It’s always a big red flag to see neural networks randomly slapped on the markets in a paper. 1) If you want a non linear model, splines, GAM, Trees are better and that’s p well known 2) [insert already existing thing] but solved with NN (delta hedging, option pricing, etc) is

Memecoins 101

“He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.” —Chinese Proverb Ask. The. Question.

"You Keep Using That Word, I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means" This famous line from "The Princess Bride" remains remarkably relevant in today's tech, finance, and cryptocurrency landscape. I want to clarify some commonly misused terms: - High Frequency Trading:

🧠 Introducing the "Double Dunning-Kruger" 🧠 When overconfident managers who barely understand tech are leading overconfident developers who think they're experts. It's incompetence squared, with everyone convinced they're brilliant.

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Key steps to getting better at modeling complex systems: 1. Things are always more stochastic than you think - that "deterministic" process? It's probably random. Those "reliable" measurements? Add more noise. 2. There are always assumptions you fail to identify. Always. Even

Happy Birthday, Bitcoin! 🎂 16 years of ‘it’s too late to buy’ 2013: Too late 2017: Way too late 2021: You’re crazy 2024: ETF soon, brb 16 years of surviving FUD, bull runs, bear winters, and headlines calling it dead. And yet here we are 🧡 Keep proving them wrong, $BTC!

In FooledbyRandomness, I stressed that to understand the world you need to nurture the skill in separating the anecdotal from the statistical, the noise from the signal, & the salient from the representative. I am now adding the difference between information and propaganda.

Lecture Notes on Principal Component Analysis by Laurenz Wiskott graphics.stanford.edu/courses/cs233-…

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Berkshire Hathaway is the boomer meme coin. It was started by the OG financial influencer. Buffett used to buy a stock and then go shill them in national newspapers/magazines. Nothing wrong with Buffett/Berkshire, but important to understand "meme coins" are not new.

Nobody actually works anymore. Recently, I’ve spent time working outside the office—in co-working spaces, cafes, and other public areas. At first glance, it seems like everyone is deep in productivity mode: laptops open, headphones on, brows furrowed. But when you pay

Explore the complex world of Bitcoin and money laundering in this eye-opening talk. Discover how governments and financial institutions are cracking down on cryptocurrency, and learn about the challenges facing Bitcoin users and businesses. From the US Patriot Act to recent

"Whatever it is you're seeking won't come in the form you're expecting." -- Haruki Marukami

One of the best things about The Internet is that we can observe multiple realities in real time.

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