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by wjnc 8y ago
I think this a fair, populist point. I have the same struggles surrounding policing and justice. There are categories of society that act so clearly outside the societal norm that clear and present danger is easily established (say terroris
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by wjnc 8y ago
Do read How Brands Grow by Byron Sharp as a somewhat dissenting, at least opiniated read on branding and marketing.
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It's Denmark, not the Netherlands we are talking about. Your intuition seems correct [1]. The 1% capital requirement in the Reuters article must be an add-on requirement and is to low to be the stand-alone requirement. Fitch put Danske
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by wjnc 8y ago
I might have been too subtle since you TFA so nicely. The article points to adverse health related events that cause abstainment. Clear and good the AoE-article works that out. I however point out that it's pretty clear within the drin
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by wjnc 8y ago
People with health problems or mentally ill are more likely not to drink? That seems false. Any sources? I found [1] that suggests comorbidity. [1] https://www.google.nl/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https:/
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by wjnc 8y ago
Awesome, somewhat speculative and philosophical science book on this topic: Other Minds by Peter Godfrey Wiki - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Other_Minds:_The_Octopus,_th... Review - https://www.theguardia
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My favourite attitudes in my managers (plural) over the years: -Intellectually curious / stimulating - This gave the team the time and awareness that science mattered in our jobs, pursue intellectual journeys that actually made our wor
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by wjnc 8y ago
With leveraged products (like rolling turbos [1]), that risk is usually on the offering institution? I dabbled in those a few times when pretty sure (or full) of myself. There are no margin calls in turbos, you add leverage to your liking (
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by wjnc 8y ago
I agree with jmull here. In my personal opinion things like intermittent fasting might be a lot more broadly applicable to the elderly than exercising 4x a week or becoming a triathlete.
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My point is they are not sampling from genpop And they are sampling Different populations with age rising. I've met quite a few fit 60 yr olds, but have never seen a that fit 80 yr old.
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The fallacy in this article is as follows: (quote) "A cross-section of 40 high-level recreational athletes (“masters athletes”) who were aged 40 to 81 years and trained 4 to 5 times per week underwent tests of health/activity, bod
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AIFMD / MIFID come to mine although the regulatory burden seems quite low with those two (comparing to insurance Solvency II). I would venture that the willingness for 2 and 20 has dropped to more like 1 and 10 or less. That would expl
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They missed the sampling effect across ages. I've seen it in action quite a few times already. Prior: Conditional on Having a fitbit, the 70 yr old is a larger deviant from average health, than the 30 yr old. That effect could easily e
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by wjnc 8y ago
'But': I've not once met a manager that was thinking about his budget first and foremost. Budget thinking is always implicit and couched in other objectives of a firm. So there must be some mechanism that fails holding said m
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by wjnc 8y ago
But that does not explain real life differences between companies in the same sector and with the same type of ownership. In my sector I've seen good and bad cultures at work. The difference is astute. So there must be aspects of cultu
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by wjnc 8y ago
The thing I find really hard to understand from a business perspective is that bullshit jobs are the low hanging fruit from a cost saving perspective. Why do they persist? What drives managers, teams, companies and cultures to accept bullsh
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A main one not pointed out: cars are always (extreme negligence would be the tipping point) liable for crashes with cyclists and pedestrians. That's quite supportive for keeping an eye out for possible danger. To support that liabilit
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by wjnc 8y ago
Exactly my thought. You wouldn't want to download the ROM itself, but the augmented ROM with the entire worldview for your 4k pleasure. What a nerdy time we live in!
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I'd like to add that this concept is not just for natural languages. Say you read your first Shakespeare or Nietzsche or any book where your wish to learn and understand the content trumps the plot. Cramming the perspective (historical
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And the Radiolab: More Perfect-podcast episode to explain it for you [1] [1] https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/one-nation-under-money
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by wjnc 8y ago
You reason from a downside (more layman programmers without proper workflow). I reason from an upside: much better flow than Excel or Excel/VBA and hence less errors, better accountability, etc.
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by wjnc 8y ago
Agree. FPY might not be the metric fitting the current status of the company best. It's all situation-dependent. FPY of 14% is clearly unsustainable though. That's because quality is not one or zero, but a continuum. So what'
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In the Toyota / lean-theory rework is the start of an near-exponential process where different tasks are waiting for the other to be completed ad infinitum. If you've ever worked at an old-school firm you'll recognize this: t
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by wjnc 8y ago
The EU and US massively restricting / taxing Chinese solar has its upsides. This might be quite the leapfrog and actually getting solar into countries with lots of sun is quite a meta-efficieny effect. I wonder though how a country lik
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The wiki for rip current starts with a pretty good gif. The gif explains why the people on the side hardly notice (sandbar location in the gif) while the people stuck in the rip nearly drown. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki&
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Did you see the waves stopping at the spot they were at? It's called undertow and can surprise even strong swimmers. The incoming water needs a place to retreat, creating a current, often very local.
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Rhineland model extends to for example the Netherlands as well. Scandinavian model likewise stresses a more diverse outlook on CSR and corporate stakeholders as well. The French model is a theme on its own - more like the other two than Ang
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by wjnc 8y ago
Not a single mention on the valuation of their properties, the regular metrics regarding real estate (initial yields, WALT - not sure if that's directly applicable though) and their cashflow projections. For real estate there are many
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by wjnc 8y ago
Sorry for the late reply. The story (I'm in insurance, but no means to check for validity) is that in Europe total losses are sold for their chassis numbers and then pretty much built up from stolen parts in Eastern Europe. I had a bad
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Nah, BMW-thieves are incredibly resourceful. They managed to steal parts of the dashboard and airbag from my neighbours car, without further damage, while in the driveway with the alarms not triggered on a modern 3-series. All the neighbour

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