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dpflan
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I should've added this comment from the SEC, the entity that just authorized this ETF: """ Though we’re merit neutral, I’d note that the underlying assets in the metals ETPs have consumer and industrial uses, while in co
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What other products that are as known-to-be-risky-and-associated-with-fraud are backed by an ETF? Genuinely curious what else is out there...
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Sure, once you're in the plane and can look at the emergency pamphlet that provides the airplane model number, that's when you'll know...or just ask the crew? Either way, ticket info by the airline seems to be all you can wor
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3y ago
And then isn't your electronic ticket updated?
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I mean, isn't the info on your ticket? Which can be electronically updated when the airline makes a change, right?
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Here's the thing, one needs to define what "benefits all of humanity" means, and once that is defined, how can that be accomplished...and the idea is that those in power decide how humanity benefits. It's quite amorphous
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3y ago
In absolute and relative terms?
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(Wu-Tang’s C.R.E.A.M. playing in the background) “Spotify will have the means to absorb this tax, but Spotify will disinvest in France and will invest in other markets,” Monin said in an interview with FranceInfo last week. “France does n
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That works too. Perhaps that would be how the pie would taste: truly transcendental, but I don't think it could ever be finished.
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PiPi would complete the set but that would be (doubly) irrational…
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Great points about how managers can help, as it is their job. At a company, there are the incentives but the desired output by any means necessary (e.g. relying on the “superstar”) can supersede creating a solid team. Regarding improving gr
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I think the idea that almost everything is a “group project” in life and that the things learned from school group projects carry over beyond to the rest of life holds true. It’s a simplification but has more than an ounce of truth.
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I recall Paul Krugman discussing the composition of Ivy League college student bodies, and how legacy admissions allow subpar students to matriculate while the schools have the resources to attract the most intelligent / capable studen
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Indeed, build up the complexity from smaller, verifiable code components.
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Thank you. This is a good kind of “smell test”.
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What other companies have the veneer of being a tech company but really aren’t?
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I mean you can just run the code and verify its functionality, right? I guess you could be in trouble if you get functioning hallucinations and try to build more around a false foundation.
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Important point about relative novelty, but kids aren’t subscribers / account holders / bill payers, so I can see how the population with children can become a persistent subscriber base, but growth requirements necessitate either
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It is also very interesting to watch an accomplished computer scientist write code and solve problems.
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It's definitely relative to some degree, X-Files is new content to people of a certain age.
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What is the motivation for gaming companies to use this “thin layer API” in their games? Do they get a cut of some funding pool, or just some good karma?
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When will there be replies? I see OP’s latest comment is from 4 months ago…
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Thank you for this clarification. What do you think of geometric deep learning? What other more formal mathematical approaches/research are you aware of?
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Remember when ICOs had white-papers about their magical game-theoretic rube-goldberg-machines and the incredible future they would unlock?
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You are so on to something here....too bad VC money for such game-changing ideas is running dry these days...
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Amazing, the person at center of this article. Corrupted turtles all the way down? """ But it has also drawn investors with more checkered histories in the finance industry. In June, a court-appointed investigator in Delaware
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It does seem like they need a reset, and given that need for a reset, a new-starting point: how do they move quickly? I was thinking that LLM could assist in creating a coherent approach, helping in creating code, documentation, etc (i.e. d
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Are there use-cases for LLMs assisting in developing this software? Basically, I'm wondering if LLMs for developing a GPU-API exist and how can they can accelerate development such that this "moat" becomes more of a river tha
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This is quite fascinating. I hope you are able to provide more details on the machinations of these funds. I see the largest allocation is "Direxion Moonshot Innovators ETF" [1], [2]. What money is flowing into this? Why is "
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"""There is no polite way to say this, but the comments sections of each of these images are filled with unaware people posting inane encouragement about artwork stolen by robots, a completely constructed reality where thousa
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