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by jmeister 6y ago
“Doesn’t seem to have been harmed”? His life was upended. He gave up his full time practice and moved on to writing as his #1 source of income. That’s because he managed the situation spectacularly well. Imagine if NYT had gone ahead with t
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Banks get BS-tested in the market every microsecond. They need to have extraordinary levels of common-sense by necessity.
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I admire your patience here.
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I’m surprised SICP isn’t on the list.
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They needed to hire somebody better. Palantir would probably have gotten it done for much lesser, faster.
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So these contractors went all the way to Varadkar for minor inconveniences at their job, essentially internal disputes? Upset about not getting the same perks as other employees? Signing restrictive NDAs for a job with exposure to extremely
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1. Wall st has always had very diverse group/roles of people: fratty traders, posh bankers, nerdy quants, slick salespeople etc. I’ve sat on trading desks with such people sitting next to each other. 2. Ruthless money-making mentality
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A16Z Looks to Launch Opinion Publication as Its Media Ambition Grows(theinformation.com)
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It’s his way of getting back at Detroit/Michigan for not voting for him?
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“One level above a tabloid”
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Conversely, if you are willing to look past the surface-level compatibility and personality issues, you are going to find some under-priced, rough gems in the market. Wall st. hedge funds do this well from my experience, not sure about SV.
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See also Facebook in Myanmar: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-46105934
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Thank you for signing. It’s very encouraging to hear a mature liberal voice acknowledge the problem.
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Wrong: https://www.wsj.com/articles/texas-tax-advantage-is-all-abou... They’re moving to cities with good governance and a political climate that doesn’t vilify Tech. These traits correlate with low taxes.
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There’s so much salt about this Cal-exit phenomenon. Tech industry diversifying location-wise is a good thing for everybody from a governance/regulation perspective. It’s also a sign of the industry maturing further.
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Thank you, the review looks helpful.
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Hyperbole. I’ve been reading book reviews on Amazon before buying, on-site or somewhere else, for ~15 years. I’ve almost never seen an item with unhelpful reviews.
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I’ve not kept up with the recent developments in this field - is Vowpal Wabbit widely used now? Any competitors? Or do people build their own in-house systems? Thanks
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Wow. This is heavy. Thanks for sharing!
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No. This policing of “toxicity” is exactly why so many institutions are suffering from progressives’ excesses. Learn to take criticism before it’s too late and you crash and burn.
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They should hire Pedro Domingos to clean house and rebuild the group. This talk by him on AI ethics has a lot of maturity and insight on the topic: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yIRL4xtmXE4
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Every major investment bank has an in-house variation of this, commonly called “payoff language” or “cashflow language”.
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Fair enough, your generation was not this obsessed with groups and identify. Those not on the left weren’t either, but we’re policed so much by the SJWs that we are just punching back.
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Ackman’s solution is more libertarian and market-friendly. Business leaders hate govt incompetence and waste much more than redistribution per se, as demonstrated by their relatively generous contributions to charity. A welfare-state necess
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The parent is a response to the GP calling out Ackman as a “white guy”. This white-bashing has become so pervasive and accepted that people don’t even notice it anymore. I’m a brown, recent immigrant so probably more likely to notice. Subst
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They want to be able to control the model before the norms become pervasive. Like how, with activism, you can pressure the NYT into using jargon like “Latinx” when no one outside small progressive circles uses them.
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It boggles my mind that there is still no sensible “establishment” understanding of why Trump was elected. There was no honest post-mortem after 2016, only blaming sexism, racism or Russian interference. No lessons learnt. This column by Ru
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Yes that’s one of Shor’s weak er arguments. Shor is a self-described progressive who wants to help elect Democrats. He’s mostly useful as a critic of the left from the centre. His “facts don’t care about your feelings” rebuttals of leftist
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Malthusian arguments are outdated by atleast a 100 years. Where is the proof that “real stuff” is growing slower than the population? Seems like there is too much stuff TBH. And banker-scapegoating is also outdated by ~10 years. The regulat
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Turchin uses the term “elites”, which is not the same as “brainy”. Genuinely “brainy” people can find new ways to contribute to society, there can never be too any of them. “Elites” on the other hand - highly credentialed and entitled - pla

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