Why “Simons” is being discussed
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Truth about the Simons Foundation (it was an early AI booster) is flagged here. Jim Simons gets a hagiography by a couple of shills. A group of utterly vile people frequents thi…
by 1239786 · Oct 16, 2026
It’s simple: Because Jim Simons (who founded RenTech and Simons Foundation) was a prominent mathematician himself. He was also a major backer of autism research, because his fam…
by cloudbonsai · Oct 15, 2026
> Suggesting all the other are dummies? In a sense, yes. There is no Simons Foundation for laid-off programmers. Taxi drivers and truckers, meanwhile, are really just trying to…
by JumpCrisscross · Oct 15, 2026
I assumed Hacker News commenters would find the extra contextual information useful in the same way that I did. I didn't assume they would come to the same conclusions, and I've…
by simonw · Oct 15, 2026
Respectfully, you didn't answer either. Jim Simons was a brilliant mathematician, has done a lot for math and people involved in math. If you assume they are "pro math and pro m…
by danielmarkbruce · Oct 15, 2026
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