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g_mifo··on The FDA buries evidence of fraud in medical trials. My students and I dug it up
Thank you for your inspirational efforts to take control of the quality of your medication. Patients need to empower themselves to become experts in their condition and treatment.
g_mifo··on Apple CEO Tim Cook challenges Obama with impassioned stand on privacy
And TL;DR: "the banality of evil". Even if a majority really have nothing to hide, a large minority of innocents do have something to hide. To not cared for them is inhumane.
g_mifo··on Am I Being Tracked
This seems similar (in concept, not implementation) to how google "worked around" Safari privacy settings and lost a lawsuit about it.
g_mifo··on A Soaring Emblem of New York, and Its Upside-Down Priorities
The spire is there so that the building is respectfully not taller than the old towers, but still can win the stupid "tallest building" guiness record. Typical play to vanity metrics.
g_mifo··on Hard-won lessons about money and investing
That's a bit of a gimmick. Management still pays themselves from the % of invested funds, not fund performance. Same issue as with a nonprofit -- the corporate profit structure is only one source of moral hazard.
g_mifo··on Hard-won lessons about money and investing
I once had a VP of Engineering quote me the "value" of my options using that calculation. I declined the offer. Ironically, it was a Lisp startup, and Lispers "know the value of everything and the cost of nothing."
g_mifo··on Hard-won lessons about money and investing
Don't forget health insurance. Everyone forgets hrealth insurance. Having a family is tricky too.
g_mifo··on Hard-won lessons about money and investing
Most of this is standard sane advice, but the tip about "work for equity [in the next Google] instead of chasing salary": well if we all could pick stocks like that, we would not need the rest of his advice!