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Comment · 10 years ago
lol I never said that. I said people who work in computer science who say that <50% is a majority have a serious problem with math and should look for work elsewhere given the nature of our field.
Comment · 10 years ago
Everyone else.
Comment · 10 years ago
Psst. 59,704,886 < 59,938,290 + 4,072,835 + 1,218,065 + 804,228

If you can't do basic arithmetic, you should lose your career in this field, imo.

Comment · 10 years ago
oh yeah for sure man
Comment · 10 years ago
Thought I was reading The Onion for a moment. Nobody cites Frank Bruni as a source unironically, do they?

>"...it will be harder and harder for Yale to explain what it offers for all that money except a piece of paper that says you went to Yale."

Yale has been clear about that since roughly 1693.

Comment · 10 years ago
I think there's always been naive people in the labor force. See also: unpaid interns working at national magazines.
Comment · 11 years ago
Wow yeah. HUGE oversight by The Economist, imo.
Comment · 11 years ago
Ah yes, David Brooks, who once complained about an extravagant around-the-world trip because he couldn't stop to stare at a painting for four hours like another famous person once did. He's the worst kind of middlebrow writer.
Comment · 11 years ago
We very much need twitter. What other platform is there for teens to say 'DADDY' to world leaders? What other platform is their for those world leaders to put their feet in their mouth? These are the important things to online bullies and comedians.
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Seems a bit overwrought over a font size.
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