links for 2009-08-31

• Commercial Real Estate Lurks as Next Potential Mortgage Crisis – WSJ.com
  (tags: economy crisis mortgage commercial)
• A Hired Gun for Microsoft in Dogged Pursuit of Google – NYTimes.com
  (tags: microsoft yahoo google search)

Free the H-1Bs, Free the Economy

I have a suggestion for our President on how to boost economic growth without spending a penny: Free the H-1B’s.

via techcrunch.com

Lots of comment gravy on this thread.

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Янукович відібрав номер у Бейонсе | ТаблоID – Beyonce in Ukraine!

via tabloid.pravda.com.ua

Beyonce came to Ukraine to open the new football stadium in time for Miner’s Day and she got paid $1,5M for THREE SONGS. Work it Beyonce!!!!!

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New planet hints we’re very lucky—or our models are wrong – Ars Technica

Astronomers have spotted a hot, heavy Jupiter that circles its host star with an orbital period of less than a day. We’ve either lucked out and caught it shortly before it plows into its host star, or some of the parameters that we’ve been feeding our models of planetary evolution are badly off.

via arstechnica.com

Geeky astronomy fun!

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Рекламный ролик фильма “Утомлённые солнцем – 2″ – Nikita Mikhalkov brings us “Burnt by the sun – 2″

via youtube.com

Hmmmmmmmm. I was not sure this was such a good idea until I saw the trailer. Could be a winner.

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Camper Bike

via kevincyr.net

Ha ha, a response to the housing crunch…

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The Status of the P Versus NP Problem | September 2009 | Communications of the ACM

the computer science landscape has dramatically changed in the nearly four decades since Steve Cook presented his seminal NP-completeness paper “The Complexity of Theorem-Proving Procedures” in Shaker Heights, OH in early May, 1971. Computational power has dramatically increased, the cost of computing has dramatically decreased, not to mention the power of the Internet.

via cacm.acm.org

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links for 2009-08-25

• Hacking a Google Interview
  (tags: programming google tutorial tips job career interview jobs hacks hack hiring mit)
• 6 Simple Tips to Get Stackoverflow Reputation Fast – Codexon
  (tags: programming advice stackoverflow reputation)

Happy Ukrainian Independence Day! Things I have Learned about Ukraine.

via flickr.com

Today marks the 18th year Ukraine has been an independent country. I have been in and around Ukraine for about seven of those eighteen.

Things I have learned about Ukraine in that time are the following:

1. Ukrainians don’t like it when others call their country ‘THE Ukraine’. I should say English-speaking Ukrainians don’t like it, since there is no ‘the’ in the Ukrainian language.

2. Ukrainians aren’t afraid to class it up a bit. The above photo is just a taste of what I am talking about here. You see that? Classy stuff, there.

3. Never save money in Ukrainian currency. Never transfer money to a Ukrainian bank unless you know that bank’s president. In fact, try to route around the entire financial system by dealing in cash and foreign accounts. Can’t stress that enough.

4. Trains are fun. More on that later.

5. Gorilka and Salo. If you haven’t tried it you don’t know what you are missing.

Happy Independence Day!

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links for 2009-08-23

• 11 Lessons I Learned Earning $119,725.45 from Amazon Associates Program
  (tags: blog business hackernews affiliate monetize affiliates amazonaffiliate lessons affiliatemarketing amazon)