One of the most important things in mountaineering is the weather, so ladies and gentlemen, I present you Gasherbrum2 web app (not very inspired name, but it is what it is).
[Read More]"The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding" - Leonardo Da Vinci
"If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough" - Albert Einstein
Gasherbrum2 - the aftermath
Mountaineering
To make a long story short I am going to lay down only a few DOs/DON'Ts (as a reminder for myself), the raw and uncut (but spellchecked) journal, and the expenses for the curious minds.
[Read More]Gasherbrum2 - how to compare gear
Mountaineering
I need to choose between a 229 EUR down hoody that weights 319g and one that is 269 EUR and 420g… which one will you go for?
[Read More]Gasherbrum2 - gear list
Mountaineering
Always changing gear list, updated for high altitude mountaineering Gasherbrum2 expedition.
Naming conventions:
- type - product category, REQUIRED (e.g. sleeping bag)
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brand:
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Gasherbrum2 - training plan
Mountaineering
With only two months remaining until the Gasherbrum2 expedition I put together a training plan, kind of writting in stone, let's see how it goes.
[Read More]New Market Wizards
Review
The second market wizards book, named simply New Market Wizards was actually published before the Hedge Fund Market Wizards book, a bit older but as the saying goes… oldies but goldies.
[Read More]Bias vs. Variance
Statistics
I don't know about others but when I started digging into machine-learning I had some problems understanding bias-variance until I found a nice target shooting analogy.
[Read More]Historical volatility
Trading
Historical volatility (also called realized volatility) measures how far the normal standard deviation is from expected mean, over a given period of time.
[Read More]Whale alert
Trading
Very simple pivot-point indicator that tries to detect whales' presence by checking the spikes in volume at the same UTC hour for the last 3 days.
[Read More]Incomplete guide to Options Greeks
Finance
Greeks or Options Greeks are tools/statistics which measure sensitivity (responsiveness, calculus anyone?) of option price to changes in various parameters: underlying price, volatility, time, etc…
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