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The Black Swan. The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable is a 2007 book by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, who is a former options trader. The book focuses on the extreme impact of rare and unpredictable outlier events—and the human tendency to find simplistic explanations for these events, retrospectively.
List of accolades received by. Black Swan. Natalie Portman gained much attention from critics and audiences, and won several acting awards. Black Swan is a 2010 independent psychological horror film directed by Darren Aronofsky. It premiered as the opening film for the 67th Venice International Film Festival. [ 1]
Dragon king theory. The cover of a collection of articles about dragon kings [ 1] Dragon king is a double metaphor for an event that is both extremely large in size or effect (a "king") and born of unique origins (a "dragon") relative to its peers (other events from the same system). DK events are generated by or correspond to mechanisms such ...
Jennifer Kaye Ringley (born August 10, 1976) [ 1] is an Internet personality and former lifecaster. She is widely regarded as the first camgirl. She is known for creating the popular website JenniCam. [ 2][ 3] Previously, live webcams transmitted static shots from cameras aimed through windows or at coffee pots. [ 4]
A black swan (Cygnus atratus) in Australia. The black swan theory or theory of black swan events is a metaphor that describes an event that comes as a surprise, has a major effect, and is often inappropriately rationalized after the fact with the benefit of hindsight. The term is based on a Latin expression which presumed that black swans did ...
Black Swan Data is a London-based technology and data science company that produces a social prediction SaaS platform called Trendscope. [1] [2] Trendscope uses predictive data science and proprietary Natural Language Processing to analyze Social data conversations that help businesses identify potential trends and customer behaviors.
W. HMS Wild Goose (U45) HMS Woodcock (U90) HMS Woodpecker (U08) HMS Wren (U28) Categories: Sloops of the Royal Navy. Sloops of the United Kingdom. World War II sloops of the United Kingdom.
In World War II, Black Swan -class sloops sank 29 U-boats. The most famous sloop commander was Captain Frederic John Walker. His sloop Starling became one of the most successful submarine hunters, taking part in the sinking of eleven U-boats. After the war, sloops continued in service with the Royal Navy, Egyptian Navy, Indian Navy, Pakistan ...