H.E. Shane

only those who risk are free

[Warona @corrl1nks]

"This is English" might just be the greatest response ever

[まだ面白い @madaomoshiroi]

雪化粧で頬を赤らめてる車の表情が可愛すぎる

[Shivam Jha @shivamxjha]

may London never lose the standing outside the pub on the streets in the summer culture

[Path of Men @PathOfMen_]

Until death, all defeat is psychological

[Dev Sahni @devsahni]

Stick him in any cafe or restaurant across Europe and he’ll place his order with poise, precision and polish.

Big John is at the absolute peak of his powers.

[Brungus @BrungusTwo]

They’re putting a fucking data center in west ardougne

[𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘦🦇 @ilychaddle]

Gorillas are actually so funny. She really rolled down the hill just to whoop his ass

[ᐱ ᑎ ᑐ ᒋ ᕮ ᒍ @Andr3jH]

Seeing this physiognomy must have triggered some genetic memories of the Mongol conquest in Xi. This is psychological warfare of the highest order.

[RussiaNews 🇷🇺 @mog_russEN]

🚨⚡️ HANDSHAKE WAR:

Trump tried his signature move to seize control, but Xi stood like a fortress, forcing a desperate double-hand pivot.

[CG @cgtwts]

All those years of refusing to learn Excel, Word and PowerPoint is about to pay off

[hera @shiningdaisies]

unfortunately i could never be nonchalant because i am not well in the head and also my soul is on fire

[Aunty Teda @imoteda]

Uk???????????????? If you earn 10k after taxes in the Uk you can ask the queen to resurrect to make you breakfast!

[Delta @deltaxbt]

LETS FUCKING GOOOOO LMFAOOOOO hahahahahahah

[TURKI ALALSHIKH @Turki_alalshikh]

To my friends in Great Britain - it’s happening 🦁. It’s signed ✍️🥊

[poof @poof_eth]

Had a Jane Street interview in 2013 that still bothers me.

It was my 6th round. Final interview. The guy walks in carrying no laptop, no notebook, just a cold brew and what I later realized was a single IKEA tea candle.

He writes on the whiteboard:

food: $200
rent: $800
utilities: $150
candles: $3,600
family: dying

Then he turns around and says, “Optimize.”
I laughed because I thought it was a culture-fit bit. He did not laugh.
So I said, “Well, obviously you spend less on candles.”
He says, “Assume candles are non-discretionary.”
Okay.

I start building a model. Basic constraint satisfaction. Family survival as a soft penalty. Candles as a state variable. Maybe there’s an arbitrage where you buy wholesale paraffin and convert the $3,600 line item into inventory.

He stops me.

“You’re thinking like a consultant.”

That’s when I knew I was in trouble.

He says, “Give me a bid-ask on family dying.”

I say, “What?”

He says, “You’re long candles, short family. Where do you make markets?”

I try to recover. I say the real issue is liquidity: rent and utilities are fixed, food is elastic, candles are emotionally inelastic. Therefore the optimal strategy is to securitize future candle enjoyment and borrow against it.

He nods for the first time.

Then he asks, “What time do you sell the candles?”

I say, “Whenever the market is liquid?”

He says, “Be more specific.”

I say, “Uh… 10 a.m. Eastern?”

For the first time, he smiles.

He goes, “Every day?”

I say, “Every day.”

He says, “In size?”

I say, “In size.”

He says, “And what do we call that?”

I say, “Market manipulation?”

The room gets very quiet.

He looks disappointed and writes something down.

“No. We call it providing liquidity to candle ETFs during the U.S. cash open.”

I try to save it. “Right. Of course. The family isn’t dying because we underfunded them. They’re just experiencing temporary price discovery.”

He nods again.

Then he points back at the board.

I had missed it. The utility bill was $150, but candles provide light. You can zero out utilities.

I update the budget:

food: $200
rent: $800
utilities: $0
candles: $3,750
family: still dying, but now in a more capital-efficient way

He says, “How confident are you?”

I say, “0.95.”

He smiles and circles candles.

“0.95 huh?”

Then he asks me to estimate how many leveraged longs get liquidated if we dump $3,750 of candles at 10:00:01 every morning for 90 consecutive trading days.
Needless to say I did not get the offer.

[Sports Season @SportsSeason_]

This is the first time these words have ever been said in human history

[COOLEE BRAVO @ItalianFiesta]

LMAOOOOOOOO

[blue @bluewmist]

We’re not kids anymore. Now my mom tells me her problems, and I hide mine so she doesn’t have to worry.