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In 1995, Jeff Bezos's parents, Jackie and Mike Bezos, invested $245,573 in Amazon.com, which was a loan to help Bezos start his online bookstore. Entrepreneurship is a carnival game.

submitted 18 hours ago • 27 comments

Miksi Suomen ulkomaiset sijoitukset tuottavat näin huonosti? @olli-karkkainen.bsky.social @villekaitila.bsky.social @rogerwessman.bsky.social @tervio.bsky.social @ikaukora.bsky.social @osmosoininvaara.bsky.social lähde: The foreign returns of nations: A puzzle cepr.org/voxeu/column...

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

Not something one could figure out from the news.

submitted 13 days ago • 3 comments

The 'Kaya Identify' (simplified here) is a decomposition of the growth in fossil CO2 emissions (black dots) into economic growth (orange), energy efficiency & structure change (green), & carbon intensity (blue). It is often interpreted as "therefore we need degrowth". No.... 1/

submitted 18 days ago • 4 comments

How do genetic and non-genetic information influence the pace of evolution? How can information become a significant evolutionary force within brains? Check this paper in Interface Focus @royalsocietypublishing.org @eplantec.bsky.social scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=e...

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

Se on kiintoisaa, miten moni ilmoittaa kannattavansa oikeusvaltiota, mutta ottaa sitten esim. kantaa (jopa poliitikon asemassa) tuomioistuimen yksittäistapauksiin ja ilmoittaa ne vääriksi ei-oikeudellisin perustein 😐 Tai vaatii, että lakia pitäisikin tunneperusteisesti soveltaa eri tavalla toisiin.

submitted 20 days ago • 2 comments

What is the right amount of protein intake? It's not "bro science" of 1 gm/pound body weight per day. "You're being lied to about protein" @vox.com ($) www.vox.com/future-perfe... open-access systematic review: Maximum benefit 1.6 gm/kg/day (note kg not lb) bjsm.bmj.com/content/52/6...

submitted 21 days ago • 11 comments

Updated fossil CO2 emission estimates from @robbieandrew.bsky.social Based on the latest data, we estimate fossil CO2 emissions went up 0.9% in 2024. Listen to his presentation here (starting about 8:55): cicero.oslo.no/no/arrangeme... 1/

submitted 24 days ago • 10 comments

New video! This covers the fundamentals of quantum computing and builds up to a step-by-step walk-through of an important algorithm in the field. youtu.be/RQWpF2Gb-gU

submitted 30 days ago • 7 comments

Commemorative plaque #canada #trump

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

China's monthly electricity generation. robbieandrew.github.io/china/ #climate #energy #cleanEnergy

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The economic impact of Trump’s tariffs on Europe: an initial assessment. Trump’s tariffs will be a limited hit to Europe, though some regions and industries could suffer and may need protective measures www.bruegel.org/analysis/eco... #EU #EUecon #econ #economics #tariffs

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

The Rapoport rules to encourage productive, critical #discourse. 1. Re-express your target position clearly, vividly, and fairly. 2. List any points of agreement. 3. Mention anything you have learnt from your target. 4. Only then are you permitted to say so much as a word of rebuttal or criticism.

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

Zero-sum thinking is a key mindset that shapes how we view the world. A little thread to highlight our work on its roots with @sahilchinoy.bsky.social, @nathannunn.bsky.social, Sandra Sequeira.🧵1/23 scholar.harvard.edu/files/stantc...

submitted 178 days ago • 7 comments

Erittäin tärkeä kirjoitus. Suomalainen oikeusvaltio ja demokratia toimivat moitteetta hyvän sään aikana. Ne kannattaa myös turvata ja suojata hyvän sään aikana pahan päivän varalta.

submitted 40 days ago • 2 comments

I looked at this image many times as a kid, saw it at the Met, eventually met mathematician Tom Banchoff, who told stories of his encounters with Dalí & their discussions about the 4th dimension. Only today did I realize it’s Christ on the hypercube. m.youtube.com/watch?v=IiXc...

submitted 41 days ago • 2 comments

Looking at what China stands to gain from the US self-sabotage shenanigans, it’s quite impressive: if China plays it smart, they can have Russia, Europe, and their Asian neighbours where they want them. Wrote down a few short observations here:

submitted 42 days ago • 10 comments

Americans don't care about rights, liberties, democracy, or abortion. All that matters is inflation, jobs, economy and healthcare. www.economist.com/interactive/... #uspol #democracy #liberties #rights #freeSpeech #trump #law #politicalEconomy

submitted 41 days ago • 0 comments

In a cohort study of people age 65+ "Up to 32% of incident dementia over 8 years could be attributed to clinically significant audiometric hearing loss" jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

submitted 43 days ago • 6 comments

Just your regular reminder of where global CO2 emissions are tracking compared to scenarios that keep warming to below 1.5C in 2100, with "no or low overshoot" (maximum temperature around 1.6C). journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... C1/

submitted 44 days ago • 15 comments

Most cited papers in 21th century 1. Deep residual learning for image recognition (2016) ... 6. Random forests (2001) 7. Attention is all you need (2017) 8. ImageNet classification with deep convolutional neural networks (2017) www.nature.com/articles/d41... #AI #ML #DL #MachineLearning #compsci

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Rabbi Yeshayahu Leibowitz was a scientist, was religious, & a philosopher who spoke out on politics. He was brilliant, unsparing and fiery, and understood with moral clarity what so few wanted to see. Here, he gives 'em the what for. (ht @sydnestel.bsky.social ) Next skeet, a quote.

submitted 45 days ago • 9 comments

Adaptive maximization of social welfare arxiv.org/abs/2310.09597 #economics #econometrics #machineLearning #socialScience #welfare #publicPolicy

submitted 45 days ago • 1 comment

Contrasting a BYD Blade prismatic cell and Tesla 4680 cylindrical cell with a teardown analysis of design and performance www.cell.com/cell-reports... #EV #Tesla #BYD #battery #technology

submitted 46 days ago • 0 comments

“Mr. Trump’s politics aren’t poll-based or policy-based. They aren’t strategic. They are ratings-based,” – Holman W. Jenkins, Jr., Wall Street Journal #trump #tariffs

submitted 46 days ago • 1 comment

Cognitive skill decline with age is not as strong as previous studies suggest. Skills decline in old age only for those with below-average skill usage - use it or lose it. Eric Hanushek, @kinnelavinia.bsky.social, Frauke Witthoeft, @woessmann.bsky.social cepr.org/voxeu/column... #EconSky

submitted 46 days ago • 0 comments

Pidän JSN-kantelun arvoisena juttua jossa haastateltava heittelee toistuvasti yleistiedon vastaisia valheita toimittajan mitenkään kommentoimatta väitteiden olevan höpöä. Tämä on mainos, se olisi pitänyt merkata juttuun. @hs.fi @svuorikoski.bsky.social www.hs.fi/urheilu/art-...

submitted 48 days ago • 5 comments

Putting up a few thoughts on the latest tariff swerve paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-trump-...

submitted 47 days ago • 59 comments