Ham radio also has the FT8 protocol which is optimized for bad signal to noise environments, but has low bandwidth. However, using this protocol a 10Watt radio has global reach under the right conditions, which is…
This is a very good point. I think key issue is that it requires time and effort to evaluate and understand the final product. Before I starting reading something to understand it, I want to have a sense that it is…
Exactly. That's what the index funds would have had to do as well.
> I always found this statement to be rather wishful. Individual lowering of prices makes sense if and only if your competitor is capable of saturating the market. Otherwise, demand elasticity becomes very relevant.…
Scaling cuts both ways. You may also be underestimating the aggregate benefits of slight improvements added up across hundreds or thousands of employees. For a single person, slight improvements added up over regular,…
I judge technical explanations of audio gear by their description of balanced signals. A common error is to focus on the positive and negative signals having opposite polarity, which is entirely irrelevant for canceling…
Exactly, if it had been obvious at the time that "the market" would deliver a better return, for certain, then nobody would have bought bonds at those prices. Then bond prices would have declined (and their expected…
In finance there is an ongoing discussion of whether the small-cap premium still exists. For technical discussions, look for the terms "SMB size factor".
"Estimate of the remaining time before universe decays expected to be revised 10^76 times before its finally over" (conservatively assuming the estimate will be revised about once every hundred years as we learn more).
Too many investors, too few seats
Totally. Also, an attenuator is easier and cheaper to implement, because it just requires normalizing V+ into the jack plug. An offset requires an adder. My preference is: attenuator < offset < attenuator + offset. I…
Interesting ideas. I respectfully disagree with all of them. Do you have any evidence to back them up, or are you yourself "just [...] making things up that sound good" ?
It is great that the URL for this website is: https://landley.net/history/mirror/institutional_memory.html In other words, it is in the "history/mirror/" sub-directory, being preserved for future corporate archeologists.
"We can't accept drum and bass we need jungle I'm afraid" ;)
Thanks, that's sounds very reasonable. Unfortunately, it also sounds like there is not much push at this point to reverse these changes and streamline the process.
> Is it right that I was filtered out by degree and not by capability? No, it’s not right, but it happened. It is not obvious how to find a better way to filter. In an ideal world, there would be plenty of time and…
To be fair, there were other things on the agenda as well. The time was the height of the cold war, and 1983 was the year of the Stanislav Petrov incident that could potentially have started nuclear war. (Not to mention…
I know it is popular to assume that americans are crazy and ignorant, but part of the puzzle is that there were plenty of other ways to cross the highway. There are two other bridges just a few hundred feet away (a foot…
Trade on insider information.
I think the way to understand this is that the SEC is concerned about protecting unsophisticated regular folks from being scammed. If you started aggressively marketing your Pokemon cards, presenting them as financially…
A couple of caveats: (1) The supply chain and risk landscapes have changed, and my anecdotal sense is that companies need larger margins to compensate. (2) Competition will generally keep abnormal profits in check. If…
I am sorry that you feel that way. I know this is a widespread opinion. My own experience is different. I am at now a point as a researcher where I am financially secure, work on interesting problems, and have time for…
I am a reasonably successful researcher, and I admit to neglecting my wife sometimes, especially in my early career. However, I would venture that being successful in any career --- be it research, business, politics,…
It's unbelievable that Apple hasn't been able to do better. My 'favorite' Siri 'feature' is when I ask for directions to 'home' it gives me directions to the local Home Depot.... really??? EDIT: After thinking about…
About the Aeropress, I guess the question is: When I press it down (in my case, using the elbow for added pressure) how many bars can a typical user reach?
Ham radio also has the FT8 protocol which is optimized for bad signal to noise environments, but has low bandwidth. However, using this protocol a 10Watt radio has global reach under the right conditions, which is…
This is a very good point. I think key issue is that it requires time and effort to evaluate and understand the final product. Before I starting reading something to understand it, I want to have a sense that it is…
Exactly. That's what the index funds would have had to do as well.
> I always found this statement to be rather wishful. Individual lowering of prices makes sense if and only if your competitor is capable of saturating the market. Otherwise, demand elasticity becomes very relevant.…
Scaling cuts both ways. You may also be underestimating the aggregate benefits of slight improvements added up across hundreds or thousands of employees. For a single person, slight improvements added up over regular,…
I judge technical explanations of audio gear by their description of balanced signals. A common error is to focus on the positive and negative signals having opposite polarity, which is entirely irrelevant for canceling…
Exactly, if it had been obvious at the time that "the market" would deliver a better return, for certain, then nobody would have bought bonds at those prices. Then bond prices would have declined (and their expected…
In finance there is an ongoing discussion of whether the small-cap premium still exists. For technical discussions, look for the terms "SMB size factor".
"Estimate of the remaining time before universe decays expected to be revised 10^76 times before its finally over" (conservatively assuming the estimate will be revised about once every hundred years as we learn more).
Too many investors, too few seats
Totally. Also, an attenuator is easier and cheaper to implement, because it just requires normalizing V+ into the jack plug. An offset requires an adder. My preference is: attenuator < offset < attenuator + offset. I…
Interesting ideas. I respectfully disagree with all of them. Do you have any evidence to back them up, or are you yourself "just [...] making things up that sound good" ?
It is great that the URL for this website is: https://landley.net/history/mirror/institutional_memory.html In other words, it is in the "history/mirror/" sub-directory, being preserved for future corporate archeologists.
"We can't accept drum and bass we need jungle I'm afraid" ;)
Thanks, that's sounds very reasonable. Unfortunately, it also sounds like there is not much push at this point to reverse these changes and streamline the process.
> Is it right that I was filtered out by degree and not by capability? No, it’s not right, but it happened. It is not obvious how to find a better way to filter. In an ideal world, there would be plenty of time and…
To be fair, there were other things on the agenda as well. The time was the height of the cold war, and 1983 was the year of the Stanislav Petrov incident that could potentially have started nuclear war. (Not to mention…
I know it is popular to assume that americans are crazy and ignorant, but part of the puzzle is that there were plenty of other ways to cross the highway. There are two other bridges just a few hundred feet away (a foot…
Trade on insider information.
I think the way to understand this is that the SEC is concerned about protecting unsophisticated regular folks from being scammed. If you started aggressively marketing your Pokemon cards, presenting them as financially…
A couple of caveats: (1) The supply chain and risk landscapes have changed, and my anecdotal sense is that companies need larger margins to compensate. (2) Competition will generally keep abnormal profits in check. If…
I am sorry that you feel that way. I know this is a widespread opinion. My own experience is different. I am at now a point as a researcher where I am financially secure, work on interesting problems, and have time for…
I am a reasonably successful researcher, and I admit to neglecting my wife sometimes, especially in my early career. However, I would venture that being successful in any career --- be it research, business, politics,…
It's unbelievable that Apple hasn't been able to do better. My 'favorite' Siri 'feature' is when I ask for directions to 'home' it gives me directions to the local Home Depot.... really??? EDIT: After thinking about…
About the Aeropress, I guess the question is: When I press it down (in my case, using the elbow for added pressure) how many bars can a typical user reach?