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		pps43 on Nov 26, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Java is better than C++ for high speed trading sys... You can convert between financial loss and loss of human life using implied cost of averting a fatality [1], which is about $10 million. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value_of_life

angry_octet on Nov 27, 2020 [–]

That is not a bidirectional transform. A financial loss in an investment fund just means that other traders made more profit.

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