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I’ve always wanted to do a small sampled sentiment polarity test comparing HN with a number of peer subreddits to test whether there is a statistically significant change in tone between the two, and …

This does make sense! Now I just have to find those kinds of places! There is one board I like (the one named after a crustacean) that has a very old school HN-esque quality to it, but now I’d love to…

I don’t know why you are being downvoted. My parents grew up during a similar ethno-religious insurgency and the scars of growing up not knowing whether your parents or siblings would get back home sa…

Not necessarily. The firm I work at has been collaborating with firms like Gartner since we exited stealth, and most of our competitors also started chatting with them at similar stages (Series A-C). …

99% of the time yes, but there are certain companies that have been Magic Quadrant leaders despite having a steadfast rule against chatting with analysts due to their lack of understanding (which is a…

Most companies are not tech companies. They may not have the expertise or ability to make informed procurement decisions. In order to make a decision on (say) which ERP software to buy, they’ll often …

Companies like Gartner communicate with industry leaders in a segment to gain an understanding about the technology. These companies always have a couple ICs dedicated to Analyst relations, plus assoc…

Air Support - with the US withdrawal, there's been a decrease in that especially given the Aug 31st deadline. And India's not immediately interested in providing immediate air support as wel…

Luckily we do. They’re called the University of California system. At least California banned affirmative action in the 90s.

> Tim Cook will work closely with Chinese government officials to promote Tsinghua University's economics and management school Tsinghua is not a random Chinese school - it’s China’s Harvard.…

Your statement that the UK and France had a longer democratic history is patently false. France was an absolute monarchy until the French Revolution in 1789 (which was a major splitting point between …

Terry Davis (the creator and sole contributor) died almost a year ago sadly, so there haven’t been any updates.

Hinna hinna!

The UoL External Programme still has the BSc Maths and Econ option - https://london.ac.uk/courses/mathematics-and-economics Having looked through the courses offered, I have to s…

If you think the MONIAC is interesting, it’s creator was also an interesting character. Bill Phillips - is easily the most badass economist/mathematician to have lived in the 20th century. He wor…

To add on to this, the creator of MONAIC - Bill Phillips - is easily the most badass economist/mathematician to have lived in the 20th century. He worked as a crocodile hunter and cinema manager …