paulpauper

general relativity in more detail

I have found arxiv to be a dead-end when publishing without affiliation. It's impossible to get feedback on papers, let alone the necessary endorsement to submit. That leaves SSRN as the only opt…

it's too complicated when there are simpler alternatives

tldr: methodological flaws and conflicts of interest undermine supposed superiority of breakfast

firms dates and accountability. At least Nate Silver fessed up to being wrong about Trump.

agree. At some point you have to throw in the towel and admit being wrong

I started calling online advertising a bubble in 2008. His credibility got killed in my eyes after reading that. Predicting the same thing over and over to no avail is called being a broken clock. Wha…

I know but it was founded in 1998 and survived.

I guess the hackers were running a dictionary attack and saw that 'eh' worked for all of them

Unlike the 90s, It has never been easy to raise $, so this belief that companies are being showered with cash indiscriminately is wrong. Ycombinator is inundated with applications, for a modest amount…

AMZN and GOOG would have been great investments and still are

Taleb has made a career out of distorting and misconstruing the opinions of experts and professionals, whether it's about statistics, option trading, or risk management. He has few is only unique…

SSRN - a repository for papers that are seldom read and probably of dubious quality

it seems like a lot until you realize it's 1/300 of Berkshire Hathaway and 1/550 of Apple

The Churchill globe is enormous https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/churchill/interactive/_html/_it... I wonder why it weighs 700 pounds if it's hollow…

Probably because there is way too much information. If you have 500 friends and you saw everything, your news feed would be like rush hour.

An interesting thought, but the author doesn't offer enough specifics . The 'experience stack' didn't make any sense to me. ..into a status box, add metadata such as your locatio…

The future of innovation is micro, not macro - genomics and biotechnology, apps and on-demand entertianment, miniaturization and nano technology, etc. The past always seems better than the present, p…

The tax system punishes people who make wealth quickly (windfalls) and have to pay at the highest bracket, versus individuals who earns the same amount of money but more slowly and pay at a lower brac…

med school app?

The problem is the odds of such success are slim. There are too may apps, too many developers, not enough eyeballs. But good for him though, and very inspiring and informative. I think easier money ca…

is this a suprise