Musings
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AI comparison: Is react native compatible with ES Modules
ChatGPT 3.5 Turbo
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QuickFix on Amazon AWS EC2 Free Tier Server
Lately, I built a FIX (Financial Information eXchange) client in Python using QuickFix to pair with a fairly customized FIX 4.2 server. And I needed to run stability tests. So I went to get a cloud server at Amazon.
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Memory Leak
C (programming language)
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Apfel-Apple vs Gedanke-Thought
The other day, I came cross this German sentence:
Wenn du und ich jeweils einen Apfel haben und wir diese Äpfel tauschen, dann haben wir noch immer jeweils einen Apfel. Wenn du und ich aber jeweils einen Gedanken haben und wir diese Gedanken tauschen, dann hat jeder von uns zwei Gedanken.
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Life under Spotlight
Want to find a place with fewer mosquitos? It appears to me places with big night/day temperature differences are good choices. For other places, here is my secret of minimizing mosquito disturbance of sleep. No, I don’t want to use the chemical mosquito repellents.
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Psychology of Foreign Exchanges
When one travels from country to country and only stays for a short period in each, there is no culture shock fortunately, as culture shock generally kicks in after 6 months or so. But there are for sure other shocks. Getting used to the currency one of them.
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Banker-client information asymmetry
This is a comment regarding this post on LinkedIn which argues the information asymmetry between bankers and clients hurts the latter and advocates information transparency to solve the problem.
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Statistical hypothesis testing in trading strategy development
Any sophisticated trader or developer of trading strategies has experienced the exuberance with the discovery of a superb trading strategy that would surely make him rich and later the setbacks or disappointments in the real performance of his wonderful strategy. In real trading, at best, the strategy makes him little money, and at worse, loses him a lot of money.
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How much time have you spent with your father?
My father moved on to his next life today at the body age of 85. I will only be able to see him in my memories.
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Money is spiritual
This idea was unimaginable, especially when materials like gold or silver were used as money, even when cash was widely used. Today, money manifests as a number in the bank and becomes less material to most people, But how can it be spiritual?
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Run Android apps on Linux
Years ago, one can install Android on a virtual machine such as VirtualBox to run some Android apps on Windows, MacOS or Linux through the virtual machine. It was good, but not too convenient as one has to first share some resources like CPU and RAM to the virtual machine during setup and then start up the virtual machine every time before running any app.
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jShell is a big benefit to Java development
JShell is a Java read-eval-print loop, i.e. REPL, an interactive shell. It’s only introduced in Java 9 in 2017.
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World Cup group point rules unreasonable
So, during group matches, each of the teams tallies 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for a loss.
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Running is better than jogging!
What’s the difference? Well, jogging is basically slower running, with less intensity and more leisure.
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Swim in winter?
No, I am not in Thailand, nor any other tropical region.
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Learning a language fast and effectively
Learning something comes down to first absorbing the knowledge and then building the ability to use the knowledge. Specifically, learning a language requires that we 1) learn the words, 2) learn the sentences, and then 3) use the words to make our own sentences.
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A winning approach to investing
While you might have heard of many winning approaches, this one is not too complicated.
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Excellent french podcasts for beginning and intermediate learners
For beginners
These are relatively easy, but by no means are for someone at the very beginning level.
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How to type French or German in Ubuntu
I use Xubuntu 22.04 with a regular English-US keyboard.
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Diary in 8 Dimensions?
Normal diaries
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Why your trading results aren't as expected
Stage 0
Say you have saved some money, but you are concerned that the interest from the bank can’t match the inflation. Plus, you hope to grow your asset so as to buy a house or a nice car later. And you’ve learned from someone that investing in the stock market can grow your asset quickly.
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Setting up Github Pages with Jekyll and Minima
So creating a Github Pages site turns out quite straightforward, though for a newbie, some descriptions may sound daunting. This official documentation on using Jekyll to create the site helps one to get a quick upstart.
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First musing!
My first musing in Tangier, Morocco
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