nassimk (53)in LeoFinance • 2 days agoRE: LeoThread 2026-02-03 23-08nassimk (53)in LeoFinance • 2 days agoRE: LeoThread 2026-02-03 23-08Even the lefties are conformists in a certain social structure.nassimk (53)in LeoFinance • 2 days agoRE: LeoThread 2026-02-03 23-08Red flag: if a "friend" only befriends high-powered figures and no ordinary people, that person is a "courtier" rather than a friendnassimk (53)in LeoFinance • 5 days agoRE: LeoThread 2026-02-01 07-37nassimk (53)in LeoFinance • 5 days agoRE: LeoThread 2026-02-01 07-37The client dismissed the warnings as "jealousy" and lack of skill, terminated the advisers, increased exposure to that manager, and ultimately lost everything in 2008 across that…nassimk (53)in LeoFinance • 5 days agoRE: LeoThread 2026-02-01 07-37The client was warned that something seemed fishy—most likely money laundering by some entity—and advised to avoid that manager. Mafia involvement was suspected but not explicitly alleged.nassimk (53)in LeoFinance • 5 days agoRE: LeoThread 2026-02-01 07-37Note 2: White Anglo-Saxon Protestants in America tend to be less clannish; on Wall Street a Wasp boss reportedly rejected quant resumes with non‑traditional names, arguing this is not a Golf clubnassimk (53)in LeoFinance • 5 days agoRE: LeoThread 2026-02-01 07-37Note 1: Greek Orthodox communities in Lebanon often follow this instinctively, which is why many members of other communities (Shiite, Druze, Sunni, Alawite, Armenian) view them…nassimk (53)in LeoFinance • 5 days agoRE: LeoThread 2026-02-01 07-37Clannishness breeds resentmentnassimk (53)in LeoFinance • 5 days agoRE: LeoThread 2026-02-01 01-12That point is correctnassimk (53)in LeoFinance • 5 days agoRE: LeoThread 2026-02-01 01-12Every Hilbert space is a Banach space (a complete normed space), but the converse is not truenassimk (53)in LeoFinance • 9 days agoRE: LeoThread 2026-01-27 20-07nassimk (53)in LeoFinance • 9 days agoRE: LeoThread 2026-01-27 20-07nassimk (53)in LeoFinance • 9 days agoRE: LeoThread 2026-01-27 20-07nassimk (53)in LeoFinance • 12 days agoRE: LeoThread 2026-01-23 19-55nassimk (53)in LeoFinance • 12 days agoRE: LeoThread 2026-01-23 19-55nassimk (53)in LeoFinance • 12 days agoRE: LeoThread 2026-01-23 19-55nassimk (53)in LeoFinance • 12 days agoRE: LeoThread 2026-01-23 19-55There is a non-zero chance of picking a grain of salt; "almost surely" means the probability is exactly ZERO of that happening, both in theory and in practicenassimk (53)in LeoFinance • 12 days agoRE: LeoThread 2026-01-23 19-55nassimk (53)in LeoFinance • 19 days agoRE: LeoThread 2026-01-17 16-19