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by srvo 29d ago
Flock typifies a batch of "real world/real problem" platforms building things that are raytheon-tier risky with restaurant-grade governance. Literally, the word "govern" seems to appear only with reference to others
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by srvo 7mo ago
Ethics often fold under the face of commercial pressure. The pentagon is thinking [1] about severing ties with anthropic because of its terms of use, and in every prior case we've reviewed (I'm the Chief Investment Officer of Ethi
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by srvo 1y ago
I think that stake is called taxes. As for the shares, they're supposed to come in the form of government services.
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by srvo 1y ago
Thanks for clarifying! I misspoke there, but from my standpoint (portfolio manager/equities investor) that's better. Wafer fabs are capital intensive, complex, and need constant retooling. The bulk of the commercial value lives in
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by srvo 1y ago
The problem here isn't that the government gets involved in businesses. That has always been something they do. The problem is that these days they do it capriciously, without any sort of plan or intention. The government played a foun
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by srvo 1y ago
the corporate credit rating scale is different from the sovereign one. That said, msft credit has traded through govt bonds multiple times. So arguably the market-based rating system agrees with you (even though the ratings agencies dont ne
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by srvo 1y ago
This is the way that foundations and endowments should operate. Too many well-intentioned organizations wind up milquetoast tax-exempt hedge funds aimed primarily at self-preservation because the received wisdom is that they should focus on
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by srvo 1y ago
I probably have terminal "investor brain," but whenever this stuff happens my first thought is "my favorite store is having a sale." Then I think about everyone that's getting hurt by this and kick myself for giving
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by srvo 2y ago
Honestly, the fact that J.P. Morgan employees are even pondering this credibly enough for it to get picked up by Barron's is a watershed moment for the labor rights movement in the U.S.
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We Need a New Food System Now(investvegan.org)
1 points by srvo 5y ago|0 comments
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by srvo 6y ago
Yeah, some places have an unwritten "just write us and we'll do it" policy. It's nice to know they're up for it, but the cognitive load of reaching out is like 100x higher than just putting it in your preferences. I
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by srvo 6y ago
Does HN allow this? When I transitioned I made a new username and sort of started over. But it led to me disengaging from the platform.
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by srvo 8y ago
This seems to happen a lot when one's experience is statistically unlikely, or when it doesn't neatly mesh with a commercial opportunity. For instance, I am a transgender woman and I get THE WEIRDEST ads. Makes sense, since an alg
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You Won't Outperform an Algorithm Forever. What Then?(blogs.cfainstitute.org)
1 points by srvo 8y ago|0 comments
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18 Chart Crimes and Misdemeanors(blogs.cfainstitute.org)
1 points by srvo 8y ago|0 comments
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The Trillion Dollar Coin Can Avert a Retirement Catastrophe(blogs.cfainstitute.org)
7 points by srvo 9y ago|0 comments