deal for a series of appearances in the UK."
Posted on 2016-04-07T05:32:28+0000
More Than 40% of Student Borrowers Aren’t Making Payments
More than 40% of Americans who borrowed from the government’s main student-loan program aren’t making payments or are behind on more than $200 billion owed, raising worries that millions of them may never repay.
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"Carlo Salerno, an economist who studies higher education and has consulted for the private student-lending industry, noted that the government imposes virtually no credit checks on borrowers, requires no cosigners and doesn’t screen people for their preparedness for college-level course work. “On what planet does a financing vehicle with those kinds of terms and those kinds of performance metrics make sense,” he said.
Some borrowers aren’t repaying even when they can. Research from Navient shows that borrowers prioritize other bills—such as car loans, mortgages and heating bills—over student debt. A borrower who fails to pay down an auto loan might have her car repossessed; with student loans, there is no such threat."
Posted on 2016-04-07T03:06:16+0000
How Facebook is helping the blind ‘see’ pictures their friends share online
How Facebook's first blind engineer is helping other blind users "see" more of the social media network.
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Matt King is awesome. I got to interact with him for a short while at an internal session and I was blown away when I heard his story and what he was working on
Posted on 2016-04-06T04:59:28+0000
9-year-old reporter breaks crime news, posts videos, fires back at critics
The daughter of a reporter loves pursuing real news, and scooped the local newspaper Saturday with her reporting on a tragic homicide.
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"But her reporting did not impress some of the good people of Selinsgrove, and they let Hilde have it on Facebook Saturday night. “I think this is appalling that u would do a story like this when all the facts are not in yet,” wrote one commenter. Her parents were attacked too: “does no one realize that this is a 9 year old reporting this type of graphic information!” wrote a Facebook poster. “I mean, what parents are encouraging this type of behavior!”
Hilde was unfazed. Sunday morning, she gathered many of the comments she’d received online, summoned her older sister and her video camera, and read the comments aloud. Then she took on her critics directly: “If you want me to stop covering news, then you get off your computers and do something about the news. There, is that cute enough for you?” "
Posted on 2016-04-06T03:54:52+0000