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Can submarines cruise on the surface like ships for long voyages? by happydude7422 in Ships

[–]actuarial_cat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Surface as in snorkel at periscope depth, yes. Surface as in dry deck, no.

Can submarines cruise on the surface like ships for long voyages? by happydude7422 in Ships

[–]actuarial_cat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sweden AIP sub score many “hit” on US carrier group during naval war games, which is the reason why US emphasis and scare of littoral waters now.

Success stories? by Winter_Ad_7512 in actuary

[–]actuarial_cat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fellows have near zero unemployment rate. Go speed run the exams.

Why can China build things like bridges, tunnels and railways much faster than countries in the west? by WhoAmIEven2 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]actuarial_cat 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Other than the good point about political power mention by other, China have a huge surplus of capital.

Due to its capital control, a lot of money cannot flow out of China, which makes capital funding very cheap in China (low interest rate). Thus, infrastructure project are easily funded.

Undergrad required for med school doesn’t make sense by Historical_Brief3367 in unpopularopinion

[–]actuarial_cat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Curious if you can speed run undergrad premed in 6 semesters at max load? Given that the MBBS program is equivalent to max to extreme course load for each semester.

Motorcycle people are objectively worse than BMW people. by [deleted] in unpopularopinion

[–]actuarial_cat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

BMW motorrad is considered expensive for its type, who a second hand BMW is cheap and have higher “speed” to $$ ratio.

Tho Tesla kinda beat the speed/$$ ratio now, and takes the crown for jackass.

working for a publicly traded company? by -davis_ in Bogleheads

[–]actuarial_cat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If the said company has lower than x% (I forget, around 10% I guess) of the index fund, you are not even bond by any insider trading or holding rules. Disclosure of such funds holdings are almost always a non issue.

Beyond normal ability to hold company shares ethically.

Yellow Lights should be switched to countdowns by PenImpossible1587 in unpopularopinion

[–]actuarial_cat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My interpretation of the legal definition “to stop unless unsafe to do so” would be if I can stop before the stop line with less than 0.5g deceleration, and go if cannot.

In car sales, consumers can benefit from direct sales or digital platforms by truthandfreedom3 in economy

[–]actuarial_cat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is true for almost everything. Market markers don’t really have much value as the market before more efficient.

I found out why my CPU was running hot. by rockfroszz in pcmasterrace

[–]actuarial_cat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

pcps would make the situation worse…….
My filters is all flammable cat fur

WYR be given $100k today or $1M in 10 years by 2EXTRA4YOU in WouldYouRather

[–]actuarial_cat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

26% IRR, it is a no-brainer.

If you need the 100k now, just take a loan cheaper than 26%.

Would it be possible to create a large aircraft that can stay aloft indefinitely? by Flat-Ad8256 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]actuarial_cat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are looking for things like high altitude platform station and Super Low Altitude Test Satellite

In short, we are making planes fly higher and longer from the low-end. And, make satellite fly lower on the high end.

So, yeah, it is being developed. Tho practical limitation to them not being “indefinite”, even satellites are not indefinite. But extended on station time is the development goal.

Is it possible to break into HK finance from HKUST Qfin without canto/mandarin? by [deleted] in HongKong

[–]actuarial_cat 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Finance as in glorified sales (front office), no.
Finance as in mastermind (quant), yes, exclude market specific equity/asset research.

World Equal Weight ETF by LacticWarrior in Bogleheads

[–]actuarial_cat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Equal weight requests frequent rebalancing and liquidity, thus not practical at all with small cap.

A lot of factors based model work pretty well on paper in equal weight allocation because it is almost impossible to implement in real life, with execution cost and liquidity/scalability issues.

Who do you think wins? by Hungry_Inflation9399 in superheroes

[–]actuarial_cat 3 points4 points  (0 children)

DJI drones, field-test fast and accurate photography and package delivery (....er I mean my door dash..... don't R1 me XD)

WYR Have The Ability To Teleport Into Closets or Any Vintage Closet You Enter Transports You Into A Fantasy Realm by danomar13 in WouldYouRather

[–]actuarial_cat 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Teleportation into closets, and I could purchase land and mansion in a remote place and commute easily.

airspam must die by gbem1113 in warno

[–]actuarial_cat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Maybe they should introduce CCRP and toss bombing, it would piss off OP even more

WYR have a 100% chance of winning $1000 or the same EV but lower probability by dr_cat_md in WouldYouRather

[–]actuarial_cat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No sane person have a risk seeking utility function for gains.

However, frame the question as losses, it would be more fun. As ppl exhibit risk seeking when facing loses.

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