One of the funniest finance columnists of our age, Matt Levine, explains Bridgewater through the lens of Rob Copeland’s new book The Fund. “Copeland’s thesis is essentially that the “radical transparency” stuff is fake and Bridgewater is a pure cult of personality around Dalio, that all of the scorecards…
“For some reason, though, we skipped over a few details in anatomy class when learning about the human body. For instance, what’s the space between our eyebrows called? What about the one between your upper lip and nose? And is there a name for the white coloring at…
A game of shapes and strategies. “Using the white shape, try to cut the shaded shape perfectly in half.” ~ play now
“In other words, a rising tide is lifting all boats. I know it can be tough to believe that, with all the doom and gloom you see in the media, but the numbers speak for themselves. And just so you know, all the numbers I give in this…
A presentation by Thomas G. Dietterich, emeritus professor of computer science at Oregon State University, a pioneer of the field of machine learning. “This talk will review these shortcomdifferentings and current efforts to address them within the existing LLM framework. It will then argue for a , more…
From John Hu, founder of Stan. “For all of the shouting of a reckoning, I’d actually argue that there’s never been a better time to be building in the Creator Economy. What we’re seeing right now isn’t so much a “winter” as it is a reset back to…
“This post will provide a high-level overview of [retrieval augmented generation] RAG. We’ll start from the big picture workflow of what’s happening, and then zoom in on all the individual pieces. By the end of it, you should have a solid understanding of how those three magic lines…
Keeping this in mind to try and make better decisions. "Man is the creature who does not know what to desire, and he turns to others in order to make up his mind. We desire what others desire because we imitate their desires." ~ learn more
“My experience over the last two years tells me that sleep habits can change and those of us who are poor sleepers can become good sleepers. I started with a device (in my case an Oura ring) that let me measure my sleep. I find that measuring helps…
This passed the house in 2018, but the senate never voted on it. “The … Act will allow Americans to use pre-tax dollars—flexible spending accounts (FSAs) and health savings accounts (HSAs)—to pay for health club memberships, fitness equipment, exercise videos, and youth sports leagues.” ~ learn more