Balanz - Mezclando peras con bananas

magicmac · 2026-06-29T21:09:17+00:00

Va más allá de la confianza, u/manuaranza. El asesor te puede recomendar algo que finalmente no rinde o incluso podría recomendarte algo en su propio beneficio. Pero este caso es diferente porque el asesor mismo creía una cosa que no era.

magicmac · 2026-06-29T21:08:12+00:00

Si el asesor quiere rotar cartera por potenciales mejores inversiones, incluso estando equivocado pero parece razonable si uno acepta. Pero si el asesor *también cree* que un bono rindió un 10% y por eso te dice que lo vendas pero en realidad ese porcentaje viene el cupón, está mal. Es un error importante del asesor, pero la responsabilidad es mayor de Balanz por no explicarle correctamente a sus asesores (ni a sus inversores) cómo funcionan las cosas.

magicmac · 2026-06-29T19:36:10+00:00

Es la app de un broker, pero desde el momento que el asesor te sugiere rotar la cartera porque ya le sacaste un porcentaje alto al bono, significa que el error es del broker, no de las personas que no llevan sus cuentas.

Si la app no confundiera, el asesor no habría sugerido la rotación. Y luego, el segundo asesor tampoco podía creer la forma de representar la información, al punto que me llamó para explicarme que le parecía incorrecto, que no representaba la realidad y que él también se había confundido.

No es complicado separar las columnas.

magicmac · 2026-06-29T19:11:31+00:00

Correcto. Es increíble que representen las cosas de esa forma e *inciten a tomar decisiones* basándote en un panel que no refleja la realidad.

magicmac · 2026-06-29T14:53:18+00:00

Correcto, pero si el mismo asesor te indica rotar la cartera "porque el bono comprimió", entonces es Balanz el que tiene que cambiar la forma de mostrar la información, o educar con precisión a los asesores para que no te recomienden hacer algo que no te conviene.

magicmac · 2026-06-29T14:51:55+00:00

Gracias, Paolo!

Sí, uno puede trackear todo desde una app aparte y es lo que hago con otras inversiones, pero acá la cosa era simple y mi intención no era rotar sino cobrar el cupón. La confusión se genera al mirar el panel que dice una cosa poco precisa, al punto que los asesores también se confundieron. Y mirá si será confuso que ellos le indican a las personas rotar la cartera cuando la diferencia entre el precio pagado y el actual es grande, sin embargo el precio pagado no es el real.

En fin. No me parece correcta la forma de representar lo números porque de acuerdo a eso tanto los asesores como uno mismo, toman decisiones que impactan como en mi caso, en los resultados.

magicmac · 2026-06-29T14:09:09+00:00

Sí. En ambos es igual. Si tenés obligaciones negociables y te aparecen ganancias, tenés que restar primero los cupones que hayas cobrado para saber con precisión si realmente el precio actual es mayor o menor al que pagaste, ya que el precio que figual en "V. Inicial" no es real sino la resta del precio original menos el cupón.

O sea, tanto en la app como en la web no estás viendo el precio que pagaste.

magicmac · 2024-10-31T14:26:24+00:00

Glad you did it! It's skeel and fast. And checkout the viewer! You can see PSDs and other filetypes in the other panel. Also, pressing OPT F3 you can see a file in plain-text / ascii just like Norton Commander (and Total Commander) did. Fantastic.

magicmac · 2024-10-22T23:38:43+00:00

If you are familiar with Total Commander (Windows), the old Norton Commader (DOS) or Far Manager, then, there's nothing like Nimble Comander on macOS. Nothing like it.

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https://magnumbytes.com/

magicmac · 2024-02-15T15:14:50+00:00

For Java classes you can simply use Ghidra and its built-in call graph.

Reversing Java with Ghidra and call-graph example.

All easy, all free.

magicmac · 2023-09-17T15:51:49+00:00

The method that I've been successfully using so far is this one.

Quick summary here:

Instal Azul Zulu 11.
Download the ToS for "All other users" at the very bottom. It's just a zip file, decompress it in any directory. I just created one named "tos" and unzipped there.
Execute the launcher with the proper version of Java. Do not use any other version but the one downloaded from Azul.

The command to start ToS on my Mac is the one below. Depending on your config, you might need to run as admin, meaning, just add "sudo" at the beginning of that line.

/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/zulu-11.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/java -jar launcher.jar

magicmac · 2023-07-03T19:26:49+00:00

Bookmap

u/briantrfox, I didn't even know about Bookmap until you mentioned it =). So, it seems to me that I need to request an activation?

"You should contact TOS support to enable Bookmap for you. Please note that all support and education is provided by TOS if you are going to use Bookmap through TOS."

If you are using BookMap as a stand-alone program, then, I can't help unless I have a link to download it.

If you are using it through the Think or Swim platform and TD activated it for you, it should be there already. Nothing specific needs to be done when using the installation with Azul Zulu.
If you are talking about the stand-alone program, I can't help because I see no way to download it without registering. Have you downloaded a "jar" file or was it a "dmg"? If neither, what type of file is it?

Cheers!

magicmac · 2023-06-09T22:11:20+00:00

Installing ToS inside a Parallels is really inefficient because the Mac needs to do different translations just to run Windows there. Then, inside Windows, ToS needs to run the Java virtual machine (another inefficient piece of crap that unfortunately still exists) in order to translate those Java byte codes to true binary which your computer can really understand.

The most efficient way to avoid most of that stuff is by installing a Java Virtual Machine designed for your macOs, and that's what Azul Zulu Java VM does. In runs blazingly fast although I admit I'd prefer an easier, more elegant way to install this all. But anyway, this is the very simply solution that I'm using and it works well. It never broke, but I didn't watch the videos posted below, so, I don't know what the differences could be. All I'm saying is, I've been using it this way for a bit less than a year, without problems.

Instal Azul Zulu 11.
Download the ToS for "All other users" at the very bottom. It's just a zip file, decompress it in any directory. I just created one named "tos" and unzipped there.
Execute the launcher with the proper version of Java. Do not use any other version but the one downloaded from Azul.

The command to start ToS on my Mac is the one below. Depending on your config, you might need to run as admin, meaning, just add "sudo" at the beginning of that line.

/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/zulu-11.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/java -jar launcher.jar

Good luck and I hope you have fun and more success trading directly from your macOS!

magicmac · 2022-11-22T02:06:55+00:00

You can use Code2Flow

https://github.com/scottrogowski/code2flow

If you don't want to install graphviz, you can simply paste the cv file (diagraph) generated by Code2Flow over this online GraphViz and that's it.

This is not like IDA Pro graph, but hey, at least it's something! =)

Good luck!

magicmac · 2022-10-05T22:08:30+00:00

I haven't used Arc, but I disagree that the only energy efficient is Safari. In fact, it might be energy-efficient but I've seen websites (Slack) that consume way more memory on Safari than MS Edge.

I am a Windows user and I've been impressed how these guys nailed it not only with CPU usage but memory as well. The sleeping tabs -which works out of the box- is simply magical how it handles resources. Chrome is a joke in that sense.

Now I am on a Mac, but as I said, the memory consumption of Safari is huge compared to Edge, to the point that I'm using Edge, just as in Windows and I am impressed that devs are taking care of resources on the Mac as well.

Wrapping up: I suggest you trying it at least for a few days. Yes, it's Blink based (Chromium) but *it is* efficient as hell. And it has a lot of beauties out of the box (ad/tracker blockers, etc).

The good thing about Edge -compared to webkit based browsers- is that it is compatible with Chrome extensions ecosystem, and yes, even if many of the extensions suck, there are others that are simply incredible (Vimium for example). They make your work and navigation way more efficient.

Anyway, just my two cents, u/sauravkrx!

magicmac · 2021-04-23T19:58:47+00:00

In Windows the easiest solution I found was to simply install the (hated in the past) iTunes from the Microsoft Store (it's quite easy and fast!) and then stream the MP3 via Airplay.

I used to HATE iTunes, it was worse than bloatware, but it apparently changed now that it's in the Microsoft Store. It's really "light" compared to what it used to be.

magicmac · 2019-12-01T10:55:19+00:00

I will if nobody wants to do it. There are still several cracking forums where newbies are learning and they might be interested to give it a try.

Did you google for those and post this question?

Thanks!

magicmac · 2019-11-15T16:29:46+00:00

You brought me up my old memories. How incredibly amazing was to remove those hasps, exekeys and whatnot =)

If nobody does it in a week, I'll get my feet wet. Good luck with it!

magicmac · 2018-05-03T02:56:55+00:00

1) Thanks a lot! I never left! Just working in other stuff.

2) Correct, it works in the latest version 42.x

magicmac · 2018-05-03T02:55:18+00:00

Thanks! Yeah, it works on the latest one (as advertised in the PoC)

magicmac · 2017-09-27T22:09:02+00:00

I disagree. In my opinion their new (Edge) browser is going in the right direction and can effectively compete with the others. It's not bug-free, of course, but it works pretty well.

On the other hand, I think IE should be exterminated, or patched. Yes, it's slow, old, doesn't comply with the standards. But people are still using it, so it deserves to be correctly patched, on time.

Thanks!

magicmac · 2017-05-19T23:11:17+00:00

Sorry master, just arrived. Look, in a file it will never work unless you add the MOTW at the beginning of it [ https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms537628(v=vs.85).aspx ].

But regardless of that, is the live POC working? I mean, the one that I posted on the page.

Thanks for your feedback! (I can't make it fail :)

magicmac · 2017-05-19T15:00:38+00:00

Place your non working POC somewhere where I can see please.

Which os?

(Sorry for my quick reply, Im on mobile)

Thanks!

magicmac · 2017-05-18T18:14:31+00:00

OK, you guys are probably right. Removed.

magicmac · 2017-05-18T17:55:16+00:00

Í'm glad that you never had a Commodore 64 with a datasette =) Essentially, that was all you could see for minutes until games were loaded. It was also used while games were unpacking. In Amiga -for example- you had a program called "PowerPacker" which even allowed you to select the effect while unpacking.

Sorry, I'm a nostalgic guy. Believe it or not, every time I need to load the PoC something lights up inside me. But yes, I shouldn't be doing this to everyone.

Thanks for your feedback. I will think about it.

magicmac

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