tech, startups, internet

The case against conversational interfaces.

They need not replace things that work very well (buttons), but they should augment them. “Users should be able to trigger actions from anywhere with simple voice prompts without having to interrupt whatever they are currently doing with mouse and […]

fun facts

No, kerosene did not save the sperm whale.

Here’s a fun fact: inside a sperm whale’s head there’s somewhere between 2,000 to 3,000 gallons of spermaceti oil. “How we carried on exploiting sperm whales long after the conventional wisdom said we’d stopped.” ~ learn more

fun facts

Yak shaving.

“Etymology: Coined by Carlin Vieri in his time at the MIT AI Lab (1993–1998) after viewing a segment at the end of a 1991 episode of The Ren and Stimpy Show.” ~ learn more

fun facts

The P/E ratio that wasn’t.

“Here is where it gets funky. All stocks with a P/E ratio above 40 are rounded by the ETF protocols to 40, and all stocks with no (or negative) earnings are assigned a P/E of 40.” ~ learn more

fun facts

Unsure calculator.

At first it was not clear to me what this was. After reading about it, I became excited. This is basically a calculator that takes ranges as inputs and runs Monte Carlo simulations to deliver a probabilistic distribution of outcomes. […]

profiles of people

The search for opportunity.

“Michael Aubrey shares his unconventional path—from investment banking to his family’s parking business—before using a search fund to acquire StatLab Medical Products. He discusses the challenges of entrepreneurship, including nearly running out of capital, and lessons from scaling businesses.” ~ […]

on the blockchain

More praise for zkTLS.

“zkTLS is the first crypto-native technology that’s actually onboarding the masses, and I think it’s still wildly underrated.” ~ learn more

big ideas

Age of anomalies.

“The civilization that prevails in this century will be the one that most effectively converts crisis into a catalyst for transformation. These catalysts are not to be found among the comforting certainties of consensus.” ~ learn more