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I would also argue that for a bet on war involving the United States, Middle East, Russia or China oil products are a better bet - and it is the world's second most liquid market a…

Weird blog, I imagine the next one would be: These are the type of persons who would get a girlfriend without a master degree in psychology.

Mentally that sounds like a grim project

I am building an analytics calculator/toy that slowly turned into something useful. It started as curiosity. I wanted to see if I could express business logic as simple choices and…

Anecdotally as someone who strength trained on a recreational basis the last 20 years (and run a marathon just to see if I could), nothing beats heavy lifting. A Strong lifts 5x5 p…

There is also a religious element to suicide that cannot be overlooked. Also, I Spain your view of Spain is tainted. I think very few people would choose an average city in Spain o…

What’s the advantage if this being in python?

The topic is “The role of Freight in Supply chains and Commodities”

Hi HN, I recently finished writing a book (in English), and I would like to turn it into a free eBook. I am Dutch and not particularly fond of my recorded voice, so I am experiment…

We are not 100% focused on cost, life also have to be fun - but paying USD 50.000 to much is different from paying USD 400.000 too much.

Thank you for the thoughtful and direct response. This is exactly the kind of grounded critique I was hoping to receive by posting here. I fully agree with your point about the noi…

We are fairly AI positive, have pro chatgpt licenses for all and have our own software division building custom tools. So we feel ready to "take the next step". There is also other…

I work for a commmodity / trading / shipping company. We wanted to invest and bring the whole management group for 5 day trip to Silicon Valley, focused on AI and LLM technologies.…

As someone in the industry as well for many years (coming from the business side having ventured into software), the main problem is always that the software just is not good enoug…

Well not for humans, but I believe it is for ChatGPT given the incomplete information that is often found in chat when users text each other this information (and which is why it i…

My gut feeling says no, as there are: 1. different maturities 2. 24 different regions 3. Four different pricing categories So the complexity of assigning the right input value to t…

My thought was AI, but I believe that there is to much room for AI to misunderstand the communication (which happens via instant messaging). However, a hybrid approach could perhap…

I work in a project X style department at a mid sized European company. I have designed and built (with the help of an external software consultancy) a software system that updates…

#Chaxor: I fully agree with this. I am not keen on this being a one horse race, and for privacy reasons would like to deploy these models locally. However, it seems for many progra…

Hi HN, I have around 1000 research papers saved over the years that I would like to be able to search in, in a smarter manner than using CTRL+F. This is a personal tool for me to u…

Hello, I am responsible for a software project at work where I need to create an software solution where commodity traders globally can daily input rates, they will need to maintai…

It is all fair points. I am more interested in the WHY and the theory behind why some markets are digitalized and others are not. I appreciate it is probably a relatively new area …

Hello, Why do some markets get digitized with direct business to consumer (eg books, cars and stocks) but others still need a broker in between (eg commodities, housing)? It cannot…

Thank you, I think that is a good logic to apply - but then it begs the question: how do you determine where your edge comes from? Is it brand, credit terms, insights, etc. There a…