Matt_Mickiewicz

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by Matt_Mickiewicz 9y ago
and anybody owning stock in companies that insure those properties....
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by Matt_Mickiewicz 9y ago
His historical leverage has been 1.6: http://docs.lhpedersen.com/BuffettsAlpha.pdf
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by Matt_Mickiewicz 9y ago
The probabilities of black swan events are often grossly mispriced by the markets. Looks like it paid off big time.
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by Matt_Mickiewicz 9y ago
I was just reading: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5581f17ee4b01f59c2b15... tldr; * The Global Short Volatility trade now represents an estimated $2+ trillion in financial engineering strategies that simultaneo
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by Matt_Mickiewicz 9y ago
https://what3words.com = 3 words that map to specific GPS location anywhere in the world is intended to solve for this.
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by Matt_Mickiewicz 9y ago
Without his tweets, we'd only know about how crazy and unbalanced he is via the "biased" and "corrupt" and "failing" media... with Twitter, we get to see it directly from his keyboard, thus leading to bett
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by Matt_Mickiewicz 9y ago
Up to 25% lost for good according to this source: https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/rise-of-the-zombie-bit... & https://seekingalpha.com/article/4082979-many-bitcoins-lost-... Also ma
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by Matt_Mickiewicz 9y ago
Unchained is probably the best crypto podcast currently, but would love other recommendations.
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by Matt_Mickiewicz 9y ago
"May" = pointing out a possibility vs. making a prediction. Ken Griffin "may" find a $10 bill on the street today. He "may" see his stock portfolio flash crash 30% this week. Why is this even news?
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by Matt_Mickiewicz 9y ago
All H1b salary data is already public.
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by Matt_Mickiewicz 9y ago
I've seen a lot of interest for Fulfilled by Amazon e-commerce businesses on Flippa.com last few months. If you're making $1K or more per month in revenue, lots of buyers.
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by Matt_Mickiewicz 9y ago
Except that it's the state closest to bankruptcy... and has the most underfunded pension system in the country. The state can't go bankrupt, and they can't print money, so they are raising taxes and as a result many people ar
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by Matt_Mickiewicz 9y ago
Just think about the time gap between the invention of the wheel and until the 1970's when someone finally thought of attaching them to a suitcase!
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Immigration crackdown has U.S. companies wary of hiring foreign tech workers(siliconbeat.com)
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by Matt_Mickiewicz 9y ago
It's a small world. Your hiring manager, the people you interviewed with (6-8 people probably?), and some of the management at company A will know you rescinded your signed offer. What are the chances that one of those folks ends up wo
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Brexit uncertainty has already caused a 50% drop in foreign tech workers(uk.businessinsider.com)
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Brexit: 70 Percent of Tech Workers Considering Leaving UK(silicon.co.uk)
9 points by Matt_Mickiewicz 9y ago|11 comments
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Hired had a novel idea to fix the gender pay gap. It didn’t work out so well(qz.com)
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Why do tech companies prefer youth over experience?(alphr.com)
1 points by Matt_Mickiewicz 10y ago|2 comments
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by Matt_Mickiewicz 10y ago
Yeah, the HoloLens form factor currently is great. Had a chance to try it a few weeks ago.... When it becomes available to consumers, I'd definitely pick it over Vive or Oculus for gaming applications. The wires on the current VR setup
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by Matt_Mickiewicz 10y ago
Would be fascinating to see how many people from TCS, Wipro and Infosys ended up moving to Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Google and Microsoft after a few years in the US.
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by Matt_Mickiewicz 10y ago
Anybody else find the photo of the russian dog grafted onto the back for another disturbing?
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by Matt_Mickiewicz 10y ago
That was a great article.
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by Matt_Mickiewicz 10y ago
He may be onto something. There's a huge and widening gap between GAAP vs. Non-GAAP earnings: http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user5/im... U.S. corporations have issued more
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Why Women in Their 20's in Tech Are Out-Earning Men(fortune.com)
1 points by Matt_Mickiewicz 10y ago|0 comments
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The Bigger the Tech Company, the Bigger the Wage Gap(chicagotribune.com)
3 points by Matt_Mickiewicz 10y ago|0 comments
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by Matt_Mickiewicz 11y ago
Not yet. We plan on launching in Miami in the near future.
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by Matt_Mickiewicz 11y ago
Fortunately, the solution to the problem is super cheap. $20 buys you a copy of "The Who" book, which is a proven, scalable system with specific questions to ask at each step of the interview process....
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by Matt_Mickiewicz 11y ago
Not true. Actually work sample tests have a .29 correlation to on the job performance, followed closely by structured interview questions. See: http://www.wired.com/2015/04/hire-like-google/
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by Matt_Mickiewicz 11y ago
Whew! I get worried when more than 60 days goes by without them announcing a MegaRound(tm) at an InsaneValuation(R).

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