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This is just what banks do O_o underwrite loans, then collateralize (i.e. bundle) to people who want the risk.
Re:Static sites enable a good time travel experience on Tuesday September 02, 2025 @02:46PM (#45107342)
Does it really need an /s
Re:Where can I see Hokusai's Great Wave today? on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @02:50AM (#44507005)
Unless you have access to the original woodblocks then not really. And even if you do, they’ve probably degraded quite a bit from the printing process so the result won’t be identical.
Re:Notes on Trinidad and Tobago on Friday December 27, 2024 @04:56AM (#42521082)
Don’t forget Wagner (Russia) is in the mix.
Have you read the article ? Where does it mention lack of rulers ?
Re:Starlink's Disruption of the Space Industry on Thursday May 30, 2024 @02:28AM (#40520727)
You make it sound like Tesla voluntarily made the decision to share. They probably thought they had a moat.
Re:Inventing Cyrillic on Tuesday May 28, 2024 @02:30AM (#40497945)
The article is less interesting in how Cyrillic was “invented” but why.
Re:Inventing Cyrillic on Tuesday May 28, 2024 @02:27AM (#40497929)
You don’t see how using an alphabet for geopolitical purposes has anything to do with Putin ?
Re:Statistical Arbitrage – An Easy Walkthrough on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @06:55AM (#36770384)
Can you share some links or books that you would recommend for those that want to read further ?
Surely that number is a misprint ? Or represents an investment over a very long time horizon. 300 trillion won represents 50% of their annual budget. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-12-24/south-kor...
Re:Tell HN: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year on Saturday December 24, 2022 @04:02AM (#34115194)
Merry Christmas and happy new year to all.
Insurance money when the next floor happens.
Twitter was contractually obliged to give him data to help him close the deal, not to help him find a way to squirrel out of the deal.
What a great way to spend all the money people donated.
Not with options. If you want to bet against a company you with options you can do it by either: 1. Buy a put. The put gives you the right to sell the stock at a certain price. If it goes below that price you make a profit, if it doesn’t your put is worthless. The maximum you can lose is what you paid for the put. 2. Sell a Call. This gives someone the right to buy the stock at a certain price (and you promise to sell at that price). If the stock is below that price your profit is what you sold the call. Your maximum loss is infinite since a stock price has no (theoretical) limit.
I'm British.
Holly molly, the whatsaboutism in these comments.
Re:Final Fantasy 7: An oral history (2017) on Monday February 21, 2022 @01:41PM (#30419147)
It really isn’t. You should play it and see for yourself.
Re:Ivermectin Prophylaxis Used for Covid-19 on Friday January 28, 2022 @07:31AM (#30113779)
> I am no epidemiologist

Thank you for adding that, didn't have to read any further.

Re:A Texas School District Banned My Book. Then Things Got Ugly on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @01:51PM (#29728355)
Am I getting whooshed ? This is surely satire.
Re:Designs from Kimono Pattern Books (ca. 1902) on Friday November 05, 2021 @03:24PM (#29123704)
Anyone interested in these kind of things, Steve Bull on his twitch stream (highly recommended) actually showcased a similar book with a large amount of these kind of prints around 1:18:23 into the video:

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1190638210

At 2000 jobs(maybe) that's 570,000 euros a job created.
Re:Royal Marines Testing Out Jet Suits [video] on Monday May 10, 2021 @12:37PM (#27107917)
Not to mention that the recoil would be very difficult to control.
According to https://www.ali.org/members/member/459016/ he has 2 sons who are in high school. So unlikely that this is the judge you’re thinking of.
Sorry my point was that it wasn't a crime.
Journalists often have embargoes on their articles. A company may want to announce a new product, will tell a few newspapers but ask them to wait before publishing.
Yes, but if you know exactly when everyone else find out you can time your trade more easily.
Re:An Introduction to Hierarchical Modeling on Thursday March 04, 2021 @02:03PM (#26346637)
You could argue that a hierarchical model is already multiple models. If each department has a dummy variable then they wouldn't share the same intersect. The only difference is how you interpret that intercept. The department intercept would now not be the salary of an individual with 0 experience, but the difference between the salary of an individual with 0 experience in a department compared to the all other employees with 0 experience.

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