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by siftrics 3y ago
You can Google it or ask an LLM. It's not magic. This is common knowledge.
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by siftrics 3y ago
No. In this case KCG was doing the opposite of making markets --- they were taking --- they were eating the spread over and over and over again until they ran out of money.
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by siftrics 3y ago
When you make markets you are literally paid the spread to assume the risk of holding the position.
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Insights into Chess Visualization Skills(lichess.org)
1 points by siftrics 3y ago|0 comments
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by siftrics 3y ago
Pesticides are bad. Government officials are trading increased cancer rates for higher profit margins. How that can ever be acceptable is beyond me.
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by siftrics 3y ago
While I agree with your reasoning, it's pretty ironic to blame top management for making changes "not based upon actual data" in the middle of a speculative claim that, itself, is not based upon actual data.
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by siftrics 3y ago
What about mine runoff? It almost certainly causes depression, not to mention death, and is highly correlated with altitude.
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For-Loops in Mathematics(darkmedievaltimes.net)
9 points by siftrics 3y ago|1 comments
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A Table Recognition Heuristic(darkmedievaltimes.net)
2 points by siftrics 3y ago|0 comments
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by siftrics 3y ago
Don't let everyone know!
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by siftrics 3y ago
It is basically the same word in Irish. Slightly different spelling and pronunciation but essentially the same.
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by siftrics 3y ago
You're right. I could've been kinder. Apologies.
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by siftrics 3y ago
Makes sense. Somewhat related --- I find procrastination to be a very similar feeling. I know what I should do, but I feel compelled not to do it, for whatever reason. I think procrastination and what you are describing are slightly differe
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by siftrics 3y ago
Parent Poster: "For example, when you’re driving more than 6 hours in a day, which is not uncommon for Americans, especially ones living west of Mississippi, extra 10 mph of average speed means you’re getting to your destination 1+ hou
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by siftrics 3y ago
Sorry man. Just asking an honest question. It's interesting to me that one can hold two opposing ideas and see no issue: - History has demonstrated clear value in discovering and understanding concepts that have no practical use today
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by siftrics 3y ago
> I really struggle to learn anything which I can't see a practical use for. That's a close-minded, ignorant world view. Much of the world's most important advancements were made before any practical use could be seen. Why
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by siftrics 3y ago
Get out on some state highways and county roads and you'll find them all over.
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by siftrics 3y ago
> So a slow driver in the left lane has someone riding their tail and are also getting passed in the right so they can’t even change to the slow lanes anymore. Then why the f*ck are they in the left lane?!
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by siftrics 3y ago
You have no idea what you're talking about. Most major roads west of the Mississippi and outside of Southern California are not congested at all. They only get congested around major cities, but a 6-hour trip means you have to be away
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by siftrics 3y ago
Funny :) but no. "Good feelings" as in I feel supremely content and I love my friends and they love me.
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by siftrics 3y ago
> Hanging out with friends is kind of pointless without a common cause. I'd've missed out on a lot of good feelings if I had thought this way.
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by siftrics 3y ago
> There is a theory that I'd like to believe that everyone is equally happy over a period of time after basic necessities of life are satisfied. This is not true at all, in my opinion. I used to believe everyone has approximately th
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by siftrics 3y ago
I'm sorry, I'm still not trying to personally attack anyone. I didn't even realize my comment would be interpreted as offensive rather than a statement of fact. This is the definition of intellectual dishonesty according to W
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by siftrics 3y ago
Okay, this is a miscommunication. I should have made it more clear that "Yeah but I only have to come up with..." meant "With respect to what I claimed..." Sorry, I really am trying to be as charitable as possible with m
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by siftrics 3y ago
I'm not defending him. I'm simply stating the fact that him having a bomb in his possession is insufficient evidence to convict him of the crime in question. I am exonerated by fact. The prosecutors did not have enough evidence
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by siftrics 3y ago
>Again, that's the standard for criminal punishment. Not moral judgement. I never said anything about moral judgement. I was never talking about moral judgement. > And have you heard of civil law? Despite the high stakes that&#x2
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by siftrics 3y ago
No it's not. It's a technical term which means that the person is knowingly making an argument that is not valid. See the definition of validity [0] in logic. When I say they are "intellectually dishonest" I mean they ar
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by siftrics 3y ago
Yeah but I only have to come up with a reasonable doubt. It's analogous to coming up with one counterexample to disprove something in mathematics. I can reasonably theorize that he fully intended to stop bombing people based on this &q
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by siftrics 3y ago
I am writing now as earnestly and charitably as possible: could you tell me how what I wrote is a personal attack? I want to engage on HN in a productive way and I do not mean to personally attack anyone. I think the reason you were able to
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by siftrics 3y ago
Just because he bombed people previously doesn't mean he intended to do it again. You have to have stronger evidence, like writings or postage stamps, to prove beyond reasonable doubt that these two bombs were going to be planted. (I&#

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