====== Probability & Statistics ======
Reading "The Undoing Project" by Michael Lewis at the moment about the relationship and work of Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky. There are some exampl... f how knowing the underlying probability or base rate of an event and given some initial sampling you
====== Erdős Number ======
In the world of mathematics, you can see networking effects in terms of your //Erdős number// which quantifies the series... l Erdős]]. As well as being a prolific author of mathematical papers, [[wp>Paul Erdős]] was also quite an enigmatic character. His biography, [[wp>The Man
t System Save Us From Ourselves? ======
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If technological advance is not an absolute good and it is instead precisel... ion of Nick Bolstrom's black ball from the Urn) that will bring about our ultimate demise, then what can bring an end to this? Kaczynski would say there i
====== Currency Variation & Stock Price ======
Stock prices are discussed a lot. Currencies a lot less - though variations can be equally dramatic. The Euro has held values as priced in US dollars from a minimum of 0,84\$ in Nov 2000 up to 1.6\$ July 2008. At the time of writing it is priced at 1.17\$ which
erce and politics have always been sources of dramatic change - why is this always surprising? ======... seem to be pre-programmed to accept the current status quo as eternal. Change is not something that is intuitively easy to grasp. It seems incompressible that the current nation states can crumble despite mi
====== Gold ======
What is the fascination with gold?
It is an interesting material. It doesn't react chemically and therefore doesn't oxidi... value is more due to the cultural place it fills rather than a technical one in the modern world.
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====== Emacs & Macros ======
Looking again at my old text editor Emacs and what it can do with Emacs lisp. Lisp expresses everything in terms of li... this and can be modified and extended using it. Watched some of [[http://emacsrocks.com/|Emacs Rocks]] videos and it is quite amazing what you can do if you can become fluent in this envir
ed media reporting sceptically, I have to admit that my world view recently does not seem to match what is actually happening and I wonder if I have been swayed by the media I consume. Examples wher... the Brexit and Trump votes. I am also surprised that my expectation about what would happen if both of
====== Memories from Childhood ======
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Interesting article from the Atlantic - [[http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/11/childhood-memory-amensia/508886/|Traces o
gy, AI & Distribution of Capital ======
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Recent topics I read that I found interesting was a discussion regarding Artificia... edium, July 2016]])) as well as other articles that question if technological advance is a positive f
my reading - Instapaper & Kindle ======
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** 21 Nov 2016 - dob **
I have started using [[http://www.instapaper.com|Instapaper]] to gather long form articles I want to read and having them sent automatically on a weekly basis to my Kindle. My impulse
yet to get to around to it.
Lewis is very good at writing entertaining books and giving insight into areas that do not usually provide the best material for an easy read (Financial system, sport statistics,...). Some of the books are true classics (
====== Collecting My Notes as a Blog ======
Gathering my notes into a blog type structure following [... y installed blog software to document how to do that, but yeah…Looks interesting how it gathers the notes together.
In the sea of data that is available in the world today, whatever I write h
in the UK ======
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Recent new laws to gather Internet data and block/monitor Internet use of people in the UK is just following on from previou... If the politicians bringing forth the idea find that it is too intrusive for their own lives and see f... nt.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/investigatory-powers-bill-a7447781.html|add extra protection
graphic group.
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You could argue that the market economy is merely responding to a need... ake bio/organic food for example. You can argue that there is a qualitative difference in the food and I believe this was the original trigger for this movement, but once it was discovered that people are prepared to pay significantly more for
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