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    Profitability of College Football teams

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Too bad all that money is just going to paying the contracts of fired coaches.

    Yep.  For ND, they fired Charlie Weis in '09 and the last payment to him was in '16. They paid him close to $20M NOT to coach for ND anymore.  ;D

     

    After being fired from ND, he was fired twice more and as of 2016 was getting 3 paycheques from former employers.  Grand total comp to him after being fired from all his jobs was in the neighbourhood of $65M.

    Buffett's 1956 Letter

    in Berkshire Hathaway

    Posted

    Hello CBF friends and family:

    Has anyone been able to find this First Annual letter to the original Buffett Partnership?

    Thank you, YORK

    I think the title of the 1957 may have been misleading.  He started the partnership early in 1956 and his letter titled, "Second Annual Letter" was written presumably in the spring of '57.

     

    It may be that this is the first letter and what he would have called his first letter may have been nothing more than one of the original partnership documents. 

    Project Implicit.

    in General Discussion

    Posted

     

    I respect the fact that you may think that this is hogwash (maybe it is...) but, based on former postings, I suggest the following scenario:

     

    In 3 years, you receive 2 resumes from computer science graduates and you have to decide whom to hire. The only material differences are that 1- my daughter's first language is French (although perfectly fluent in English) and 2- she was born and raised in Québec (vs Ontario, for instance). Do you think these differentiating factors constitute potential unconscious (or conscious?) effects?

     

    After watching the Google video, it seems that unconcious bias is permeating the process in many cases.

    The easy way is to forget about it.

     

    As someone who just moved to Ottawa from the GTA and encounter French Canadians regularly from Gatineau, I would be biased against someone French.  It's a bias I'm aware I have and has only grown stronger since moving "next door". 

     

    I understand part of the test is forgetting and using some sort of judgement, and doing it very quickly to hopefully make it an unconscious decision.  But I didn't forget which answer I would give, I forgot which hand was for the answer I wanted to give. (I actually said the answer in my head before pressing the button but a few times it was just the wrong hand)

     

    So maybe a better answer is, the test itself is fine but the medium that's used is flawed. I'm not sure how that could be improved for an online test though.

    Project Implicit.

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    "Your data suggest a moderate automatic association for Male with Family and Female with Career."

     

    Interesting. I think of myself as a pretty unbiased person (as do most people, I'm sure).

     

    I did the same one as you.  The test is so flawed.  Half the time I forgot which hand was for which category. So what they're assigning a bias towards ("Office" = "Paul"), was nothing more than forgetting which hand was for which category.

    What "tells" do you notice about people?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    One that I heard recently was when someone uses the word I to describe something that a group of people did it  usually means the person has a big ego. 

     

    I've worked with many people who says "I" with regards to the business.  I'm out of stock on this.  My display case, my kitchen, my boardroom, my secretary etc. when the entire business shares these or an owner owns them.

     

    Funny, when I typed "my display case", I saw big Hoss from Pawn Stars in my head. He routinely uses I or my when he speaks of the business his dad and grandfather co-own (they mentioned one time grandpa owns 51% and dad owns 49%, 0 for Hoss until he inherits it).  And his ego is as big as he is....

    Personal Question.

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I had several vets from WW2 in my family. It was always one of those known but not spoken subjects. I don't know if it's part of the code, or just a biproduct of the experience, but I've never met a vet who openly wanted to discuss these things. And I think thats understandable.

    Yep.  My grandfather was in the navy in WWII and rarely ever mentioned it. I was by far the closest to him and was treated more like a son than grandson. The only thing I remember was him sitting on the front porch on Canada Day when the fireworks were going off in the neighbourhood. He hated one sound in particular because whichever firework it was sounded like the bombs overhead during the war. He would just sit there looking off into the night and I always knew what was going through his mind but never once asked him.

    Cat Food and Nutrition

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    We always used Hill's Science Diet but about 2-3 years ago we heard from multiple people that the quality had really gone downhill.  After a bit of research we found that to be correct and changed their food to Performatrin Ultra.

     

    What was the problem with Science Diet?  My sister and nephew use it for their cat, and I'll ask them about it also.

     

    From what I remember it was the quality of the ingredients and the amount of filler.  We had been with the same vet for 12 years until we moved recently and in the last couple of years they went from having Hill's brand in stock at the vets office to Royal Canin. (I'm not sure if RC is a Canadian brand or not) Since moving we've been to 3 different vets here in Ottawa (one is our new regular vet and 2 have been emergency vets).  All 3 stock Royal Canin and not Hill's. Hill's used to be the defacto food that vets carried.  Hill's specialty in the office and Science Diet at pet stores.

     

    Anecdotally, I spoke to someone at Petsmart and they said Hill's is moving a line into WalMart. He explained the quality difference within the market.  Top quality is the vet line, second is the line sold at pet stores and the lowest quality is the lines at grocery stores.  The difference is mainly the amount of filler but of course the lines sold at the vet are usually specialty food for medical problems. 

    Cat Food and Nutrition

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Two cats, 17 years, only dry food. We just had to put one down recently but one is still with us and in great health. We always used Hill's Science Diet but about 2-3 years ago we heard from multiple people that the quality had really gone downhill.  After a bit of research we found that to be correct and changed their food to Performatrin Ultra.

     

    Both indoor cats only.

    Average Canadian richer than average american

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Having said that, the view of Detroit from the Windsor side looks fantastic.  Downtown looks very vibrant.  :D

     

    I haven't been to Windsor in a few years but I always avoided it. 

     

    My uncle goes to the casino there every couple of months and front what I can tell it's like you said, near the water and around the casino is pretty nice but once you get a couple of blocks in, it gets sketchy from what they tell me.

    Average Canadian richer than average american

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I simply marvel at how modern, clean and prosperous Windsor Ontario looks.

     

    Are you sure you're talking about Windsor, Ontario??? I grew up in the Greater Toronto Area and we avoid Windsor.  I used to subcontract for a friend and had some service calls there a few times, general retail renovations in malls and power centres. (maybe 5-8 years ago)

     

    We found Windsor the opposite of what you describe.

    Average Canadian richer than average american

    in General Discussion

    Posted

          - many(most?) college grads end up in the USA for work

     

    According to StatsCan an average of 30000 people moved to the U.S. per year from 2000 to 2010, less than 1% of the population. (there were no stats on how many were college graduates that moved)

     

    StatsCan also shows about 450000 people get a post secondary diploma or degree each year.

    Why is ValueWalk so Spammy Lately?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I don't think he sold it. I checked his LinkedIn. He still says he is the CEO.

     

    Jacob Wolensky? 

     

    I checked his LinkedIn profile and there's a caveat saying he doesn't keep the profile up to date.

     

    NOTE this personal profile is very outdated and missing a lot of my really impressive accomplishments in life - find me on twitter

     

    It's missing his really impressive accomplishments.....  ;D

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