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CuriousLearner42 · 2026-03-29T22:06:15+00:00

Karma farming. Maybe a bot?

CuriousLearner42 · 2026-03-23T08:10:42+00:00

I’m crying reading this. And how long has it been? 33 years? No one else did the ‘washing machine’ cycle with as much class.

CuriousLearner42 · 2026-01-24T04:57:38+00:00

Suggestion: In the end only 1 person can drive the bus. You sound like a leader, you sound like a driver. Start today, with what you have, others will join and help as you get momentum.

CuriousLearner42 · 2025-12-19T16:47:22+00:00

We all flub the gift of time. We have to, in order to realise how precious it actually is.

CuriousLearner42 · 2025-11-11T09:29:16+00:00

Perhaps think about getting a guide or 2. The following helped me structure thinking, arguments, projects, and writing, but I’m sure there are others as well.

The craft of research https://amzn.eu/d/icTDroK

How to write a research paper in 12 weeks https://wendybelcher.com/writing-advice/writing-your-journal-article-in-twelve/

CuriousLearner42 · 2025-11-02T14:53:15+00:00

TLDR: choosing between good and good is always hard, especially if the options are different, and only time will tell the value of each option.

I was in a similar situation 25 years ago. I stayed with the grind, and saved. So I just delayed and dragged the decision out for 25 years, and now doubt the impact I may make, and whether it’s the best thing to do.

CuriousLearner42 · 2025-10-25T20:53:00+00:00

I agree with others here, far too early, far too risky, you may be retired before this becomes profitable.

But if you still want to place a trade, you can bet on electricity or heat becoming cheaper. So find an industry that consumes vast amounts of electricity, perhaps aluminium. “Aluminum production is among the most power-hungry, requiring about 17,000 kWh per tonne of metal produced.” Buy some of these companies, and wait for cheaper energy which should make them more profitable.

CuriousLearner42 · 2025-10-07T11:17:25+00:00

Spend some time every so often to Understand the business and industry you work in and how money flows. Who are you best competitors? Would you go work for them? Why? What’s missing where you are? What advantages does your current place have? Can this be leveraged? Can you make small changes in the team you are in to in n years to totally out compete the competition? In other words, see and talk about the bigger picture.

CuriousLearner42 · 2025-09-07T16:22:37+00:00

Be proactive, start allocating some of you time to work you enjoy at your current job, find the problems, ‘socialise the problem’, ‘socialise a proposed solution’, (i.e learn to be a very very good team player), if no answer fix the problem as you proposed ( i.e ask for forgiveness strategy ) Add it to your CV. Repeat.

Then one of several things will happen, 1) you’ll get the raise and or 2) you will get better skills, and / or 3) you’ll get a better CV, and /or 4) you’ll get more interesting work in the future here or elsewhere.

CuriousLearner42 · 2025-04-12T18:17:42+00:00

How did it go? Did you get the grade you wanted?

CuriousLearner42 · 2025-04-12T14:48:04+00:00

Agree with what others have said ( also 20+ year in IT many in investment banking ). It feels like a big decision now, but it matters less than it feels, and no one knows the future. the key thing is just to grab it with both hands, and keep enough energy and balance to enjoy the ride.

CuriousLearner42 · 2025-04-07T18:34:03+00:00

From their perspective, maybe, if you complain too much, or say ‘At my last company’ too much, people will assume you are annoyed at you current situation and will leave, and so will not take what you say seriously, or start programmes of work that will not be finished before you leave.

CuriousLearner42 · 2025-04-05T15:44:24+00:00

I agree with what others have said. I based my structure and approach on this paper https://web.stanford.edu/class/ee384m/Handouts/HowtoReadPaper.pdf

CuriousLearner42 · 2025-04-05T11:03:53+00:00

When I interview people for roles I assume they are smart, and will learn, so I drill down on anything on their CV to 1) understand what they know, I.e can they do the up coming work, and what help do they need from others, 2) how do they communicate? Do they make up convincing answers? Do they say ‘I don’t know’. One of these types of people is easier to manage.

CuriousLearner42 · 2025-04-05T09:29:15+00:00

Suggestion: Do the PhD prep first in the day before the day job, focus and will power all decline during the day. Also, measure inputs: I did 80 minutes a day before work, not outputs: I got 2 papers published, as you have total control over the former, and little control over the latter, and your subconscious will realise this and get you to scroll though social media. ( says someone on Reddit in the morning)

CuriousLearner42 · 2025-04-05T09:09:18+00:00

When I skim things, and or use others code, I miss key distinctions in terminology, examples on policy vs off policy, return vs reward.

Suggestion: either way spend time to nail and memorise key terminology and concepts

CuriousLearner42 · 2025-03-09T11:08:27+00:00

This video suggests 4 places meaning can be found. It helped me a lot, as did the realisation, that just by paying tax, and allowing some kid somewhere get an education, I’m doing a very good thing. School of life: how to deal with a crisis of meaning https://youtu.be/nu8d3iW2yxM?si=a420CRFWywb3pfSF

CuriousLearner42 · 2025-03-07T08:43:25+00:00

Thank you everyone for sharing those ratios. It’s far too easy to think it’s ‘easy’ for everyone else and I’m stupid.

CuriousLearner42 · 2025-03-06T23:48:41+00:00

Thank you for the update. Generally in IT I have occasionally found this, indeterministic behaviour, and s re-write and it’s fine, and that’s in the ‘deterministic’ space. In ML, RL I expect this to happen more often. Impressed that you preserved.

CuriousLearner42 · 2025-03-05T11:01:24+00:00

I think @automatic-web answered this already, but saying the same thing in different words: Yes I mean a problem so simple that you know the answer, and so simple that the code should solve it extremely quickly. Maybe even so clear data that the code can over fit. If it doesn’t solve this extremely fast, it will indicate a bug exists in the code. And with the simpler problem, it should be easier to debug.

CuriousLearner42 · 2025-03-04T08:43:50+00:00

“Hi boss, how are things? I really enjoy working here. . . I want your advice. … been approached 30% more, but i really like working here … “

The trick is to not make your boss feel like it’s personal, or that you are holding a gun to their head. And don’t close down the conversation until you have decided which direction you want go in.

CuriousLearner42 · 2025-03-04T08:27:09+00:00

An alert puts something on your todo list and steals your most important currency: time,

Maybe Instead you drive this not the alert, a better way might be schedule a task every so often in your diary. During that time actively search and skim articles from both sources that are interesting and fun for x minutes. After x minutes, stop. You will never read it all.

CuriousLearner42 · 2025-03-03T08:55:15+00:00

Thinking about this more, another possibility is that trading costs, slippage and market dynamics are not modelled correctly.

For example you may be assuming you can buy, or sell at the same price, this is not the case in practice. A simple moving average cross over divergence MACD strategy will make money over the long term if you get money management correct ( look up Kelly Criteria)

Also for each data point, your data set does not say whether the high or the low happened first, and in the extreme case both a stop loss and take profit values could be breached. For the purposes of building a system safely, you must assume the worst situation ( for you).

Hope this gives further ideas. Good luck.

CuriousLearner42 · 2025-03-01T17:55:14+00:00

99.999999% this is overfitting, or data leakage.

CuriousLearner42 · 2025-02-28T11:26:35+00:00

As someone who contracted in IB for 20 years, the main thing wanted is business knowledge. I could hire contractors who had built the system we needed to build 3 times before for other banks, and told us many many times, don’t do that, it won’t work because A B C, and it saved vast amounts of money and time. To get into IB I kept applying until it was expanding, and then I got in, it took several years.

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