ez77
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That assumes free will... It may seem an absurd topic, but it's far from closed [1].
[1] http://philpapers.org/surveys/results.pl (search "free will")
The more magical the code is the harder is to figure out how it works."
A nice formulation of the kind of advice I keep reading here in HN.
[1] https://forums.aws.amazon.com/thread.jspa?threadID=10532
[1] https://forums.aws.amazon.com/thread.jspa?messageID=249000
My point is that it makes business sense for Amazon to lure this old-fashioned crowd, and it could do so by implementing a simple feauture such as spending control.
Success ∝ Ability * (Hard Work)^2 * Sqrt(Luck)
I think he was right.