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New comment by executivevice in "What AI did to stackoverflow in a graph"

executivevice — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 12:44:54 +0000

S/o's somewhat cumbersome scheme to aquire comment points to be able to answer was a awkward kludge in the principal problem of open contribution sites, namely that human slop and gamified tactics tend to kill the site. It probably was effective enough to keep things working for a long time but it could not recruit new users (not just readers) as fast as it needed to. It doesn't seem like the points based system really helped as many devs find jobs as it would have taken for the site to become a recruiting tool. It probably would have had to shift and evolve in several keys ways to survive

New comment by executivevice in "Anthropic raises $65B in Series H funding at $965B post-money valuation"

executivevice — Fri, 29 May 2026 16:33:58 +0000

Because they (should) have sophisticated risk models that account for the long tail. If even a few ipos become Google or Facebook, the risk is worth it. But for average retail investors ipo participation will be bag holding exercise. That said betting your conviction is one of the only ways to beat the market, even if it comes with additional risk (emotional+intellectual attachments). If you really believe in ai or space exploration, the upcoming ipos represent an opportunity to bet on your beliefs and predictive capability

New comment by executivevice in "Anthropic raises $65B in Series H funding at $965B post-money valuation"

executivevice — Fri, 29 May 2026 03:16:42 +0000

> Approximately 56% to 60% of U.S. initial public offerings (IPOs) lose absolute value over a five-year period. Historically, the median IPO stock has lost roughly 41% of its value five years after its first day of trading.

Ipos are somewhat notoriously risky investments.