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cjbenedikt

312 karma · joined November 3, 2012

Ask HN: would you be interested in a mobile app updated on a daily basis that combines information from social media (Google, Twitter, Facebook, Wikipedia etc.) and from implied option prices in exchange traded markets (stocks, bonds, currencies, commodities) to identify potential risk in those markets?
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cjbenedikt··on US offers $20M reward for information about Iran's nuclear programme
..and predictably down voted...truth isn't always welcome, is it.
cjbenedikt··on US offers $20M reward for information about Iran's nuclear programme
How about Israel's? Oh, we know the price Mordechai Vanunu received: prison!
cjbenedikt··on China sees nearly 10% drop in marriages, foreshadowing lower birth rate in 2027
Just FYI: you can actually have children without being married. Just saying...;-p
cjbenedikt··on Democrats Sweep Congress, Texas Turns Blue: Why Tech Stocks Are Falling
Except: they don't (yet) anyway.
cjbenedikt··on Trump says US will end military aid to Israel by the end of this year
Hmmm....wants to become PM of Israel now? Wasn't it president of Venezuela before? Well, I'm certain he can do both simultaneously ;-p
cjbenedikt··on Trump phone is made in Taiwan [video]
Just turn it into the 52nd US state (after Canada, that is) and call it Trump Island on Google maps. Then the phone is US made...;-p
cjbenedikt··on Viagra's cousin could help muscle cells stay primed for regeneration
In mice
cjbenedikt··on Hegseth warns prediction market bets warp military judgment, endanger troops
Hogbreath is a much bigger danger for troops by firing experienced generals and using unencrypted Signal app.
cjbenedikt··on Life Too Expensive? Here's How Prices Have Risen for Homes, College, Health Care
Can you list a few that became cheaper?
cjbenedikt··on US to fund fusion venture Helion backed by investors with ties to Trump
Well, THAT's a surprise :-p
cjbenedikt··on Tech billionaires are disrupting biomedical science
https://hntrbrk.com/investigations/antivenom
cjbenedikt··on Why Is Tech Billionaire Marc Andreessen So Mad?
"...but also someone who is perpetually driven by grievances that don’t quite match reality." Perfect match to you-know-who then.
cjbenedikt··on Metal defies the deep freeze, staying tough at -253°C
What about extreme heat?
cjbenedikt··on Americans Trust in Federal Government Sinks to New Depths
Has already started. Peter Thiel!
cjbenedikt··on French Youth Take the Streets Against a Bleak Future
It is sad that only French youth takes to the streets. The youth worldwide is being short shrift regarding their future and "Antichrist" Greta Thunberg's actions clearly haven't made much of a dent.
cjbenedikt··on Anthropic IPO prospectus lays bare deep dependence on Big Tech partners
No news for everybody who followed Ed Zitron. He has been shouting it from the roof top for some time now.
cjbenedikt··on US and Denmark reach deal over Greenland's security
As if DJT ever follows through with his own "deals". Likely not worth the paper it is written on.
cjbenedikt··on [dead]
Jane Street? Major proprietary trading house using algorithmic, neural network, mathematical and AI trading methodologies for ultra short term market exposure.
cjbenedikt··on Is China's growth model bad for its own people?
Is the US government bad gor its own prople?
cjbenedikt··on Elon Musk attacks film-maker Alex Gibney about upcoming documentary about him
Nelo Skum ( as well as DJT) is so laughably thin skinned. And both are so obsessed with their hair. What is wrong with them?
cjbenedikt··on Musk review – epic study of the world's richest and most banal man
Risking the ire of the Teslerati ( or Musk-eteers) I dare say that Tesla was only profitable while it could sell carbon credits, hence it no longer is. In addition, he didn't invent reusable rockets. His technicians did.
cjbenedikt··on US refuses payout for soldiers who died in Iran 'because it isn't a war'
"...laudably little warmongering.." - forgetting China here perhaps?
cjbenedikt··on Testosterone shifts political preferences in weakly affiliated Democratic men
From the conclusion:"A weakness of the study is the underrepresentation of Republicans. This is due to the use of a convenience sample of college students."
cjbenedikt··on UN tells the world: Stop making Africa look small
Methinks Trump should rename it America II. Just a thought. Apple and Google will comply. :-p
cjbenedikt··on Kennedy asked to remove Pennsylvania measles death from CDC tally, sources say
"Don't trust any statistics I haven't personally changed." Churchill
cjbenedikt··on Iceland votes 'No' to reopening EU accession talks
1) possibly 2) never was free 3) debatable
cjbenedikt··on Mom Gets 6-Month Suspended Jail Sentence for Letting 5-Year-Old Walk to the Pond
Indeed, what an irresponsible Mom.Make sure your child grows up savely to the age of 18 so it can then join the military and "defend" his/her country ( and possibly die) somewhere in a part of the world far away from the fatherland. :-p
cjbenedikt··on Iceland votes 'No' to reopening EU accession talks
Source(s)?
cjbenedikt··on An $18B settlement – and Zuckerberg barely blinked
As long as companies can just settle without anybody responsible ever going to jail nothing will change.
cjbenedikt··on Glycogen storage capacity and denovo lipogenesis during carbohydrate overfeeding [pdf]
1987! Sponsored by Nestle.
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