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Hedge fund quantitative, physics once upon a time. Generally curious, mostly wrong
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Venn diagram

submitted 19 hours ago • 140 comments

One of the curiosities of my working life (magpie, stealing shiny things) has been the fact that astro people have consistently written the best resources in numerical methods.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

I personally cannot move to Dubai because I grew up playing F-19 Stealth Fighter and I remember the Iran map

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

If you were US Secretary of Defense and were completely sober, after this weekend you’d sure need a drink

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Very disappointed with the whole Trump parade thing, was conditioned by UK Trooping the Colour to expect Melania in dress uniform leading cavalry

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

If it’s in caps lock I’m not reading it

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

That’s not just any urban fox pack, that’s a Mozilla swat team

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

If you're ever in Athens, I highly recommend the Museum of Ancient Greek Technology! maps.app.goo.gl/sngwM98ueKkr... Early humanoid robots to pour water+wine, demonstrations of heat+steam+water weight to "magically" open 500 kg temple doors, armor, ... (cont)

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

It’s AI (Army of Indians)

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

#Purged

submitted 16 days ago • 8 comments

Clearly this is an action shot taken after the Y M and before the A

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Seems meaningful

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

Top thread! Bottomless knowledge in a charming format. Strangely few likes, but that will go up once Xitter is finally down

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

Finding Out is now deemed un-American, as Trump concentrates efforts entirely on Fucking About

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

Good to see the armed forces turning a profit every now and then

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

Couple of committees of very, very strait-laced Norwegians in grey suits looking hard at this issue as we speak. If they do a “margin call” sell-it-all, and they absolutely could, you will feel the noise

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

Jacob is right, this is very good. The more science I learn, especially broadening away from my theoretical physics background, the more I find a taste for unruled magic

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

do you know about the all-time greatest brand instagram handle

submitted 24 days ago • 4 comments

Move your put strikes lower, ladies and gentlemen, the FT unhedged newspaper column has single-handedly moved the Overton window for US policy

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

Is this another Katie Miller story, smdh

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

Are you sure, AI bot thing, really?

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

decades-long manhunt finally ends

submitted 23 days ago • 441 comments

Fortunately there was no deal to chicken out of. Or into. Can you even chicken in? If not, why not? I’m so confused.

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments