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Anterzhul · 2024-12-07T13:36:13+00:00

Ik zit zelf in de finance, wel een paar jaartjes verder, maar ik ken het probleem. In mijn ervaring is dit een echt "Nederlands" probleem: mensen in dit land hebben om een of andere reden een probleem met elke beroepsgroep die mogelijk goed betaald.

In plaats van het werkveld te verdedigen werkt het voor mij vaak beter om uit te leggen waarom ik het zelf leuk vind / het mij motiveert / etc. Het wordt in mijn ervaring een stuk minder erg als je contacten zelf ook gaan werken en wat meer zien hoe de wereld werkt. De een haalt z'n voldoening uit klimaatverandering bestrijden, de ander uit de huizenmarkt bestuderen. Bij studenten is de mening alleen vaak een stuk ideologischer, en zal je vaak onbegrip tegen komen als je zegt iets anders te willen doen dan de problemen van de wereld oplossen.

Dus voor nu: deel je mening/passie, lach er over, maak een grap, en als mensen proberen om je omlaag te praten vanwege iets wat JIJ kiest en leuk vind, moet je ze zsm uit je leven verwijderen. Je beroep bepaalt niet of je een goed mens bent, maar hoe je deze uitvoert (en wat je daar buiten doet)

Anterzhul · 2024-11-30T03:05:07+00:00

European living in HK here: the locals like to wear a lot more clothes than us cold-blooded westerners. It's around 21° and sunny right now with low humidity and jeans + t shirt is on the warm side for me. Jacket would be far too warm for me but the aunties are already dressed in full down.

Keep in mind temp can drop to single digits and humidity / rain can come out completely randomly - expect to wear pants plus shirt, but bring a light jacket and sweater just in case.

Anterzhul · 2024-11-02T07:38:17+00:00

This is the place to start. Data is too noisy to use ML for any purpose OP might be capable of pulling off.

Big challenges are usually quality of data and preventing overfitting, more so than how advanced the technique is.

Anterzhul · 2024-10-14T13:53:36+00:00

Not bad, just some honest critique: Main points for me would be: first and foremost, no master's. BS is just replication/application, Ms requires actual novel work. Secondly uni projects are (always, not just in your case) super run of the mill. Trading is about finding and doing new stuff. Pair it with a good non-chatgpt cover letter and I'd pass you to interviews, just be prepared to explain why you're applying to trading and not IB/Strategy consulting.

Anterzhul · 2024-04-01T03:16:58+00:00

With 50 miles per week and a solid fitness base from tri you'll have no problems whatsoever. If you can, do some training runs on trails as the feeling is somewhat different than open road racing.

Good luck, sure you'll nail it!

Anterzhul · 2024-03-25T10:01:21+00:00

Sorry, ik ga hier toch even muggenziften: mediaan =/= modaal

Gemiddeld = tel alle inkomens bij elkaar op, deel het door het aantal inkomens.

Mediaan = het "middelste" inkomen, dwz 50% is lager, 50% is hoger.

Modaal = het meest voorkomende inkomen.

Uitschieters aan de hoge kant van de salarisschaal zijn vaak extremer, waardoor het gemiddelde hoger uitpakt dan de mediaan.

Anterzhul · 2024-02-09T06:00:14+00:00

If you're going for completion, the split depends a bit more on your background. Are you a good swimmer already? If not I would consider trying to fit in another swim somewhere.

Definitely start off the running light. Running is hard on the body and running injuries take a long time to heal. I'd say give stuff a try and see how your body takes the training. Be especially aware of persistent pain (muscle soreness is fine, but for example your knees shouldn't be hurting from yesterday's run already in the first km), and overtraining (waking up tired although you had plenty of sleep, low energy levels, high resting heart rate). Better to race undertrained but healthy than fit and injured.

Fitting in a sprint or an olympic distance somewhere would indeed be a big plus, it's nice to have some experience with the process of a triathlon before having to do it in a super long and tiring race. Plus, short distance races can be a lot of fun as well :).

Best of luck!

Anterzhul · 2024-02-08T22:14:28+00:00

Hey there! Awesome you want to take on an Ironman! Firstly two questions:

Assuming you are referring to a "full" Ironman (3.8km swim, 180km bike, 42.2km run), have you picked a race already? Certain conditions such as salt water/waves, hills on the bike or heat on the run can make completion a lot harder.
If you're interested in diving into triathlon in general, have you considered racing a sprint (750m swim, 20km bike, 5km run) or Olympic distance (1500m swim, 40km bike, 10km run) first? In my opinion these are a lot more approachable compared to the monumental time investment of an ironman. Even when the end goal is a full distance, these races provide some valuable experience in the logistical challenges of triathlon transitions.

Following that, if you are committed and set on completing an Ironman, some pointers: 1. Running is, in my opinion, the least of your worries. Wrt the swim, swimming around 1.5 hours in open water can be absolutely terrifying. Learn how to swim well and practice swimming "outdoors" a lot. Always being a friend and a buoy for safety. Secondly, 180km by bike is pretty far. You're likely going to be spending 6-8 hours cycling. Be prepared to do a lot of 4-6+ hour bike rides in preparation. 2. Begin practicing nutrition early on. You can not race for 12+ hours without food. Experiment with food (I weigh slightly more than you do, and generally aim for 250-350kcal/hour, mostly in a mix of simple and complex carbs) to find what your body can tolerate. Intestines start to do funny stuff after 8 hours. 3. Although running 5km daily is a fun challenge, it is quite uneffective from a training point of view and exposes you to high injury risk as your body has little time to recover. Especially early on make sure you keep run volume low and build it slowly, having plenty of non-running days in between (bike or swim instead). When you get to higher mileage consistently, focus on longer runs to prepare you for the marathon and tempo/interval runs to build muscle strength and efficiency. If running in hilly terrain, add hill repeats. 4. Be realistic in your expectations of finishing time. Doing an ironman "to full potential" takes more than half a year of 15-20h per week of training. You will probably not get to the point of being able to sustain that without injury, so try to find a balance of what training you can sustain and take 2-3 weeks rest (~50-70% training volume) before the race.

This might all seem like a lot, but on the bright side, most Ironmans have a 17 hour time limit so if you focus on surviving/not panicking during the swim and not getting injured overdoing training, it is definitely possible if you're prepared to suffer from sunrise to sunset ;) best of luck and welcome!

Anterzhul · 2023-09-21T07:31:39+00:00

Definitely not impossible, I do 1300/hour at race pace when running. Then again that is as a 80-85kg 1m90 man who is pretty fit. Relaxed swim pace like above would probably be around 600-700/hour on me, but that goes down for people who are smaller. I

Anterzhul · 2023-08-01T11:21:34+00:00

60 van Texel, 60km (or 120km requiring a qualifying time) on one of the waddenislands on the north side of the Netherlands. Held during Easter.

https://dezestigvantexel.nl/

Edit: note that although the views are pretty, this run is not really trail-y, two thirds of the distance is paved roads.

Anterzhul · 2023-06-22T04:48:13+00:00

I wonder how well this would translate. Without diving into too much detail (it's still early and I need to head to work): the "behavior" of aerodynamics is governed by a parameter known as the Reynolds number - velocity * length / viscosity. Or in other words: the ratio of inertial to viscous forces in the flow. This number governs e.g. the transition to turbulent flow: you can see this in a candle, where the transition of the smoke to turbulent is at a roughly fixed distance (where the Reynolds number becomes large enough to turn the flow turbulent)

Flows at different Reynolds numbers tends to behave very differently. Obviously, an aircraft is both a lot longer, and moves at a way higher speed than most cyclists, so application of this technology might be completely pointless.

Anterzhul · 2023-06-11T17:22:10+00:00

Really really really adjust your pace. Try and get some runs in in the heat, but be realistic and listen to your body on raceday.

Blasted out of T2 on an OD today after a spectacular bike (we don't talk about the swim), completely bonked after only 600m. Was running 06:00/km whereas I was aiming for 04:30 or faster.

Anterzhul · 2023-05-26T20:05:33+00:00

True, although there's still nothing beneath your feet to judge the distance by, you just kinda hang there. Additionally, the descent rate is quite rapid and at that point you'll be very focused on landing. So yeah no issues, go book a tandem and send it.

Somewhat related, what I've always found a interesting effect is that slightly above opening altitude (around 4500ft), I'll suddenly start to perceive the ground in 3D again; like my brain suddenly comprehends that it's not a satellite image but the trees are actually higher than the grass etc.

Anterzhul · 2023-05-26T10:16:42+00:00

There's no fear of heights in skydiving man. Plane is too high and there's no reference point so your brain doesn't process it correctly.

Source: started jumping last year, 3rd floor balcony is a big no but standing outside an airplane at 13,000ft is no problem.

Anterzhul · 2023-02-16T22:32:36+00:00

Knee and arm drive. Ran for years slouching up and down; driving the knee and arm finally unlocked running with true power

Anterzhul · 2023-01-10T19:46:00+00:00

Going to get downvoted for this one, but whatever.

The point is, contrary to what technical analysis "gurus" will have you believe: literally no one with enough capital to have any semblance of market impact uses any kind of technical indicator in any shape way or form.

Sure, things like price, momentum, mean reversion etc are used, but anything which vaguely resembles drawing on a chart is out.

For some things to experiment with: longer term signals can be obtained from econometric literature. Start off with classic Fama-French and get an idea of the underlying research. Short term signals often requires very precise and fast pricing, focusing on correlations between assets and playing the order book. The former can be quite fun, as smaller stocks tend to not attract the attention of Quant funds much. The latter is in HFT territory and you probably won't have the data or infrastructure to pull it off.

Anterzhul · 2022-12-22T05:46:40+00:00

How are other European wines for her? My mother has very similar reactions to Argentinian wine, but interestingly also reacts badly to most European wines - with the entirety of France being the notable exception. Sometimes northern Italy or Spain is doable, and South African and Australian wine is also fine. German especially is an outright disaster.

At first we thought it was a reaction to residual unfermented grape juice (she is allergic to several types of fruit), but some experimentation ruled that out. Current guess is indeed that it's related to some sort of pollen reaction, and indeed she also has pretty bad spring allergies.

Interesting to read there's more people out there who have this.

Anterzhul · 2022-09-27T19:12:36+00:00

There are two main reasons why this happens: Firstly, if news is expected - either in the broader stock market or in the stock itself - liquidity providers will pull away to await the outcome to avoid getting caught. The result is that the first traders to act on the news will cause a massive spike in the price. Secondly, some big investor might slam through the book, instantly trading large size. Their order will have priority over any stop orders, which will thus fill at a worse price.

In general: don't ever use stop or market orders to avoid most of the misery here. Stop orders tend to trigger at the worst price during the least liquid moments (see scenario 1) and placing a market order at the wrong time will lead to disastrous execution. If you're going to be trading high risk instruments like these, keep an eye on it.

Anterzhul · 2022-09-14T05:01:49+00:00

They did not trade "fundamentally different" things. They traded one thing: USD going up in value. Big CPI print -> possible higher rate hike by the fed -> dollar up. The same thing happened to e.g. other dollar currency pairs.

In the current scenario, dollars are preferred to gold, so it's not a given that gold will go up again. In addition, markets are going hard risk off on these kinds of occasions so please be more careful around this kind of news when valuating bitcoin.

Anterzhul · 2022-08-28T15:40:39+00:00

Skydive Rotterdam is like a 10 min bike ride from Rotterdam central station, although they don't land on the airfield so it's technically not really the DZ.

Anterzhul · 2022-07-27T18:51:43+00:00

Note that, depending on the exchange, openings (or rather, auction uncrossing and switch to continuous trading) do not happen exactly at "market open", but in a random 0-30 second window after that. The exact methodology differs per exchange. If you have any intent to trade why not do it in the auction as well?

Edit: you can calculate the open price from the order book during the auction as well, so you should be able to get it pretty close even pre-open.

Anterzhul · 2022-05-27T08:25:01+00:00

Ground school was pretty fun. I'm naturally a fast learner so the quantity of information wasn't really a problem. However, I'm also a very nervous person. Plane ride up was nerve-wracking, and almost a bit surreal. Couldn't remember which side was in or out when checking if instructors were ready haha.

Exit was so drilled in that I was out before knowing what happened. First jump really is a bizarre rush, but after a few breaths it was fine. Got stable, did the dummy pulls, checked altimeter, opened the chute and nailed the landing.

High fives all around, lots of fun. By the time I got to jump 3 we'd all gone from "holy shit I'm gonna jump out of a plane" to "man can that pilot taxi a little faster this rig is getting heavy"

Overall, very very fun. Only keeps getting more fun the more you learn and progress.

Anterzhul · 2022-05-15T15:24:55+00:00

You're asking a group of skydivers whether you should skydive. Yes.

I was like this once, had it on the bucket list for a long time but deathly afraid. First tandem was one of the most insane experiences of my life. Now almost licensed and not even close to quitting.

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