#Distribution

My Notes on Statistical Consequences of Fat TailsReal World Preasymptotics, Epistemology, and ApplicationsBy @nntaleb "Insurance can only work in Mediocristan; you should never write an uncapped insurance contract if there
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2020 has been constant reminder that SMB M&A is hard. Had 2 nasty busted deals over the summer...#1: industry focused test prep company, under LOI pre-covid, amazing FCF economics, reasonable
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I think that the grade statistics have settled in about the right place for GCSE Mathematics to recognise students having a good day in the exam.In very broad terms, every
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Magnum Photos existence is based on the hoarding of opportunity and resources for their members. It's why so many people aspire to join! They know that if you get in,
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Snippet 1 from the #NeurIPS2020 tutorial: @balajiln What do we mean by uncertainty and out-of-distribution robustness? https://nips.cc/virtual/2020/tutorial/16649 Snippet 2: On even simple benchmarks, neural networks are not only poor at
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Why is everyone on the TL forgetting capitalism's core purpose? Self-interest. The reason why SA is only getting vaccines in Q2 is due to pharmaceutical giants being protected by first
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I spent a few months in 2019 studying vaccine distribution logistics in Vanuatu and as we close out 2020 far short of the goal of vaccination 20m people in the
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While I have a full long thread on the sale of stake for Jio Platforms Limited by Reliance Industries Limited, the stake sale they are doing for Reliance Retail Ventures
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So, this Ripple lawsuit, let's talk about it, shall we? The SEC begins this Complaint with a little bit of history, demonstrating that in their view of history XRP &
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Doesn't seem to get much attention but the loss of Van Dijk and Gomez has been far, far more damaging to Liverpool's build-up play than it has been in a
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1/n Some times your startup DOESN’T need to worry about BigCo going into your space 2/n If it’s not their core product it’s likely a B team, not an A
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Let's do a deep dive on coronavirus DNA vaccines. This long thread looks closely at DNA vaccines, and will specifically address their potential to edit the human genome. If you
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never mind all the ways in wich it's inferior to EVs.. (i drive both) https://twitter.com/Shell_US/status/943401985193242625 but at least it's not polluting, so both are better than gasoline and diesel cars (even
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The first US shipment of Pfizer‘s COVID-19 vaccine has arrived at Lansing Regional Airport to be shipped all over the country. Doors open! Time to unload. Here are the boxes
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Fuck it.Can someone explain to me what is lindy Final conclusion:Taken formally, “X is lindy” means “X belongs to a class of objects whose lifetime is better modelled by a
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Great video by @TheMisterEpic1 which opens a discussion about whether Minecraft has gotten easier or not. Lots of interesting points. The loot being too good in structures is actually something
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