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Re:Netherlands pulls gold out of the US for fears of 'geopolitical unr...
on Saturday September 05, 2026 @09:00AM (#49576105)
The price of gold is not equal globally, there is a ‘loco swap’ price differential, reflecting the price of moving the metal, eg flights, security, tariffs that may be attracted, whether the location can service futures delivery etc
Re:Physicist Rigged His Pet Hamster's Wheel to Strava. It Runs Far Eve...
on Saturday August 08, 2026 @05:21AM (#49220135)
Isn’t this uncomfortably close to the premise of the Matrix?
Re:US citizen charged after GrapheneOS phone wipes during airport search
on Monday July 27, 2026 @10:50AM (#49070519)
https://www.ubs.com/global/en/media/display-page-ndp/en-2026...
Seems to substantially disagree that the average person in the U.K. is worse off than the average person in the U.S.
Re:S&P Global has lowered Oracle’s creditworthiness from BBB to BBB-
on Tuesday July 14, 2026 @02:43PM (#48911318)
The ask was not how to make money, it was how to hedge.
I’d argue that it is very normal for hedging to be giving up expected value in return for a reduction in volatility of returns.
If you have a lot of exposure to the market already one could say not buying the option is more akin to roulette.
Re:Corporations can vote in some Delaware elections, judge says
on Wednesday May 27, 2026 @03:07PM (#48298972)
https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/about-us/voting-elections/bu...
Gives more details on the ability of companies to vote in City of London elections.
Re:iBook Clamshell
on Sunday March 22, 2026 @02:12PM (#47480389)
Compare the prices vs a Neo…
1499 usd for the cheapest clamshell!
Re:Michelangelo's first painting, created when he was 12 or 13
on Friday January 16, 2026 @04:06PM (#46652216)
A certain type of modern day artist voraciously consumes art in order to develop its taste, skill and style. More so than ever in history.
The names of these artists are less traditional, however, eg Nano Banana.
Re:Find a pub that needs you
on Thursday January 15, 2026 @02:09AM (#46629125)
The Lamb and Flag has faced previous financial challenges.
It in fact closed temporarily in the pandemic due to UK law preventing their then owner / operator, St John’s College, a charity, subsidising a loss making business, despite having the wherewithal to do so.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-55763746.amp
Re:Six-decade math puzzle solved by Korean mathematician
on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @03:24AM (#46509954)
Ironic. In Korea sofas would often bypass the corridor by way of a ladder lift (which can be scarily high).
https://centers.ibs.re.kr/html/living_en/housing/moving2.htm...
Re:2025 Letter
on Thursday January 01, 2026 @01:04PM (#46456339)
Median wealth per adult in the UK is 176k. In the US it is only 124k.
Source: UBS Global Wealth Report 2025
Of course US does has a much higher mean wealth…
Re:Kidnapped by Deutsche Bahn
on Monday December 29, 2025 @07:52AM (#46420155)
UK and DE appear to use different punctuality metrics with a train being late after 3 minutes in the UK but 6 in DE.
Latest punctuality figures for UK are 84.8% and DE 88.1%. Making an assumption on distribution I’d guess UK comes out slightly better.
Of note, DE long distance stats are pretty bad!
UK: https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/media/ebmnxxih/performance-sta... DE: https://zbir.deutschebahn.com/2024/en/interim-group-manageme...
Re:Invader: Where to Spot the 8-Bit Street Art in London
on Monday December 15, 2025 @09:44AM (#46275183)
Tangentially, Fleet Street has some other space invaders in the form of a plaque.
https://www.londonremembers.com/memorials/4-st-dunstan-s-cou...
Re:Accepting US car standards would risk European lives
on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @04:20AM (#46132222)
A topical piece from the BBC…
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy7vdvl2531o
Re:Nearly all UK drivers say headlights are too bright
on Wednesday November 19, 2025 @01:10AM (#45976386)
“Only a fool breaks the two second rule.”
It’s a UK thing:
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/national-highways-urges-d...
Re:Four strange places to see London's Roman Wall
on Wednesday November 12, 2025 @12:59AM (#45896816)
For further confusion, ‘London’ does not exist at all as a well defined entity and the UK has no de jure capital.
Re:Gemini Diffusion
on Thursday May 22, 2025 @12:52AM (#44058892)
> I'm from the UK originally.
No need to go as far as California for penguins!
https://www.royalparks.org.uk/visit/parks/st-jamess-park/pel...
Re:A single line of code cost $8000
on Tuesday April 29, 2025 @02:28AM (#43829244)
‘Simple’ bugs get a bit more expensive than this…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight_Capital_Group#2012_st...
440m usd
Re:Leaking the email of any YouTube user for $10,000
on Thursday February 13, 2025 @12:55AM (#43033087)
England is just one example of a country of native English speakers who use dd/mm/yyyy.
Re:Penguin Random House underscores copyright protection in AI rebuff
on Saturday October 19, 2024 @02:18AM (#41885986)
Authorization and forbidding are both explicit actions.
Unauthorized refers to the absence of authorisation.
‘Unauthorized use is forbidden’ means ‘all use must have explicit permission.’
Clearly it is a bit disingenuous as it usually means ‘all use I don’t like / is not inline with norms’.
Re:One of Florida's Most Lethal Python Hunters
on Friday October 18, 2024 @03:43PM (#41882796)
Particularly with snakes… https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perverse_incentive
Re:The Making of Micro Machines
on Friday October 18, 2024 @03:36PM (#41882736)
A story about reverse engineering the Micro Machines v3 format to create an editor… http://bradders.org/MMs/
(not my work)
Re:How Gyms Make Money (2015)
on Saturday January 06, 2024 @02:03AM (#38889164)
These days you can get passive ‘waste water heat recovery’ systems that sit beneath a bath or shower tray - warming your inbound cold water with your outflow, so you use less new hot water (or have to heat it less).
Re:Italian government seeks to penalize the use of English words
on Sunday April 02, 2023 @02:16PM (#35413469)
English remains an official language in the Republic of Ireland and Malta.
Re:Is Y Combinator worth the money? Brutally honest review of W22 batc...
on Thursday March 30, 2023 @02:50PM (#35377292)
In some businesses selling earlier at a higher price is also acceptable. It’s only the delivery that is later (or indeed concurrent).
Re:They say that stocks go down during the day and up at night
on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @01:46PM (#34697155)
Weird or not, it happens in spot foreign exchange.
For example, if there’s a US holiday on a Friday then EUR/USD trades conducted on the Wednesday and Thursday would both typically settle Monday.
Re:Argentina Wins the Football World Cup
on Sunday December 18, 2022 @04:58PM (#34044015)
And from the relevant FIFA regulations:
“For FIFA men’s competitions, only men are eligible to play. For FIFA women’s competitions, only men are eligible to play.”
https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/3950e57162ea513d/original/ihf3...
Re:Hacker News Parody Thread
on Sunday November 20, 2022 @10:30AM (#33681651)
Doesn’t [-] set it to zero?
Re:Runway melts at London Luton airport as temperatures in UK near 40°C
on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @01:09PM (#32154799)
Failure or going temporarily out of use does not necessarily imply bad engineering.
Engineering also has to assess the cost of a solution and weigh this against the risk and impact of any failures.
In this case the prior on risk of a ‘melting event’ may have gone up since the runway was designed. The impact of closing for one day in x years may also have been explicitly deemed acceptable.
Re:Eating horsemeat in France
on Saturday July 16, 2022 @11:48AM (#32119235)
In a way they do…