turbonaut

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by turbonaut 12d ago
The price of gold is not equal globally, there is a ‘loco swap’ price differential, reflecting the price of moving the metal, eg flights, security, tariffs that may be attracted, whether the location can service futures delivery etc
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by turbonaut 1mo ago
Isn’t this uncomfortably close to the premise of the Matrix?
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by turbonaut 2mo ago
https://www.ubs.com/global/en/media/display-page-ndp/en-2026... Seems to substantially disagree that the average person in the U.K. is worse off than the average person in the U.S.
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by turbonaut 2mo ago
The ask was not how to make money, it was how to hedge. I’d argue that it is very normal for hedging to be giving up expected value in return for a reduction in volatility of returns. If you have a lot of exposure to the market already one
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by turbonaut 4mo ago
https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/about-us/voting-elections/bu... Gives more details on the ability of companies to vote in City of London elections.
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by turbonaut 6mo ago
Compare the prices vs a Neo… 1499 usd for the cheapest clamshell! https://www.ibook-clamshell.com/index.php/en/model-overview
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by turbonaut 8mo ago
A certain type of modern day artist voraciously consumes art in order to develop its taste, skill and style. More so than ever in history. The names of these artists are less traditional, however, eg Nano Banana.
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by turbonaut 8mo ago
The Lamb and Flag has faced previous financial challenges. It in fact closed temporarily in the pandemic due to UK law preventing their then owner / operator, St John’s College, a charity, subsidising a loss making business, despite ha
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by turbonaut 8mo ago
Ironic. In Korea sofas would often bypass the corridor by way of a ladder lift (which can be scarily high). https://centers.ibs.re.kr/html/living_en/housing/moving2.htm...
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by turbonaut 9mo ago
Median wealth per adult in the UK is 176k. In the US it is only 124k. Source: UBS Global Wealth Report 2025 Of course US does has a much higher mean wealth…
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by turbonaut 9mo ago
UK and DE appear to use different punctuality metrics with a train being late after 3 minutes in the UK but 6 in DE. Latest punctuality figures for UK are 84.8% and DE 88.1%. Making an assumption on distribution I’d guess UK comes out sligh
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by turbonaut 9mo ago
Tangentially, Fleet Street has some other space invaders in the form of a plaque. https://www.londonremembers.com/memorials/4-st-dunstan-s-cou...
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by turbonaut 10mo ago
A topical piece from the BBC… https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy7vdvl2531o
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by turbonaut 10mo ago
“Only a fool breaks the two second rule.” It’s a UK thing: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/national-highways-urges-d...
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by turbonaut 10mo ago
For further confusion, ‘London’ does not exist at all as a well defined entity and the UK has no de jure capital.
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by turbonaut 1y ago
> I'm from the UK originally. No need to go as far as California for penguins! https://www.royalparks.org.uk/visit/parks/st-jamess-park/pel...
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by turbonaut 1y ago
‘Simple’ bugs get a bit more expensive than this… https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight_Capital_Group#2012_st... 440m usd
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Marathon runners' urine to be made into fertiliser(bbc.co.uk)
2 points by turbonaut 1y ago|3 comments
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by turbonaut 2y ago
England is just one example of a country of native English speakers who use dd/mm/yyyy.
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by turbonaut 2y ago
Authorization and forbidding are both explicit actions. Unauthorized refers to the absence of authorisation. ‘Unauthorized use is forbidden’ means ‘all use must have explicit permission.’ Clearly it is a bit disingenuous as it usually means
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by turbonaut 2y ago
Particularly with snakes… https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perverse_incentive
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by turbonaut 2y ago
A story about reverse engineering the Micro Machines v3 format to create an editor… http://bradders.org/MMs/ (not my work)
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by turbonaut 3y ago
These days you can get passive ‘waste water heat recovery’ systems that sit beneath a bath or shower tray - warming your inbound cold water with your outflow, so you use less new hot water (or have to heat it less).
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by turbonaut 3y ago
English remains an official language in the Republic of Ireland and Malta.
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by turbonaut 3y ago
In some businesses selling earlier at a higher price is also acceptable. It’s only the delivery that is later (or indeed concurrent).
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by turbonaut 4y ago
Weird or not, it happens in spot foreign exchange. For example, if there’s a US holiday on a Friday then EUR/USD trades conducted on the Wednesday and Thursday would both typically settle Monday.
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by turbonaut 4y ago
And from the relevant FIFA regulations: “For FIFA men’s competitions, only men are eligible to play. For FIFA women’s competitions, only men are eligible to play.” https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/3950e57162ea513d/ori
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by turbonaut 4y ago
Doesn’t [-] set it to zero? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainfuck
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by turbonaut 4y ago
Failure or going temporarily out of use does not necessarily imply bad engineering. Engineering also has to assess the cost of a solution and weigh this against the risk and impact of any failures. In this case the prior on risk of a ‘melt
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by turbonaut 4y ago
In a way they do…

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