Malcolm Wardlaw
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I'm a finance professor at the University of Georgia. https://www.malcolmwardlaw.info/
Banking and Corporate Finance, Labor, Statistical Methods
Dune is about worms.
Banking and Corporate Finance, Labor, Statistical Methods
Dune is about worms.
It does appear that there is will in Senate will stand up and do its Article 1 job.
January 12, 2026 at 2:51 PM
It does appear that there is will in Senate will stand up and do its Article 1 job.
This was usually from Americans in the States. I always figured the rationale for LAH-tech was that it is sorta pronounced like Lamport.
Though if my recollection is correct, Leslie Lamport had no guidance one way or another on how to pronounce it.
Though if my recollection is correct, Leslie Lamport had no guidance one way or another on how to pronounce it.
January 7, 2026 at 1:37 AM
This was usually from Americans in the States. I always figured the rationale for LAH-tech was that it is sorta pronounced like Lamport.
Though if my recollection is correct, Leslie Lamport had no guidance one way or another on how to pronounce it.
Though if my recollection is correct, Leslie Lamport had no guidance one way or another on how to pronounce it.
Weird. I feel like I used to encounter lah-tech a lot, and I couldn’t tell if it was a shibboleth.
January 4, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Weird. I feel like I used to encounter lah-tech a lot, and I couldn’t tell if it was a shibboleth.
I’ve heard “lah”-tech many times, but I’ve never heard “stah”-ta. Does anyone actually say it that way?
January 3, 2026 at 7:40 PM
I’ve heard “lah”-tech many times, but I’ve never heard “stah”-ta. Does anyone actually say it that way?
I was confused this morning, but I’m reassured now that I know this.
January 3, 2026 at 7:31 PM
I was confused this morning, but I’m reassured now that I know this.
But in any case, you are right that the companies that did make LiDAR part of the whole suite are getting a big win from the costs coming down. 4/4
December 6, 2025 at 1:07 AM
But in any case, you are right that the companies that did make LiDAR part of the whole suite are getting a big win from the costs coming down. 4/4
The SLAM maximalists did have a point, even if they were annoyingly overzealous. LiDAR is fine, but it’s not some newfangled magic. If your solution was “LiDAR first” without a comprehensive high-res camera mapping solution, you were gonna have a bad time. 3/4
December 6, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The SLAM maximalists did have a point, even if they were annoyingly overzealous. LiDAR is fine, but it’s not some newfangled magic. If your solution was “LiDAR first” without a comprehensive high-res camera mapping solution, you were gonna have a bad time. 3/4
Alternatives like SLAM were a breath of fresh air because the resolution was orders of magnitude better. Everyone I spoke to back then seemed to think that LiDAR was still valuable as part of a comprehensive system. 2/4
December 6, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Alternatives like SLAM were a breath of fresh air because the resolution was orders of magnitude better. Everyone I spoke to back then seemed to think that LiDAR was still valuable as part of a comprehensive system. 2/4
I find the whole LiDAR debate to be very strange. I knew someone who participated in the 2005 DARPA challenge, and the argument then was that LiDAR was easy, old (“proven”), simple to implement, and *profoundly* failure prone. 1/4
December 6, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I find the whole LiDAR debate to be very strange. I knew someone who participated in the 2005 DARPA challenge, and the argument then was that LiDAR was easy, old (“proven”), simple to implement, and *profoundly* failure prone. 1/4
Eh. This exact same idea got floated during Reagan's second term and it went nowhere.
Yes, norms about the Constitution were stronger then, but also remember that second term Reagan was *super* popular, while Trump has never been all that popular.
Yes, norms about the Constitution were stronger then, but also remember that second term Reagan was *super* popular, while Trump has never been all that popular.
October 30, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Eh. This exact same idea got floated during Reagan's second term and it went nowhere.
Yes, norms about the Constitution were stronger then, but also remember that second term Reagan was *super* popular, while Trump has never been all that popular.
Yes, norms about the Constitution were stronger then, but also remember that second term Reagan was *super* popular, while Trump has never been all that popular.
TempleOS really was the endgame.
August 15, 2025 at 10:27 PM
TempleOS really was the endgame.
Eh. I still think NYC has the edge. There’s just something about democracy that gives places a leg up, you know?
August 15, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Eh. I still think NYC has the edge. There’s just something about democracy that gives places a leg up, you know?
China doesn’t have anything international enough to bump NYC. What would you put there? Hong Kong? Shanghai?
August 15, 2025 at 12:36 AM
China doesn’t have anything international enough to bump NYC. What would you put there? Hong Kong? Shanghai?
If we’re judging based on other livability or interestingness or niceness criteria, some other US city is always going to crack the top-5
August 15, 2025 at 12:29 AM
If we’re judging based on other livability or interestingness or niceness criteria, some other US city is always going to crack the top-5
If we’re just doing generic “great cities of the world”: London, Paris, Tokyo. I can’t think of any criteria that doesn’t put New York at 4th (or better.)
And I don’t even like New York.
And I don’t even like New York.
August 15, 2025 at 12:27 AM
If we’re just doing generic “great cities of the world”: London, Paris, Tokyo. I can’t think of any criteria that doesn’t put New York at 4th (or better.)
And I don’t even like New York.
And I don’t even like New York.
If that’s true, then the number of “good” cities in the world is like 3.
August 15, 2025 at 12:24 AM
If that’s true, then the number of “good” cities in the world is like 3.
First I'm hearing of it.
June 25, 2025 at 3:55 AM
First I'm hearing of it.
The whole “tax the rich” thing has made the left sound deeply un-serious.
If your whole shtick is making taxation sound punitive, how are they going to convince the electorate to accept the broad middle class tax once necessary to pay for the kind of spending they say they want?
If your whole shtick is making taxation sound punitive, how are they going to convince the electorate to accept the broad middle class tax once necessary to pay for the kind of spending they say they want?
June 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The whole “tax the rich” thing has made the left sound deeply un-serious.
If your whole shtick is making taxation sound punitive, how are they going to convince the electorate to accept the broad middle class tax once necessary to pay for the kind of spending they say they want?
If your whole shtick is making taxation sound punitive, how are they going to convince the electorate to accept the broad middle class tax once necessary to pay for the kind of spending they say they want?
Liquidity … illusion?
June 10, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Liquidity … illusion?
Moran makes a ton of money at ABC. I doubt many foreign media organizations have that kinda scratch to spend on an English speaking correspondent whose popularity is probably US-centric.
June 10, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Moran makes a ton of money at ABC. I doubt many foreign media organizations have that kinda scratch to spend on an English speaking correspondent whose popularity is probably US-centric.
Yes. All of this. But it’s a mistake to assume a conspiracy to manipulate the data for some interested party. This isn’t partisan. It’s just stupid.
June 6, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Yes. All of this. But it’s a mistake to assume a conspiracy to manipulate the data for some interested party. This isn’t partisan. It’s just stupid.
Russell Vought isn’t a Machiavellian genius. He has a very crude and simplistic idea about the branches of government asserting power. To that extent, maybe Congress should be exerting its power. They created the statistical agencies. They should make sure someone is minding the store.
June 6, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Russell Vought isn’t a Machiavellian genius. He has a very crude and simplistic idea about the branches of government asserting power. To that extent, maybe Congress should be exerting its power. They created the statistical agencies. They should make sure someone is minding the store.
They're not trying to hide anything. BLS is just *badly* under-staffed. The under-staffing by the Executive branch is all negligence and incompetence rather than malice. Which is almost worse IMO.
June 5, 2025 at 10:35 PM
They're not trying to hide anything. BLS is just *badly* under-staffed. The under-staffing by the Executive branch is all negligence and incompetence rather than malice. Which is almost worse IMO.