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by HSO 16y ago
Bertrand Russell: A history of western philosophy. I haven't read it all but what I've read was both informative and witty. Note that Russell, kind of similar to The Economist, is "opinionated". Must be that British style...
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Ask HN: Anyone here at Euroscipy '10 in Paris?
4 points by HSO 16y ago|0 comments
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by HSO 16y ago
The point of "stealth mode" is timing. You can gain significant market advantage by springing the surprise on your (potential) competitors instead of giving them X months advance notice of your plans and ideas. Prominent recent example: ipa
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by HSO 16y ago
There is more out there than just stocks but since your question mentions stocks explicitly, here is a practical suggestion: Pick an index fund. Boom, you're diversified. Now, keep an eye on developments, read newspapers (I recommend FT, NY
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by HSO 16y ago
More likely, Chinese leadership has its own set of problems and what happens to the US is tangential, at most just another factor to consider in complex calculations. They are probably indifferent about whether some particular policy of the
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by HSO 16y ago
It's a nice attitude to have in a perfect world but what about this one? In many contexts, especially where there is high noise to signal, people will tend to believe/bet on/buy/hire/have sex with the guy who seems so (possibly over-) confi
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by HSO 16y ago
So, to summarize your experience or advice: At the center, figure out what _you_ like and do what engages you naturally. On the fringes, keep a portfolio of small bets with the outside world and see what engagements come out of that. I like
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by HSO 16y ago
One of my "naiveties" was to believe others' post-hoc explanations of their success or failure. People usually overestimate their own impact or effectiveness in influencing their life, and that's probably a good misperception to have in ord
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by HSO 16y ago
Thought the same! Will send mail this week.
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by HSO 16y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apophenia
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by HSO 16y ago
Hm, I accidentally upvoted this so I may as well leave a comment. The dichotomy between "creating" wealth and "pushing it around" is false, in my opinion. Lots of people make it and it's intuitive, I know, but figuring out the proper value
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by HSO 16y ago
I would actually not recommend econometrics as the OP seems to just start out in this area. My recommendation is: get to know the data, learn what is available, read the definitions/construction methods, plot it in so many ways, do simple s
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by HSO 16y ago
Please beware that "economics" is a very dangerous subject in that the notions of "right" or "wrong" are very, very different from theoretical fields like mathematics, practical fields like engineering, or experimental fields like physics (
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by HSO 16y ago
"[F]inance" or "think tanks" is kind of broad. You probably mean small- to medium-sized hedge funds in finance (or their equivalent prop desks, as far as they still exist, in investment banks) because otherwise I can't think of finance as a
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by HSO 16y ago
When I first read the question, I thought Oh boy, there's going to be some asinine suggestions to this one. But this is one of the most sensible answers I can think of. Seeking to turn 1 buck to 10 in the markets, and quick, sounds like the
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by HSO 16y ago
I think "genius" has a lot less to do with "smartness" or intelligence than with obsession...
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by HSO 16y ago
If you were allowed only the proverbial one book on the island, I'd recommend Kuznetsov's "The Complete Guide to Capital Markets for Quantitative Professionals". It is one of the rare books where the marketing blurb is actually a valid desc
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by HSO 16y ago
I myself may be guilty of "diluting" the site as I'm not from computer science or engineering by background, I'm just interested as a hobby, and I joined around a year ago. Having said that, may I ask whether the point hurdle to upvoting is
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A cure for America’s lame and costly broadband? (economist.com)
16 points by HSO 16y ago|20 comments
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by HSO 16y ago
What I tried to do when I was working full-time was: Get up early in the morning, review some definitions, then read perhaps only one theorem, try to prove it yourself, then read the proof in the book, then try to find a problem in the exer
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by HSO 16y ago
I wouldn't be surprised if this held true for particular subjects that are generally thought of as "hard" as well. My favorite is mathematics. I used to have a really tough time with maths and used to hate it. Then, the smartest friend I ha
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by HSO 16y ago
I don't think one should judge at all. People take a very broad brush painting Wall Street these days, which is understandable but still wrong. I prefer to judge people, individuals, not categories of people, however defined. Also, why shou
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by HSO 17y ago
If you think from the perspective of the actual doer, it might be an admissible, perhaps even superior strategy to focus on "hard work" and "discipline" (where is the difference, btw?) and leave out "luck". But actually, when you're honest
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LinkedIn v freemasons -- Joining the club(economist.com)
4 points by HSO 17y ago|0 comments
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by HSO 17y ago
Who is "the" press? I think who hates and loves whom is pretty predictable.
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by HSO 17y ago
The problem is not "big ego", the problem is missing attribution and acknowledgment. You cannot walk around claiming you invented the wheel even if you came up more or less independently with the idea. More practically, you cannot with good
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by HSO 17y ago
Fair enough. but then you should push for HN letting us downvote articles too, not only comments. I don't know how much impact one comment will have on whether an article (or class of articles) makes the frontpage. And by the way, please do
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by HSO 17y ago
This comment has a certain irony to it... do you feel "compelled to point this out" because the article "in some way make[s you] feel less secure such that [you have] to invest time in trying to convince the world that [the article] "ain't
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by HSO 17y ago
No, that would require a modicum of modesty. I think Mr Wolfram compared himself somewhere in writing to Newton himself, but I cannot recall where I read that.
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by HSO 17y ago
"Poor, ugly, and boring artists and musicians don't get laid very often, even if they are good at what they do." How would you know?

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