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Lost_BiomedE

841 karma · joined February 13, 2011

Educated as a biomedical engineer with focus in electrical and software engineering. I am lazily managing an online-retail lifestyle business, 2006 - present. Currently, I am a full time day trader.

Location: Kailua-Kona, HI

email: my user name without underscore (alloneword) at gmail

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Lost_BiomedE··on JetBlue explains to a passenger how it got a photo of her face
We have yet to see another Stalin with all this new tech. Something I hope we never see. I wish Gulag Archipelago was history 101 at university.
Lost_BiomedE··on The spread of low-credibility content by social bots
I assume it is like the number 40 or 10,000. It is a number substituted in to mean a very big number.
Lost_BiomedE··on Don't Steal Money from Day Traders Before They Lose It
If they are doing this without disclosure, they are adding counterparty risk without consent. Just because they didn't blow up does not mean they can't. It doesn't even have to be due to your trade but someone else's. There have been single trades that have blown up international banks. Rare, and probably irrelevant here, but a point for perspective.
Lost_BiomedE··on Older Americans Are ‘Hooked’ on Vitamins
Also potassium. Very few hit the RDA and most are shocked how high it is.
Lost_BiomedE··on The Problem with Mindfulness
Yes. Mindfulness is not about just being present during pleasurable moments. A lot of the value, to me, is being present when my mind or expectations conflict with the world around us. That leads to an examination of ourselves, insight, and ultimately growth. This is very different than the withdrawl into feel good moments, which is what is often sold to us.
Lost_BiomedE··on The Crash of ’87, from the Wall Street Players Who Lived It
I do something like what you are saying but with selling covered calls while I am long a stock. A quick search online will show you strategies like this. It is not uncommon for more active equity traders.

I mostly play long cycles in the equity market instead of trading. When I do trade equities, I play one or two stocks that I know their behavior intimately. My very active trading is mostly in futures and currencies.

Lost_BiomedE··on The Crash of ’87, from the Wall Street Players Who Lived It
Buying naked puts. It is like shorting but very leveraged and must be timed.
Lost_BiomedE··on The Crash of ’87, from the Wall Street Players Who Lived It
Safe bet: cash. Speculative bet: put options.
Lost_BiomedE··on Brain vs. Deep Learning (2015)
I worked in this field a bit at Baylor. There are those who want to model the 'hardware' down to every complexity and those who want to figure out the 'software' that emerges from the physical hardware. The groups communicate but are fairly divided.

Does it tune itself or is static? It definitely tunes, but it can be meaningful to the algorithm or ignored.

Lost_BiomedE··on Jim Rogers: The worst crash of our lifetime is coming
"But it doesn't get truly dangerous until people are buying stocks with borrowed money. "

Currently, the borrowed money is nearly free money via low interest rates. A lot of games are being played to juice out every cent that can be made on being able to get cheap money. When the value of assets used to play these games are ignored vs. the diminishing profit. It becomes musical chairs.

I doubt we get your everyday Joe betting on margin like the dotcom bubble, but we have the same effect, just different users.

Lost_BiomedE··on Dropbox Reaches Key Profit Milestone
Isn't the promotion transparent enough to not be shitty? To me is seems more like, 'if you are going to do it anyway and are on the fence about who you are going to go with, try us!'.
Lost_BiomedE··on Phishing attack uses Unicode characters in domains to clone known safe sites
Punycode Alert is one. It has 12 users and no reviews. I haven't looked into it besides a quick search.
Lost_BiomedE··on Tencent buys 5% of Tesla
This is my understanding as well. I get great info talking with smallcap to the just barely midcap companies if you ask the right questions. Heck, usually, I am able to get a conference with a VP or CEO if my questions go above paygrade. I am no whale.

In practice, you will not get the same level of info on larger companies if you are not institutional or in a group of retail investors holding a decent share-count. Information obtained is usually a small amount above what is found on the conference call or via google.

Lost_BiomedE··on Amazon, the world’s most remarkable firm, is just getting started
Agree, that would likely work or a solution could be found.
Lost_BiomedE··on Amazon, the world’s most remarkable firm, is just getting started
The problem with re-using a box is that it loses a lot of integrity after the initial shipment. Its crush rating is reduced and chance of tear increases sharply. Many damaged and ripped parcels at the post office are due to box reuse or bad packaging combined with incorrect crush rating.
Lost_BiomedE··on Thermal images reveal what parts of a screen were tapped
For more sensitive areas, scramble pads are usually used. Solves a lot of security issues if you think anyone will go through much effort to get into an area.
Lost_BiomedE··on Advancing our amazing bet
"Existing ISPs give as little as they can legally"

I would add legally and illegally. Also, 'get away with' means everything from strong arming, being sneaky, flat out lies, bribing, etc.

Lost_BiomedE··on There Have Probably Been Aliens
I read his book 'power sex suicide'. Here is a good summary:

http://ronbarak.tumblr.com/post/25996121029/life-is-it-inevi...

In the book he expanded on what was needed to make the jump to complex life and his opinion on how unlikely it was. He made a case for how only a relatively small time window was available for it to happen at all.

I second the rec!

Lost_BiomedE··on Why so many celebrities have died in 2016
Day trading is similar. I have even read poker books to help with my day trading. There are tons of knowledge-of-self and life lessons within both.

In this case, I think we have both variance and a cycle. Given the age range of many bigger than life stars, the current cycle is just gearing up. Within that cycle we will have clustering and variance.

Lost_BiomedE··on What Really Keeps Women Out of Tech
Good post. As a male, I have the same issues that you have in your last three paragraphs. I am masculine but do not feel the need or desire to spray alpha maleness constantly. When the pendulum swings back to sales reps having to perform to eat, I think much of that will settle down a bit.
Lost_BiomedE··on Drink Cheap Wine
I had a great and likely subsidized Lafite wine in Vegas. The bouquet went into my nose like a tasty explosion filling my entire head. This is even when I had issue with sinusitis. It changed my view of wines forever with one glass. If I find a cheap wine like this...
Lost_BiomedE··on Chef Grills Steak, Volcano-Style, with Molten Lava
If you wrap it well, no problem.
Lost_BiomedE··on Chef Grills Steak, Volcano-Style, with Molten Lava
This is how we did it in cooking school. In fancy steak houses, they have a broiler with specific heat settings for each steak row and standardized steak thickness (always done at 20min mark). The black and blues are put between two cast iron skillets that were upside down on gas burners set on high.
Lost_BiomedE··on UW scientists, biotech firm may have cure for colorblindness
Oddly, I found the headline underwhelming, even if 'may' was not there. I then found that fact overwhelming. Sure, when I think about curing colorblindness, I find a lot of good in it. I just think that on casual passing, I can be desensitized to the awesomeness that I read about every day. That is kind of exciting.
Lost_BiomedE··on Can orange glasses make you sleep better?
I used flux for a few years and it helps. For me, the glasses were more effective. Maybe because I live with my partner and a light would be flipped on at some point.
Lost_BiomedE··on Artificial Sweeteners May Change Our Gut Bacteria in Dangerous Ways
It looks like a good start to doing some more serious research, especially the human study. But as I mentioned in a comment, the healthy volunteer study appears to use max daily acceptable intake, which sounds reasonable at first. The amount, however, is the equivalent of 250 packets of sweet and low. That is the sloppy part of the article to me.
Lost_BiomedE··on Artificial Sweeteners May Change Our Gut Bacteria in Dangerous Ways
Very early in the research, if I am to just go off the article. First, the article really only addresses saccharin. Second, the healthy volunteer study appears to use max daily acceptable intake, which sounds reasonable at first. The amount, however, is the equivalent of 250 packets of sweet and low:

http://www.fda.gov/Food/IngredientsPackagingLabeling/FoodAdd...

Lost_BiomedE··on Steven Weinberg: Science books for the general reader
Thanks, will check it out. I loved reading Nature Via Nurture a long time ago.
Lost_BiomedE··on 3 drinks a day can trigger liver cancer; coffee offsets it
At some point you have to weigh risks and benefits for yourself personally. Sometimes this is due to incomplete information or because it is a grey area issue. You may want to use all cause mortality which says under a drink a day is optimum versus none or more. Or if you are male, you may want higher alcohol consumption due to the heart benefits, where you are of higher risk of a disease that tends to kill earlier than cancer. It is grey area depending on the individual, their genetics, and their wishes, IMO.
Lost_BiomedE··on SpaceX Has Pinpointed the Problem That Caused the Falcon9 to Crash Land
Bad news for me. I usually write like this:

The tank filled with hydraulic fluid, powering the fins and enabling them to rotate and steer, ran out of fluid before landing.

Hopefully the above reads more clearly. It is how I parsed it on first read.

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