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Mar
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TODAY is my last day at Goldman Sachs. After almost 12 years at the firm — first as a summer intern while at Stanford, then in New York for 10 years, and now in London — I believe I have worked here long enough to understand the trajectory of its culture, its people and its identity. And I can honestly say that the environment now is as toxic and destructive as I have ever seen it.
— Why I Am Leaving Goldman Sachs - NYTimes.com
Tags: goldman sachs   finance  
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Mar
12th
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So we experimented some, and we found out that when you raise that first factor [in Bayes’ theorem] to the 1.5 power, you get a better result.
— Tweaking Bayes’ Theorem
Tags: bayes   peter norvig   google   science  
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Mar
10th
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You’ll be better off if you operate like Columbus and just head in a general westerly direction.
— Frighteningly Ambitious Startup Ideas
Tags: paul graham   entrepreneurship   internet  
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Mar
5th
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The Anatomy of a Search Engine

Seminal Google Paper by Larry Page and Sergej Brin
Tags: internet   google   research   entrepreneurship   stanford  
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Mar
2nd
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Some interesting facts on gold … (via Infographic: Is Gold A Bubble?)

Some interesting facts on gold … (via Infographic: Is Gold A Bubble?)

Tags: gold   finance   inflation  
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Mar
1st
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My favorite song by Lucio Dalla: Anna E Marco

(Source: youtube.com)

Tags: music   lucio dalla   rip  
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Feb
26th
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5% of all retail sales are online (and 11% are at gas stations …) (via Number of the Week: Five Cents of Every Retail Dollar Spent Online - Real Time Economics - WSJ)

5% of all retail sales are online (and 11% are at gas stations …) (via Number of the Week: Five Cents of Every Retail Dollar Spent Online - Real Time Economics - WSJ)

Tags: internet   e-commerce   retail  
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Feb
23rd
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The lottery economy (via Why Are Harvard Graduates in the Mailroom? - NYTimes.com)

The lottery economy (via Why Are Harvard Graduates in the Mailroom? - NYTimes.com)

Tags: economics   demographics  
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Feb
22nd
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Comparison of austerity package impact by country (via Austerity Europe - NYTimes.com)

Comparison of austerity package impact by country (via Austerity Europe - NYTimes.com)

Tags: europe   euro   eurozone   economics  
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Feb
17th
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Vicious cycle: no investments -> older asset base -> lower returns -> less cash flow available for investments … (via “No Continent For Young Assets” - Charting The Root Of Europe’s Problems: Record Old Asset Age)

Vicious cycle: no investments -> older asset base -> lower returns -> less cash flow available for investments … (via “No Continent For Young Assets” - Charting The Root Of Europe’s Problems: Record Old Asset Age)

Tags: finance   economics   europe   euro  
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