Stocks A to Z / Stocks B / Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
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Manlobbi I mean.
If you have a look at 'Shrewdsmith' you can follow what he does: Continously during the day watching whether somebody finds bugs or an idea he agrees with and immediately working on that.
Managing the site seems to create much more work for Manlobbi now than setting it up was. Maybe he should ask his pal Jim to take over for a while :-)
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P.S.: I hope he does not reply to this as he has enough to do and I don't want to waste his time. Writing this is just my way to show my appreciation for the incredible work and time he did and still does invest.
No. of Recommendations: 18
P.S.: I hope he does not reply to this as he has enough to do and I don't want to waste his time.
Sorry :)
Managing the site seems to create much more work for Manlobbi now than setting it up was.
Indeed I am doing everything at the start: Programming the entire platform starting from one line of programming a couple of weeks ago, completing that, hosting it, writing introductory posts for the various boards, answering to reports of opportunities to refine, and moderating/deleting some posts. And I'm supposed to be composing music.
But definitely do not worry, these 'polishing' steps are extremely finite and well defined, and about coming to an end already. Whilst it does seem odd that programming this polishing work takes quite a long time compared to the programming from scratch to the initial release, that is very normal (regarding the relative proportion of effort). It is extremely worthwhile doing the polishing and not compromising that step.
I have done unusual work to also make sure the project scales, so if there are an enormous number of posts, you will be okay.
I'll programme something for volunteering moderators also, so I can be hands off that also. I will also programme/automate concepts in service of keeping the community unified, focussed on intelligent dialogue, focussed in general, and very importantly - merry. The Post of the Week was one example, but there are others, and I can also refine further things that you already see.
- Manlobbi
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I might add that there is virtually no moderating to do. The community is so civilized and intelligent here, and from other 'offline' projects I find that goodness (if only lightly fertilized) tends to breed further goodness. So the future will be fine.
We will have an unprecedented level of freedom of speech and the main effort shouldn't be to narrowly filter out hatred, but rather, encourage kindness and patience, so it doesn't even start to descend to a lower level.
- Manlobbi
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Whilst it does seem odd that programming this polishing work takes quite a long time compared to the programming from scratch to the initial release, that is very normal (regarding the relative proportion of effort).
The similarities to music are not lost on me.
It does not take a lot of time to become competent in playing an instrument. For a diligent student, you can play reasonably well with a year or so of practice. Less, if it's related to an instrument you already know. (Such as a guitar player picking up the ukulele.) But becoming an accomplished performer takes many years of dedicated practice. The difference between a competent player and an accomplished performer is a huge amount of effort over a long period of time. But its needed to bring that polish to a performance that people will want to listen to.
I enjoyed playing clarinet from late grade school through high school. (Call it from age 10 to 18). I began my University studies in music as well. But I didn't have the drive to become that polished performer or composer. I did well enough for my own desires, but not well enough that people would pay me for music. So I switched majors. Still enjoy music, though.
There are similarities to investing, as well.
One can learn the basics of investing in a year or less. But that does not make one an expert investor. It takes many years of practice investing and analyzing to become a truly proficient investor. It takes even longer if you have to learn everything by making your own mistakes. So it makes sense to learn from others. And that's why I'm here. I'm not here to become an expert investor so that others will pay me to invest for them. I'm here to learn so I can better invest for myself.
And I think that was the original goal of a certain pair of brothers some 25+ years ago. Hopefully, that same spirit can live on here. And be expanded to the broader topic of being better people - something that seems to have been lost from those brothers' initial vision.
--Peter
