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by papln 7y ago
For the pros, its easy enough to structure a complicated transaction that analytically simplifies to "A loses $X + %risk, B gains + %risk", since you can create instruments with layers of elements like "A buys an derivsative
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by papln 7y ago
In any investing environment, the tactic with the best returns are only available up to some limit of invested money before the "raw material" is consumed.
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by papln 7y ago
Medallion is for employees of Renaissance. It doesn't have customers/partners. If you accept that Renaissance is good at what it does, it's simple to posit that Renaiisance reserves its most profitable activities for its own
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by papln 7y ago
SO is a crowd-sourced FAQ, not a conversation forum.
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by papln 7y ago
A simple solution is to count downvotes but truncate the UI to 0. That way you don't get the ego sting of a negative score.
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by papln 7y ago
Votes (both up and down) on questions are a way to prioritize questions that need answers. Upvotes should be welcomed from all (fellow users who want an answe), but downvotes should be welcomed only from reputable answerers who took time to
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by papln 7y ago
> data ownership and pipelines not ML. By your argument, the money is in data hoarding and brokering, and renting that data (with DRM) to ML outfits, not doing ML. Anyway, cleaning dirty data isn't execeptionally hard, it's jus
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by papln 7y ago
The project is twice as old now as it was in 2007. I wonder how much has changed.
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by papln 7y ago
Can you get them small enough to set in a ring? I imagine they'd be quite expensive for craftship of such fine detail.
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by papln 7y ago
The people who will notice are the most important people in your wife's life.
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by papln 7y ago
The ring doesn't have enough resale value for that (and the breakup would spoil the sentimental value of keeping the gem). The incentive isn't compensation for her, it's sunk cost for him.
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by papln 7y ago
Honestly I think the diamond-ring culture is deeply unhealthy - it creates an artificial large resentment event right at the beginning of a commitment, that may destabilize the whole relationship.
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by papln 7y ago
According to Bain, China spends more on diamonds than Europe despite having a smaller GDP. It's very close to Japan in diamond consumption rate. https://www.bain.com/insights/global-diamond-industry-report... (Fig
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by papln 7y ago
A diamond is primarily an engagement stone, not a wedding stone. The wedding nets you community property, worth even more than a diamond. Think of it as earnest money, or buying an option. It's too expensive to buy a diamond and pr
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by papln 7y ago
My partner is very smart and pragmatic, and opted for a non-diamond engagement gem. A few years later, an upgrade to a diamond was demanded, on threat of divorce. Peer pressure is amazing on this topic. (It's fun to have this conversat
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by papln 7y ago
What's the arbitrage? You can do great artbitration 1-yr old laptops also, except they have the same problem -- no one wants them.
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by papln 7y ago
It took 3 years for Apple to quietly acknowledge those mistakes.
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by papln 7y ago
> The whole-account "ban" was a common anti-spam measure we use. It's strange to me when someone restates the misbehavior as though it's a justification. If someone is abusing commenting, block them from commenting, s
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by papln 7y ago
If you don't like DRM, why do you want to buy/rent Disney stuff from the company that invented and bribed Congress to create modern Draconian copyright law?
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by papln 7y ago
That may be because it's far more expensive to make one consumer-hour of TV/movie content than 1 consumer-hour of music content.
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by papln 7y ago
If ESPN is what people want to pay for, why can't they just jack up the price of ESPN instead of making Disney+?
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by papln 7y ago
This is a myth that needs to die, for the sake of frugality and for the sake of open culture that Disney is trying to hostile takeover via copyright abuse.
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by papln 7y ago
1. Not on iPad or Android. Yes on desktop Web 2. That's well hidden! Thanks for the tip!
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by papln 7y ago
Specifically, they are trying to (a) spam you with Netflix options to find some Netflix content that you will get hooked on so you stop looking for non-Netflix content, and (b) give you the appearance of inifinite available content by makin
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by papln 7y ago
I tried to save a Diagram to Google Drive, not in root folder: "Error Maximum call stack size exceeded"
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by papln 7y ago
That's not true. the Consitution makes a distinction between 'person' and 'citizen', but is painfully ambiguous about 'People'. In context, 'people' most likely means 'citizens'. Even i
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by papln 7y ago
And which judges and juries can mete out punishments for violating, like every law.
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by papln 7y ago
That's how it works today. A party can claim legal expenses.
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by papln 7y ago
> "ambulance chaser" is a colloquial term for a reason. What's the reason, and does that reason contravene legal/judicial ethics? I am suspicious of slang terms like "ambulance chaser" and "jaywalking&q
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by papln 7y ago
https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/filing-a-complaint/complaint-proce... Complaint Requirements Anyone can file a health information privacy or security complaint. Your complaint must: Be filed in writing by mail, fax, e-m

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