kristianov

Why are people so afraid of math?

I fear the eventual and inevitable cryptokitties integration.

generalist maximizes the number of successes and specialist maximizes the benefit of one success.

Shitty people do shitty things. Shitty people is everywhere. Identify them and leave.

Before having children I used to wake up at 4 and work till 8. Those were productive days.

Every gradient points slightly downward at the local maxima.

Industrialization overtakes craftsmanship.

All useful contracts in real world are dependent on humans, unless the machines can make and deliver a pizza, with extra cheese and no pineapples.

US nuking PRC for Taiwan does not sound possible. US won't even nuke the Soviets during cold wars.

For sudo scientists.

On the other hand I also hope the financial elites would stop innovating with shits like "sub prime".

Terry Gou was running for president of taiwan, and he needed support and endorsement from Trump. He got it, and he still lost.

Well who can blame them. The files are not theirs. /s

Don't make decisions just anytime/anyday/anywhere. Make decisions when you are thinking clearly and rationally. And follow through.

Laugh until China bans Qualcomm...

For sizzle.

IMHO Pat deserves another Turing Award for creating Tableau.

Initially I was wondering why his prosthesis has ARM processor...

I think the point is that Elites create whatever concepts or social constructions to further their goals.

Well, I think someone need to check with the IRS re: these use cases.

Username checks out!

NVC, or "How to navigate bureaucracy in a passive-aggressive workplace".

No progress bar. No fast forward button. No speed-up.

Man this UX is frustrating.

Kuma means bear in Japanese.

His recent 8-year annualized return is 1.56%. Very successful indeed. Hope he keeps his job.

Successful? I wouldn't go so far as to call him that. I used to watch Kyle Bass youtube interviews bc his arguments are interesting. But when I researched his track record, I stopped. It appears, after his win in the 2007/8 CDS crisis, he has been wrong non-stop: his EU short in 2009 went south, his bet on Japan debt bubble burst didn't materialize (losing 61% investor money in the process), and his famous nickel bet became an Internet meme...

He's now betting on HK and China's impending collapse. It could happen, but I wouldn't trust him too much.

Regarding Chinese economic liberalization, it's mostly happening in the country and villages.

I would recommend you to read Steven Cheung. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_N._S._Cheung#Selected_b...

The Chinese government is really smart about it. From what I understand, it goes at follows: the price bubble will not burst if real estate market has little to no transactions. The trick is to limit the number of eligible buyers with policies, so that the price can only go up.

It's really genius if you think about it. Chinese housing market is NOT a free market, and the government is the biggest player (and judge) in it. If it is made-up from the beginning, how can it collapse?

Well, unless the government collapses first.

“You must be the change you want to see in the world.” --Gandhi.

Well, on youtube, Holocaust jokes were done by Larry David, Norm McDonald, Sarah Silverman...