FNF #11
By Handzalah / Black Swan Research 16 October 2026, 11:47pm MYT
Topics discussed in tonight’s FNF:
- Median length of war (period of sample: 1823-2003) is 139 days
- And the mean length of war is 408 days
- This the large spread between median and mean shows that wars like World War 1 and World War 2 stretches the average as they lasted more than 1000 days
- https://freerangestats.info/blog/2026/05/13/war-durations —————> the blog post that had the statistics for war durations
- REA (reverse engineer anything) and what it could mean to software companies
- REA, reverses engineer the binary coded files rather than get the software code itself
- China has been doing this reverse engineering for quite a while already
- Every week seems to present a new breakthrough in AI
- Tesla roadster has the ability to “fly”
- The Tesla roadster do not need a separate propellant for the car. It uses the electricity to generate the compressed gases. However, the version of Tesla roadster that can “fly” is only upon invite, therefore most won’t be able to purchase it.
- ECOSHOP during the period 2022 to 2025 increased their product prices on average at 6% per year. However, their net income per store has increased 65% on average per year.
- To put it into perspective, the average net income per store per day was just RM 361 in 2022. Fast-forward to 2025, the average net income per store per day was a whopping RM 1,986.
- Bed Bath & Beyond faced declined due to using a retailing model that does not work for its own business (they tried to implement the Target strategy of replacing SKUs with their private labels)
- Anta Sports look like an interesting investment proposition with FCF yield at around 11% and FCF CAGR at 27%
- The Haram mosque has fairly normal speakers however their acoustic design allows for efficient and accurate flow of sound throughout the Masjid
- The haze in Malaysia had increased the demand for indoor golf simulators