The place where a bot could help in knowing if someone might be bluffing is that it could be used to instantly go over every hand you have played at the table. That data could be used to show your general tendencies while playing at the table, then give some sort of estimation of whether or not you're bluffing.
Knowing how many hands you went the distance on, your winning percentage, and your betting habits during each betting round are the things that a really good player knows about every other player at the table. Those are the things you see people thinking about while deciding to make a call on a bluff/non-bluff. Those are also the exact things a program could help track.
Most companies will hire you on the basis that you will get your clearance (or an interim) within 3-6 months. It sucks in a way because it puts the work on you to make sure that you will be able to get a clearance in that timeframe or you will be out looking for a job again.
Great article. Most telling was the fact that Google's percentage of searches has fallen off greatly. Less searches means less ad click revenue. With ad click revenue being Google's primary source of business, their bottom line will reflect the drop in searches.
I'm trying to see this IPO as something other than the founders cashing out, but it's tough to see it any other way the more I read about the situation.
Founder B has to give up 80% of the ownership up front and in order to realize the full worth potential must sell out completely. So now founder B has given his company to someone else and hopes they will run it as he would have for 20 years? Finally, if he does sell out to get his $48M, that's it. No more continual revenue stream.
Additionally, at the end of 20 years when the loan is paid off the founder is now pocketing 8M/year. This is when the owner really starts making money because he still owns %100 of the company. Outside of doing all the math (and trying to figure in the volatile market conditions) it looks like it would only take founder A 5-6 more years to surpass B's cash+paper worth with just cash.
Remember that ownership is everything if a company ever becomes successful.
The most expensive way to finance is by IPOing. When you IPO you're giving away ownership in the company, which if your company is successful will cost you many times over what interest would have cost you. You would also not want to run a company completely debt free. With interest rates so low it makes sense to use someone elses money to help you grow (if you needed money to grow) because of leverage.
Now, it has been stated that Google doesn't need the money and doesn't have any plans on how to use the money from the IPO. The only reason they are IPOing is so that the owners and angel investors can cash out. Personally that would scare me away as an investor. If insiders in the company are just looking to cash out, then their actions are telling me what they think about the future of the company.
Actually, probably anyone could try to do that job for one season. It's not like would have the job of owning a boat or even captaining it. Most likely you would just be a deck hand tossing traps over the side and hauling them up. So as long as your physically able I bet someone would pick you up.
Interestingly enough, IIRC(there was a show on discovery about it) it's the #1 most dangerous job someone could have. The deck hands work for 6-9 months straight for 100k or so and then travel back to where they are from. Keep in mind that during a season there are usually a few deaths and even if you don't die there would seem to be times that you would want to. 20ft+ seas, freezing temps, rain/snow/sleet/ice plus working on 12-18 hours shifts around the clock and you can see that the people who fish around alaska earn every penny they make.
It didn't work for DVDs. It certainly won't work for music.
Like everyone else has said...why didn't this work? I buy all sorts of DVDs now because they are so cheap. I've started buying new releases too since they are usually on sale and I can avoid giving Blockbuster my rental + late fees;-) (which end up about costing what DVD would cost to buy)
That's why they call low-limit poker No Fold 'em Hold 'em. It's actually pretty easy to do well just by playing tight aggressive(if you don't know the meaning of this term then read a book before playing:) ). It only takes 1-2 lose players at the table and you will be rolling in all their chips in no time.
Also, I wouldn't worry much about "sharks" in a 2-4 or 3-6 table. Not really enough money there to make it worth their time. Now step up to the 10-20 or 20-40 and the level of player will go up quite a lot. Actually I should say the level of the good player will go up a lot. There are suckers everywhere. Of course you know the old saying..."If you sit down at a poker table and can't pick out the sucker it's you."
I recently found t-mag. It rocks and gives a ton of information that easily accessible to the average person. Some of the editorials have me laughing non-stop:)
Hmm...I work all day in front of a computer(mainly database work anymore since it pays better than just programming) and even mess around on the computer(s) a good bit at home. Somehow I manage to have a tan(fishing, surfing, pool parties:) ), go to the gym(always do some sort of exercise everyday), hang out with friends and *gasp* even date 2 attractive women.
Geeks, like most other people, need to quit making excuses for themselves and get off their ass to start making things happen.
You are only partially correct. If all you do is take in less calories your body will adjust it's matabolism and end up not losing much weight. If you cut your calories too much your body will go into starvation mode and do everything it can to not burn calories and especially not your stored fat.
The key to any fitness program is exercise. When you exercise your metabloism remains at a higher rate for the next 24-48 hours (which burns stored calories because instead of starving yourself your body is in a repair state). You also gain lean muscle mass which burns more calories while at rest. Not to mention all of the other physical, social, and mental benefits of excecise.
I wish people wouldn't focus so much on weight loss and would in fact focus on overall fitness and their looks(vain yes, but when someone says they want to lose 10lbs it's for looks). Two people can weight the same while one person is a fat slob and the other is an very in shape professional athlete. Low weight != healthy or good looking.
My best time was 77. When I played a lot it got to a point where I thought about nothing. I recognized mine patterns without thinking and just clicked away without any hesitation.
To get down in the low range though you have to be good and lucky. Nothing like being forced into a 50/50 chance for you last mine:)
It is nice though in that becoming a professional gamer doesn't have any limits to it like the physical barrier in becoming a football player.
Actually it does have physical limits. Extreme hand eye cordination is required. Also, if you RTFA you would have seen that what makes the guy so good is the number of moves/minute that he has been known to do. Up to 6.66 moves/second. If that isn't a physical barrier for average people I don't know what is.
I hesistate to first throw hardware at the problem,
Why?
I'm never opposed to throwing hardware at a problem, but many times people use hardware to try to overcome poor design. A poorly designed and architected system may appear for the short term to work OK because you put it on more hardware, but it will eventually fail because it is poorly designed. This is why I hesitate to first throw hardware at a problem.
I hesistate to first throw hardware at the problem, but I do agree that optimizations generally should be left as the last thing to do in a project. Code should be written first to be readable and correct. Once those goals have been met, testing and profiling will find the few areas that are critical and may need some optimization.
The problem your prof is probably trying to get you to avoid is wasting time tuning code that rarely gets executed. It comes down to the old 80/20 rule. Sure, you can spend weeks hand tuning some import routine, but all your time was wasted if that import is only run once a month, at night while the system is offline.
Microsoft doesn't even offer a stripped-down command-line C#
Unless they changed it, when you download the 100+mb.net developers kit you get a command line c# compiler here. There is even a free windows c# dev studio clone you can get. It is far from the feature full dev studio, but it does give you a nice gui to edit c# code in.
Insert any any other activity in the place of TV and is it still sad? As long as people are spending their "free" time doing something they seem to enjoy and it doesn't hurt others who really cares what it is they do?
You make an excellent point. Then, let me rephrase my original point to say listen to music but don't steal it. Buy used CDs, go to concerts, support your local artists, etc... By illegally downloading music you simply help to perpetuate the myth that the music industry is the good guy being harmed by criminal file swappers.
If you really wanted to force a change you wouldn't listen to the music at all. You don't like the way the *AA do business? Boycott them. By downloading *AA products your only giving the blood-sucking middlemen amunition to push through more laws.
This is how you wind up with major corporations supplying rugs and apparel produced in sweat shops by children.
I saw a new show one time (48 hours or something like that) that went to a Nike "sweatshop" in a 3rd world country. The people working there weren't paid very much, but it was more than they could get anywhere else in the area. The program went back later after protests here forced Nike to close the plant and found that most of the people who did work there were back on the street starving or in prostitution. I agree that places of work should have minimum standards, but thinking that people who work there should get paid similar wages to the US doesn't make any sense.
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The place where a bot could help in knowing if someone might be bluffing is that it could be used to instantly go over every hand you have played at the table. That data could be used to show your general tendencies while playing at the table, then give some sort of estimation of whether or not you're bluffing.
Knowing how many hands you went the distance on, your winning percentage, and your betting habits during each betting round are the things that a really good player knows about every other player at the table. Those are the things you see people thinking about while deciding to make a call on a bluff/non-bluff. Those are also the exact things a program could help track.
Most companies will hire you on the basis that you will get your clearance (or an interim) within 3-6 months. It sucks in a way because it puts the work on you to make sure that you will be able to get a clearance in that timeframe or you will be out looking for a job again.
Great article. Most telling was the fact that Google's percentage of searches has fallen off greatly. Less searches means less ad click revenue. With ad click revenue being Google's primary source of business, their bottom line will reflect the drop in searches.
I'm trying to see this IPO as something other than the founders cashing out, but it's tough to see it any other way the more I read about the situation.
Founder B has to give up 80% of the ownership up front and in order to realize the full worth potential must sell out completely. So now founder B has given his company to someone else and hopes they will run it as he would have for 20 years? Finally, if he does sell out to get his $48M, that's it. No more continual revenue stream.
Additionally, at the end of 20 years when the loan is paid off the founder is now pocketing 8M/year. This is when the owner really starts making money because he still owns %100 of the company. Outside of doing all the math (and trying to figure in the volatile market conditions) it looks like it would only take founder A 5-6 more years to surpass B's cash+paper worth with just cash.
Remember that ownership is everything if a company ever becomes successful.
The most expensive way to finance is by IPOing. When you IPO you're giving away ownership in the company, which if your company is successful will cost you many times over what interest would have cost you. You would also not want to run a company completely debt free. With interest rates so low it makes sense to use someone elses money to help you grow (if you needed money to grow) because of leverage.
Now, it has been stated that Google doesn't need the money and doesn't have any plans on how to use the money from the IPO. The only reason they are IPOing is so that the owners and angel investors can cash out. Personally that would scare me away as an investor. If insiders in the company are just looking to cash out, then their actions are telling me what they think about the future of the company.
In high-volume web transactions speed is everything
I hope you're not doing banking web sites. Sure, my transaction happens quickly, but loses half my deposit.
Don't forget probably the most important lesson from the WU.
CREAM - Cash Rules Everything Around Me
IMHO, Method Man was probably the best rapper in the original WU-Tang.
Actually, probably anyone could try to do that job for one season. It's not like would have the job of owning a boat or even captaining it. Most likely you would just be a deck hand tossing traps over the side and hauling them up. So as long as your physically able I bet someone would pick you up.
Interestingly enough, IIRC(there was a show on discovery about it) it's the #1 most dangerous job someone could have. The deck hands work for 6-9 months straight for 100k or so and then travel back to where they are from. Keep in mind that during a season there are usually a few deaths and even if you don't die there would seem to be times that you would want to. 20ft+ seas, freezing temps, rain/snow/sleet/ice plus working on 12-18 hours shifts around the clock and you can see that the people who fish around alaska earn every penny they make.
It didn't work for DVDs. It certainly won't work for music.
;-) (which end up about costing what DVD would cost to buy)
Like everyone else has said...why didn't this work? I buy all sorts of DVDs now because they are so cheap. I've started buying new releases too since they are usually on sale and I can avoid giving Blockbuster my rental + late fees
sorry but roulette with just picking the color gives your 50% odds of winning.
Wrong. You're forgetting the 2 green slots on the wheel which is where the casino tax comes into play.
Good luck counting cards at any large casino anymore. Last time I was in vegas all the big boys shuffled 6 decks before every hand of blackjack.
In fact, the idiots call so much you can't bluff.
:) ). It only takes 1-2 lose players at the table and you will be rolling in all their chips in no time.
That's why they call low-limit poker No Fold 'em Hold 'em. It's actually pretty easy to do well just by playing tight aggressive(if you don't know the meaning of this term then read a book before playing
Also, I wouldn't worry much about "sharks" in a 2-4 or 3-6 table. Not really enough money there to make it worth their time. Now step up to the 10-20 or 20-40 and the level of player will go up quite a lot. Actually I should say the level of the good player will go up a lot. There are suckers everywhere. Of course you know the old saying..."If you sit down at a poker table and can't pick out the sucker it's you."
I recently found t-mag. It rocks and gives a ton of information that easily accessible to the average person. Some of the editorials have me laughing non-stop :)
Hmm...I work all day in front of a computer(mainly database work anymore since it pays better than just programming) and even mess around on the computer(s) a good bit at home. Somehow I manage to have a tan(fishing, surfing, pool parties :) ), go to the gym(always do some sort of exercise everyday), hang out with friends and *gasp* even date 2 attractive women.
Geeks, like most other people, need to quit making excuses for themselves and get off their ass to start making things happen.
You must burn off more calories than you take in.
You are only partially correct. If all you do is take in less calories your body will adjust it's matabolism and end up not losing much weight. If you cut your calories too much your body will go into starvation mode and do everything it can to not burn calories and especially not your stored fat.
The key to any fitness program is exercise. When you exercise your metabloism remains at a higher rate for the next 24-48 hours (which burns stored calories because instead of starving yourself your body is in a repair state). You also gain lean muscle mass which burns more calories while at rest. Not to mention all of the other physical, social, and mental benefits of excecise.
I wish people wouldn't focus so much on weight loss and would in fact focus on overall fitness and their looks(vain yes, but when someone says they want to lose 10lbs it's for looks). Two people can weight the same while one person is a fat slob and the other is an very in shape professional athlete. Low weight != healthy or good looking.
My best time was 77. When I played a lot it got to a point where I thought about nothing. I recognized mine patterns without thinking and just clicked away without any hesitation.
:)
To get down in the low range though you have to be good and lucky. Nothing like being forced into a 50/50 chance for you last mine
It is nice though in that becoming a professional gamer doesn't have any limits to it like the physical barrier in becoming a football player.
Actually it does have physical limits. Extreme hand eye cordination is required. Also, if you RTFA you would have seen that what makes the guy so good is the number of moves/minute that he has been known to do. Up to 6.66 moves/second. If that isn't a physical barrier for average people I don't know what is.
I hesistate to first throw hardware at the problem,
Why?
I'm never opposed to throwing hardware at a problem, but many times people use hardware to try to overcome poor design. A poorly designed and architected system may appear for the short term to work OK because you put it on more hardware, but it will eventually fail because it is poorly designed. This is why I hesitate to first throw hardware at a problem.
I hesistate to first throw hardware at the problem, but I do agree that optimizations generally should be left as the last thing to do in a project. Code should be written first to be readable and correct. Once those goals have been met, testing and profiling will find the few areas that are critical and may need some optimization.
The problem your prof is probably trying to get you to avoid is wasting time tuning code that rarely gets executed. It comes down to the old 80/20 rule. Sure, you can spend weeks hand tuning some import routine, but all your time was wasted if that import is only run once a month, at night while the system is offline.
Mythbusters is a great show. The 2 guys on the show are pretty funny and they end up making a bunch of cool stuff to prove/disprove a myth.
:)
I'm still trying to figure out how you beomce a "Folklorist" though.
Microsoft doesn't even offer a stripped-down command-line C#
.net developers kit you get a command line c# compiler here. There is even a free windows c# dev studio clone you can get. It is far from the feature full dev studio, but it does give you a nice gui to edit c# code in.
Unless they changed it, when you download the 100+mb
Insert any any other activity in the place of TV and is it still sad? As long as people are spending their "free" time doing something they seem to enjoy and it doesn't hurt others who really cares what it is they do?
AO has the same types of dungeons so it's nothing new.
You make an excellent point. Then, let me rephrase my original point to say listen to music but don't steal it. Buy used CDs, go to concerts, support your local artists, etc... By illegally downloading music you simply help to perpetuate the myth that the music industry is the good guy being harmed by criminal file swappers.
If you really wanted to force a change you wouldn't listen to the music at all. You don't like the way the *AA do business? Boycott them. By downloading *AA products your only giving the blood-sucking middlemen amunition to push through more laws.
This is how you wind up with major corporations supplying rugs and apparel produced in sweat shops by children.
I saw a new show one time (48 hours or something like that) that went to a Nike "sweatshop" in a 3rd world country. The people working there weren't paid very much, but it was more than they could get anywhere else in the area. The program went back later after protests here forced Nike to close the plant and found that most of the people who did work there were back on the street starving or in prostitution. I agree that places of work should have minimum standards, but thinking that people who work there should get paid similar wages to the US doesn't make any sense.