#8 of 23-Oct '15 ___ ___ ___ | __| __| \ | _|| _|| |) | |_| |___|___/ Dollar Moves Shake the World: “Federal Reserve Could Start a Currency War” How did the Federal Reserve get so much power over the American economy – and that of the world’s? There have been many stages of the theft which are too numerous to list, but which are generally well known to those familiar with its odious origins as a design by the banking cartel. Started under conspiratorial circumstances back in 1913, the Federal Reserve has established itself as a private central bank for the country, though it is not part of the U.S. government. Since its inception, the Fed has driven the dollar down to just a fraction of its original value. Americans face a further decline in their standard of living in all cases, market-wide conditions that the Fed alone can determine. Their wealth is rapidly evaporating. If the Fed raises rates, the market will crash. On the otherhand, if it doesn’t raise rates, and continues indefinitely on its course of quantative easing, investors, middle class and working families, businesses, as well as pensions, benefit programs and insurance policies will also die a slow painful economic death. DISCLAIMER: Internet article could be totaly FALSE (as one of conspiracy one) http://www.silverdoctors.com/dollar-moves-shake-the-world-federal-reserve-could-start-a-currency-war/ _ _ __| |_ __ _| |_ ___ (_-< _/ _` | _(_-< /__/\__\__,_|\__/__/ Goodbye, t-test: new stats models for A/B testing boost accuracy/effectivness The t-test has served as a workhorse for conversion optimization teams for many years — though there’s always been confusion about what the results really mean. Fortunately, there are now solutions. Optimizely and VWO have both developed new models for analyzing A/B testing and conversion results that can help businesses keep up with the flood of data they get from their websites. Optimizely’s Stats Engine uses sequential testing. It’s better suited for A/B testing, because it evaluates results as data comes in, instead of “fixed horizon testing” using a fixed sample size. Doing so brings a Bayesian view that creates a likelihood ratio, a model for how the variation is expected to perform [IMG:] http://www.widerfunnel.com/goodbye-t-test-new-stats-models-for-ab-testing-boost-accuracy-effectiveness/ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ __ _ _ _ __ _| | |___| | __ __ _____ _ _| |__| |___ | '_ \/ _` | '_/ _` | | / -_) | \ V V / _ \ '_| / _` (_-< | .__/\__,_|_| \__,_|_|_\___|_| \_/\_/\___/_| |_\__,_/__/ |_| Exist And Interact With Our World, Say Physicists “The idea of parallel universes in quantum mechanics has been around since 1957,” explained Howard Wiseman, a physicist at Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia, and one of the physicists to come up with MIW. “In the well-known ‘Many-Worlds Interpretation’, each universe branches into a bunch of new universes every time a quantum measurement is made. All possibilities are therefore realised – in some universes the dinosaur-killing asteroid missed Earth. In others, Australia was colonised by the Portuguese.” “But critics question the reality of these other universes, since they do not influence our universe at all,” he added. “On this score, our “Many Interacting Worlds” approach is completely different, as its name implies.” Wiseman and colleagues have proposed that there exists “a universal force of repulsion between ‘nearby’ (i.e. similar) worlds, which tends to make them more dissimilar.” Quantum effects can be explained by factoring in this force, they propose. Whether or not the math holds true will be the ultimate test for this theory. Does it or does it not properly predict quantum effects mathematically? But the theory is certain to provide plenty of fodder for the imagination. For instance, when asked about whether their theory might entail the possibility that humans could someday interact with other worlds, Wiseman said: “It’s not part of our theory. But the idea of [human] interactions with other universes is no longer pure fantasy.” What might your life look like if you made different choices? Maybe one day you’ll be able to look into one of these alternative worlds and find out. http://www.thebigriddle.com/2015/10/parallel-worlds-exist-and-interact-with.html#sthash.DZtPUaCi.dpuf ___ _____ _ _ ___ _____ |_ _|_ _| | |_ _|_ _| | | | | |_ _| | | | |___| |_| |_|___| |_| Simplifying the Business of IT managment via patterns Disclaimer: JustForFun The IT4IT standard will provide prescriptive guidance on how to design, procure and implement the functionality needed to run IT. The end-to-end, ‘how to’ emphasis of the IT Value Chain and IT4IT Reference Architecture also enables the state of services that IT delivers to be systematically tracked across the service lifecycle. http://www.opengroup.org/IT4IT/overview http://www.slideshare.net/alphas0ng/it4-it-presentation-cb _ _ _ _ _ __ _ ___ ___ __| | __| |___ __(_)__(_)___ _ _ ___ _ _ _ _| |___ ___ / _` / _ \/ _ \/ _` | / _` / -_) _| (_-< / _ \ ' \(_-< | '_| || | / -_|_-< \__, \___/\___/\__,_| \__,_\___\__|_/__/_\___/_||_/__/ |_| \_,_|_\___/__/ |___/ Learning With a Advanced Teacher In this lecture, Vladimir Vapnik will discuss how the LUPI learning model can take the form of comments, descriptions, metaphoric reasoning and other teaching tactics. He will describe the goal of the model — to develop good decision rules even when only a small number of examples is provided. https://www.simonsfoundation.org/lecture/learning-with-a-nontrivial-teacher/ _ _ _ ___ _ _ ___ __ ___ _____(_)___ _ _ | ' \/ _ \ | '_/ -_) _/ -_|_-<_-< / _ \ ' \ |_||_\___/ |_| \___\__\___/__/__/_\___/_||_| Is Signaled By iM's Business Cycle Index Knowing when the U.S. economy is heading for recession is paramount for successful investment decisions. Our weekly Business Cycle Index (BCI) would have provided early reliable warnings for the past seven recessions. The BCI at 199.0 up from last week's revised 198.2; it is at a new high for the current business cycle, which is also indicated by BCIp on 100. The 6-month smoothed annualized growth BCIg at 13.9 is also higher compared to last week's 13.2. No recession is signaled. Figure 1 plots BCIp, BCI, BCIg and the S&P 500 together with the thresholds (red lines) that need to be crossed to be able to call a recession. http://seekingalpha.com/article/3596776-no-recession-is-signaled-by-ims-business-cycle-index-update-october-22-2015 _ ___ _ _ _ _ /_\ |_ _| (_)_ _ | |__ __ _ _ _ | |_(_)_ _ __ _ / _ \ | | | | ' \ | '_ \/ _` | ' \| / / | ' \/ _` | /_/ \_\___| |_|_||_| |_.__/\__,_|_||_|_\_\_|_||_\__, | |___/ Got it wrong. Bank Customers would do banking with AI in the Future “Hey Siri – Are you the bank of the future?”… “No comment, David” – Sometimes when someone says no comment that means no but when the thing saying it is a computer assistant then “no comment” means someone has taken the time to think about it and decide upon a snarky comment rather than nothing at all! For years AI has been a good idea without real world application or the processing power, connectivity or interface intelligence to maximize the opportunity. In the last 6 months, and ever increasingly, those restrictions are being removed and companies like IBM, Apple and Google are breaking down the challenges that lead us to being able to utilize both Artificial Intelligence and voice interfaces. For banks this could unlock huge amounts of potential, dramatically reduce operating costs, significantly decreasing risk and fraud as well as have the potential to finally live up to their data potential. http://thinkdifferentgroup.co.uk/news/ai-banking-got-wrong-bank-customers-talking-something-not-someone/ _ _ _ | |_ (_)_ _(_)_ _ __ _ | ' \| | '_| | ' \/ _` | |_||_|_|_| |_|_||_\__, | |___/ ... The Career Trajectory This is one of the most unique parts of Lever’s hiring. The Career Trajectory interview is a deep-dive into your professional history with a single interviewer – covering everything from education, to your first job, to present day in a structured, chronological format. We’re still building the foundational team at Lever, and it’s important for us to understand you by exploring topics like decision-making styles, what energizes or drains you, and what kind of managers you work best with. Every current Leveroo has been through this interview and it speaks to the strong intention that we approach every hire with. My CT interview felt in some ways like a therapy session. As a software engineer with an untraditional background, I appreciated the forum to express my goals for my career and to have a deep, authentic conversation about why I believed Lever was the right place for me. The CT interview demonstrated to me Lever’s recognition that candidates are so much more than just a list of programming languages, projects, or skills. It was a refreshing change of pace from other companies’ interview processes where it felt like they only cared about the code I could produce. Here at Lever, we’re looking for team members who show ownership and passion for their work and personal growth, and these interviews keep that goal in mind. We’ve designed our hiring process thoughtfully and with great care so that we can find the best people to help us continue transforming the hiring landscape. If you’re interested in helping out and being part of a company that values its employees as whole, human beings, join us! http://www.lever.co/inside/candidate-centered-engineering-hiring _ _ _ ____ _| |__ _ __ _ _(_)_ __ ___ _ _ _ _ (_)__ ___ _ _ _ _ (_-< || | '_ \ '_ \ '_| | ' \/ -_) | || | ' \| / _/ _ \ '_| ' \ /__/\_,_|_.__/ .__/_| |_|_|_|_\___| \_,_|_||_|_\__\___/_| |_||_| |_| One of Silicon Valley's boom in tech Revered Silicon Valley venture capitalist Michael Moritz has published a brutal takedown of the recent boom in "unicorn" tech businesses worth over $1 billion, saying many are "subprime." In an opinion piece in the Financial Times published late on Friday, Moritz, a partner at Sequoia Capital, says that many startups recently valued at $1 billion (£650 million) or above "seem the flimsiest of edifices." When Moritz talks, people sit up and listen. The "Welsh wizard" is one of the most famous and successful VCs in America. He was an early investor in Google, YouTube, Yahoo!, and PayPal. He currently sits on the board of companies including Stripe and LinkedIn. He's proved his chops. http://www.businessinsider.in/One-of-Silicon-Valleys-top-investors-just-eviscerated-the-subprime-unicorn-boom-in-tech/articleshow/49429783.cms ___ _ _ _ _ ___ _ __ ___ / -_) || | '_/ _ \ '_ \/ -_) \___|\_,_|_| \___/ .__/\___| |_| It’s crazy to think that my 13-week Eurotrip throughout the Summer of 2015 has already passed. I’m sitting here freezing my butt off in a coffee shop in downtown Kiev, Ukraine – my final destination in Europe before I head to Asia until 2016. How on earth it suddenly turn winter? It’s 32F/0C degrees outside and this hot tea is not warming me up (let alone my lack of a winter coat). It feels like just yesterday when I was sitting in my room in Arizona, counting downing the days until my trip started. Time flies, dude. Here is a look at the last 13 weeks of my life across more than 25 countries. http://thehungrypartier.com/top-13-highlights-from-13-weeks-in-europe/ _ _ | |_ ___ __| |_ _ __ _ _ ___ _ __ | _/ -_) _| ' \| '_ \ '_/ -_) '_ \ \__\___\__|_||_| .__/_| \___| .__/ |_| |_| By 2020 there will be 1M programming jobs left unfulfilled Facebook today announced the launch of TechPrep, a new online computer science and programming resource, to address what it sees as a “lack of exposure to computer science and careers in technology,” especially prevalent in “underrepresented groups including Black and Hispanic communities.” TechPrep will be available in English and Spanish, and pulls together hundreds of resources including games, books, in-person opportunities, and community events (see all the resources here). To help children and guardians better understand the tech industry and career opportunities, Facebook breaks down types of programming, programming benefits, and the future of programming jobs. “By 2020 there will be 1 million programming jobs left unfulfilled,” Facebook says on the TechPrep website. “What are you waiting for?” http://venturebeat.com/2015/10/20/facebook-launches-techprep-by-2020-there-will-be-1m-programming-jobs-left-unfulfilled/ _ __ __ _ __ _ _ ___ | ' \/ _` / _| '_/ _ \ |_|_|_\__,_\__|_| \___/ Credit Suisse will be hiring and firing Yesterday was Credit Suisse’s big strategy day. We have everything you could ever want to know about Tidjane Thiam’s vision for the future here. But if you want the attenuated version, you can simply look at the charts below, extracted from the presentations of Timothy O’Hara, head of global markets, Jim Amine, head of investment banking and capital markets, and Iqbal Khan, head of international wealth management. http://news.efinancialcareers.com/uk-en/224128/where-credit-suisse-will-be-hiring-and-firing-three-charts/