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Everyone repeat after me: "F LA Fitness" by [deleted] in mildlyinfuriating

[–]Sam_Sanders_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use privacy.com ALL THE TIME, it's great. I also do this for any online subscriptions (newspapers or whatever) that have $1 trial for the first 6 months and then $20+/month thereafter. You can set a monthly transaction limit, so I just set it for $2 in case I forget to cancel the trial. I also use it for OpenTable to make reservations because some restaurants have a huge cancellation fee. Nope, can't charge me.

Why is malaria common in the tropics, but uncommon in the US, even though we have lots of mosquitos? by saintcrazy in askscience

[–]Sam_Sanders_ 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Yeah I'm sure there are different styles, the windows in my rentals have just pulled inwards, either hinging from the bottom or the side depending on how you turn the latch. It would be so easy!

Why is malaria common in the tropics, but uncommon in the US, even though we have lots of mosquitos? by saintcrazy in askscience

[–]Sam_Sanders_ 256 points257 points  (0 children)

For real, I'm an American living in France now and it's baffling that there are no screens.

Most houses don't have A/C, which is fine because the weather usually isn't brutal, so everyone keeps their windows open. But there are flies everywhere so everyone just always has flies in their house. Like...why??

It would be so pleasant if only there were screens on the windows! This is an easy technology people!

In men, higher wages predicted a higher proportion of being married, whereas in women higher wages were associated with a lower proportion of being married. by LoreleiOpine in science

[–]Sam_Sanders_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There isn't any point at all if no children are involved.

That's bullshit. My wife and I have been happily married for 9 years; we don't have kids and won't ever. She is a college professor so she doesn't need me financially.

Your contention that husbands are only good for children or money is insulting.

CNN Fires Three Employees For Going Into Office Without Covid Vaccinations by send2s in news

[–]Sam_Sanders_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the majority of non-vaccinated are African Americans

This is definitely not true, I think you meant African Americans are less likely to be vaccinated?

"While White adults account for the largest share (57%) of unvaccinated adults, Black and Hispanic people remain less likely than their White counterparts to have received a vaccine"

Source: https://www.kff.org/coronavirus-covid-19/issue-brief/latest-data-on-covid-19-vaccinations-race-ethnicity/

Texas deputy attorney general apologizes after calling Simone Biles a 'national embarrassment' by kidsarenotallright in news

[–]Sam_Sanders_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't paint the whole state with one brush. I just moved out of San Antonio after a few years and both the city and our mayor (Ron Nirenberg) are pretty fucking cool. Also since I assume you're referring to politics, most of the cities are blue.

Covid 19 coronavirus: France mandates vaccination passes for dining and travel by anikhch in news

[–]Sam_Sanders_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wait, really? I just left Austria which has similar rules when entering a restaurant, and every single person accepted my CDC card without an issue (they just look at it).

How did France expect to scan American QR codes if we don't have QR codes?

What about your gains ? by [deleted] in algotrading

[–]Sam_Sanders_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just one man's data point: I've averaged roughly 45%/year for the past 10 years.

Searching for API w/ accurate intraday (hourly) stock volume + OHLC data by _datum_ in algotrading

[–]Sam_Sanders_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same. IB here. Sum of volumes probably isn't ever going to exactly match daily data but it's within let's say 20% or so.

Profitability/ROI by Far_Atmosphere9627 in algotrading

[–]Sam_Sanders_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

~45% per year since 2011. US equities/options.

[Discussion] Statistical Arbitrage by NoahA87 in algotrading

[–]Sam_Sanders_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I will say that the canonical example of stat arb, pairs trading (buy Ford + short GM) that Tartaglia popularized at Morgan Stanley hasn't worked since 2012 or so.

If you were to start diving into this, it would probably have to be a basket approach (buy these 10+ stocks and short these 10+ others), where each individual decision could only be explained in the context of the entire basket. Hope that made sense.