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May 22nd, 2023, 7:44 am

The share of biofuels in Sweden's road fuel mix rose for the second consecutive month in March, tracking increases in gasoline and diesel consumption (....).  (Argus)
 
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June 11th, 2023, 5:37 pm

Far away from Dublin and relying on Thom's, Joyce appears to have gotten one detail of the cityscape very slightly wrong in Calypso. The narrative says of Bloom, "He crossed to the bright side, avoiding the loose cellarflap of number seventyfive." His house sits across from number 77.
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June 14th, 2023, 1:45 pm

There is arbitrage in life, so why shouldn't there be arbitrage in Finance?
 
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July 1st, 2023, 2:31 pm

I just woke up in middle of sleep (Amin)
 
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September 16th, 2023, 9:14 am

wanted to share with you friends a recent quote of my best friend (a wiseman) that I think is pretty accurate:

Trading floor is the Kingdom of douchebags

(French-English translation is mine)
 
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September 16th, 2023, 9:49 am

> 30 years old
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September 16th, 2023, 1:08 pm

Old joke about policy making:

A policy proposal is given to its subject matter expert for review. His verdict: "It's shit and it stinks."

His immediate manager decides that's too harsh, so he changes it to, "It's manure, and it smells."

HIS supervisor decides that's still to harsh, so he changes it to, "It's fertilizer, and it's strong."

And then the politician who originally proposed the legislation gives a speech about it, in which he declares, "My staff has reviewed this proposal, and they assure me it's a powerful policy that will promote growth."
 
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September 16th, 2023, 2:20 pm

“There are only two types of states in Europe: small states, and small states that have not yet realised they are small.”
 
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September 18th, 2023, 1:21 pm

Reflexive control is a “uniquely Russian” concept based on maskirovka, an old Soviet notion in which one “conveys to an opponent specifically prepared information to incline him/her to voluntarily make the predetermined decision desired by the initiator of the action”.
 
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September 20th, 2023, 10:54 am

Do you mean deception?
 
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September 20th, 2023, 4:16 pm

Do you mean deception?
I probably do.
I mentioned Albert Shiryaev asked me in crowded room in Lisboa just before my speech shto Bbi doemaete (formal case) o Putine? 
Ans: пропаганда

would that be an instance of maskirovka? маскировка 
is in my Russian dictionary (mask, camouflage, disguise)

BTW what's a camouflage store??
 
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September 20th, 2023, 4:30 pm

  • In 2008, Russia introduced a pixelated camouflage design intended to replace the VSR and Flora patterns. Officially called единая маскировочная расцветка (Edinaya maskirovochnaya rascvetka) or EMR, translating roughly as Unified Camouflage Coloration (in this sense the word "unified" refers to the fact that it is common to all the armed forces of Russia). The pattern is often referred to as Tsifra, Tetris or "digital flora." Several variations of this pattern have been produced, the most common of which is the leto (summer) variant incorporating tiny pixels of black, reddish-brown and foliage green on a pale green background. Other versions include sever (northern regions), zima (winter), and gorod (urban). Full-scale adoption began in 2011.

    not in Suomi in the winter..
 
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September 30th, 2023, 10:53 am

"It you are reading this, there is still some hope!" - P.Wilmott (2023)
 
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October 3rd, 2023, 4:08 pm

"it's hard to believe that nobody in the whole world has discovered that the GBM algorithm is incorrect" -- earth_imperator (2023)
 
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October 3rd, 2023, 5:08 pm

"it's hard to believe that nobody in the whole world has discovered that the GBM algorithm is incorrect" -- earth_imperator (2023)
I enjoyed that!