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Jane Street made it's way into today's Wall St Journal for its quantitative prowess and hiring of Math PhD's. What was stunning to hear was that their 2nd quarter profits were a re…

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Bain Capital and Bain & Co. are separate, but what's interesting is that the former was spun off from the latter in 1984 as a way to apply and profit from the learned business juic…

You're referring to the rather backwards (and isolated) power grid in Texas. Its just another example of how Texas is managed by Good-Ol-Boy network instead of opting for a more co…

This killswitch claim is false and would be a huge vulnerability if it existed.

Except they don't happen all the time, because this incident killed 34 Americans & wounded 171. Is that not remarkable enough for a 'blue-ribbon' commission of investigation? If on…

'Equal Justice Under Law'

This type of treatment of citizenry by the State of Texas, and its various (and especially red ) localities should be all one needs to see of where conservatives (and Christian Nai…

He fired Christopher Krebs. This is Brian Krebs, a long time cybersec blogger. They're apparently unrelated.

Nate Silver has some pretty good commentary on it all on his X account ( https://x.com/NateSilver538 ).

When you say that EU cost of living is comparable, are you taking into consideration the cost of health and higher education? In the U.S., if you're not currently priced out on tho…

Couldn't agree more. If you have any pointers (to web sites) that were helpful to you as you were making your decision or preparations, please do post them. Also, did you consider …

Agree; and pair this with the revelations and achievements in optical engineering, lest it go unmentioned.

What's truly shocking is that a large part of what got Trump elected in 2024 (and the world in this mess now) was that the GOP cleverly stoked the fears of transgenderism via local…

Were these (bank) applications focused on text-processing or web applications? If they were web applications, I assume they weren't CGIs...

I really wonder how history will view DJT -- surely one of the most flawed yet consequential figures in American history -- who nonetheless had the good fortune of two untimely dea…

No other American president at least, felt that they had to tack their name in front of JFK's name. They likely didn't even think of it. They were too busy actually doing the job o…

She backed up & pointed her vehicle to go right & then turned her wheels rightward. What did he do (while holding a cell phone & drawing his weapon)? Re-position in front of her ca…

well played!

Do you mean we're NOT the greatest country in the world anymore?

Thanks for commenting on this supplement. What reactions or symptoms should we look for in order to suggest that we're ramping up too quickly on it? Are we talking gastrointestinal…

Except that Kimmel's job was speech. He had a microphone -- and depended upon that (supposedly God-given) freedom of speech to perform that job. If he lost that job due to somethin…

FDR? FDR did spawn many (controversial) programs/agencies but he also got (the world) through WW2. There's something to be said for that. He also picked a pretty good VP. Yes, he o…

Shouldn't their donation be weighed against the revenues they enjoy using the Foundation's labors? Is Proxmox enjoying particularly strong revenues, and doesn't their product invol…