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by Cuchulainn
Yesterday, 6:51 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Those Belligerent Belgians
Replies: 165
Views: 22929

Re: Those Belligerent Belgians

Nasal damage due to cocaine use on the rise in Belgium


https://www.brusselstimes.com/359605/na ... in-belgium
by Cuchulainn
Yesterday, 12:45 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Go Green
Replies: 122
Views: 46497

Re: Go Green

having to touch your toes to pick up the merchandise. 
Clearly you know it (too) well!
Do yoga. Or ju no kata.
Stiff shoulders? Rigid joints?
by Cuchulainn
March 25th, 2024, 10:35 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Those Lithe Lithuanians
Replies: 12
Views: 14644

Re: Those Lithe Lithuanians

Did you just call Great October Revolution mutiny? 
No; you did. Read the 1st line.
Can't trust the Bolshies to stay in WWI. Any excuse.
by Cuchulainn
March 25th, 2024, 10:06 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Those Lithe Lithuanians
Replies: 12
Views: 14644

Re: Those Lithe Lithuanians

You have never replied to me in another thread whom Russia invaded in 1918?
Your logic is like Putin's, amazing similarities.

1918, Russian morale zero, mutiny. They exited WWI. 
Oh, I forgot, they didn't teach you that at school.
by Cuchulainn
March 25th, 2024, 3:45 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Those Lithe Lithuanians
Replies: 12
Views: 14644

Re: Those Lithe Lithuanians

Where laptop comes from.
by Cuchulainn
March 25th, 2024, 1:39 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: CMS Spread
Replies: 8
Views: 9716

Re: CMS Spread

Vanilla CMS spread range accruals are not primarily difficult to value from a numerical perspective (although you have to deal with a lot of discontinuities), but rather from the perspective of getting the spread process roughly right. For example, just about any 1-factor term structure model would...
by Cuchulainn
March 25th, 2024, 11:51 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Those latter-day Latvians
Replies: 1
Views: 72

Those latter-day Latvians

1949 deportations remembered in Latvia https://eng.lsm.lv/article/culture/history/25.03.2024-1949-deportations-remembered-in-latvia.a547960/ " By deporting the most successful and productive part of the rural population, the occupation regime destroyed not only agricultural production in Latvi...
by Cuchulainn
March 24th, 2024, 4:45 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Meanwhile, back in the West Bank
Replies: 89
Views: 19393

Re: Meanwhile, back in the West Bank

Having grown up in a Soviet system, laptop has been inculcated by lies and propaganda. 
by Cuchulainn
March 24th, 2024, 3:42 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Meanwhile, back in the West Bank
Replies: 89
Views: 19393

Re: Meanwhile, back in the West Bank

I see a little birdwatching cunt from Maryland aka "arsdin" decided to share his family album with nazi memorabilia. Stick to bird watching, little actuary, they can poop on your head, but unlikely to hurt you physically.  Mr, Cuntlame, as opposed to your Irish relatives (who as majority ...
by Cuchulainn
March 24th, 2024, 3:36 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Meanwhile, back in the West Bank
Replies: 89
Views: 19393

Re: Meanwhile, back in the West Bank

by Cuchulainn
March 24th, 2024, 3:32 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Melodic Metal
Replies: 560
Views: 118208

Re: Melodic Metal

by Cuchulainn
March 24th, 2024, 3:00 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Go Green
Replies: 122
Views: 46497

Re: Go Green

Just watched Guterres of UN and other clueless politicians' exalted scaremongering about the imminent climate change-induced apocalypse. I understand the goal is to offshore all (the rest of) heavy production to China, so they can make sure the West declines enough not to pose any threat to them - ...
by Cuchulainn
March 24th, 2024, 2:53 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: CMS Spread
Replies: 8
Views: 9716

Re: CMS Spread

Some background to my Q. Only closed form solutions lend lucid insight. Lucid and incorrect go hand-in-hand in many cases! You need to quantify the assumptions in your formulas because closed solutions break down when parameters are outside some range. But only heuristics (aka a-posteriori hand-wavi...
by Cuchulainn
March 24th, 2024, 2:50 pm
Forum: The Quantitative Finance FAQs Project
Topic: Why do quants like closed-form solutions?
Replies: 70
Views: 266464

Re: Why do quants like closed-form solutions?

Only closed form solutions lend lucid insight.
Not true, in short.
by Cuchulainn
March 24th, 2024, 2:49 pm
Forum: The Quantitative Finance FAQs Project
Topic: Why do quants like closed-form solutions?
Replies: 70
Views: 266464

Re: Why do quants like closed-form solutions?

Only closed form solutions lend lucid insight. Lucid and incorrect go hand-in-hand in many cases! You need to quantify the assumptions in your formulas because closed solutions break down when parameters are outside some range. But only heuristics (aka a-posteriori hand-waving) tell us if they are ...