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One of the possible benefits of the increasing use of refrigeration in the United States during the early 1900's was a rapid decrease in the stomach cancer rate, which appears to be largely due to the decreasing use of nitrate-based sa
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I believe this is indicative of a frustrating phenomenon in the U.S. healthcare/legal system where many doctors are prone to being overly cautious due to the threat of malpractice litigation. You rarely hear of doctors being sued for
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While it is true that there is plenty of uncertainty regarding the value of finding DCIS, it is well established that there is significant benefit to finding small invasive breast cancers such as invasive lobular carcinoma and invasive duct
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Interestingly, the semiconductor industry has thought it was close to its theoretical limits since feature size was measured in microns 40 years ago. Back then, one of the big worries was that we were approaching the wavelength of light us
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Yes, I think visualization provides the key benefit. When I read something good, my imagination recreates the sights, sounds, smells, and experiences in great detail and tunes out the real world. I lose all awareness of the book's te
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My most effective means of achieving a high level of work productivity is pleasure reading. It doesn't have to be anything deep. It just needs to be something I want to immerse myself in. The mental process I use to completely tune
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I ascribe to the theory that tickling is a mechanism children instinctively use to learn important survival skills. The seemingly contradictory behavior of wanting something while also not wanting it makes perfect sense in this light. Appe
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Many residential buildings have horrible ventilation as they commonly rely on the random forces of wind and thermal gradient to force fresh air through cracks around windows and doors and through other holes in the building envelope. This c
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The Repeated Bout Effect (2013) [pdf](article.sapub.org)
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Glad you caught it in time! Eccentric-focused exercises like negative pull-ups can be especially dangerous since almost all exercise-induced muscle trauma occurs while a muscle is lengthening under load. The contraction phase doesn't a
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I completely agree that having candidates solve trivia, puzzles, riddles, and brainteasers on a whiteboard is an extremely poor method of evaluation. Outstanding developers can mentally freeze when asked to solve even fairly trivial proble
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I am unaware of much publicly available proof, but in my experience, there is definitely a class of trader that is consistently profitable every year or even much better than that. These are the traders who are meticulous about their risk
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The impact of HFT firms is significant, although not obvious to the average person. Investing directly in a hedge fund requires a much higher initial investment as well as a high net worth. I would not recommend it. It is very difficult to
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Not that I am aware of. HFT firms generally don't need outside capital, so they have no motivation to deal with the headaches of running a fund. Funds exist for capital-intensive strategies where receiving fees provides a higher risk
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The efficient-market hypothesis is a useful theoretical ideal that is never perfectly achieved in reality. Good trading drives the markets towards efficiency with the work of the traders being compensated by capturing a portion of the inef
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HFT is not accessible to an average retail investor or even one who is far above average. It requires extensive technological expertise, expensive equipment, and a professional infrastructure. Yes, good automated trading systems can consi
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I don't think you will find a generally-accepted definition of "Tier One." For this context, I would say you need to be capable of creating mathematical techniques that are significantly more powerful than what is considered
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View the markets as a mechanism for prioritizing resources. Better resource prioritization increases prosperity, which benefits a great number of people. Traders who reliably improve pricing increase world prosperity. Traders who are una
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The Interactive Brokers (IB) API would probably be your best option for trading on the side. Here are a few words of advice regarding IB: - Thoroughly read and understand the IB documentation. - Be sure that you never get close to any of IB