Sentences with phrase «dumb when»

I feel like i'm rambling so i'm just going to get into all the numbers — For the record I think its dumb when people share their stories but don't share any of the numbers!

Did the manufacturer do something dumb when it senses that a cable's been connected?)

And I did just say something dumb when I spoke of a «southerly before reading time».

It shouts about political interference with science when its own pet causes are affected, but remains blind, deaf, and dumb when the pendulum swings in the other direction.

No Paul I am fairly dumb when compared to most scientists.

That is why we call it insulation.1 And, covering a roof with grass to deal with solar gain is also pretty dumb when you have something much more effective and less expensive available called a reflective membrane.

«He told me so many times that he thought he was dumb when he was young,» recalled his sister, Janet Begneaud, when we met in March in Lafayette, La., where the family eventually settled.

One of the problems with using the Wiimote is that it always looked dumb when Nintendo used them during their presentations, such as in Nintendo Directs or at E3.

There is no denying that people look dumb when playing motion controlled games.

While these mistakes can make you feel dumb when you do them, they do help you mature as an investor.

But they can make you feel dumb when you suddenly don't realize the profit you thought you had.

Blindly following a pundit will just leave you feeling dumb when you don't realize the return you expect.

Not only do you look dumb when other seem to be making easy money, but you can become a target for acquisition yourself.

You have a great blog and are clearly very bright and above many of your peers in the finance industry.As you know, when the market goes down, it pretty much takes everything down with it and small caps have been hit even harder.Everyone feels dumb when the prices of their stocks decline and feels smart and vindicated when prices turnaround and shoot up.We are living in challenging times and the macro is likely to affect future stockmarket performance affecting 80 % of all stocks for a long time to come.Stocks as part ownership of businesses are affected by the global economy.In the meantime, most stock prices have been gyrating based more on Mr Market's emotions of how various economies will emerge than anything else.

Yes I was young and dumb when I got myself into this mess, but I still made the decision to spend money I didn't have so I feel that I should pay it all back....

Money and I have never had a troubled relationship, but that could be because I'm a bit dumb when it comes to it.

1.2 KG is, as expected, way too heavy for a single hand usage (pretty dumb when you consider that you're going to need one hand to use the one screen keyboard) and again, as expected, has a complete roadblock / showstopper of a battery life.

Just like all of us, Ford has learned that tiny electronic switches might look cute, but they act dumb when you have to use them a lot.

Your girlfriends won't make you feel dumb when you ugly cry, and they'll end up giving some great dating advice just by sharing their own stories.

• Bobby Cox, Toronto Blue Jays manager, on his former boss at Atlanta, Ted Turner: «I think Ted is wondering how I got so smart over here after being so dumb when I worked for him.»

Having your 21 year old stud play injured and look bad (hurting his trade value) and risk further injury (hurting his trade value and future) was really dumb when like 2 weeks of rest would have gotten him back healthy.

You think van gaal was dumb when he sold him.

You can continue to write about «principals» and «hypocracy» if you want, but others have every right to ridicule you for being dumb when you do.

Whether or not we become wholly dumb when death takes away our voice, that is perhaps the last mystery of our life.

Some of the best ideas sound unbelievably dumb on paper (and may still, in fact, be dumb when you actually do them).

Knew it was coming of course but it sounds even dumber when you read it in the patch notes.

One final thought — those other countries may be poorer, but we certainly are the dumbest when it comes to politics or a host of other issues.

Not exact matches

When you went to that dumb party when it was raining and you had a cold and shouldn't have been When you went to that dumb party when it was raining and you had a cold and shouldn't have been when it was raining and you had a cold and shouldn't have been out.

When I recently went looking for my bitcoins, because the prices kept going up, it was just dumb luck that I had installed Coinbase, the digital currency trading platform, on one of my desktop machines for convenience.

When I ask Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid where she voted in last November's elections, which brought her to power, she responds as if my question is dumb: «From my computer at home.»

Finally, it's probably an incredibly dumb business model to be doing a lyrics site that hopes for Google traffic in a time when Google, like Bing, is moving toward providing direct answers.

I still aspire to do the very best job I can, but I don't obsess over it and lie in bed at night beating myself up when I make a dumb mistake.

As I recall the headline read, more or less, «Women Don't Negotiate Because They're Not Dumb,» and the author went on to cite research to make her point that when women do ask for more money, people tend to hate it, and «pushy» women end up paying mightily in terms of career progression and opportunities.

The other issue that faces all companies is, as you get to a large enough size, there are people whose job it is to protect business lines — they're just doing their job — but this is the classic case of «The Innovator's Dilemma,» the famous business book, which says that when companies ultimately fail, whether it's Polaroid or whoever, it's not because they were big and dumb; it's because they were actually really smart.

To begin with, when you're young and dumb, it's to do with wanting to show off.

They know how to make smart decisions, and we all know when that isn't the case — the «dumb» boss who makes random decisions without thinking is not someone who can retain employees.

Dumbest Move: Bungling the «No Telecommuting» Policy When Mayer announced to employees in March that she was ending Yahoo's work - from - home policy, it sparked a national debate about workplace flexibility.

«When you own an index fund, you're also protected against all the downright dumb, mildly misguided or merely unlucky decisions that active fund managers are liable to make,» Robbins writes.

So dumb, in fact, that when he handed me the papers to sign years earlier, I didn't even bother to look at what I was signing, trusting that everything was in order because he said it was.

Joe writes: When we look at the over-funded deals that keep blowing up in SV... funded by you know who, to call the others «dumb» is nuts.

That's absurd in and of itself, but when combined with the porn issue... well, that's a whole new level of dumb.

Constant e-mail interruptions make you less productive, less creative and — if you're e-mailing when you're doing something else — just plain dumb.

Whether or not it is the dumbest idea you could possibly imagine, it is still their dream and it's an honor to be on the other side of the table when you listen to somebody pour their heart out.

«We're not «dumb money» when you find talented people to help you build a business,» she said.

If Facebook was ever that way, it was a long time ago when only a few Harvard students knew what it was, but even then Mark Zuckerberg was referring to fellow - students as «dumb fucks» for being so naïve.

Advisors need to educate clients — but not dumb down their advice — when it comes to the complex world of these investment vehicles.

When I first graduated from college and got a job I bought a car (Honda accord) which I shouldn't have for around 20k I was making 35k since I was young and dumb and didn't have a lot of credit I got slapped with a ridiculous apr around 12 % so my payment was about $ 350 I really that I had negative equity so I tried to get out of it by buying a another car that was worth more but cost the same with a lower interest rate to try to get rid of my negative equity.

We brought together our business editor Ben Popper, and our science editor, Liz Lopatto, to discuss what happens when you mix a flood of dumb money eager to invest in anything «disruptive» with life science companies that can actually impact our bodies and health.

In one of my favorite turns of phrase, Warren makes the point: «Paradoxically, when «dumb» money acknowledges its limitations, it ceases to be dumb.»

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