Trading floor is the Kingdom of douchebags
(French-English translation is mine)
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wanted to share with you friends a recent quote of my best friend (a wiseman) that I think is pretty accurate:
(French-English translation is mine)
(French-English translation is mine)
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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."
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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“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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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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I probably do.Do you mean deception?
I mentioned Albert Shiryaev asked me in crowded room in Lisboa just before my speech shto Bbi doemaete (formal case) o Putine?
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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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- 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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"It you are reading this, there is still some hope!" - P.Wilmott (2023)
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"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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I enjoyed that!"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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Wow, the guys there are really close to discovering Bayesian updating.I enjoyed that!"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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I will lead in a different way (R.Sunak. Sep.4th, 2023)
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the North will receive £19.8 billion to link its major cities including the long-awaited dualling of the A1 between Morpeth and Ellingham
Told ya so!
Told ya so!
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I'm sure this question has been asked before, but I want to contribute to my community, by asking questions directly. (Tensorflow forum)