• Renaissance Technologies is the most successful quant fund.
• https://www.renfund.com.
• They're ~300 employees, and are based in NY.
• Their medallion fund has the best record in investing history. It's based off Baum's models and has gotten 66% gross annualized return (39% after fees) for 30 years (88-18).
• They are a collection of scientists, not wall street buffs. They have PhDs in math/cs, not economics/finance.
• Disney jumped 5% from the earnings report, and will still have the disney+ launch next week.
• Chiro.
• Finished mindhunter season 1, starting 2.
• Real: ed kemper (the coed killer), montie rissell (the guy who wanted Big Red), benjamin barnwright (the fiance), jerry brudos (shoes), richard speck (ripe c*nts), david berkowitz (son of sam), dennis rader (btk killer, adt serviceman).
• Not real: dwight taylor (the grandma/dog killer), roger wade (principal, tickler).
• Made 5lbs maple peanut pecan butter. Tried without roasting. Definitely better roasted (and blends faster). Gonna try macademia, hazelnut, and pistachio next (individually). They're all about $1/oz, which means a batch is ~$30. Peanuts are the cheapest, then tier 2 is pecans/cashews/etc. These nuts are tier 3, most expensive.
• Hazelnuts = Filberts. Nutella is made from these.
• Ordered 2lbs of each. $100.
• Smoked 20lbs ribs. That's 43 sessions on this smoker, and it's been almost exactly a year. Almost once per week!
• Made new batch of 12 shake jars.
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