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18:52
Apr 16

@macrocephalopod

@alexandrascaggs I am certainly not one to criticise someone else for getting annoyed with bad statistical methodology!

18:47
Apr 16

@macrocephalopod

Even if it’s true (it might be?!) it wouldn’t be a reason to change your name when you got married. I could easily believe there’s some co…

18:46
Apr 16

@macrocephalopod

Even if it’s true (it might be?!) it would be a reason to change your name when you got married! I could easily believe there’s some confou…

12:54
Apr 16

@macrocephalopod

@therobotjames @rennyzucker perverted behaviour tbh

11:39
Apr 16

@macrocephalopod

@investingidiocy He means an ISA and presumably he means that 40% of moneys in ISAs is in a cash ISA

10:01
Apr 16

@macrocephalopod

@rennyzucker This is actually based, all my excel charts look like this.

09:54
Apr 16

@macrocephalopod

@fleetingbits In principle you get cost reduction from having fewer (or no humans) because humans with genuine skill are very expensive. But…

07:59
Apr 16

@macrocephalopod

@Bonecondor so basically -- be friendly and open to beginners who are only just starting to engage, take their ideas seriously, help them un…

07:57
Apr 16

@macrocephalopod

@Bonecondor this is true, but also people who understand the source material and have something to add can in most cases easily pick up the …

07:28
Apr 16

@macrocephalopod

@MichaelRoyzen What’s the point in showing the chart then? It adds nothing, unless you intended it purely for marketing purposes. Which is m…

07:10
Apr 16

@macrocephalopod

@0xLoris @smartestmoney whatsyourprice date sniping bot wen?

07:08
Apr 16

@macrocephalopod

I assume their plan is not to actually run a hedge fund, but to try to sell “AI signals” to either hedge funds or retail. Which might work t…

07:06
Apr 16

@macrocephalopod

I’m conflicted because on the one hand pg says “every startup idea sounds like a bad idea” but on the other hand this is an area where I hav…

07:02
Apr 16

@macrocephalopod

@G3ni3sWish Well, it depends what horizon of trend following you are trying to implement! But yeah the classic CTA-style trend following wou…

06:58
Apr 16

@macrocephalopod

@elletwocache I feel like it’s one of those things that is true, but if you feel the need to constantly post about it that’s a bad sign

06:55
Apr 16

@macrocephalopod

@TheStalwart You have to block anyone who is posting AI generated text as if it’s their own. It’s the only way. It’s not to punish them. It’…

06:53
Apr 16

@macrocephalopod

@ptichushka praying every day for this for u

06:52
Apr 16

@macrocephalopod

@G3ni3sWish Oh hmmmmm I think you are talking about some Indian retail thing instead? My point is that trend following in underlying has a s…

06:50
Apr 16

@macrocephalopod

@G3ni3sWish Think it’s a long straddle but yeah, kinda. Lots of literature on this.

19:40
Apr 15

@macrocephalopod

@teodorio @byronicgirl My suspicion is that it’s predisposed to flattery and it will say ~130 to anyone who can structure a coherent sentenc…

19:39
Apr 15

@macrocephalopod

@teodorio @byronicgirl I’m unsure how “really good” it is given that it puts me in exactly the same range (I don’t know what my IQ is, have …

11:45
Apr 15

@macrocephalopod

@teodorio It's never even once occurred to me to assign a gender to an LLM chatbot.

08:16
Apr 15

@macrocephalopod

@ptichushka honestly she looks way too happy for someone who likes radiohead and infinite jest

08:13
Apr 15

@macrocephalopod

@jclarkson203 Your babysitter asks a lot of questions!

06:33
Apr 15

@macrocephalopod

@0xLoris I don’t think I’m the best trader anyone knows. But yes, I am looking at a price/depth chart less than 1% of the time. Probably 95%…

19:45
Apr 14

@macrocephalopod

@BiDotOrg @AmericnDreaming hi

14:42
Apr 14

@macrocephalopod

@Robot_Wealth @natanielruizg You could always …. y’know …. automate the trading part …

14:23
Apr 14

@macrocephalopod

@quantian1 @alisha_hg Weird, that's nearly exactly what I had the last time I went for a drink with Nigel Farage

14:21
Apr 14

@macrocephalopod

@TheSpeculator0 @alisha_hg That's fine. The important thing is that the objective measurements are going in the right direction (they are) -…

12:42
Apr 14

@macrocephalopod

@quantmaxxer Somewhat disappointing because surnames like "de Luca", "de Armas", "von Eye", "van Enckevort" are hardly uncommon. But I agree…

12:38
Apr 14

@macrocephalopod

@EvgenyGaevoy This seems totally reasonable. We didn't do it but I wouldn't have objected.

12:20
Apr 14

@macrocephalopod

@299792458MaxHH People should just do what they want to do and not worry about what some online weirdo's opinions about their name are.

12:14
Apr 14

@macrocephalopod

This is dumb. My wife didn't change her surname (neither did her mother) and it has created precisely zero "administrative burdens" ever, in…

11:45
Apr 14

@macrocephalopod

@joseph_h_garvin @W98AB @alisha_hg @bcherny Sorry that's probably confusing. I mean the spreadsheet is a project file (the latest 'stable' v…

11:43
Apr 14

@macrocephalopod

@joseph_h_garvin @W98AB @alisha_hg Yes that's right. It's part of the conversation. But it's pretty easy to just update the project file you…

11:11
Apr 14

@macrocephalopod

@W98AB @volatrader @othadoh @alisha_hg Does it make a difference? Other than in the general sense that if you're deficient in vitamins from …

11:04
Apr 14

@macrocephalopod

@W98AB @volatrader @othadoh @alisha_hg I feel like you can just solve that by taking a multivitamin pill every day, possibly with omega 3 an…

10:44
Apr 14

@macrocephalopod

@volatrader @W98AB @othadoh @alisha_hg https://t.co/fyqXBdsdaB

10:40
Apr 14

@macrocephalopod

@W98AB @volatrader @othadoh @alisha_hg True, but vibes-based is fine for me. I'm not trying to calorie count. I'm just trying to get a sense…

10:39
Apr 14

@macrocephalopod

This was a fairly difficult example imo, since it was a bowl with salad topped with potato topped with chicken breast and mayo, and you coul…

10:35
Apr 14

@macrocephalopod

@volatrader @W98AB @othadoh @alisha_hg Just one data point, but I uploaded a picture of my lunch a few days ago and compared it the calories…

08:53
Apr 14

@macrocephalopod

It's very basic. I have a project called "Health and fitness" which has a bunch of project files for tracking diet, exercise, medical result…

08:23
Apr 14

@macrocephalopod

@alisha_hg Also because I do it through Claude and it’s super fucking judgmental: “That’s the second night in a row that you’ve had alcohol …

08:22
Apr 14

@macrocephalopod

@alisha_hg I’ve been doing this for about six weeks and it’s already made a huge difference.

07:47
Apr 14

@macrocephalopod

@tenobrus It would be nice if the people trying to build The Culture had any semblance whatsoever of, y’know, culture.

07:15
Apr 14

@macrocephalopod

@NotA_Bull @bennpeifert Work hard at your job. Get promoted. Increase your salary. Get good bonuses. Save as much as is feasible given your …

07:11
Apr 14

@macrocephalopod

@NotA_Bull How is it a secret if you’re posting about it on social media.

15:13
Apr 13

@macrocephalopod

@tolstoybb I think the French should elect a guy called Pierre Français as their next president

15:06
Apr 13

@macrocephalopod

@AgustinLebron3 @itswhitebrad @MostlyMonkey But they use it on a podcast Agustin! A podcast!! Surely it can't be useless?

15:05
Apr 13

@macrocephalopod

@AgustinLebron3 @itswhitebrad @MostlyMonkey But they use it on a podcast Agustin! Surely it can't be useless!