Andrew Hon

Bear Attack in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. These are pictures...

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:33:26 -0800

Bear Attack in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.

These are pictures of an actual polar bear attack.

The pictures were taken while people watched and could do nothing to stop the attack!

Reports from the local newspaper say that the victim will make a full recovery.

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Dolphins surfing off the coast of South Africa. Gliding...

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:32:14 -0800

Dolphins surfing off the coast of South Africa.

Gliding effortlessly through the water these surfing dolphins make light work of monster waves up to 25 feet high

"To what extent are we just little lemmings that they just throw down a track and we’re crash-test..."

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:08:24 -0800

““To what extent are we just little lemmings that they just throw down a track and we’re crash-test dummies? I mean, this is our lives.””

- Luger Seriously Hurt in Crash, NY Times

The chart below taken from [Bill] Gross’s [PIMCO] January...

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 09:54:16 -0800

The chart below taken from [Bill] Gross’s [PIMCO] January 2010 Outlook shows just how dramatically the Fed and the Bank of England are currently propping up their respective economies.

(via triketora)

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 09:51:52 -0800

(via triketora)

If Fed Missed This Bubble, Will It See a New One?

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:21:15 -0800

If Fed Missed This Bubble, Will It See a New One? :

In 2004, Alan Greenspan, then the chairman, said the rise in home values was “not enough in our judgment to raise major concerns.” In 2005, Mr. Bernanke — then a Bush administration official — said a housing bubble was “a pretty unlikely possibility.” As late as May 2007, he said that Fed officials “do not expect significant spillovers from the subprime market to the rest of the economy.”

What this shows (you have to squint a bit) is that earlier...

Fri, 25 Dec 2009 18:04:19 -0800

What this shows (you have to squint a bit) is that earlier recessions were preceded by sharp rises in interest rates, as the Fed tried to choke off inflation. This produced a housing slump, with a lot of pent-up demand; when the Fed decided that we had suffered enough, it relented, and both housing and the economy sprang back.

— Job prospects, Paul Krugman Blog

Claims of Insider Trading From Trader’s Ex-Wife

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 12:05:35 -0800

Claims of Insider Trading From Trader’s Ex-Wife:

In Ms. Cohen’s version of events, her husband and his brother, Donald Cohen, orchestrated a long-running racketeering scheme. She says her former husband lied under oath about his net worth, conducted mail and wire fraud, and concealed from her and the Supreme Court of New York millions of dollars that he possessed in 1990, thus reducing her divorce settlement.

Even in this post-Madoff era, the accusations might seem outlandish. Mr. Cohen, known as Stevie, is one of the nation’s most successful money managers. With a $13 billion hedge fund and a sumptuous Connecticut estate, he is, at 53, a Wall Street legend.

But all of this comes at an uncomfortable moment for Mr. Cohen and his company, SAC Capital Advisors. Since federal prospectors began making arrests in a major insider trading investigation in October, SAC, which is based in Stamford, Conn., has been linked to the case.

I think I’ll buy the t-shirt

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:30:04 -0800

I think I’ll buy the t-shirt

triketora: fuckyeahhappy: LOL

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:55:51 -0800

triketora:

fuckyeahhappy:

LOL

triketora: proust73: kimmy-poo: hack87: Awww…. Scientists...

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:19:06 -0800

triketora:

proust73:

kimmy-poo:

hack87:

Awww…. Scientists who study the evolution of visual signaling have identified a wide and still-expanding assortment of features and behaviors that make something look cute.

Getting tired of hacking up the phlegmatic remnants of the flu

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:45:13 -0700

Getting tired of hacking up the phlegmatic remnants of the flu

triketora: allcreatures: Beluga whale blows happy bubble...

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 18:04:10 -0700

triketora:

allcreatures:

Beluga whale blows happy bubble rings.

via

"“Don’t get me wrong: the guys from the lower third of the class who went to Wall Street had a lot of..."

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 18:03:50 -0700

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“Don’t get me wrong: the guys from the lower third of the class who went to Wall Street had a lot of nice qualities. Most of them were pleasant enough. They made a good impression. And now we realize that by the standards that came later, they weren’t really greedy. They just wanted a nice house in Greenwich and maybe a sailboat. A lot of them were from families that had always been on Wall Street, so they were accustomed to nice houses in Greenwich. They didn’t feel the need to leverage the entire business so they could make the sort of money that easily supports the second oceangoing yacht.”

“So what happened?”

“I told you what happened. Smart guys started going to Wall Street.”

”

- Op Ed: Wall Street Smarts, New York Times

"The hard sciences are interpenetrating the social sciences. This isn’t dehumanizing."

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:18:04 -0700

“The hard sciences are interpenetrating the social sciences. This isn’t dehumanizing.”

- The Young and the Neuro, The New York Times

Piano stairs with sound by VW [link]

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 11:35:31 -0700

Piano stairs with sound by VW [link]

Photo

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:34:44 -0700

Damn those Twitter bots! Is there any way to require approval of new followers?

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:47:16 -0700

Damn those Twitter bots! Is there any way to require approval of new followers?

"What do the following high-profile disasters have in common: World War I, Vietnam, the war in Iraq,..."

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:29:47 -0700

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What do the following high-profile disasters have in common: World War I, Vietnam, the war in Iraq, the collapse of the banking system, and underpreparedness for natural disasters such as Hurricane Katrina?

According to Dominic Johnson at the University of Edinburgh and his pal James Fowler at the University of California, San Diego, the answer is that they have all been blamed on the all-too-human condition of overconfidence.

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- arXiv blog, Technology Review

"Q: … I told my wife that she should feel happy by how fondly I view her, as deciding to get..."

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:56:53 -0700

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Q: … I told my wife that she should feel happy by how fondly I view her, as deciding to get married at a young age means that my opportunity cost of getting married was high, as I had a lot of years ahead of me. She said that’s the second most unromantic thing that I’ve ever said to her. Any suggestions on how I can reword this specific attempt of flattering her? — John

A. I would recommend introducing your wife to the theory of real option valuation.

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- The Undercover Economist, Freakonomics Blog, NY Times