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ML math is easier than you think. There are only six subjects you need to understand:

- Algebra

- Linear algebra

- Probability

- Derivatives

- Gradients

- Backpropagation

I share links for learning each on my Substack.

Currently watching Trump’s State of the Union address. And what astounds me is how much more anti-trans stuff is in this speech than anything about global trade. It continues to astound me just how core transphobia is to their agenda and messaging.

The Trump admin has been using the prison at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba naval base (AKA Gitmo) to illegally imprison Venezuelan migrants, whom they are treating as violent criminals, even when there is no record of them being violent or criminal.

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The Pomp Letter
The Pomp Letter
Maybe We Are Getting A Bitcoin-Only Strategic Reserve After All
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Huge news for open-source. Qwen just released a 32B model that rivals DeepSeek-R1 while being 95% smaller.

Why this matters:

🔹 RL scaling breakthrough – Reinforcement learning boosts reasoning, math, and coding, making mid-sized models competitive with giants.

🔹 Efficient & open – Fully open-weight (Apache 2.0), available on Hugging Face …

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EIA Crude Oil Report:

  • EIA Crude Oil Inventories showed a significant build of 3.614M barrels, much higher than the forecast of 0.8M and a reversal from the previous week's draw of -2.332M barrels.

  • Cushing Inventories (oil storage hub) increased by 1.124M barrels, continuing the build trend from the previous week (1.282M).

  • Gasoline Inventori…