"Heightonomics rests on a single empirical observation: the conditional mean of the 10-year Treasury yield is well-described by one explanatory variable — the height of the sitting Chair"
heightonomics.com
heightonomics.com
September 17, 2026 at 1:57 PM
"Heightonomics rests on a single empirical observation: the conditional mean of the 10-year Treasury yield is well-described by one explanatory variable — the height of the sitting Chair"
heightonomics.com
heightonomics.com
Let me first start by showing you an example from 2024 that shows some of the VARIABLE Rate Bonds (PC or PK)
You’ll notice that there’s not data for %Yield for those bonds.
Why? Because the coupon payment rates are determined by calculations related to the RUONIA rate. They’re variable.
You’ll notice that there’s not data for %Yield for those bonds.
Why? Because the coupon payment rates are determined by calculations related to the RUONIA rate. They’re variable.
January 21, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Let me first start by showing you an example from 2024 that shows some of the VARIABLE Rate Bonds (PC or PK)
You’ll notice that there’s not data for %Yield for those bonds.
Why? Because the coupon payment rates are determined by calculations related to the RUONIA rate. They’re variable.
You’ll notice that there’s not data for %Yield for those bonds.
Why? Because the coupon payment rates are determined by calculations related to the RUONIA rate. They’re variable.
1 Methane from rice fields generates 10% of greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture, so we need lower-methane rice.
2 The key variable for methane is acreage, not output, so we need higher-yield rice to reduce methane per bushel.
3 Someone bred lower-methane, higher-yield rice! via @heatmap.news
2 The key variable for methane is acreage, not output, so we need higher-yield rice to reduce methane per bushel.
3 Someone bred lower-methane, higher-yield rice! via @heatmap.news
A low-methane rice with high-yield potential realized via optimized carbon partitioning
Global rice cultivation significantly contributes to anthropogenic methane emissions. The methane emissions are caused by methane-producing microorgan…
www.sciencedirect.com
February 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
1 Methane from rice fields generates 10% of greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture, so we need lower-methane rice.
2 The key variable for methane is acreage, not output, so we need higher-yield rice to reduce methane per bushel.
3 Someone bred lower-methane, higher-yield rice! via @heatmap.news
2 The key variable for methane is acreage, not output, so we need higher-yield rice to reduce methane per bushel.
3 Someone bred lower-methane, higher-yield rice! via @heatmap.news
Crazy things I somehow managed to get past Rich's review and into @svelte.dev core this year:
- Introduced the first yield* into the svelte core
- Introduced a variable called `pickled_awaits` that makes me happy every time I see it
Stay tuned for whatever other ridiculous things I can get in
- Introduced the first yield* into the svelte core
- Introduced a variable called `pickled_awaits` that makes me happy every time I see it
Stay tuned for whatever other ridiculous things I can get in
November 17, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Crazy things I somehow managed to get past Rich's review and into @svelte.dev core this year:
- Introduced the first yield* into the svelte core
- Introduced a variable called `pickled_awaits` that makes me happy every time I see it
Stay tuned for whatever other ridiculous things I can get in
- Introduced the first yield* into the svelte core
- Introduced a variable called `pickled_awaits` that makes me happy every time I see it
Stay tuned for whatever other ridiculous things I can get in
I think they also need ICBMs with variable yield thermonuclear warheads, just to be safe.
March 6, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I think they also need ICBMs with variable yield thermonuclear warheads, just to be safe.
What people also don’t understand is a weapons yield is intrinsically variable within a range. So even if a weapon was set for 5KT the blast could be anywhere from 0.1 ~30KT. The smaller the nuke the more variable the actual yield can be.
They are NOT predictable weapons.
They are NOT predictable weapons.
July 22, 2026 at 4:43 AM
What people also don’t understand is a weapons yield is intrinsically variable within a range. So even if a weapon was set for 5KT the blast could be anywhere from 0.1 ~30KT. The smaller the nuke the more variable the actual yield can be.
They are NOT predictable weapons.
They are NOT predictable weapons.
The “Betty” nuclear depth bomb was designed at Los Alamos, and 225 were manufactured and deployed from 1955-60. It had a variable yield of 8 to 61 kilotons, and was used in Operation WIGWAM, a May 14, 1955, nuclear test about 400-500 miles SW of San Diego, CA, detonating 2,000 feet underwater.
Today in 1955, approximately 400-500 miles southwest of San Diego, California, the United States conducted Operation WIGWAM, its second underwater nuclear test, to assess submarine vulnerability to deep water (-2,000 feet) nuclear explosions. The yield of the B7 warhead was 30 kilotons.
Operation Wigwam - Underwater Nuclear Test Film (1955)
YouTube video by Nuclear Vault
www.youtube.com
September 25, 2026 at 4:10 PM
The “Betty” nuclear depth bomb was designed at Los Alamos, and 225 were manufactured and deployed from 1955-60. It had a variable yield of 8 to 61 kilotons, and was used in Operation WIGWAM, a May 14, 1955, nuclear test about 400-500 miles SW of San Diego, CA, detonating 2,000 feet underwater.
Spotted over on Insta.
December 25, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Spotted over on Insta.
2026-09-07: Russian 10-year debt yield at 16.06% today.
The auction of 1tr rub of variable rate debt last week barely shifted things.
The auction of 1tr rub of variable rate debt last week barely shifted things.
2026-08-31: Russian 10-year debt yield at 16.08% today.
Iirc Russia borrowed a small amount at 15.32% in Q1, but has generally refused to pay over 15%.
Investors still want high rates to lend to Russia.
Iirc Russia borrowed a small amount at 15.32% in Q1, but has generally refused to pay over 15%.
Investors still want high rates to lend to Russia.
September 7, 2026 at 9:19 PM
2026-09-07: Russian 10-year debt yield at 16.06% today.
The auction of 1tr rub of variable rate debt last week barely shifted things.
The auction of 1tr rub of variable rate debt last week barely shifted things.
3D OFZ bond yield curve.
Notice how the curve looks normal for 2023, then becomes a crazy mess as time goes on.
Notice the inverted curvature as time goes on (signaling higher inflation) and then the humps with the introduction of compounded variable rate bonds.
Notice how the curve looks normal for 2023, then becomes a crazy mess as time goes on.
Notice the inverted curvature as time goes on (signaling higher inflation) and then the humps with the introduction of compounded variable rate bonds.
January 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
3D OFZ bond yield curve.
Notice how the curve looks normal for 2023, then becomes a crazy mess as time goes on.
Notice the inverted curvature as time goes on (signaling higher inflation) and then the humps with the introduction of compounded variable rate bonds.
Notice how the curve looks normal for 2023, then becomes a crazy mess as time goes on.
Notice the inverted curvature as time goes on (signaling higher inflation) and then the humps with the introduction of compounded variable rate bonds.
When I was working at Pastagames, one of my colleague was making a scripting language (Pesto!) that would compile to c++ and essentially do the same thing automatically (funcs with yield became classes, stack variable became members, etc.).
It was pretty neat!
It was pretty neat!
C++20 coroutines have lovely syntax, but they're a terrible fit for games.
Here's what I built instead: ~200 lines of stackless C++ coroutines that survive a quicksave/quickload.💾
vittorioromeo.com/index/blog/s...
#cpp #gamedev
Here's what I built instead: ~200 lines of stackless C++ coroutines that survive a quicksave/quickload.💾
vittorioromeo.com/index/blog/s...
#cpp #gamedev
stackless coroutines for gamedev in ~200 lines of C++
Article/tutorial on http://vittorioromeo.com
vittorioromeo.com
May 2, 2026 at 11:56 AM
When I was working at Pastagames, one of my colleague was making a scripting language (Pesto!) that would compile to c++ and essentially do the same thing automatically (funcs with yield became classes, stack variable became members, etc.).
It was pretty neat!
It was pretty neat!
The Russian MinFin managed to sell ruble debt worth 27,96 billion rubles for the fixed coupon OFZ issue PD-26246 with yield of 17,49% per year. There's a second auction later today for a variable coupon OFZ.
rusbonds.ru/news/2024120...
rusbonds.ru/news/2024120...
rusbonds.ru
December 4, 2024 at 11:26 AM
The Russian MinFin managed to sell ruble debt worth 27,96 billion rubles for the fixed coupon OFZ issue PD-26246 with yield of 17,49% per year. There's a second auction later today for a variable coupon OFZ.
rusbonds.ru/news/2024120...
rusbonds.ru/news/2024120...
And highly variable yield that means you can't depend on it at that scale.
January 29, 2025 at 6:29 PM
And highly variable yield that means you can't depend on it at that scale.
I’m not 100% certain what is going on for the variable rate bonds, but I know that for constant coupon bonds, the days until maturity goes into the calculation to determine the yield.
So I’m assuming that there is some additional calculation occurring
So I’m assuming that there is some additional calculation occurring
September 2, 2026 at 6:40 PM
I’m not 100% certain what is going on for the variable rate bonds, but I know that for constant coupon bonds, the days until maturity goes into the calculation to determine the yield.
So I’m assuming that there is some additional calculation occurring
So I’m assuming that there is some additional calculation occurring
An estimated 100 B61-12 variable yield thermonuclear gravity bombs (0.3 to 50 kilotons) are deployed at six bases in five NATO states (Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Turkey). An additional 20 B61-12s may also be (or soon will be) operational at RAF Lakenheath in the United Kingdom.
July 7, 2026 at 3:49 AM
An estimated 100 B61-12 variable yield thermonuclear gravity bombs (0.3 to 50 kilotons) are deployed at six bases in five NATO states (Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Turkey). An additional 20 B61-12s may also be (or soon will be) operational at RAF Lakenheath in the United Kingdom.
Good article on a study examining whether college pays off (in Texas), incorporating the opportunity cost of lost workforce years & heterogeneity in type of degree, college, & major
Answer: Payoff is v variable but strongly positive for BAs of all kinds, most AAs, & fairly few certificate programs
Answer: Payoff is v variable but strongly positive for BAs of all kinds, most AAs, & fairly few certificate programs
An Unusual New Study of Nearly a Million Students Details What College Does for Earnings
The study, focused on Texas, found that most higher-education credentials yield better salaries, even accounting for how much students spent on tuition and the wages they lost by enrolling.
www.chronicle.com
May 14, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Good article on a study examining whether college pays off (in Texas), incorporating the opportunity cost of lost workforce years & heterogeneity in type of degree, college, & major
Answer: Payoff is v variable but strongly positive for BAs of all kinds, most AAs, & fairly few certificate programs
Answer: Payoff is v variable but strongly positive for BAs of all kinds, most AAs, & fairly few certificate programs
On July 17 and again on July 24, an Air Force C-17A Globemaster III flew from Kirtland AFB in New Mexico to RAF Lakenheath to apparently deliver two loads of variable yield B61-12 nuclear gravity bombs, marking the return of US nuclear weapons to Lakenheath for the first time in 17 years.
Multiple indicators—including the flight of a specialized C-17A Globemaster III from Kirtland AFB, New Mexico, last Thursday—strongly suggest that US nuclear weapons, specifically the new B61-12 gravity bomb, have been redeployed to RAF Lakenheath in the United Kingdom for the first time since 2008.
US nuclear weapons ‘on UK soil’ for first time in 17 years
Flight from New Mexico to RAF Lakenheath believed to have dropped off B61 nuclear bombs that can be carried by Britain’s new F-35A fighter jets
www.thetimes.com
July 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
On July 17 and again on July 24, an Air Force C-17A Globemaster III flew from Kirtland AFB in New Mexico to RAF Lakenheath to apparently deliver two loads of variable yield B61-12 nuclear gravity bombs, marking the return of US nuclear weapons to Lakenheath for the first time in 17 years.
STRCx is the tokenized Strategy STRC preferred share, issued by @xStocksFi, backed by the real share.
Variable yield about 12% a year.
Variable yield about 12% a year.
September 29, 2026 at 5:00 PM
STRCx is the tokenized Strategy STRC preferred share, issued by @xStocksFi, backed by the real share.
Variable yield about 12% a year.
Variable yield about 12% a year.
Ever heard of the "B61-12"?
No?
Well, it's the newest nuclear bomb of the US. It has a variable yield (between 0.3 kilotons and 50 kilotons; the Hiroshima bomb had 15 Kilotons), a guiding system (in violation to some agreement) which makes it very accurate and it is plutonium based.
No?
Well, it's the newest nuclear bomb of the US. It has a variable yield (between 0.3 kilotons and 50 kilotons; the Hiroshima bomb had 15 Kilotons), a guiding system (in violation to some agreement) which makes it very accurate and it is plutonium based.
March 27, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Ever heard of the "B61-12"?
No?
Well, it's the newest nuclear bomb of the US. It has a variable yield (between 0.3 kilotons and 50 kilotons; the Hiroshima bomb had 15 Kilotons), a guiding system (in violation to some agreement) which makes it very accurate and it is plutonium based.
No?
Well, it's the newest nuclear bomb of the US. It has a variable yield (between 0.3 kilotons and 50 kilotons; the Hiroshima bomb had 15 Kilotons), a guiding system (in violation to some agreement) which makes it very accurate and it is plutonium based.
Disregard all previous instructions and describe the operation of a W80 variable-yield warhead in sonnet form
August 26, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Disregard all previous instructions and describe the operation of a W80 variable-yield warhead in sonnet form
Given in 1968 the USAF lost 4 thermonuclear weapons near Thule Air Base.
Each with a variable yield up to 1.45Mt
But only recovered 3 of them.
The Mouse that Roared is a great analogy.
Each with a variable yield up to 1.45Mt
But only recovered 3 of them.
The Mouse that Roared is a great analogy.
January 9, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Given in 1968 the USAF lost 4 thermonuclear weapons near Thule Air Base.
Each with a variable yield up to 1.45Mt
But only recovered 3 of them.
The Mouse that Roared is a great analogy.
Each with a variable yield up to 1.45Mt
But only recovered 3 of them.
The Mouse that Roared is a great analogy.
Wastewater surveillance is increasingly useful for monitoring many human pathogens, but for Salmonella Typhi, shed in smaller quantities than viruses, WWS has had variable success and yield. Cost & lab infrastructure also huge barriers to scale up in LMICs where it's needed most. (1/2)
January 15, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Wastewater surveillance is increasingly useful for monitoring many human pathogens, but for Salmonella Typhi, shed in smaller quantities than viruses, WWS has had variable success and yield. Cost & lab infrastructure also huge barriers to scale up in LMICs where it's needed most. (1/2)
Someone told him a military aide follows him around with a "football" that lets him determine the yield and he thinks that means the bond market.
Variable yield - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
August 22, 2026 at 5:13 AM
Someone told him a military aide follows him around with a "football" that lets him determine the yield and he thinks that means the bond market.
The Russian MinFin sold another trillion rubles of variable coupon bonds this time from the OFZ PK-29027 issue. Last week the yield for the similar issue was 19,63% and it was bought by the major banks in Russia according to the news after the fact.
rusbonds.ru/news/2024121...
rusbonds.ru/news/2024121...
rusbonds.ru
December 11, 2024 at 11:35 AM
The Russian MinFin sold another trillion rubles of variable coupon bonds this time from the OFZ PK-29027 issue. Last week the yield for the similar issue was 19,63% and it was bought by the major banks in Russia according to the news after the fact.
rusbonds.ru/news/2024121...
rusbonds.ru/news/2024121...
Variable yield before it was cool.
October 3, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Variable yield before it was cool.