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by gbronner 7y ago
Total donations were something like $36 million, and by all accounts, kids were extremely smart and motivated. Honestly seems like a CYA move on behalf of his staff, and not any rational approach to bring his kids' way into a top schoo
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by gbronner 7y ago
One of the key problems with HW was that rates could go negative, and quite negative -- this was considered in 01/02 if not before.
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by gbronner 7y ago
See also the Eudaemonic Pie
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by gbronner 7y ago
Yes. Brazil is a relatively high-friction market, and you'd need to know the actual trading costs. The studies I've seen in the US are that most 'active' traders lose money, but 10-30% do well. There is an entire indust
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by gbronner 7y ago
The bucket shops described in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reminiscences_of_a_Stock_Opera... operated by offering incredible leverage and using actual ticker tape quotes, which, at the time, were delayed slightly. The
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by gbronner 7y ago
True story: he lived in the same dorm room all four years, and only got 2 A s as an undergrad; the rest were A+es, which were incredibly hard to get. Fantastic lecturer, advisor, climbing instructor, and really brilliant person. Can't
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by gbronner 7y ago
MelaFind did this 15 years ago, and had a database of 50k lesions. Its classifier did about as well as derms, and much better than GPs. It got FDA approval, but, by that time, they had run out of money.
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by gbronner 8y ago
I studied under Brian Conrad. He could write on the blackboard faster than I could take notes, and his lectures were elegant and well-thought-out, if abnormally fast. Glad to hear that he's cornered the market on quality chalk!