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Comment · 3 years ago
Not exaggerating the risk.
Comment · 3 years ago
Looks like Bitwarden rebranded.
Comment · 3 years ago
Ken Griffin belongs in jail, not on Harvard's list of biggest (and most corrupt) donors:

https://www.sec.gov/comments/s7-08-22/s70822-20127538-288680...

https://www.thestreet.com/memestocks/reddit-trends/citadel-s...

https://www.cryptotimes.io/sec-chair-gary-gensler-accused-in...

https://newrepublic.com/article/162053/bernie-madoff-dead-he...

https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/skorea-fines-citade...

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-citadel-settlement-routin...

https://franknez.com/robinhood-and-citadel-colluded-night-be...

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-06-07/ex-citade...

https://www.reuters.com/article/sac-fund-citadel/update-3-sa...

More on Harvard's new president here:

https://karlstack.substack.com/p/the-curious-case-of-claudin...

Given the mere 'slap on the wrist' that she gave Prof. Martin Nowak for helping Jeffrey Epstein evade prosecution on the brewing child sex-trafficking charges for more than two decades, I'm not surprised that she sees nothing wrong with facilitating a little "reputation laundering" for Ken Griffin as he seeks to avoid being held accountable for his own misdeeds.

It's the same reason why this old geezer

https://www.businessinsider.com/jim-simons-renaissance-mit-s...

was buying "good will" from universities like MIT while the IRS was deciding whether or not to prosecute his firm on tax evasion:

https://nypost.com/2019/04/10/hedge-fund-slammed-over-6-8b-i...

BTW, the 'student financial aid' that Griffin references in his latest gift to the university should perhaps be more accurately translated to read here as 'tax minimization strategies for the rich'

https://www.google.com/search?q=ken+griffin+net+worth&oq=ken...

to help prop up a $50 billion organization's exceedingly bloated and thoroughly unaccountable bureaucracy,

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2022/11/29/anderson-burea...

Comment · 3 years ago
Mathics.org
Comment · 3 years ago
But what about global warming?

Isn't rising sea levels more important than rising obesity levels?

Comment · 3 years ago
... but not before the climate change 'crisis' -- in the integrity of how scientific research is conducted and presented in this field -- mints a few more Elon Musks.
Comment · 3 years ago
When will they offer a retina screen resolution?

My Google Nexus 10, still running strong from more than a decade ago, has a 300dpi screen.

Comment · 3 years ago
Why not just install everything from msys2 to using pacman?
Comment · 3 years ago
Because it couldn't explain corporate executive compensation levels?
Comment · 3 years ago
Wonder if this is a result of all the cows farting.
Comment · 3 years ago
Kopia
Comment · 3 years ago
Why just artists?

There are also too many scientists and engineers out there doing meaningless "bullshit jobs," also known as "bullshit research."

Comment · 3 years ago
What a joke. Sounds like some folks just want to pause the race to give themselves some time to catch up after being caught off-guard by OpenAI.
Comment · 3 years ago
This is why I enjoy using emacs so much.
Comment · 3 years ago
In sports, transitioning that late in life (i.e. after going through male puberty) would not allow her to compete as a so-called female.

Why should math be any different?

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