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by pnako 7y ago
Oh, in that case it's definitely fraud because, as you pointed out, it's clearly intentional (you have to repeat the trick many times). But the $8 billion question is: are we talking about an obscure bug, a missed case in an other
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by pnako 7y ago
We don't have all the details. Either they have a working portfolio valuation model, and they missed this rather obvious case of linking a written call to its underlying, or they don't have a proper valuation model at all. If they
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by pnako 7y ago
If they actually have a proper portfolio pricing model (to compute the available margin), and they're just missing one use case, then that should be relatively simple to fix. A few days, or a few hours if they really put their heart in
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by pnako 7y ago
Fake news. This is taking place in the Gulf, using local apps (similar to eBay or Craigslist)... that happen to be available on Apple or Android stores. Instead of reporting on an ancestral culture of slavery in this region, the BBC used a
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by pnako 7y ago
“I have always wished for my computer to be as easy to use as my telephone; my wish has come true because I can no longer figure out how to use my telephone.” -- Bjarne Stroustrup
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by pnako 7y ago
> which is returned to your account as cash which is being mistakenly calculated as additional buying power Almost, but that's not exactly the issue. In fact, the issue is probably worse. If you write those calls, you definitely get
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by pnako 7y ago
> things like pulling out of Syria to enable the Turkish murder of the Kurds to continue That's an incredibly disingenuous take. America has no business being there in the first place, so there is nothing wrong with having US troops
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by pnako 7y ago
China seems to have noticed how accusations of racism, xenophobia and "white supremacy" are a very effective button to push to try and get western countries to act against their own interests. The thing is, coming from a country t
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by pnako 7y ago
>Several countries in Africa are suffering from wars worsened by climate change driven migrations. Why would migration lead to war? (I'll be honest: this is a rhetorical question.)
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by pnako 7y ago
What makes you think the paper was not peer reviewed? This is from the paper: >Acknowledgements I thank the referees for their comments; the InSpire team for clarifications; Guy Madison for discussions and suggestions; Riccardo Torre for
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by pnako 7y ago
>In a move likely to attract criticism, a peer-reviewed journal Literally the first sentence of the article. His original presentation was heavily debated on Twitter and other places. Now that a revised version is published, everyone wil
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by pnako 7y ago
>As US allys Australia, Israel don't pose the same threat China or Russia would not pose any threat if they managed to completely infiltrate US institutions, because they would be, at this stage, the US greatest allies. Sure, China
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by pnako 7y ago
It's the same in France, and many other western countries. I think it's just the usual "Australians not realizing they live in a bubble", and kindly warning the rest of the world about laws or practices that have already
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by pnako 7y ago
The left is pro science as long as you don't discuss biology, evolution and the differences between men and women or ethnic groups.
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by pnako 7y ago
Your deduction is correct. Another more recent example is when America destabilized Ukraine. Predictably, we had no interest in that business either.
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by pnako 7y ago
The web was invented in Europe; VC-funded American mega-corporations turned it into TV 2.0 (with more porn). American capitalism is efficient, but morally bankrupt.
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by pnako 7y ago
French people were opposed to that idiotic intervention, just like the ones in Iraq and Syria. Sarkozy was not re-elected (for this and many other reasons).
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by pnako 7y ago
So what do you deduct from that fact? "We bombed the hell out of Vietnam while the surrounding countries did nothing!"
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by pnako 7y ago
While the rest of the world is busy eliminating human beings from dangerous work sites (factories, mines, etc.) it seems counter-intuitive and wasteful to focus on sending humans, and fund research in this direction (with space suits, life
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by pnako 7y ago
I think it's more likely to be a front for the black market in UFO parts being traded between US, Russia and China.
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by pnako 7y ago
Why not? You could have a welfare system that redistributes any excess return from the fund above long-run inflation rate, and it would be sustainable.
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by pnako 7y ago
>with any kind No. That's obviously the case for countries whose welfare system has been designed as a pyramid system. But saying that any kind of welfare is necessarily unsustainable is as absurd as saying that spending on video ga
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by pnako 7y ago
Why is everything in scientific notation? This is about as sensible as the concept of picodollars.
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by pnako 7y ago
>Otherwise it wouldn't exist: there is only one human race. Hopefully you won't need a bone marrow transplant anytime soon.
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by pnako 7y ago
There is a market for experts saying "how the experts (except me) got it all wrong". It's pretty common in economics as well.
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by pnako 7y ago
What a horrendous way to show this data. The whole point of data visualization is to visualize the data, but in this case it's just showing colorful bubbles and you have to hover over every single one to know the actual occupation. It
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by pnako 7y ago
tl;dr "Fuck you but thanks for the software"
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by pnako 7y ago
Why would a CIA agent do blackmail against American and western targets? That's not how it works. If Epstein was killed, it's quite possible he was killed by US counter intelligence.
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by pnako 7y ago
>Exercise for the curious: have there ever been many titles like that? I found a few "China's Huawei", "China's Tencent" and "China's Baidu".
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by pnako 7y ago
Saudi Arabia is an Israeli ally. I'm not condoning anything, just pointing out obvious things. NSO Group was founded by Mossad personnel, so it's not surprising that they would sell stuff to their allies.

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