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CamelCaseName··on GameStop makes $55.5B takeover offer for eBay
I read that book, and my recommendation is to skip the third act, which is painfully repetitive.

In fact, coming from a finance background, I didn't find the book in general to be particularly insightful, and much more ragebait / policy oriented (which makes sense given the author was a DOJ Antitrust prosecutor)

CamelCaseName··on Palantir Wants to Reinstate the Draft
"When the rich wage war it's the poor who die"
CamelCaseName··on Optimal Strategy for Connect 4
Great channel, thanks for sharing.

I'm not clear how they came to the steady state solution, or how it is memorizable, or is it just intended to be brute forced at that point?

At some point long ago, I was bored and memorized a whole bunch of openings and intuitive rules, and would end up with a 90%+ win rate. Lots of fun.

CamelCaseName··on Goodbye to Sora
My apologies, you are right, I was misled, it is not true.

Unfortunately I can no longer edit/delete my original comment.

CamelCaseName··on Goodbye to Sora
The owner of @Sora on twitter must be really regretting turning down the $20MM buyout offer for the handle!
CamelCaseName··on A Journey Through Infertility
Super cool site design, I'll have to go back and look at all the other stories.

I didn't realize IVF was such a brutal process. 932 needles sounds like insanity, not to mention everything else. I'll carry a lot more compassion for those going through IVF going forward, and a lot more excitement for those able to concieve naturally.

CamelCaseName··on US SEC preparing to scrap quarterly reporting requirement
Why yes, I love having less information to critical financial decisions on.

I wonder who this benefits, the people with non public information, or the every day person?

CamelCaseName··on Facebook is cooked
Reading through these comments, I really miss Reddit's old default homepage.

Sure, you could have your own curated feed, but there was also r/all and everyone seemed to use it, so everyone saw relatively the same thing.

It would sadly never work today, but it was great back then.

CamelCaseName··on Skip the Tips: A game to select "No Tip" but dark patterns try to stop you
Yeah, this is too much nonsense for me.

If a waiter is comping something in exchange for a higher tip, that's not generosity or goodwill at all, it's a dishonest scam.

I will tip what I want to tip (often 0) without remorse and move on with my life.

Unfortunately this cancerous American system leeched into Canada, but we can still stop it, one $0 tip at a time.

CamelCaseName··on GLM-5 was trained entirely on Huawei chips
Claude.ai and Anthropic.com?
CamelCaseName··on Surely the crash of the US economy has to be soon
Okay, but this shows that they made massive acquisition in 2020 (presumably at the bottom of the market in response to COVID) and are now unwinding
CamelCaseName··on Canada
I admire Quebec's taxpayer funded (or subsidized?) daycare. The GDP impact really speaks for itself. I hope that comes to the rest of Canada (and does not get abused)
CamelCaseName··on Canada
My personal story echos the author. Parents immigrated here under the skilled worker visa and worked hard to shield me from our poverty.

Despite this, like the author, I was able to have an incredibly well rounded childhood full of activities through our recreation centers, a short 10 minute walk from my home (not so short in the winter!)

There are many times I look with frustration at the payroll taxes I incur paying my colleagues. Articles like this serve as a great reminder that my capabilities are not innate, but built through the sweat and tears of those before me.

I love Canada, and though I have had the incredible privilege to visit (and for short periods, live in!) many countries and every continent, there's nowhere I'd rather call home, nowhere I'd rather contribute to.

Canada may have a "go for bronze" attitude, but it doesn't have to stay that way. We can decide to go for gold, one day at a time.

CamelCaseName··on Don't fall into the anti-AI hype
This is not really cool or impressive at all?
CamelCaseName··on Private equity firms acquired more than 500 autism centers in past decade: study
Sure, why not, share your work!

Also, the two links in your profile do not work

CamelCaseName··on RevisionDojo, a YC startup, is running astroturfing campaigns targeting kids?
They didn't fake voting, they faked submissions.

So you could clearly tell if people liked or didn't like something.

CamelCaseName··on RevisionDojo, a YC startup, is running astroturfing campaigns targeting kids?
Not a "gotcha"

There's obviously a massive difference between using sockpuppet accounts to:

* Influence perception on a social media platform as a 3rd party

vs.

* Put content on a social media platform that users are looking for so they return to the platform

It doesn't matter who shares a story with you on social media if the goal is to entertain, but it does matter if the goal is to get you to do something [spend money on their courses]

CamelCaseName··on ManusAI Joins Meta
I remember this company from the very beginning. I was very confused by them, but just the other day they sent an email saying they had hit $100MM ARR and $125MM run rate.

Who is paying? No clue, must be big in China.

I skipped going to their hackathon :')

CamelCaseName··on The EU's fine against X is not about speech or ‘censorship’
How many people get scammed every day on X because the verification badge is a "Spend $1-5" badge?

This was especially plain to see in the crypto side of twitter.

Platforms cannot make statements on the legitimacy of a user without incurring some level of responsibility, regardless if it's "obvious" that a verified badge simply means that you've spent a couple dollars.

The average internet user is closer to your grandmother than you or me, and that is who these laws are meant to protect.

CamelCaseName··on The EU's fine against X is not about speech or ‘censorship’
That's a very outdated algorithm, which is why X was willing to open source it.
CamelCaseName··on How did DOGE disrupt so much while saving so little?
Not so good for taxpayers.
CamelCaseName··on The gift card accountability sink
A date is given and then after that, the gift cards are worthless.
CamelCaseName··on Elon Musk's 2018 Tesla pay package must be restored
Delaware Ruling: https://courts.delaware.gov/Opinions/Download.aspx?id=389200
CamelCaseName··on Show HN: Hacker News, but every headline is hysterical clickbait
I love it, this is great. Thanks for posting!
CamelCaseName··on A16z-backed Doublespeed hacked, revealing what its AI-generated accounts promote
Hack reveals that startup is doing exactly what it said it was doing

Okay, is this just an ad then?

CamelCaseName··on GPT-5.2
I find ChatGPT's voice to text to be the absolute best in the world, nearly perfect.

I have constant frustrations with Gemini voice to text misunderstanding what I'm saying or worse, immediately sending my voice note when I pause or breathe even though I'm midway through a sentence.

CamelCaseName··on Dollar-stores overcharge customers while promising low prices
There's a huge difference between internal and external reporting from an effort and benefit perspective.
CamelCaseName··on I wasted years of my life in crypto
Okay, so if your time felt wasted, that must mean there were better uses of your 20s.

But, how else would you have driven towards your goal of building a new financial system?

CamelCaseName··on Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros
Premarket open
CamelCaseName··on TSA's New $45 Fee at U.S. Airports Unfairly Punishes Families in the Fine Print
After reading the article, this is actually a great thing for Americans?

Previously, if you didn't have your "Real ID" (which, is a terrible name IMO) or passport, you were just... denied. And presumably that would cost far more than $45.

This seems like an extra step to help you get through airports and prevent delays.

Also, $45 for 30 minutes of a TSA agent's time + their software seems very reasonable? That could even be operating at a loss.

I get it, the median person flies 0 times a year, the average person flies 1.5-2 times a year, there's a huge number of people who fly 0-2 times a year. Mistakes happen and they should result in seizing the whole system.

...but it's just insane to me that someone could go to an airport and not have an ID, let alone a passport. Come on.

Edit (didn't realize the article continued):

> American travelers were still permitted to fly without this updated form of ID with no penalties; they simply had to undergo additional screening, including handing over current addresses, per the TSA's website.

I'm speechless.

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