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thegabez commented on No Bitcoin ETFs at Vanguard (2024)   corporate.vanguard.com/co... · Posted by u/mooreds
Gshaheen · 8 months ago
“Jackson: In Vanguard’s view, crypto is more of a speculation than an investment. This is at the root of our decision to not offer crypto products, whether our own or others. With equities, you own a share of a company that produces goods or services, and many also pay dividends. With bonds, you get a stream of interest payments. Commodities are real assets that meet consumption needs, have inflation-hedging properties, and can play a role in certain portfolios. While crypto has been classified as a commodity, it’s an immature asset class that has little history, no inherent economic value, no cash flow, and can create havoc within a portfolio.“

Well said, this has been my own thinking on crypto, nice to see it so succinctly summarized.

thegabez · 8 months ago
I never understood the argument against speculation. Many stocks are losing money or do not yet have a working product, so how is speculating on these kinds of stocks any different from speculating on cryptocurrencies?
thegabez commented on Show HN: HackerNews but for research papers   papertalk.xyz/research/ho... · Posted by u/sleno
thegabez · a year ago
Would be nice to have the journal the paper is published in on the post.
thegabez commented on 'Entropy bagels' and other complex structures emerge from simple rules   quantamagazine.org/entrop... · Posted by u/rolph
colpabar · 2 years ago
Is there a reason why the bagel/donut shape seems to appear so much in math/physics? Just yesterday I was watching a kurzgesagt video that explored the idea of the universe being a "hyperdonut", or something. There probably isn't a simple answer but I'd appreciate any attempt to explain it in laymen's terms.
thegabez · 2 years ago
The bagel looks like a black hole
thegabez commented on How to Pick Your Life Partner – Tim Urban   waitbutwhy.com/2014/02/pi... · Posted by u/acecreamu
thegabez · 2 years ago
Funny how so few resources exist for the biggest decision of your life.
thegabez commented on I Love Ruby   eliseshaffer.com/2023/12/... · Posted by u/mooreds
thegabez · 2 years ago
No language is more fun to write in than Ruby.
thegabez commented on Deep sleep may be the best defense against Alzheimer’s   wsj.com/articles/deep-sle... · Posted by u/lxm
PragmaticPulp · 2 years ago
Clinical studies with high doses of CBD don't show any measurable changes in sleep architecture: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5895650/
thegabez · 2 years ago
Yes, CBD has been proven to be safe in multiple studies. It's non addictive and does not change normal sleep patterns.
thegabez commented on Deep sleep may be the best defense against Alzheimer’s   wsj.com/articles/deep-sle... · Posted by u/lxm
avinassh · 2 years ago
What are some good ways to increase the deep sleep? What has worked for you?

I have used wearables to measure, it’s always less than an hour for me

thegabez · 2 years ago
High quality CBD works well
thegabez commented on Tell HN: The ratio of wants-to-be-hired to is-hiring is at a record high 0.94    · Posted by u/jstx1
the_af · 2 years ago
As an aside, I'm not currently looking for a job (knock on wood) but people close to me are and... the interview process seems harder than ever.

Now you get recorded, told you cannot alt-tab, take home assignments are very strict for companies that aren't even close to a FAANG (I mean, if you're applying to Google it comes with the territory, but why is your random startup so strict?), you are automatically graded on your command of English, etc.

There are still the garbage job offers where they'll hire anyone with a pulse, but unless your situation is dire you don't want those.

It all feels vaguely dystopic and depressing. The only consolation is that only now we realize what it felt for people outside our industry. We had it easy!

thegabez · 2 years ago
Haven't done any interviews but did talk to a recruiter who was asking upfront if I was okay with a 6 day work week. Just a single data point, but I would assume employers are also trying to leverage the situation to get more out of their employees.

u/thegabez

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