Hacker News with Generative AI: Strategy

Business books are entertainment, not strategic tools (theorthagonist.substack.com)
Most popular business books are written for emotional appeal, not intellectual rigor.
Business, Books, Marketing, Strategy
593 points by ZeroTalent 14 days ago | 255 comments
China needs Taiwanese ports to take the island. Mines are the key to protecting (aspistrategist.org.au)
If China ever makes good on decades of implicit threats to invade Taiwan, most of its ground force will have to land at ports.
China, Taiwan, Military, Geopolitics, Strategy
8 points by suraci 16 days ago | 5 comments
A coherent European/non-US cloud strategy (berthub.eu)
In the earlier post ‘But how to get to that European cloud?’ I alluded to a coherent strategy that might get us to such a non-US cloud. In the present article I hope to clarify what this could mean, and why I think it could work. Here I focus especially on what should happen concretely, and who should do it. Note that this page is compatible/congruent with the latest EuroStack document.
Cloud Computing, Europe, Strategy
45 points by TechTechTech 16 days ago | 38 comments
Magic: The Gathering Fans Harness Prime Number Puzzle as a Game Strategy (scientificamerican.com)
The popular fantasy card game Magic: The Gathering has a new card related to prime numbers. Now fans are trying to use it to tackle one of the biggest problems in mathematics
Games, Mathematics, Strategy
10 points by bobismyuncle 30 days ago | 3 comments
CXL and the Fawkes Principle: How to burst into flames and be reborn (medium.com)
RAS, short for Reliability, Availability and Serviceability is a key pillar of any infrastructure solution in the enterprise space.
Marketing, Business, Strategy, Growth Hacking, Reliability, Availability, Serviceability (RAS)
4 points by tanelpoder 35 days ago | 0 comments
X-Ray Defence (lichess.org)
X-rays that save your position from surprising angles
Chess, Strategy, Games
58 points by fzliu 36 days ago | 7 comments
The value of a dedicated data science approach in HR (gorelik.net)
This document outlines why HR departments in large organizations benefit from a dedicated data science approach, highlighting impacts beyond recruitment. In short, my thesis is as follows: as organizations scale, so does the complexity of understanding their internal dynamics. Data tools become essential to analyzing large organizations, as they enable HR to identify patterns and insights that can drive strategic improvements across key areas.
Data Science, Human Resources, Business Intelligence, Organizational Dynamics, Strategy
13 points by luu 41 days ago | 3 comments
Rickover's Lessons (chinatalk.media)
Strategic competition demands more than technological innovation — it requires building industrial power.
Strategy, Industry, Technology, Competition
122 points by pepys 61 days ago | 100 comments
Apple does AI as Microsoft did mobile (world.hey.com)
When the iPhone first appeared in 2007, Microsoft was sitting pretty with their mobile strategy. They'd been early to the market with Windows CE, they were fast-following the iPod with their Zune. They also had the dominant operating system, the dominant office package, and control of the enterprise. The future on mobile must have looked so bright!
Mobile, AI, Apple, Microsoft, Strategy
7 points by janandonly 72 days ago | 0 comments
Superintelligence Strategy (nationalsecurity.ai)
Rapid advances in AI are beginning to reshape national security.
Artificial Intelligence, National Security, Strategy
33 points by stygiansonic 79 days ago | 62 comments
Startups, Strategy, and Algorithms (substack.com)
Startups, Strategy, Algorithms
13 points by alitovsky 82 days ago | 4 comments
For military staff across Europe, wargaming is all the rage (france24.com)
Once dismissed as frivolous, wargames have emerged as crucial strategic tools amid rising global tensions. A recent simulation at Paris's École Militaire, where 500 participants played out high-intensity conflict scenarios, reflects a growing international trend toward gamified military preparedness.
Military, Strategy, Simulation, Europe, Global Security
15 points by smgit 83 days ago | 0 comments
On Zero Sum Games (The Informational Meta-Game) (rohan.ga)
Zero-sum games are fundamentally informational contests.
Game Theory, Information Theory, Strategy
43 points by ocean_moist 91 days ago | 25 comments
Find Your 2%Ers (2023) (joyarbitrage.substack.com)
Business, Marketing, Strategy
148 points by sebg 95 days ago | 40 comments
Coursera's 2025 Strategy: Focusing on Campus, Scaling Back Degrees (classcentral.com)
As revealed in a recent earnings call, Coursera’s strategy is to integrate into existing university curricula, prioritizing ‘Coursera for Campus’ over its own online degree programs.
Education, Online Learning, Coursera, Higher Education, Strategy
4 points by raybb 102 days ago | 0 comments
Shades of Blunders (lichess.org)
A post about why blunders happen to all of us, even though they shouldn't.
Chess, Mistakes, Strategy
45 points by fzliu 111 days ago | 9 comments
Mastering the Isolated Queen Pawn (IQP) (lichess.org)
The Isolated Queen Pawn (IQP) is one of the most dynamic and intriguing pawn structures in chess.
Chess, Strategy, Tactics
26 points by fzliu 130 days ago | 15 comments
Core Principles for Productivity (daniel.pub)
Productivity is built on five fundamental pillars: clear strategy, effective planning, focused execution, continuous growth, and strong support systems. This guide explores each of these areas, breaking down the key principles that enable sustainable, high-quality work.
Productivity, Strategy, Planning, Execution, Growth
17 points by publicdaniel 143 days ago | 0 comments
How can NBA address 3-point boom? Ranking 12 potential solutions (cbssports.com)
NBA, Basketball, Analytics, Strategy, Sports
21 points by amichail 146 days ago | 38 comments
$250 remaining of L&D budget – what to spend on? (ycombinator.com)
Currently learning basic SQL (for free on Code Academy), already have a Coursera subscription for business courses. Interested in different forms of learning (MOOCs don't really engage me that well).<p>My background is in finance and I would like to learn more about product development and strategy.
Learning, Finance, Product Development, Strategy
29 points by czatt 147 days ago | 21 comments
Kelly Can't Fail (win-vector.com)
You may have heard of the Kelly bet allocation strategy. It is a system for correctly exploiting information or bias in a gambling situation. It is also known as a maximally aggressive or high variance strategy, in that betting more than the Kelly selection can be quite ruinous.
Gambling, Finance, Strategy, Statistics
393 points by jmount 155 days ago | 120 comments
The One Hundred Pages Strategy (thelampmagazine.com)
Almost nothing I have written in the last few years has given rise to more correspondence than a throwaway column about reading, in which I alluded to what I call the “hundred pages strategy.”
Reading, Strategy, Writing
54 points by keiferski 157 days ago | 13 comments
The One Hundred Pages Strategy (thelampmagazine.com)
Almost nothing I have written in the last few years has given rise to more correspondence than a throwaway column about reading, in which I alluded to what I call the “hundred pages strategy.”
Reading, Writing, Strategy, Personal Development
3 points by samclemens 164 days ago | 1 comments
The Two Big Games (overcomingbias.com)
Imagine a business meeting which will decide if a new project goes forward, or decide key priorities about it. There are two games that folks in this business might play re this meeting.
Business, Strategy, Decision Making, Meetings
11 points by jger15 172 days ago | 2 comments
Generative AI Is Still Just a Prediction Machine (hbr.org)
Artificial intelligence tools can now write, code, draw, summarize, and brainstorm. The proliferation of generative AI tools poses serious questions for managers, such as: What tasks can be done by AI, what will humans still need to do, and what are the sustainable sources of competitive advantage as AI continues to improve? To understand the strategic implications of these new capabilities, managers need a framework for when AI will be helpful and when it might fail.
Generative AI, Artificial Intelligence, Business, Management, Strategy
3 points by naves 184 days ago | 0 comments
The Early Christian Strategy (astralcodexten.com)
In 1980, game theorist Robert Axelrod ran a famous Iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma Tournament.
History, Strategy, Game Theory
16 points by feross 189 days ago | 8 comments
MOATs Aren't Useful (rohan.ga)
What I mean is that, conceptually, “MOATs” are not a useful abstraction. There is a saying that “all models are wrong, but some are useful” and I am saying that, as a model, MOATs are not useful. I think that asking a founder “what their MOAT is” will not offer useful information about their project.
Business, Startups, Strategy
6 points by ocean_moist 198 days ago | 4 comments
Crokinole (pudding.cool)
Technically speaking, they each flicked a 3.2cm disc 30cm across a board into a 3.5cm hole (just 9% wider than the disc itself) eight times in a row. In game terms, they made eight open 20s each.
Games, Sports, Strategy
621 points by Tomte 218 days ago | 166 comments
The Greatest Checkmate Ever Given (youtube.com)
Chess, Youtube, Strategy
9 points by mellosouls 222 days ago | 1 comments
How to Beat Online Poker: Russian Group Won Big with AI (bloomberg.com)
Online Poker, AI, Russia, Gambling, Strategy
12 points by alexey-salmin 244 days ago | 1 comments