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Re:Yahoo board strife as Dan Loeb splits from board
on Monday August 26, 2013 @11:15AM (#6277553)
Exactly - this was his plan whole time. That is why he sent letter about Thompson's resume; that is why he wanted seat; that is why he wanted to "unlock value" of Asian assets;
that is why Yahoo bought his shares at July 19’s closing price, guaranteeing liquidity without forcing Third Point to pay a discount, as usually happens when an investor offloads a large chunk of stock.
Re:Facebook automaticly makes you follow the person that deleted you
on Monday August 26, 2013 @09:54AM (#6277011)
http://www.facebook.com/help/216792731707396
"If you already allow people to follow you, people who send friend requests that you ignore, delete or hide will automatically start following you. If you don’t want a specific person to follow you, you can block them at any time."
Well its the feature...
Re:Start Ups Not in the Valley or NYC
on Saturday August 24, 2013 @02:59PM (#6269439)
Austin also got nice startup scene.
How the NSA spied on Americans before the Internet
Oppenheimer Did All The Work On Black Holes But Wheeler Took All The Credit
Re:Yahoo tops Google in US traffic
on Thursday August 22, 2013 @11:19AM (#6257647)
Actual comScore data: http://www.comscore.com/Insights/Press_Releases/2013/8/comSc...
Mapped: The 7 Governments the U.S. Has Overthrown
Re:Intern’s death puts banking culture under microscope
on Thursday August 22, 2013 @09:38AM (#6257019)
Job of a Summer Analyst:
1. Excel work. Valuing companies or modeling a merger or acquisition or financing. Sometimes it goes beyond this, but that’s the bread and butter of what you do in Excel.
2. Writing (PowerPoint or Word). For pitches you’ll write slides on industry trends, executive summaries and explanations of your analysis… for deals you will create marketing documents that “sell” your client in Word or PowerPoint.
3. Research. This can be finding reports for senior bankers, doing industry research, or Googling for hours on end trying to find the adoption rate of cell phones in a southern province of Kazakhstan.
4. Administrative Tasks. I hope you like scheduling meetings, taking notes, and sending out status updates to your team, because you’ll be doing a lot of that.
Re:Passwords are ruining my life
on Wednesday August 21, 2013 @09:36PM (#6254558)
OP should just come up with one algorithm/key for generating passwords, instead crafting passwords for each website. Like this: http://www.reddit.com/r/lifehacks/comments/1knkiu/have_a_dif...
Bill That Would Cut NSA Funding If It Violates Surveillance Rules
Re:Intern’s death puts banking culture under microscope
on Wednesday August 21, 2013 @08:32PM (#6254291)
If someone wants to know how one of those all-nighters in IB looks like, he should read this: http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/investment-banking-ana...
I have cousin who worked for Nomura in London and 100+ hours per week are normal thing in IB industry. I doubt that all-nighters were mandatory for interns, but it is very competitive environment and there are dozen of other interns/students waiting for opportunity and ready to do it. Someone wrote its for the face-time but nobody pulls all-nighter for face time.
Re:Graphene transistor clocked at 427 GHz [pdf]
on Wednesday August 21, 2013 @01:52PM (#6252111)
While this is nice result, it still doesnt solve the biggest problem - scalability.
Also this graphene device doesnt turn off.
ACLU Reveals FBI Hacking Contractors
League of Legends is hacked, with crucial user info accessed
Encrypted computer files seized from David Miranda 'were from US whistleblower’
Re:Tesla Model S achieves best safety rating of any car ever tested
on Tuesday August 20, 2013 @10:25AM (#6243876)
Here are videos of model s crash tests:
Frontal - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dz2FMfv-CSc