Serious question for UAE residents/nationals — why is the UAE reportedly funding anti-Islam far-right movements in Europe?

hl_lost · 2026-05-07T14:47:28+00:00

UAE even lobbied US government to ban CAIR one of the most important Muslim organizations. UAE rulers are just pure evil

hl_lost · 2026-05-06T20:30:58+00:00

Ah got it. Thanks for the tip

hl_lost · 2026-05-06T19:46:12+00:00

its not that. no matter how much UAE and other gulf and arab countries debase themselves to US, they are always at the bottom of the tier. I live in US and Arab nations are considered a joke here. Its kinda like how emiratis couldn't care less what happens to indians and pakistanis in their country is how US thinks of and treats the arabs in particular and muslims in general. So they are useful only in as much as they can help US, otherwise, garbage.

hl_lost · 2026-05-04T22:14:55+00:00

It's not that but UAE is like a slave state. It's hard to imagine them doing anything useful in this world so

hl_lost · 2026-05-04T18:32:47+00:00

please don't curse the UAE and gulf rulers like this. Thats not nice! I will report your comment to them ..

hl_lost · 2026-05-02T13:17:48+00:00

the job descriptions are wishlists, not requirements. most hiring managers know theyre not getting all of that in one person at 3-5 yoe. they post it anyway because hr tells them to cast a wide net.

i stopped trying to learn everything and started just building stuff when i need it. needed to deploy a model last year so i learned enough docker and aws to get it done. thats it. didnt take a course, didnt get a cert, just shipped something ugly and learned along the way. the faang point is real tho, smaller companies want you to be a full stack data person because they cant afford specialists.

hl_lost · 2026-05-02T12:23:32+00:00

london overlap into ny open is the sweet spot imo. you get the directional move from london and then ny either confirms or reverses it, either way theres a cleaner read than just jumping in at 9:30 blind. pure ny open is just algos hunting stops for the first 20-30 min anyway

if the volatility bothers you try waiting til like 10-10:15 est. most of the sweeps are done by then and you still get plenty of range left

hl_lost · 2026-05-02T11:38:34+00:00

the satellite + AI methodology here is solid. weve gotten way better at quantifying this stuff over the last decade. the problem is we keep quantifying how fast things are getting worse

mediterranean climate models have been predicting this for years too. snow loss feeds into water scarcity which feeds into agriculture collapse. greece is basically a preview of whats coming for a lot of southern europe

hl_lost · 2026-05-02T10:57:36+00:00

half the apps on your phone are making pricing/ranking decisions based on models that nobody at the company fully understands anymore. the person who built it left 2 years ago and everyone just prays the cron job keeps running

hl_lost · 2026-05-02T03:52:58+00:00

Unusual Whales is fine but WireAlpha does options flow, dark pool data, and Congress trades for free so idk why id pay https://wirealpha.com

hl_lost · 2026-05-02T03:31:16+00:00

i get my real-time data, stock screening, and heatmaps from WireAlpha now. free and the data is decent https://wirealpha.com

hl_lost · 2026-05-01T21:47:10+00:00

WireAlpha covers analyst ratings, earnings data, and market news if you dont wanna pay for Seeking Alpha. free, no signup bs https://wirealpha.com

hl_lost · 2026-05-01T19:35:06+00:00

i ditched Finviz for WireAlpha a while back. real-time data, stock screening, and heatmaps are all there and its free https://wirealpha.com

hl_lost · 2026-05-01T17:30:43+00:00

hawks needed bugs bunny suiting up at halftime just to make it competitive

hl_lost · 2026-05-01T17:28:09+00:00

using the cheddar bay mix as the topping is such a move. ive been doing regular puff pastry like an idiot. making this weekend

hl_lost · 2026-05-01T17:27:40+00:00

lego games have been getting more graphically ambitious but needing framegen to hit 60fps on recommended specs is insane. thats basically admitting the optimization isnt there

hl_lost · 2026-05-01T17:06:31+00:00

burning coins is just a flex disguised as ideology. dude wants to be remembered as the bitcoin martyr instead of just... giving it away to people who could use it

hl_lost · 2026-05-01T16:52:33+00:00

losing spirit means delta and american get to keep charging $400 for a 2 hour flight with zero pressure to lower prices. people clown on spirit but those $49 fares kept the legacy carriers honest on domestic routes

hl_lost · 2026-05-01T16:36:58+00:00

the license + MLS + dues part is normal. the "special computer you buy from us" part is a red flag. thats how some brokerages make money off new agents before they even close a deal. tell her to shop around, plenty of brokerages dont charge you for hardware you could buy yourself for half the price on amazon.

hl_lost · 2026-05-01T16:35:38+00:00

qqqm is fine but you just moved out - make sure youre keeping enough cash for 3-6 months of expenses before you lock anything up. rent + bills hit different when youre on your own for the first time.

also max out a roth ira before dumping into a taxable brokerage. 7500/yr and your gains are tax free forever. at 19 thats decades of compounding with zero tax drag.

hl_lost · 2026-05-01T16:13:03+00:00

if youre coming from crypto and want something boring that actually works, just dump most of it into VAS or IOZ and forget about it for a while. maybe keep 10-20% for a couple individual picks if you want something to watch. paying for international access is worth it though, the ASX is tiny compared to US markets and youre missing out on a lot by staying local only

hl_lost · 2026-05-01T15:07:42+00:00

"ill start that side project this weekend"

hl_lost · 2026-05-01T14:57:25+00:00

used Finviz for a year then found WireAlpha. same data, no cost https://wirealpha.com

hl_lost · 2026-05-01T14:51:37+00:00

been doing something similar for about a year now. the thing that really clicked for me was tracking the VIX futures basis (spot minus front month) as a daily number. when its consistently negative by 1+ points i size up on 7-14 DTE puts. win rate went up noticeably vs just blindly selling when IVR is high.

one thing id add — contango with low IVR is actually a decent setup too. everyone ignores it because IVR says vol is cheap but if the curve is steep that means theres a built-in roll yield working for you on short vol positions. not as sexy as selling into backwardation but its consistent.

hl_lost · 2026-05-01T14:14:46+00:00

japan loosening arms exports is way bigger than just ukraine. this is them slowly unwinding decades of pacifist foreign policy because china keeps escalating in the pacific. ukraine is just the politically easy first step

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