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Coronavirus: Is the world winning the pandemic fight?(bbc.co.uk)
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by vijayr02 6y ago
My favourite sub-genre here is the historical murder mystery. Here are a few recommendations: Shardlake series (set in Tudor England). Highly recommended, especially Revelation. Paul Doherty's works: short and sweet books you can finis
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by vijayr02 6y ago
Heh I have a funny story on this: My buddy (non-drinker at the time) had a job that required him to grease the wheels with clients and a major lubricant was alcohol. He came up with an idea: cranberry juice in a wine glass Everything seemed
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by vijayr02 6y ago
Similar dynamics to the Wells Fargo scandal [0] It's a pity that Wells Fargo has not yet exited the banking business :) [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wells_Fargo_account_fraud_scan...
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by vijayr02 6y ago
"Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires." ― Ronald Wright, A Short History of Progress
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Actually, it says in the article: > Artwick owned it until 2015, when it was sold at auction for $4,000,005. It was never clear who bought the property, as it was sold to a trust. “That was by design, and I’m not allowed to say. They wan
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‘Calm before the storm’: UK small businesses fear for their future(on.ft.com)
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Bacteria dug up from beneath the seabed may be 100M years old(newscientist.com)
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The Pandemic, Power of Masks, Levels of Risk and More – Nassim Taleb on EconTalk(podcastnotes.org)
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Watch a beam of light bounce off mirrors in ultra-slow motion(newscientist.com)
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‘It’s a matter of fairness’: squeezing more tax from multinationals(ft.com)
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Eve Online pilot just made history by pillaging $60k worth of items(pcgamer.com)
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by vijayr02 6y ago
Check out the Bogolia section (number V) in https://slatestarcodex.com/2020/03/30/legal-systems-very-dif...
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by vijayr02 7y ago
Michael Crichton's novel references a British train robbery from Victorian times: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Gold_Robbery The 1903 movie referenced is a separate dramatisation of a US robbery: https:&#x2
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Parsis shaped India's taste for soft drinks(bbc.co.uk)
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by vijayr02 7y ago
In the UK / London, this is happening through a system of employer requested letters confirming to the metropolitan police that the holder is in an essential function and should be allowed to travel.
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by vijayr02 7y ago
Thanks for the quick reply. In the article I referenced, the company says they use a novel plant based method which allows mass production, and expect phase three clinical trials to be completed by November. The company, Medicago, is not on
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by vijayr02 7y ago
I just posted a story about a vaccine being found. Would be great to know from the experts in this area if the approach they describe in the article makes sense https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22565460
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Coronavirus vaccine: Canadian company claims to have found a cure(news.com.au)
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by vijayr02 7y ago
I'm not blind to the flaws of private equity, but just wanted to make a point here: there's very little likelihood that the business sold in 2020 is the same that was acquired in 2006. Companies change and the private equity spons
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Ask HN: What self hosting services do people recommend?
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Coronavirus: 'Pariah' cruise ship rejected by five ports docks at last(bbc.co.uk)
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Maybe Microsoft's Xbox Chief Didn't Say the Stupidest Thing About Cloud Gaming(gizmodo.com)
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Davy Crockett (Nuclear Device)(en.wikipedia.org)
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by vijayr02 7y ago
If that is the case why were so many US entities victims of the collapse? 1. AIG 2. WamMu 3. Merrill 4. All the monoline insurers (MBIA etc.) In my view, your comment is just one part of the (v complex) set of conditions leading to the fina
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by vijayr02 7y ago
Again, only true for regular (non synthetic) CDOs - this is where the issuer is a dumb (or managed) vehicle that buys loans and tranches them up. The best example today would be Mortgage Backed Security (MBS) tranches / Asset Backed Se
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This is not a regular CDO - this is a synthetic CDO. The 'synthetic' means that the issuer may not (and most likely does not) hold the risk being tranched (loans in your example). Instead it generates return by selling CDS p
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by vijayr02 7y ago
I found this article researching a question someone had asked on that thread :)
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Jamming GPS Signals Is Illegal, Dangerous, Cheap, and Easy (2017)(gizmodo.com)
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by vijayr02 7y ago
https://gizmodo.com/jamming-gps-signals-is-illegal-dangerous... > he’s seen truckers trying to avoid paying highway tolls, employees blocking their bosses from tracking their cars, high school kids using them to fly dron

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