Francis Lessard

Tweets are my own, Economist interested in Energy and Environmental markets

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@mou55981652 isnt it too early to peak?

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@MPelletierCIO I find ski and mtb are good example of leap of faith. I've started both in my 20s and one of the most memorable feeling is that feeling of fear in front of a steep trail; you cannot do it slowly you have to go with the flow or let your fear win (and usually crash badly)

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@mou55981652 Would those numbers include the wind factors? It was blowing hard for the second half of that climb!

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@mou55981652 How would you describe Arrieta as a rider? Does he stand any chance in the mountains in the Giro for example?

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@GK_Fellows Been reading some Nassim Taleb lately and it is basically one of the thing he preaches the most; Economists spend way too much time in "theory" and not enough in "practice". Hard to disagree to be honest.

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@mou55981652 Didn't they win like 6-7 stages last year Vuelta?

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@dunnde RGGI is the bridesmaid that decide to cause a scene at LCFS wedding day!

[Mark C. Christie @ChristieFERC]

With Virginia Back In, RGGI Futures Price Tops $41 Per Ton https://t.co/RbTlmXdEbs

[Jean Charest @JeanCharest_]

Les américains sont nos voisins, nos amis, nos alliés. Il faut faire attention à ne pas leur donner le sentiment que nous leur sommes hostiles. Notre différend est avec une administration, pas avec un peuple.

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@dunnde https://t.co/xTj0ZTMqI4

Lol does that mean you are right?

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@DarrenDreger @SeattleKraken Beautiful article! Thanks for sharing. Really hard to read that and not link the death of a young human on the crumbling Canadian healthcare system. 6-9 months to get a simple MRI...

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@MarcLevesqueEco @Citizen004 Also i'd put a caveat on the actual cost number (90m). Cost on large project tend to go much higher than forecasted (75%-90% of project according to AI). The sunk cost fallacy exposure is real.

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@mattgurney From my current reading of Black Swan by @nntaleb; What you are doing here is a posteriori rationale / Hindsight bias; The tendency to manufacture a narrative after a black swan event happens to make it seem logical and foreseeable.

I highly recommend the book

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@mou55981652 Didn't he say he would like to win all major tour? i just assumed its why he is riding the Swiss race this summer/spring

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@thomasjuneau Can you please show example of what strategic success would mean? I am just uncertain i understand the difference between tactical win and durable strategic success?

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@Tratnikstan AWP?

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@VincentGeloso Ou simplement lorsqu'il dit que la Chine exporte des infrastructures eoliennes pour les autres pays mais n'en construit pas dans leur propre pays alors que c'est l'endroit au monde ou il y a la plus grande flotte eolienne.

https://t.co/oRLOjw3Azx

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@mou55981652 No disrespect but If you were Pog you would be spending way too much time (& energy) focusing on fictional enemy, internal drama and subordinate loyalty instead of focusing on training and preparation. That is why he is the goat and loved by almost everyone, no drama just results

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@jkenney They are so afraid of making a Type I error (mistakingly convict an honest citizen), that they prefer to have a system that minimize that type of error at the expense of making a lot of Type II error (Not convict a criminal).

The societal utility isnt maximized in that way.

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@jkenney I recall in my first undergrad statistical class we learn about type I error and type II error. Type I error is wrongly reject an hypothesis when its true, Type II is wrongly accept it when its false. I think this explain the issue with the "legal progressive". (1/2)