Vedran Grcic

Some healthtech, some fintech, a lot of complex systems.
Good books, worse quotes and questionable opinions.
Exploring and trolling, but not in that order.

[Solana Valentines @sol_valentines]

Want to celebrate Valentine's Day the true #Solana way?
Stay tuned 💕

[Patrick McKenzie @patio11]

Better pricing model than upfront payment plus 20% annual maintenance, which was the market standard.

Better delivery model than a gold master every 18 months.

Better Ops model than debugging arbitrary customer hardware over a telephone.

[Patrick McKenzie @patio11]

A currency peg is a story, with an arbitrary beginning and middle followed by “and then it broke.”

[Street Level Australia @streetlevelaus]

New development proposal in Paris by Sebastian Treese

[Steven J. Hoffman @shoffmania]

7. This main finding about enforcement mechanisms is immediately relevant to ongoing diplomatic negotiations, eg, #IHR, #PandemicsTreaty, #PlasticsTreaty. Countries that want treaties to matter will push to embed enforcement mechanisms within them. #WhatGetsEnforcedGivesEffects

[Steven J. Hoffman @shoffmania]

6. In other words, this study raises doubts about the value of treaties that neither regulate trade/finance nor contain enforcement mechanisms. Future treaties beyond trade/finance without enforcement mechanisms are unlikely worth their considerable effort and could cause harm.

[Vedran Grcic @vedrangrcic]

@gaydarke @culturaltutor @CloudAppSoc Theres a beta on Android.
Im using that https://t.co/jP9lbEjpHH

[Bitfinex'ed 🔥🐧 Κασσάνδρα 🏺 @Bitfinexed]

Hi, yes? Police?

I put my crypto on a crypto bridge called nomad and someone stole all of my money please help?

[Vedran Grcic @vedrangrcic]

@davidamariles @DamienCharlotin

[Michael Nielsen @michael_nielsen]

Fascinating argument for why the distribution in number of papers published is so heavy-tailed (most scientists publish few, a few scientists publish many):

(From Wang & Barabasi's book "The Science of Science")

[Michel Lara @VeraCausa9]

“If we take eternity to mean not infinite temporal duration but timelessness, then eternal life belongs to those who live in the present”

-Wittgenstein, TLP 6.4311

-Giorgio de Chirico, The Philosopher’s Conquest, 1913-14

[Jakeup @myhandle]

anyway, it's funny how in science fiction the official currency is always something like "standard credits" when it's likelier to be "actually new new kilodollar final FINAL v.3.2"

[Dr. Julie Gurner @drgurner]

Note: The more control you feel you have in your life, the happier you tend to be.
The opposite is also true.

[Vedran Grcic @vedrangrcic]

@SinglyNone @mattyglesias What is the site you are using?

[Skew Δ @52kskew]

If CT left the house

[Rory Sutherland @rorysutherland]

HT to Pratham Ravi - from Forbes 1969.

[Patrick McKenzie @patio11]

Someday I should write up a list of actual concrete policies that compose what I’ve called the Will To Have Nice Things here.

This is one of them.

[Carl Bildt @carlbildt]

This guy - Matteo Salvini - has just contributed to bringing down the Draghi government in 🇮🇹, and now hopes that a new election will bring him to power. Corks are popping in the Kremlin.

[William Dalrymple @DalrympleWill]

There is growing evidence of contact between Buddhist India of the early centuries CE and the Roman world- this image of the Buddha, probably sculpted in a workshop in Alexandria, was recently found at the Egyptian Red Sea port of Berenike.