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Dude, wear good shoes and bring that puppy - you'll be irresistible :)

Not that it's a laughing matter, but HIV rates in Congo and DRC are relatively low for Sub-Saharan Africa (2.5% and 1.5% occurrence rates respectively). What you are thinking about is probably the region of South Africa where occurrences are in double digits (e.g. 26.0% occurrence rate in...

Yeah, that list is pretty high end in itself :)

When you are in the income bracket which can rightfully afford a Porsche and a pair of $500 shoes (*), your main fear should be identity theft. Victimization rates in property crimes or violent crimes such as burglaries seems to be relatively low in the upper income brackets (and the property...

You must be from an emerging market country like Brazil or something. In the US, there are too many people that are piss poor (or in the negative territory) that dress rich. That's what credit cards are for :)

Everyone does :) PS. Off topic, but is that your rabbit? Very cute :)

Nope. The leather upper started falling apart way before they needed a resolve. More importantly they start looking like shit very quickly (again, the quality of the leather is to blame).

Indeed. Thank Goodness :/

Whatever they are doing, it all boils down to trying to make more money. The moment policies will become so detrimental that they will have to operate at a loss, they will abandon these operations regardless of the social cost. At least that's what sane business would do. If you want to look at...

I am not an expert, but I don't think this trend applies to the brands that surfer is referring to. This said, there is no real reason why Walmart shouldn't sell something nice (albeit, I am pretty certain it never does). For simplicity, let's include niceness and good looks into a single...

All right, I am officially confused with all of the design patterns in QuantLib. I was hoping to use one of the existing products to add a new one, but ...

Look, the life settlement business is a scumbag business without even getting to something illegal. These are the folks that would call you after you've been diagnosed with terminal cancer and try to buy out your policy for 30c on a dollar. I honestly hope these "fund managers" will go to jail...

Why such hatred? If you could find value in trading naked optionality, go for it, nothing bad about trading naked options. Personally, I think it's more intelligent to trade naked options judiciously then trading complex spreads blindly. Also, if that 'A' is diluting the option prices to the...

Is it? In my mind, the point of wearing something nice is wearing something nice. Something nice is not necessarily equal to something expensive or something luxury. Something nice hopefully looks good, is quality made yet does not break the bank. There is no rule that nice can not be bought on...

I think you are mistaken about the blue collar spending habits of Warren Buffet. For example, here are the suits he wears: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trands

He's not small, that's for sure... he's a Central Asian Shepherd

You are conflating quality with price. A $3,000 Rolex will tell time worse then a $25 Timex. My 2009 Honda Fit is undoubtedly more reliable then a 120-grand Porsche that my neighbor bought a year ago (except for picking up women, maybe). However, a $350 pair of Allen Edmonds dress shoes has...

It's all nice, but where do you get the capital to trade? :)

A smart businessman does not care about serving the society, he cares about making money. When you are trading, do you care about "adding liquidity and reducing transaction costs" or you care about your P&L? Peter Theil wants to be close to the feeding through. Almost any true capitalist would...

"Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence in society." (c) most probably Mark Twain Nice car is optional. You don't have to be a salesman to have some manners and a pleasant personality. Nice clothes are more pleasant to wear. They are also more pleasant to take off in...