"5. He operated under a cloak of secrecy..."

Well, they say He works in mysterious ways...

Yes, not to mention that nearly every casino/hotel on the Strip is owned by either Caesar's Entertainment or MGM Resorts. They are huge publicly-traded companies who want to minimize risk.

MGM Resorts Properties: Bellagio Circus Circus CityCenter (50% joint venture with Dubai World) Aria Resort & Casino Mandarin Oriental Excalibur Luxor Mandalay Bay MGM Grand The Mirage New York-New York Park MGM

Caesars Entertainment Corp: Bally's Caesars Palace Harrah's The Cromwell Flamingo Las Vegas The Linq Las Vegas Planet Hollywood Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino

This is a good point, in fact recently there have been a spate of articles claiming that millennials are saving too much (in cash at least) and not putting enough in the stock market:

"42% of Millennials are investing conservatively, compared with 38% of Generation X investors and 23% of baby boomers, according to the Fidelity survey." source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/andreacoombes/2018/03/13/millen...

But having lived through 2007-2009, it's no surprise they have a preference for cash in the bank.

Yep:

"Dunder Mifflin Infinity" - Season 4 Episode 3/4

> Another said: "The target grows every year."

Whenever I see examples of impossible-to-meet goals I'm reminded of reminded of this classic "I Love Lucy" bit [0] with the chocolates on the conveyor belt.

"Speeeed it up a little!"

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NPzLBSBzPI

> To the point where you wish you hadn't started but the sunk cost of time invested is such that there is no way back either.

"All causes shall give way. I am in code

Stepped in so far that, should I wade no more,

Returning were as tedious as go o'er."

Anecdote: fix the root cause of some really hard to get to bug only to realize you forgot what the highest level problem was.

Are you me? :D

Indeed, dog walkers are even listed in that article (from over two years ago) as being prone to "platform leakage". From the fourth-to-last paragraph:

"As soon as you find that cleaner, that dog walker, that landscaper who’s right for you, you want them in your pocket, at your disposal at all times, without needing to go through a searching-platform process again."

Investment Science - is that the one by David Luenberger? Green cover?

Yes! It actually has a bunch of really deep math hiding in plan sight (they have a chapter where they reinvent RL but call it dynamic portfolio optimization, and when they axiomize risk they are really talking about special measures)

This is another dupe of the discussion at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14637873

"Judge William Alsup, who is presiding over the case, ordered Uber to search more thoroughly for the documents."

Judge Alsup always winds up with the most interesting cases :-)

Ohh, didn't realize this is the same judge who taught himself Java (https://www.wired.com/2012/05/google-schmidt-page-damages/)