Book of Sand

  Do you know the QuantLib library in C++? Yes, I am familiar with the QuantLib library. QuantLib is an open-source C++ library for financial quantitative analysts and developers. It provides tools and models for the construction of quantitative finance applications and pricing of financial instruments. Some of the features of the QuantLib library include: A large collection of financial instruments, including options, futures, swaps, and bonds Numerical methods for the pricing of financial instruments, including Monte Carlo simulation and finite difference methods A flexible framework for the construction of yield curve models Support for a wide range of currencies and calendars The QuantLib library is widely used in the finance industry, and is also popular among academic researchers and students studying finance and quantitative methods. It is available under the open-source Boost Software License. Using this library could you write a C++ program to generate a training dataset f...

 From OpenAI ChatGPT 12.13.22 Matt Murphy Are you familiar with the poem Kubla Khan by Samuel Taylor Coleridge? Yes, I am familiar with "Kubla Khan" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. It is a famous poem that was composed in the late 18th century. The poem tells the story of a great and majestic palace built by the Mongol ruler Kubla Khan. It is known for its vivid imagery and use of poetic language. The poem has been widely studied and admired for its beauty and literary merit. Matt Murphy How does it start? The poem begins with the lines: In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea. These lines introduce the setting of the poem and establish the central character, Kubla Khan, as a powerful and grandiose figure. The use of the word "Xanadu" evokes a sense of exoticism and mystery, while the reference to the "stately pleasure-dome" suggests the luxurious and im...

 The quote "Houses are machines for living in" is attributed to the architect Le Corbusier. Le Corbusier was a Swiss-French architect and urban planner who was an influential figure in the development of modern architecture. He believed that buildings should be designed to serve the needs of their users, and that they should be functional and efficient. He used the phrase "houses are machines for living in" to express this idea, and it has become one of his most famous quotes. ============================ How would our study of urban geography be different if instead of assuming that all "man-made" structures were intentionally constructed by men for some purpose, built environments were able to self-manifest, perhaps due to either small-scale ie. nanobots or fabricator goo, utility fog, or large-scale construction automatons, like in Tsutomu Nihei's Blame!, or vast 3D city printers.  What if cities were constructed recursively or fractall...

The following were all gleaned from two passing references in Damian Murphy's Flower Dream Sermon . [1]  I had a favorite pendant, for example, that I’d frequently place between the pages of an illustrated volume of Shelley’s Alastor . Of course my parents, being terribly protective, would never have allowed me to own such a book. I vaguely remember having stolen it from one of my older brothers. There my little treasure would remain for several days, pressed like a plucked lily against a carefully selected passage. I was convinced that it would inherit some of the qualities of the piece and pass them on to me. [2] We were sitting at the dinner table with a bottle of Syrah between us, its contents progressively diminishing as we discussed the relative merits of fidelity and betrayal. An inspired rendition of Scriabin’s Poem of Fire was on the phonograph. ... By that time, I’d finished what remained of the bottle and had placed the needle on the B-side of the record. ... I stood w...