An old, yet interesting news from the archive China Fines Alibaba $2.8 Billion in Landmark Antitrust Case The penalty is the biggest move to date in China’s campaign to tighten supervision of its internet Goliaths. By Raymond Zhong, NY Times, April 9th, 2021. By hitting the e-commerce titan Alibaba with a record $2.8 billion antitrust fine on Saturday, Chinese officials sent a message to the country’s high-flying internet industry: We’ve got our eyes on you. ...

sign of growth | you get to understand people character that you don’t understand early on.

A recent interview, well more precisely, a report of Professor Wei Jiang’s talk about time management, when she visited SUFE early June. Interestingly, the report is released by FDU. Voices of Alumni | Professor Wei Jiang: Six Hours of Work a Day is Enough, the Key is to Focus Quickly Fudan University School of Economics - June 13, 2024 This Q&A session is based on Professor Wei Jiang’s Q&A session on June 5 with young teachers and PhD students from the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics and DAFI’s questions to Professor Jiang. ...

I love working. I get a day off and I’m confused. I’m like, cause I’ll have to do something? But sometimes being too occupied drowns oneself. I will find myself staring at the computer screen with something displaying yet my mind simply does not work. The delicate balance of being active and burnt out is something that shall not be taken for granted. Already feeling losing a bit of control over life, here’s some minimal effort of taking it back––the list of to-read papers and priorities that should be on the top of my mind. ...

How to have great conversations? (see here for a review) One simple trick is to be a good listener. The intention of self-expression roots deeply in our humanity. So viewing this from the other side: the more you listen, the more the other will feel seen––even, sometimes what you’ll be doing is simply repeating the last few words of what they’d said. ‘Mute’ is the technique though, but not an omnipotent solution. Authenticity is something that is much more powerful yet hard to achieve. It’s very hard to fake genuine interest. Authentic kindness and genuine interest is usually recognized instantly, whether they are displayed right on one’s face or conveyed via micro-expressions or gestures. ...

Ariana Grande (Part 1) | Podcrushed | Ep 71 In Part 1 of this two-part conversation with the extraordinarily prolific Ariana Grande, the crew has a wide ranging conversation on childhood, Ariana’s Broadway origins, and getting to act alongside her best friends. Ariana shares thoughtful reflections on her time at Nickelodeon and why therapy should be mandatory for all child actors. Though mostly filled with casual chats and laughter, there’s an astoundingly beautiful intepretation of Saturn’s ring in the episode. ...

“Never go to bed without kissing goodnight”––Here’s my favourite lyrics from the closing single of Ariana Grande’s new album eternal sunshine, ‘ordinary things’ featuring Ariana’s Nonna: You hit just like the first sip of wine after a long day You hit like my biggest fan when I hear what the critiques say You hit just like a green light when I’m stuck runnin’ real late I don’t need no diamonds, just your time ...

Supposedly, Mozart once made a joke: “What’s worse than the sound of a flute? - Two flutes.” We’ll never know if it is real. Somehow anecdotally humors turned into being that Mozart hated the flute. But, when one listens to his flute and harp concerto, this seems hard to believe anyway. But it’s true that Mozart seldom offer to write works for flute alone. He said so himself, in a letter to his father. He said he couldn’t abide the sound of a solo flute and found it difficult to compose for a flute. Mozart was struggling to fulfill a commission from an amateur musician for numerous flute works (including his two concertos for the instrument) when he penned those disparaging words to his father; he sounds like a procrastinating student making excuses for not finishing his homework: ...

The music industry is booming in 2024. What a scene. Following Ariana Grande’s eternal sunshine release in March, Taylor Swift’s tenth album in April, Dua Lipa in May. And now Sabrina Carpenter has taken over to begin her campaign for her new project Short n’ Sweet. Sabrina Carpenter’s latest single looks to take her breakout year to an even-higher level. Her season is in full effect. As “Espresso” continues to dominate, “Please Please Please,” the second single from Carpenter’s forthcoming Short n’ Sweet LP, has emerged as yet another smash for the pint-sized pop star. ...

The Beta distribution is a versatile and useful probability distribution with a wide range of applications in statistics, particularly when associated with modelling unknown probabilities and doing Bayesian inference. Here’s a brief overview: definition The Beta distribution, denoted as $ \theta \sim B(\alpha, \beta) $​, is defined by two shape parameters $ \alpha $​ and $ \beta $​. The probability density function (pdf) of the Beta distribution is given by: ...