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7/20/2024
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Longreads + Open Thread
Internyet, Open Societies, Trust, Trading, Gigs, Stocks, Elections, WW2 Longreads + Open Thread By Byrne Hobart • 20 Jul 2024 View in browser View in browser Today's issue of The Diff is brought to
7/15/2024
14 : 44
The Quality Factor
Plus! Diff Jobs; Predictions; The 4Chan of Crypto; Adverse Selection; AI and Ads; Algorithmic Collusion The Quality Factor By Byrne Hobart • 15 Jul 2024 View in browser View in browser In this issue:
7/13/2024
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Longreads + Open Thread
Data, Microbes, Games, Wikis, 1177, Missions, Graeber Longreads + Open Thread By Byrne Hobart • 13 Jul 2024 View in browser View in browser Longreads Abraham Thomas writes about how to price a data
7/8/2024
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“Bullshit Jobs” is a Terrible, Curiosity-Killing Concept
Plus! Sanction Economics; Exiting; Building Complements; Shares and Votes; Quality Problems; Diff JObs “Bullshit Jobs” is a Terrible, Curiosity-Killing Concept By Byrne Hobart • 8 Jul 2024 View in
7/6/2024
16 : 4
Longreads + Open Thread
Math, Lab Leaks, Housing, RAND, Knowledge Longreads + Open Thread By Byrne Hobart • 6 Jul 2024 View in browser View in browser Longreads Ben Brubaker has a great piece in Quanta on the discovery of the
7/1/2024
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The Supply Chain of Talent
Plus! Getting the Cycle Right; Regulatory Arbitrage in E-Commerce; Dry Powder and Meta-Stability; The Split Market; Transmission Mechanisms The Supply Chain of Talent By Byrne Hobart • 1 Jul 2024 View
6/29/2024
16 : 4
Longreads + Open Thread
Crime, Blair, Game of Thrones, Hedge Funds, Research, Money, Greece Longreads + Open Thread By Byrne Hobart • 29 Jun 2024 View in browser View in browser Longreads In Bloomberg Businessweek, Simona
6/24/2024
14 : 34
Fertilizer and Toxins
Plus! Diff Jobs; Margins; A Better, Costlier Alexa; Elasticity; Counterparty Risk, Served Two Ways; The Universal Denominator Fertilizer and Toxins By Byrne Hobart • 24 Jun 2024 View in browser View in
6/22/2024
16 : 14
Longreads + Open Thread
Networks, Five Nines, Tours, Disinformation, Deglobalization, Longreads + Open Thread By Byrne Hobart • 22 Jun 2024 View in browser View in browser Longreads Rohit Krishnan on "Seeing Like a
6/17/2024
14 : 34
"Nobody Knows Anything": Backtests are Hard
Plus! The Economics of Hacking; Lead Generation; Adverse Selection; Tip Economics; First and Last Resort; Diff Jobs "Nobody Knows Anything": Backtests are Hard By Byrne Hobart • 17 Jun 2024
6/15/2024
16 : 4
Longreads + Open Thread
Excel, Lego Orrery, Steroids, Early Finance, Disagreeable Nerds, Programming, Elites, WallStreetBets Longreads + Open Thread By Byrne Hobart • 15 Jun 2024 View in browser View in browser Longreads In
6/10/2024
14 : 54
The Bid/Ask View of Who Gets to Raise and What Gets Traded
Plus! Privacy and Insurance; AI Fragmentation; Too Central to Fail?; Meritocracy; Activism; Diff Jobs The Bid/Ask View of Who Gets to Raise and What Gets Traded By Byrne Hobart • 10 Jun 2024 View in
6/8/2024
16 : 24
Longreads + Open Thread
Solar, Cockroaches, Antitrust, HFT, Chicago, Legibility, Google, the Dark Ages Longreads + Open Thread By Byrne Hobart • 8 Jun 2024 View in browser View in browser Longreads Casey Handmer on the impact
6/3/2024
14 : 34
Details!
Plus! The Google Feedback Loop; Fees on What?; The Micro Meta Turnaround; Yes, We're Doing the Meme Stock Thing Again; Diversification; Diff Jobs Details! By Byrne Hobart • 3 Jun 2024 View in
6/3/2024
10 : 44
Longreads + Open Thread
Sierra, Open Source, Alexander the Great, Google & AI, Concrete, Secret Weapons, Reserve Currencies Longreads + Open Thread By Byrne Hobart • 25 May 2024 View in browser View in browser Longreads
6/3/2024
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Get Used to a More Hallucinatory Search Experience
Plus! Diff Jobs; Cap Structure Arbitrage and Elon Musk; Active, Passive, and Risk; Convergent Evolution; Market Timing; It's All Ads! Get Used to a More Hallucinatory Search Experience By Byrne
6/3/2024
8 : 18
Longreads + Open Thread
Utopia, LLMs, Enron, Michael Nielsen, Ponzi Schemes, Workaholics, Buzzfeed, Honor Longreads + Open Thread By Byrne Hobart • 1 Jun 2024 View in browser View in browser Longreads Rohit Krishnan wonders
5/20/2024
17 : 14
One Edge or Many? Reflections on Renaissance Technologies
Plus! Retention; Training Data; Social Networking Primitives and Local Maxima; Renting; Ads; Diff Jobs One Edge or Many? Reflections on Renaissance Technologies By Byrne Hobart • 20 May 2024 View in
5/18/2024
16 : 14
Longreads + Open Thread
Simons, Books, Software, AI Ghosts, Sea People, Amazon, Financial Literacy, IBM Longreads + Open Thread By Byrne Hobart • 18 May 2024 View in browser View in browser Longreads Last week, a long line of
5/13/2024
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Invisible Efficiencies
Plus! Diff Jobs; Making a Market; Outsourcing; Multicloud Can Frackers Collude?; Infrastructure; Area Man Tweets Invisible Efficiencies By Byrne Hobart • 13 May 2024 View in browser View in browser In