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Re:Dubious Math in Infinite Jest (2009)
on Wednesday June 11, 2025 @07:17AM (#44246366)
For the 20th birthday of the book's publication, there was an article in the Guardian that ended on this beautiful quote that captured the experience of reading the book perfectly for me:
" It’ll be a slog, but around the point where it starts making sense, you will read these words:
'But you never know when the magic will descend on you. You never know when the grooves will open up. And once the magic descends you don’t want to change even the smallest detail. You don’t know what concordance of factors and variables yields that calibrated can’t-miss feeling, and you don’t want to soil the magic by trying to figure it out, but you don’t want to change your grip, your stick, your side of the court, your angle of incidence to the sun.' "
Re:Could giant SPACs be next?
on Monday January 25, 2021 @06:28AM (#25902003)
One other point that I don't understand well with SPACs warrants.
Once the merger has completed, it doesn't seem like the warrant price really tracks the underlying stock with weird situations where the warrant is priced below intrinsic value. Is there a straight arbitrage to make there or am I missing something?
Re:Could giant SPACs be next?
on Monday January 25, 2021 @06:26AM (#25901992)
Not sure I understand what you mean at the end of your comment. If you sell the warrant, you no longer hold the option to buy the underlying stock, do you?
Re:Show HN: A workout logger written using React/Redux
on Monday July 17, 2017 @07:27AM (#14787489)
I have looked a while for a good app to log strength training workouts. I'd invite you guys to check out Progression App http://www.progression-app.com/. I honestly don't think there can be much better than that.
It's only Android so admittedly doesn't solve the multi-platform issue.
Re:Ask HN: How much do you make in London?
on Tuesday September 27, 2016 @08:29AM (#12589086)
5 years xp
Re:Ask HN: How much do you make in London?
on Tuesday September 27, 2016 @08:27AM (#12589062)
Quant risk analyst for a commodities trading house
Base £67k Bonus anywhere between 15 to 50%