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kapurs151on No limit: AI poker bot is first to beat professionals at multiplayer game

I'm very late to this post, so not sure if you're still around.

What are your thoughts on a poker tournament for bots? Do you think it could turn into a successful product? I've always wanted to build an online poker/chess game that was designed from the ground up for bots (everything being accessible through an API), but have always worried that someone with more computational resources or the best bot would win consistently. Is it an idea you've thought about?

kapurs151on Uber S-1

While I admit that the losses are staggering, the growth rates are also astounding:

Revenue

2016: $3.8bn

2017: $7.9bn

2018: $11.27bn

Trips

2016: 1.8bn

2017: 3.7bn

2018: 5.2bn

The internet is such a game-changer.

kapurs151on Harvard Quietly Amasses California Vineyards and the Water Underneath

Your point is valid, but most Ivy Leagues are need-blind for U.S. citizens (Harvard is need-blind for internationals too) at the undergraduate level and are known for relatively generous financial aid policies [1].

I think these schools are a drop in the proverbial ocean of generating crippling student debt, even for kids graduating from humanities majors.

[1]: https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/15/student-borrowers-from-these...

kapurs151on Ask HN: Favorite HN quotes?

This is a good collection: https://dnluu.com/hn-comments/

kapurs151on Short Selling Is Tough Business

The full profile of Jim Chanos (that the article is quoting) is available here: https://www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/b1b00ynrgtn05r...

The part that I thought was most interesting was that he structures his fund as 190% passive long and 90% active short. This way, his short fund (which has average annualized returns of -0.7%) can still allow him to make a lot of money.

I like the idea that a short fund can make money if they can beat the negative of the passive index - so if the S&P returns 10%, and I can have a short fund that returns -5%, I can use his strategy to outperform the S&P.

kapurs151on Half of ICOs Die Within Four Months After Token Sales Finalized

This exact idea is actually something Vitalik (founder of Ethereum) has proposed recently: https://ethresear.ch/t/explanation-of-daicos/465

It is important to remember that what we are seeing is a v1 of the ICO model - it is likely that future versions will be able to implement more controls and governance mechanisms like the kind you described.