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Matt Levine makes sense of Wall Street like none other

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Re: Matt Levine makes sense of Wall Street like none other

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Post by forgotmypw17 »

w23j wrote: post #7

So this might be the place to ask this. The list of articles by Matt Levine on Bloomberg has button at the end that loads 20 older articles, when you click on it. Now since Matt is on parental leave I want to read some older articles, let's say from 2014. Am I correct, that to do that I need to click 6 (years) * 200 (work days) / 20 (articles per click) = 60 times and wait for the page load to do that?! Is there real…

It is a pattern, and even places like Twitter and Reddit are affected. Many of them, you can't even click 60 times, you're limited to X items and then that's it after that, even if it is your own writing! I think it is laziness and incompetence in systems design more than anything nefarious, although a lack of regard for the user can be considered a dark pattern in itself.

HN and dilbert.com are shining example of how to do it RIGHT. They provide calendar archives, filtering by tag, predictable URLs.

I keep this in mind when designing my systems. Because I think it is important for the user to own their data, my forum systems makes user profile downloadable by default, in the smallest possible format readable by both software and humans: text (with some tokens).

Re: Matt Levine makes sense of Wall Street like none other

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Post by redmalang »

I really enjoy his writing, which is why I really want to know what this might be:

"Asked about the Etruscans, Mr. Levine said he thought Mr. Mystal might be referring to one of his favorite anecdotes from Herodotus. It was actually about the Persians, he said. He fetched his copy of “The Histories” and read it to me.)"

Re: Matt Levine makes sense of Wall Street like none other

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Post by tuna-piano »

w23j wrote: post #7

So this might be the place to ask this. The list of articles by Matt Levine on Bloomberg has button at the end that loads 20 older articles, when you click on it. Now since Matt is on parental leave I want to read some older articles, let's say from 2014. Am I correct, that to do that I need to click 6 (years) * 200 (work days) / 20 (articles per click) = 60 times and wait for the page load to do that?! Is there real…

Similarly- Is there a way to get a list of all his longform pieces (not the daily newsletters)?

Re: Matt Levine makes sense of Wall Street like none other

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Post by freddie_mercury »

antasvara wrote: post #10
swyx wrote: post #3

from this profile, Matt is very probably underpaid vs his earning potential (probably at least an order of magnitude) and should leave to substack or his own operation. but I respect that money really isn't everything.

Pretty sure he has a Substack called Big that's about monopolies, but I don't think it's paid.

Big is by Matt Stoller, not Matt Levine.

Re: Matt Levine makes sense of Wall Street like none other

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Post by tuna-piano »

rwmurrayVT wrote: post #9

My favorite columnist even when he wrote about me. He always takes the time to return my emails. His voice and wit always bring a bit of happiness to my day. I can't wait for him to return to writing and I hope he's enjoying his new kid. I actually met his wife when I was going through the SDNY. I was hoping to meet him, but the attorney did not recommend I talk to the "media".

Mind sharing (or linking to) the story of why he wrote ahout you?

Re: Matt Levine makes sense of Wall Street like none other

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Post by mcjoken »

antasvara wrote: post #10
swyx wrote: post #3

from this profile, Matt is very probably underpaid vs his earning potential (probably at least an order of magnitude) and should leave to substack or his own operation. but I respect that money really isn't everything.

Pretty sure he has a Substack called Big that's about monopolies, but I don't think it's paid.

You're thinking of Matt Stoller

Re: Matt Levine makes sense of Wall Street like none other

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Post by Tomte »

redmalang wrote: post #12

I really enjoy his writing, which is why I really want to know what this might be: "Asked about the Etruscans, Mr. Levine said he thought Mr. Mystal might be referring to one of his favorite anecdotes from Herodotus. It was actually about the Persians, he said. He fetched his copy of “The Histories” and read it to me.)"

According to his Twitter account, it's Herodot, The Histories, 1.133.

http://perseus.uchicago.edu/perseus-cgi/citequery3.pl?dbname...

Re: Matt Levine makes sense of Wall Street like none other

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Post by [deleted] »

redmalang wrote: post #12

I really enjoy his writing, which is why I really want to know what this might be: "Asked about the Etruscans, Mr. Levine said he thought Mr. Mystal might be referring to one of his favorite anecdotes from Herodotus. It was actually about the Persians, he said. He fetched his copy of “The Histories” and read it to me.)"

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