CygnusX1
Most certainly, yes.
Currently listening to a lot of my favourite contemporary female vocalist, Claire Martin. Saw her in London some years ago and we got talking at the bar during the interlude; what a lovely person she …
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CygnusX1
JoinedA hint of structured finance, a dash of progressive rock, a drop of poetry, a trace of real ale, and there I am...
- CygnusX1On the Duo, however, I do question the announcement timing as sources say it will not be available until end 2020. Such a long lead time is scarcely believable....2
- CygnusX1It just goes to show that "remote" working of any sort (whether at home, or in a serviced office space) is not for everyone. I have worked independently and from a home office for over 10 years and find it entirely suits me because I can focus 100% …3
- CygnusX1NB: I even like the earbuds !4
- CygnusX1I am very excited about these products. I think the Duo phone in particular may be a real game changer. Back a few decades I had one of the old XDA phones that opened like a laptop with a screen on one face and a keyboard on the other (see below). …
3 - CygnusX1Only expensive red wine is good for you! Sounds like the argument over meat is suffering from a case of the "Brexits", where claims and counter-claims are bandied about without stopping to look at any facts - in case they do not support a given …4
CygnusX1Looks to be a pretty good thing to take camping, actually.5- CygnusX1Interesting. I have attached a 45 minute clip of a UK comedian's one man show, called "History of Oil". Rob Newman was a bit of a comedy "rock star" in the 1980's, but subsequently went off reservation a bit and became more climate and political …2
- CygnusX1I'm with Larry....2
CygnusX1My work involves collaborating with counterparties in global time zones, so it is not uncommon to feel bushed in the afternoon from time to time - particularly if you are covering the USA, Europe and Asia at the same time! Even without this, an …2- CygnusX1I watched the Michael Moore film on the Flint Water Crisis recently. I know he gets some criticism for partisan reporting, but I was shocked by the whole affair. How people avoided custodial sentences amazes …1
- CygnusX1At the risk of sounding cynical, a lot of the problem is collected around Wall St. The classic investment bank behaviour is to sell absolutely anything you believe you can get away with, and earn the underwriter fees without taking a realistic risk …4
- CygnusX1This is all about return on invested capital. You make a lot more absolute profit if you own assets using sensible leverage. But you have to have to put your capital at risk first. The WeWork model posits a far lower absolute profit (as they only …4
- CygnusX1I also read that founder Adam Neumann has already cashed out $700 million pre-IPO. Not sure exactly how he did this - he may have sold his equity to Softbank, who are in for both debt and equity exposures. Again, how could this be allowed or …3
- CygnusX1I wouldn't touch this one with a barge pole. The business model suggest they take in property under long term leases and provide them to customers over substantially shorter periods. This is a classic "borrow long, lend short" approach that rarely …3
- CygnusX1We have arrived! Probably still page 7 of the NY Times, though. Very funny, and a welcome tonic. Love the "spotted dick" reference. Nothing is so serious that a well timed "knob-gag" can't alleviate the pressure. And as for speaker Bercow - now …3
- CygnusX1I guess this is how you resolve free will with the concept of a pre-ordained space-time. For as long as you cannot perceive the future, it does not matter whether it is fixed or not. If you cannot see the future you have to behave as if you can …1
- CygnusX1I once heard a novel way to look at free will, but its not at all comforting. Deriving from Einstein's concept of space-time, it describes this quantity as follows. First take a photograph of the universe. Then, immediately take another and lay …1
- CygnusX1> I can’t seem to look away I know the feeling. It must be similar to me going to Florida on vacation and spending hours in front of the TV watching The Weather Channel coverage of the hurricane of the day. It's oddly hypnotic...3
- CygnusX1I think @jpop made a good point - the UK has, under Theresa May, spent 3 years kicking the can down the road. Whether they were waiting for a miracle to deliver them from the burden of having to actually do something, who knows. A more pro-active …4
- CygnusX1Well, the May Withdrawal Agreement was subject to parliament approval, so whichever way you look at it, there is no obligation to comply until it is ratified as such. May only agreed the terms she was prepared to lay before the house - it was not …2
- CygnusX1Agreed. To call "Prisoner Dilemma" scenarios right you have to have a good understanding of the other side's (i.e. the EU) motivation and philosophy. As it stands, I am not as sure as I would like that they won't refuse to negotiate further and …2
- CygnusX1Have our elected representatives behaved poorly? Absolutely. The management of Brexit under the premiership of Theresa May was negligent, if not downright disingenuous. Three years of soft soap, culminating in a withdrawal agreement that was …1
- CygnusX1It is an unholy mess, to be sure. As I write this, sitting on a comfy chair just outside London, I can't help wonder how we got to this point. The unpalatable truth - and this may make some people unhappy - is that the constant plotting of …3
- CygnusX1Finished reading his "Homo Deus" over a recent vacation. Thought-provoking in spades. This is the sort of thing that should be on schools' reading lists.2
