July 2009
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“But with net revenues falling, the percentage of the firms’ revenues...”
– Bank Bonus Tab: $33 Billion - WSJ.com
This is obviously insane. Is there any other industry where 45% of revenues go to compensation?
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I read a draft; it’s awesome. RT @ErikMalinowski Can’t wait for “The Hawk and the Dove” (by @nxthompson). Pre-order: http://bit.ly/3ThEz4
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Amazon yanks paid-for Kindle books, Apple kills Goog Voice app (at behest of AT&T?) http://bit.ly/13BGCH. When’s the gadget-owner uprising?
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Very cool: the user generated (and Wired seeded) unofficial Thomas Pynchon guide to Los Angeles. http://www.wired.com/pynchon
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DE Shaw and DE Shaw Research: A follow-up (that no...
A few weeks ago I sent Felix Salmon a link to my latest essay in WIRED. My piece is about how we’d all be better off if the smartest people coming out of our top universities stayed away from Wall Street — and that this recession might be the only way to make that happen.
Felix questioned one part of the story, in which I say:On Wall Street, work in the lab never leaves the building;...
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Started using Simulscribe vm-to-text service on my mobile phone. (h/t @fredwilson). New game is trying to degarble the messages.
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“Third in line for [Alaska] governor, and the man expected to step into Lt. Gov....”
– AKMuckraker: What Is Sarah Palin Thinking? One Alaskan’s Perspective Wait, what? In Alaska, the chain of command goes Governor, Lt. Governor, Commissioner of Corrections? Who wrote the state’s constitution, Wackenhut?
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Walkman turns 30 today. My favorite app for it was Rewind.
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World’s largest virtual currency? California IOUs. http://bit.ly/160qAy I hear state vendors can trade them in for QQ Coins.