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shanghaiaway··on A Cornell professor’s trick for getting 1700 peer reviewed publications
He's merely applying SEO practices. Don't hate the player, hate the game.
shanghaiaway··on The new word processor wars: A fresh crop of productivity apps
Notion and Coda are attractive, but I'm wondering if the learning curve is too steep. Not sure if my team would use them without me setting everything up.
shanghaiaway··on SpaceX Launches 19th Rocket in a Year, a Company Record
Hilarious fanboy conspiracy theories
shanghaiaway··on Facebook employees calling former colleagues to ask the best way to leave
What?
shanghaiaway··on Samsung's folding screen tech has been stolen and sold to China
For dirty, undermining business practices no one beats the Americans. Their product quality is also terrible.
shanghaiaway··on Don't Work 80 Hours a Week for Elon Musk, or Anyone
The fear that comes from knowing that if you say or do anything, no matter how minor, you may lose your job if your narcissist CEO disagrees with it.
shanghaiaway··on Don't Work 80 Hours a Week for Elon Musk, or Anyone
If you're independent, you can live in a way that gives you a lifestyle that would require a salary as an employee of $500k-1M
shanghaiaway··on Why small tweaks and split testing don't work, and what to do instead
Only bigcos or companies whose core business is DTC will have the resources to do proper ab tests and then they might not have the knowledge to make them statistically significant.

What you're saying is perhaps correct but it's not how AB testing is done in the real world. I think many tests show a difference for random reasons.

shanghaiaway··on 'Talent Wants Transit': Companies Near Transportation Gaining the Upper Hand
You know what really causes gentrification? Artists.
shanghaiaway··on Starting a Business in Silicon Valley
You need to give away margin to distributors and retailers.

If you go direct to consumer, you need to invest in building out awareness, and online and offline sales channels by yourself, which costs margin too.

shanghaiaway··on Why small tweaks and split testing don't work, and what to do instead
-Take your email list -Split it in two equal halfs -Send each half the same email -Open and click rates will differ between the two lists
shanghaiaway··on Students Evaluating Teachers Doesn’t Just Hurt Teachers, It Hurts Students
Sure, but that feedback which is directed at someone who is also a private person does not need to be made public.
shanghaiaway··on Students Evaluating Teachers Doesn’t Just Hurt Teachers, It Hurts Students
If the doctor chose one of the sealing methods over the other which you preferred, you gave a lower score of because of it, it still is not an indication of the quality of the treatment you received. You wouldn't have been qualified to determine the best method.
shanghaiaway··on Students Evaluating Teachers Doesn’t Just Hurt Teachers, It Hurts Students
Like with healthcare recipients, students don't necessarily know what they need and therefore aren't able to accurately rate providers.
shanghaiaway··on How Cheap Labor Drives China’s A.I. Ambitions
Generally the self checkout has a minimum of one staff per check out to show customers how the thing works.
shanghaiaway··on How to Talk to People, According to Terry Gross
I promise you that the people who down voted you have also experienced interpersonal interactions over the last few years.
shanghaiaway··on Going to university does not broaden the mind
What's the difference between north and south China?
shanghaiaway··on Going to university does not broaden the mind
Being a Marxist in art school is not being questioning.

Being a Marxist in business school would be, as would being a libertarian in art school.

shanghaiaway··on Going to university does not broaden the mind
Wrong. You're misreading
shanghaiaway··on Google’s cloud business under Greene was plagued by internal clashes
No, that's exactly what should be expected from a CEO.
shanghaiaway··on Ask HN: Why not more hiring of junior devs, then on-the-job-training?
Because training is hard. Harder than coding.
shanghaiaway··on Revisiting the West's view of China internet censorship
There's far more than two internets.

Russian, Japanese, Chinese, South Korean, German, French, Italian, Brazilian. And on and on.

shanghaiaway··on What are some red flags for you when interviewing software engineers?
The reply by Rustin is some of the most incredible r/iamverysmart BS I've seen.
shanghaiaway··on Brexit uncertainty means UK is uninvestable
No, that's not what the sentence says
shanghaiaway··on Show HN: An “automatic” way to learn Chinese
Very nice. Will be using this for HSK prep if it's possible to choose vocabulary from different HSK levels. Does it allow for that?
shanghaiaway··on Facebook hired PR firm that wrote negative articles about Apple and Google
So Facebook is producing fake news. Hmm.
shanghaiaway··on Snap Says DOJ and SEC Are Investigating IPO Disclosures
You have a point but Snap took vc and went public at an enormous valuation. The only way they can support that valuation is through advertising.
shanghaiaway··on GitLab Made $10.5M in Revenue with Every Employee Working from Home
If you really think it's unfair then you would have moved to Indiana to downward adjust your salary. Sounds like posturing to me.
shanghaiaway··on The Experience Economy
I'd argue that we do need all of those things. Their persistence throughout human history suggests so.
shanghaiaway··on Ask HN: How to stop being cynical all the time?
Social media isn't your problem. It's you.

You're cynical because your unrealistic expectations are not being met. Adjust your expectations, focus your energies elsewhere and you will be of a more positive outlook.

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