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Not sure about this analogy, since linear algebra is largely orthogonal to single-variable calculus. Agreed on the musical part though.


Replace liner algebra with basic algebra and the analogy holds.


Kudos to the author for getting the money back, but it seems affiliates have very little leverage. Since there's no independent verification of sales data, affiliates have to take the vendor's word for it when it comes to conversion rates.


Link to the paper mentioned in the blogpost: http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~michaelm/postscripts/handbook20...


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