What makes this guy's blog post a more authoritative reference than 1000 other sites, as well as everyone's personal experience of feeling naturally "good" at some tasks and "bad" at others?
I loathe Kramnik and I am saddened and shaken by Danya's death. (We both played at the Mechanics Institute Chess Club.)
Having said all that, the prevailing wisdom in the suicide-prevention field is that we are each responsible for our own decisions. I.e. Kramnik, long may he suffer, is not "responsible."
This thread is full of wonderful books! I had a lightning-bolt insight (one of few in my life) when listening that audiobook - the section about the shut-in.
The followup book is worth reading as well.
Different but related: Not Nice, by Aziz Gazipura.
Yeah, I don't know about that. I had many people in my life (including close friends and relatives) who continued to be abusive "it's just fun teasing" even after I asked them to stop.
They are no longer in my life. I don't miss them even a little bit!
OMG. The section (and one central page) in that book about status is one of the most insightful and meaningful things I have ever read in my entire life!
Once you recognize status transactions ... they are absolutely everywhere, in every single interaction.
Apple is behind in AI because they've prioritized keeping private data on your device, rather than in the cloud, but today's best (or even good) inference models still require cloud-scale compute, i.e. they don't fit on a phone.
I think we basically agree - just clarifying here.
Apple does not have the percentage ownership of the market that Microsoft had with both Windows and Office. And to my knowledge Apple operates out in the open, i.e. they do not lie to everyone, and do not bundle shitty products with monopoly products in the way that Microsoft habitually did - and may still do.
> On day 1 of the transition after Steve, the stock jumped like crazy & continued that momentum.
Many people would interpret that as "investors had no faith in Steve Ballmer and were delighted to see his back." Do you have a different interpretation?
Also, you seem to be implying that the trial was some external event, and not directly the fault of Bill and Steve. That is not how most people felt at the time.