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Bostonian

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About Bostonian

Financial quant who programs in R, Fortran, and Python

Recent public activity

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    Comment #48620019

    A "one-time" tax to fund recurring health care and educational expenses is an obvious lie.

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    Comment #48612492

    I said "show me the results of being long/flat SPY when it is above/below its 200 trading day moving average" and did not get an answer.

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    Comment #46548723

    'In robotics, as in so many things, small is beautiful. The trouble is that making them really small is very nearly impossible. “Building robots that operate independently at sizes…

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    Comment #46533600

    ... 'Furiosa’s AI chip is dubbed “RNGD”—short for renegade—and slated to start mass production this month. Valued at nearly $700 million based on its most recent fundraising, Furio…

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    Comment #46335462

    'The latest generation of wearables delivers clinical-grade insights. By providing continuous, noninvasive biometric readings, the Oura ring can act as a “check-engine light,” brid…

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    Comment #46326589

    'The maker of the Roomba vacuum cleaner, iRobot, filed for bankruptcy Sunday after 35 years in business. An obituary might describe it as a victim of government assassination. Over…

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    Comment #46259917

    ... 'At the turn of the 21st century, IBM and Stanford University jointly demonstrated the first implementation of Shor’s Algorithm, a quantum algorithm that can factor large numbe…

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    Comment #46192267

    'The European Union’s decision Friday to impose a fine on Elon Musk’s social-media platform X.com raises a question: What the heck is wrong with these people? Even in Brussels, it’…

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    Comment #46150234

    ... 'When an AI system can review thousands of contracts in minutes rather than weeks, draft complex documents in seconds rather than hours or generate strategic analyses near-inst…

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    Comment #46139982

    'The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season ended on Sunday, and not a single hurricane made landfall in the continental U.S. this year. This is the first such quiet year since 2015; an av…

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    Comment #46134258

    'Ask a futurist about self-driving cars, and you’ll hear an exciting story: traffic that flows like clockwork, pedestrians stepping into the street without fear, and collisions so …