Open Thread 353
This is the weekly visible open thread. Post about anything you want, ask random questions, whatever. ACX has an unofficial subreddit , Discord , and bulletin board , and in-person meetups around the world .
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- Published: October 28, 2024
- Source: https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/open-thread-353
- Document ID:
2024-10-28_open-thread-353_full
Category Map
Events
- Progress Studies conference (4 mentions)
Organizations
- Lighthaven (5 mentions)
People
- Ricki Heicklen (3 mentions)
- Sol Hando (2 mentions)
- Erick (1 mentions)
- Jenny Chase (1 mentions)
- Phil Getts (1 mentions)
- Timothy M (1 mentions)
Places
- Berkeley (79 mentions)
Publications
- Astralcodexten Com (122 mentions)
- Patrick McKenzie podcast (1 mentions)
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This is the weekly visible open thread. Post about anything you want, ask random questions, whatever. ACX has an unofficial subreddit , Discord , and bulletin board , and in-person meetups around the world . 95% of content is free, but for the remaining 5% you can subscribe here . Also: 1: Comments of the week are several people saying that the view of solar power’s prospects which I got from the Progress Studies conference was overly optimistic (who could have guessed?). For example, Sol Hando on weather , Jenny Chase on costs (and more ), Timothy M on potential learning curve exhaustion , and Phil Getts on the limits of batteries . Also, Erick on nuclear regulation . 2: Another Lighthaven event: Ricki Heicklen is running a quantitative trading bootcamp at Lighthaven (in Berkeley), November 6-10. Prices go up tomorrow from $1350 to $1550, but you can get a $150 discount if you check “ACX Open Thread” for “Where did you hear about this bootcamp?” Register at https://forms.gle/swGLn6jZpfKrN4jN6 . You can read more here or listen to the Patrick McKenzie podcast here . She specifies that “this will not make you rich” and “will not meaningfully boost your resume [to get a job at a] quantitative trading firm”, so I guess it’s aimed at people who … just have an abstract passion for learning about quantitative trading and are willing to spend $1000+ to satisfy it? I am as curious as you are whether this is a real demographic; if any of you go, please tell me whether anyone else attended. Meanwhile, I need to learn to say no to advertising Lighthaven events, so I’m committing to no more of them this year unless it’s extra-important.