Rod

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by Rod 17y ago
"It's pretty hard to do something like getting a job setting up new quant models for Soros unless you've specifically tailored your college experience to learning how to do that." I strongly disagree. Finance is not Theoretical Physics. I
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by Rod 17y ago
"So I guess what I'm saying is that it will be some time before we seen a financial industry like that of the turn of the 21st century, no matter where you look." I agree. And, honestly, that could be a wonderful thing. Now that the New
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by Rod 17y ago
"If this is too discordant with the official ideology of the state, they could send them to graduate school in science." LOLOL. Would be even funnier if it weren't so true: http://www.gnxp.com/blog/2007/04/intercourse-and-intelligenc...
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A primer on Bézier curves(ams.org)
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by Rod 17y ago
My replies: 1) Obviously. But whatever laws are passed in the U.S. are not going to be enforced outside the U.S. (of course). The president of the U.S. can exercize his influence abroad but he can't exactly force other countries to do what
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by Rod 17y ago
"I also realize that "quants" are utterly bankrupt. Paul Krugman is right - Obama has made serious error in trying to restart the finance machine." I think you're painting things with a very broad brush. While it's certainly true that the
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by Rod 17y ago
"While I, too, fell under the spell of Paul Graham, I refuse to drink any more of his kool aide until he comes out with his magic language he's been promising us for the last half decade or more. Yes, interpreted languages with compilers a
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by Rod 17y ago
That's a very good point...
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by Rod 17y ago
Making decisions in a rational manner is usually well regarded in business. Why not apply the same principles to one's sex life? It sounds sociopathic, I know, but it's a serious and honest question. Why is it cool to be a good homo econom
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by Rod 17y ago
http://developer.nytimes.com Actually there are more than two APIs...
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by Rod 17y ago
They even launched two APIs recently. If there's a newspaper out there trying to reinvent itself, that newspaper is the NYTimes.
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by Rod 17y ago
"He has an almost mathematical approach to assessing relationships, and once even computed the costs for a girlfriend, mistress, prostitute and wife — mistresses turn out to be most expensive by the hour; wives, by the year; girlfriends ar
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by Rod 17y ago
To be precise, kowsik probably meant "non-human biological social networking" ;-)
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by Rod 18y ago
I think Luc meant the article on Science (not the BS review on Science Daily ): http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/324/5923/81
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by Rod 18y ago
Snipers are effective, but they can be detected using laser technology, and they can be neutralized by sharpshooters. What kind of counter-measure could one use against a UAV-bomb?
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by Rod 18y ago
You have a point there. But it's also true that many Kamikaze believed that their suicide missions were the only way to save Japan, and hence their families back home.
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by Rod 18y ago
Got it. Thanks for the explanation.
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by Rod 18y ago
I know that Black is an expert. But he was also there to sell his book. He didn't explain the mechanics of the problem, instead the interviewer kept stressing words like "fraud" as to dramatize the discussion. I am not putting Black's exper
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by Rod 18y ago
"Now a triple-A rating is supposed to mean there is zero credit risk. So you take something that not only has significant, it has crushing risk. That's why it's toxic. And you create this fiction that it has zero risk. That itself, of cour
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by Rod 18y ago
That's true. When there was trouble in the Balkans, Europe was uncapable of dealing with it and had to call Uncle Sam. On the other hand, the EU is good at using its economic muscle. For instance, in 2004 the EU expanded its territory by ov
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by Rod 18y ago
The Exocet's range is what? Let us imagine that it's 200 Km. Any aircraft that gets that close to an aircraft carrier will be intercepted. Now suppose that the Chinese come up with an Exocet-like missile with 10x the Exocet's range. You fir
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by Rod 18y ago
I entirely agree that the post-WWII shine is wearing off, but that is a sign of things converging to their right place. The U.S. emerged as the western world's only superpower after a war which left Europe in ruins and half the world behind
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by Rod 18y ago
"I think there's a real danger, no doubt. But the end of carriers? All carriers are rotting scrap heaps? Please. That's a lot of yelling and attention-seeking blogging, not serious analysis." I wholeheartedly agree. In my most humble opin
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by Rod 18y ago
I am not a weapons expert, but some questions pop in my mind: How do you hit a moving target from 2000 Km away? Using satellite images? UAVs serving as spotters? Well, worst-case scenario the U.S. carriers could release collosal amounts of
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by Rod 18y ago
A hobbyist small UAV builder can indeed cause a lot of damage if he has evil intent. For instance, a small UAV with half a pound of high-explosive could glide over a "secure area" and try to hit a high-value civilian target. Much easier tha
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by Rod 18y ago
Exactly! When interviewing for hedge funds for a quantitative analyst / trader position one should expect to be asked about poker / blackjack / backgammon. A classical interview question / challenge would be to invent a new card game and as
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by Rod 18y ago
Examples of suicide attacks which had no religious motivation: - the Luftwaffe carried out suicide missions against the Red Army during the Battle for Berlin. - the Japanese Kamikaze inflicted great damage in the U.S. Navy fleet in the
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by Rod 18y ago
If you think that all suicide bombers are motivated by religious fanaticism, you really need to read a History book. Once again, that's a simplistic explanation that fails to take into account the full complexity of the reality. Keep downvo
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by Rod 18y ago
That's quite true. But it's also true that the "72 virgins" are not an explanation. The reality is much more complex than that.
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by Rod 18y ago
Of the reality?

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