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I can see it in the future: Big headlines, "Scientists figure out how to extend average life span to 1000 years" Soon to be followed by big advertisements, "Lock in the lowest rates ever on our new 900-year mortgages"

I look at 3 pairs of 3 currencies, because the percentage change of one will be the equal of the percent change of the other two. Percent change, not price or pip amounts. Ex: % change EURJPY = %change EURUSD + %change USDJPY I don't know why EURJPY is the summation; maybe it has the most...

Thank you for the link, my machine meets it. But I'm always suspicious, here's an example: RAM: 1 gigabyte (GB) for 32-bit or 2 GB for 64-bit They can say 1 or 2 GB is the minimum, but they don't say how well that will run. Every laptop I've bought (well, in all truth that's only 3) had the...

My computer is over 5 years old. Is Win 10 going to be too heavy for it? I had an old laptop from the XP days, and it ran Ubuntu great. At least until Ubuntu 10.4, then it ran really slow, fan firing up all the time, etc. For the laptop that's fine because it's a hobby computer, but the Win is...

I wish Discovery or Science Channel would make some good programs about it instead of endless "chase people through the mud" reality TV shows. Sure they're fun, but not at 100% of the content. They should cut them back a bit and mix with at least 33% intelligent content. Instead I have to wait...

0 If they're identical but one is heavier, then it must be denser. Find a fluid thick enough where they kind of float, and the one that floats to the lowest point is the heaviest one. No need for scale. If they are of equal density, then the odd one must be a different size. Look for the...

History Channel's show on the multiverse presented as "each time you make a decision, it creates a parallel universe ... " supposedly one for each possible outcome of the decision point. But I find it hard to believe the entire universe and multiples thereof really revolve around me. Or do...

Ha ha ha -- super cool !!! I love having uber-nerd stuff like this to talk about at work. I'm going to install on my phone and see how well it works. Last thing I put on was Google cardboard and I actually made the viewer and brought it in, I was cool for the day.

Can something move if there is no time? Or is it like, it's in all those places, it's just our illusion of time that makes us think it's in different places? When a black hole sucks in light, does the light slow down and cause it to transform from energy into mass? (no fancy math needed...

Thanks, I did not know that. 72% would suggest they are not getting tired of him, he actually sounds quite popular.

How long has Putin been the powerful guy in Russia? I know since at least 2001, he met with Bush after 9/11. But surely by now Russians must be getting tired of him. Maybe stirring things up is a way to try to keep himself still relevant.

Sorry -- I re-read your first post -- you say "going back to trading", so I guess you've already done it and know a bit about what it is like and been through the 'go for it !!' experience. For me, if I had good confidence I could make it, I'd do it -- but only because I really dislike...

Hi Jinxu, one of the most important things for traders (well, actually anyone, of which traders are a subset) is self-reflection. No offense, but I'd recommend going through some of your past threads and self-reflect as if you were someone on Mars reading this about someone you know nothing...

It usually happens watching baseball. Last week, was just watching the game, then new batter comes up, out of nowhere my mind thinks and I say, "this guy's going to hit a home run", and he did on 1st or 2nd pitch. My wife was angry because it was the other team. Or in the post-season, in the 8th...

I like the past, it is very comforting. Every event has a probability of either 0 (didn't happen) or 1 (did happen), and I can find out and know with confidence. It's the future that makes me kind of nervous because everything pretty much has a probability between 0 and 1 and is unknown and I...

Here we go, I found the clip, here's link: I got it wrong above, it should be: "Is losing fun? IS LOSING FUN?" "No ..." "So what are you having fun for?" everyone goes quiet "That's what losing sounds like." I always have to remind myself when I get too comfortable with losing or saying it's...

I liked the scene in Moneyball, Brad Pitt became the new manager. The team lost but they didn't care, in the clubhouse they were playing music and dancing around. Pitt walks in and yells at them, "You think losing is fun???" and slams some stuff around, it all rolls around for a couple seconds...

I went to live in another country for a few years. I slowly realized that everything one knows as a fact or as the truth is such simply because that's what everyone else around believes to be a fact or the truth.

I think it all started with Apple and iPhones -- cater to girls want to be pretty and 'hey look at me' center of attention, and get the males to copy that. Now they all look like Shaggy from Scooby Doo because Steve Jobs grew up in the 70's and wanted the world to revert to his good ol' days --...

10 years ago, my mom told me our family had kind of agreed amongst themselves, no gifts for each other for Xmas, just something silly for the kids if really want to. Made Xmas a whole lot better, removed so much stress and exhaustion. Instead of giving gifts of crap, it's the gift of 'enjoy a...