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It’s quickly apparent that Ian brings a cerebral bent to his work. He actively seeks and hoards information, isolating and then coddling a nugget of curiosity until it blossoms into a sprawling research project. A few years ago, Ian decided he needed to understand economics, so he bought a batch of textbooks off of Amazon and EBay to work through. Most days, he says, he puts in an hour or so on Wikipedia. On a recent October afternoon, “William III of England” is open on his computer—just to look...
Hawrilenko—who used to work in finance but now makes his living playing online poker—says that after he had played a large number of hands, he ran different kinds of win-rate analyses and determined that his chance of going bust was “pretty much zero,” which meant that he would win in the long run. And it’s safe to say that he has: at the 2009 World Series, Hawrilenko won more than a million dollars when he came in first place at an event. He took...
...ways, it’s harder to be a professional gambler than to work on Wall Street because on Wall Street, you’re really screwing around with other people’s money,” Ian says. “To be blunt, a lot of them really don’t have enough of their own skin in the game.” Though some poker players might be capable of beating a bigger game, they don’t move into higher stakes because they know that their bankroll can’t withstand...
...increased focus on HoCos also calls attention to the need to monitor spending of UC funds and highlights problems with house budgets. Currently, HoCos receive their funding from the UC, and all houses, regardless of their size, work under the same budget. It would be wise for the UC to review this arrangement and consider updating it reflect the large disparities in size between houses. Bigger houses might need bigger funds. The UC can take the opportunity to investigate whether money is being properly managed and propose new ideas...
...HUMOR IS WORK...