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New comment by gtpasqual in "Sheryl Sandberg Says an MBA Doesn't Matter in Tech"

gtpasqual — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 10:53:59 +0000

Most people with a top-tier MBA would never wanna work in tech.

Sure, it may seem interesting to be an executive in Facebook, but that is not nearly as lucrative (and interesting) as working in trades or billion dollars deals in finance.

New comment by gtpasqual in "The slowing in population growth in Africa has been less than anticipated"

gtpasqual — Mon, 14 Dec 2015 15:02:24 +0000

That was an example of a largely uneducated population. Today, it would never happen.

New comment by gtpasqual in "Mistakes business students make when founding a startup"

gtpasqual — Sun, 13 Dec 2015 17:06:07 +0000

Wouldn't call Bezos non-technical.

From wikipedia:

>After graduating from Princeton in 1986, Bezos worked on Wall Street in the computer science field.[20] Then he worked on building a network for international trade for a company known as Fitel.[21] He next worked at Bankers Trust.[22] Later on he also worked on Internet-enabled business opportunities at D. E. Shaw & Co.[23]

New comment by gtpasqual in "The political aftermath of financial crises: Going to extremes"

gtpasqual — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 16:13:27 +0000

I'd be interested in understanding what they mean by 'far-right groups'.

When ignorance and subjectivity comes in, people wrongly take Hitler, Mussolini and even Trump as far-right.

New comment by gtpasqual in "Show HN: Ponzi.es – Startup sticker ponzi scheme"

gtpasqual — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 16:00:44 +0000

Would you send it to the EU and take euros :)?

New comment by gtpasqual in "Magic Leap raises $827M in Series C"

gtpasqual — Thu, 10 Dec 2015 00:26:23 +0000

If this doesn't raise any flags, I don't know what else will.

New comment by gtpasqual in "Ask HN: Should I intern at a Startup or a small Venture Firm?"

gtpasqual — Fri, 04 Dec 2015 18:23:18 +0000

Honestly, Venture Capital firm.

You probably still don't know about the hierarchy that exists in the industry, but I'll just say that VCs are usually in the best position.

Andreessen Horowitz to Invest in Nootropics Startup

gtpasqual — Fri, 04 Dec 2015 18:21:11 +0000

Article URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/04/business/dealbook/andreessen-horowitz-to-invest-in-nootropics-start-up.html?smid=tw-dealbook&smtyp=cur&_r=0

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10678017

Points: 1

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New comment by gtpasqual in "Meal frequency and timing in health and disease (2014)"

gtpasqual — Fri, 04 Dec 2015 12:01:48 +0000

The only issue is the necessary culture for that.

Many wouldn't distinguish the line between fasting, malnutrition or even anorexia.

New comment by gtpasqual in "College enrollment rates are dropping, especially among low-income students"

gtpasqual — Thu, 03 Dec 2015 02:59:01 +0000

>like in most other countries

For most of the world, with "trade track", you make "ends meat" for the country (developing world included).

That's why you see such a mindblowing competition for Chinese students to graduate from good colleges.

New comment by gtpasqual in "The Triumph of Stupidity (1933)"

gtpasqual — Fri, 27 Nov 2015 12:15:31 +0000

Today, Americans shouldn't take this as luck, but as a cautionary tale.

New comment by gtpasqual in "If the internet is addictive, why we don't regulate it?"

gtpasqual — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 11:07:37 +0000

Fact of the matter is that these services are not addictive, they just make it easier for mundane individuals to do certain things.

For example, Facebook just makes it easier to spy on others' lives. Before that, a lot of time was spent of rumors and gossip.

New comment by gtpasqual in "Strong Legs Associated with Healthy Brains in Twin Study"

gtpasqual — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 13:29:38 +0000

This is slightly inappropriate for HN, but here is a video of Bill doing that:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TCxE0bWQeQ

New comment by gtpasqual in "New Research Finds That Algorithms Are Better Than Humans at Hiring"

gtpasqual — Thu, 19 Nov 2015 13:55:06 +0000

At first, I thought about this very negatively.

Then, I remembered how awful and idiotic most of my HR managers were. The parameters they used to select people were all based on their own biased upper-class background.

Now, an algorithm, if well-written, could grasp many other parameters that would be much more relevant. Innate and applicable abilities an HR manager would never consider.

New comment by gtpasqual in "EU proposal to clamp down on Bitcoin curb terrorism funding"

gtpasqual — Thu, 19 Nov 2015 13:50:15 +0000

EU should be focusing on the funders, but social repercussions would be negative towards certain groups.

I mean, if the payment process was the problem, they should ban money.

New comment by gtpasqual in "The world is becoming less welcoming to tax dodgers"

gtpasqual — Mon, 16 Nov 2015 16:02:48 +0000

Sorry to break it to you, but tax evasion will always exist.

There is a HUGE financial incentive to find alternatives and a simple example would be cryptocurrencies.

New comment by gtpasqual in "The Advertising Bubble"

gtpasqual — Mon, 16 Nov 2015 12:43:15 +0000

When I was working in a startup, I remember to be constantly shown ads from the startup itself, even though it sold something I would NEVER buy.

The way these recommendation systems worked is heavily flawed at a large scale.

New comment by gtpasqual in "The European Startup Scene is Still Broken"

gtpasqual — Sun, 15 Nov 2015 17:50:55 +0000

>Talent is still localised. The European mobility is still low and employment laws are still strict on non-EU citizens

This may be an acceptable argument for America, but makes no sense for Europe.

I've seen great migration from high-unemployment EU places( Spain, Portugal and Italy) to UK, Germany and Switzerland.

Finding talent in EU is much easier (and cheaper) than in the U.S.

New comment by gtpasqual in "Edward Snowden and spread of encryption blamed after Paris terror attacks"

gtpasqual — Sat, 14 Nov 2015 16:44:32 +0000

That's actually an amazing scapegoat!

Blame encryption and omit the violent nature of Islam.

Increased intelligence is a myth so far (2014)

gtpasqual — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 10:01:56 +0000

Article URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3950413/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10558938

Points: 42

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