Monthly Archives: November 2011
Mathematical beauty
Reading science books for the general public, you’ll often find physicists talking about elegance, beauty and words of the like describing laws or theories. The Wikipedia has an entry for “Mathematical Beauty”. Another entry says “Many mathematicians talk about the … Continue reading
Filed under Miscellanea
¿Son las circunscripciones provinciales o la Ley D’Hont?
Tras las elecciones de ayer, he leído en varios sitios simulaciones de cómo hubiese sido el resultado “si”… Las cifras que más han circulado por internet son las que resultarían si hubiese circunscripción única en vez de por provincias y … Continue reading
Filed under Miscellanea
German Debt
Yesterday, Spain issued debt at the highest yield in the last 14 years. One of the words most listened in the news lately is “spread”. I recalled some words from my brother, months ago, pointing that absolute value of yields hadn’t … Continue reading
Filed under Economy
Impuestos en Francia vs. España
Desde que vine a Francia, varias veces me han hecho preguntas acerca de los impuestos. La última hace unos pocos días. Dado que hice la búsqueda recientemente para responder, en esta entrada simplemente voy a dejar una tabla comparativa a … Continue reading
Flight lessons
About a month ago I started taking flight lessons at the ACAT aéro club, based in Lasbordes, a small aerodrome to the East of Toulouse. I subscribed together with another Airbus colleague and both encouraged by a third colleague who … Continue reading
Filed under Aerospace & Defence, Education, France
El Cosmonauta
Hace algo más de un año acudí con un amigo a la conferencia TEDxMadrid. Allí fue donde por primera vez escuché hablar de la película “El Cosmonauta”, por voz de su director, Nicolás Alcalá. Desde entonces he escuchado y leído … Continue reading
Filed under Investing, Movies, Twitter & Media
What actually happens when there is a default?
A couple of friends of mine used to point to me some months ago, jokingly or seriously, who knows, whether it was a good time to buy Greek bonds due to the hight yield they had. My response was always the same, … Continue reading
787 Break Even for Dummies
My previous two posts on Boeing 787 break even (original and further discussion) were generally well received, as far as the insight they provided on the matter and the way they treated the different variables at play. From the feedback, … Continue reading
Filed under Aerospace & Defence
With the Market’s swings, you lose
Stock markets have been very volatile recently. Mr. Market’s got a very fragile mood. One day is up, the next is down. In this post, I just wanted to make an obvious remark for most of you but a small … Continue reading
