My advice is to go ahead with studying what interests you. Taleb is not a quant. In fact, he is not much of an investor because he lost his job due to poor investment returns. Hence his bitter writing about others. There are many job openings for people that can model investment data in the US and worldwide. Modern investing requires detailed understanding of mathematical models.
"The 8088 processor was chosen by IBM for the IBM PC specifically to hold personal computing back. The processor series was a very poor choice for a desktop machine."
While that statement has the tone of a conspiracy, it is true that IBM didn't want cannibalization of their low- and mid-ranged lines.
While use an Intel chip? An earlier offering, the DisplayWriter, used it so IBM had some in-house experience with the line. Also Intel was willing to sell in sufficient quantity at a reasonable price. So the Boca Raton folks went with parts to help them on their strategy of being quick-to-market.
Then why did GM refuse to market, sell, or continue the EV-1?
Rather than suggest a shadowy conspiracy by GM, perhaps a better question is why no other auto maker until recently offered an electric car?
The EV-1 was horribly managed. Misspriced at half its production costs, it was built as a test and rushed to market. It was nicely engineered but it could only be operated in areas with clement weather, no hot or cold temperatures were supported.
The problem with solving poverty is that it costs money; investing money in things that will give no return is bad business
This confuses several ideas.
First, succumbing to the temptation to "solve" poverty by simply throwing money at it only helps reduce self-guilt.
Second, capitalism isn't only money. It actually is about maximizing the utility that a person receives from any given action. Different people will decide differently what they consider as that utility, commonly it is money until a person has enough and then wants something else.
natural selection
In the early days, "strict Darwin" proponents argued
that natural selection was the only determinant in evolution.
But that made difficult explaining the peacock's showy tail.
But that neglected other factors, such as sexual selection
where the likelihood of mating is improved.
Proving those effects will be harder, I think.
So true. Remember how they cried wolf when the Clean Air act passed and mandatory air efficiency guidelines were set into effect? That too was going to cost the consumer "thousands" of dollars and also be the end of the American auto industry. Didn't happen.
So false.
The average car price has climbed so that a $15,000 car is considered cheap.
Have you looked under the hood of a car recently? The added emissions control
equipment is getting as big as the engine.
And the American auto industry is ending. Chrysler was sold. GM and Ford
are losing billions. Toyota is now the second largest auto seller.
My understanding is that Jani Taskinen had ties to the UN and Zend has Israeli roots.
So when the Israel forces accidentally killed the UN watchers, Taskinen resigned.
Slashdot Mirror
My advice is to go ahead with studying what interests you. Taleb is not a quant. In fact, he is not much of an investor because he lost his job due to poor investment returns. Hence his bitter writing about others. There are many job openings for people that can model investment data in the US and worldwide. Modern investing requires detailed understanding of mathematical models.
Maybe the hard AI challenge should be : to give me a million bucks!
Alternately, (putting pinkie by nose) a meeee-yillion dollars.
Wow, I didn't know Clinton was a Neanderthal. But now that you mention it...
And lots of curves too...
"The 8088 processor was chosen by IBM for the IBM PC specifically to hold personal computing back. The processor series was a very poor choice for a desktop machine."
While that statement has the tone of a conspiracy, it is true that IBM didn't want cannibalization of their low- and mid-ranged lines.
While use an Intel chip? An earlier offering, the DisplayWriter, used it so IBM had some in-house experience with the line. Also Intel was willing to sell in sufficient quantity at a reasonable price. So the Boca Raton folks went with parts to help them on their strategy of being quick-to-market.
Mmmmmm pie.
http://homepage.smc.edu/nestler_andrew/pi.jpg
This confuses several ideas.
First, succumbing to the temptation to "solve" poverty by simply throwing money at it only helps reduce self-guilt.
Second, capitalism isn't only money. It actually is about maximizing the utility that a person receives from any given action. Different people will decide differently what they consider as that utility, commonly it is money until a person has enough and then wants something else.
natural selection In the early days, "strict Darwin" proponents argued that natural selection was the only determinant in evolution. But that made difficult explaining the peacock's showy tail. But that neglected other factors, such as sexual selection where the likelihood of mating is improved. Proving those effects will be harder, I think.
Prior art:
http://www.bosnianpyramid.com/
LA Times has a complete list and map of that city's homocides.
a p/
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/crime/homicidem
One way to look at the cost
to Google is compare its market cap
before the deal to after it.
The share price moved up over $10 from
when the Wall Street Journal printed the
rumor until the deal was officially announced.
Multiply that price rise by the number of
outstanding shares (~200 million) and the
market value of GOOG is now *more* than
the $1.65B stock swap.
Bob Devine
My understanding is that Jani Taskinen had ties to the UN and Zend has Israeli roots. So when the Israel forces accidentally killed the UN watchers, Taskinen resigned.