• ArsDigita: From Start-Up to Bust-Up
  cool idea - We bought a Ferrari to give away to any employee who recruited 10 friends. In reality the car only cost $2,000 per month, the person who won it only got to drive it for as long as he or she was employed, and the cost of a Ferrari is much lower than 10 headhunter commissions. But sitting in the parking lot it gave us the appearance of extravagance while inside the building we were living the frugal life
• nerdsonwallstreet.typepad.com/my_weblog/files/dataminejune_2000.pdf?it=delayed
  how to avoid over-fitting data: always withhold a portion of your sample to use for testing, test whether your model also works for perfectly random data
• Online Poker’s Big Winner - NYTimes.com
  really crazy
• HowStuffWorks "How File Compression Works"
  howstuff works tutorials are pretty detailed, plus they do a good job of using plain english
• More Americans Dropping Out of the Labor Force - NYTimes.com
• In Silicon Valley, a Lack of Engineers - NYTimes.com
  Google is paying computer science majors just out of college $90,000 to $105,000
• The Painter | HTMLGIANT
  david lynch's hair vs modern works of art
• Technical challenges for Justin.tv
  (tags: puzzles)
• What Larry Page really needs to do to return Google to its startup roots | Slacy’s Blog

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