= Probability & Statistics ======
Reading "The Undoing Project" by Michael Lewis at the moment about ... en
$$P(A \mbox{ and } B) = P(A \cap B) = P(A) \cdot P(B) \label{indepprob}\tag{1}$$
Bayes equation ... or not it's raining.
$$ P(A \cap B) = P(A|B) \cdot P(B) \label{condprob}\tag{2}$$
Consider the chan... k person is $20\%$, then the probability of a random person having the disease is:
$$P(B) = 0.5$$
ards ever more technological advance be our own undoing as in Vonnegut's [[wp>Galápagos_(novel)|Galápa... r our greater good and not just for its own sake? Do the technologists do their work for the greater good of all humanity or merely because they are driven to do so as it is who they are? Being one of them, I su
pp. 178–183. Izdat."Nauka'', Moscow, 1973.
MR Erdos Number = 4
* **A. V. Uskov ** coauthored with... M.; McInerney, J.; Pokrovskii, A. V. Synchronized double-frequency oscillations in a class of weakly r... nlinear Anal. 57 (2004), no. 7-8, 929–949.
MR Erdos Number = 4
* J. G. McInerney coauthored with ... of 4
McInerney-H.S.Gamble-H.L.Montogmery-Erdős
doesn't look reliable though, results don't make sen
ion with gold?
It is an interesting material. It doesn't react chemically and therefore doesn't oxidize or degrade over time. It has high electrical cond... s. The idea of having gold for the days of Armageddon when modern society breaks down and all Fiat currency becomes worthless seems dubious to me. If I ha
nto a blog type structure following [[https://www.dokuwiki.org/tips:blogging|tips]] given on the dokuwiki site. This is of course a little meta in using the newly installed blog software to document how to do that, but yeah…Looks interesting how it gathers the notes together.
In the sea of d
again at my old text editor Emacs and what it can do with Emacs lisp. Lisp expresses everything in ter... cks]] videos and it is quite amazing what you can do if you can become fluent in this environment. The... functions and key bindings involved is huge\\
{{:dob:pasted:20170420-151836.png?600}} ((https://xkcd.... en onto Excel Macros — which may actually help me do some routine data entry tasks automatically. This
ramatic. The Euro has held values as priced in US dollars from a minimum of 0,84\$ in Nov 2000 up to 1... s, however, priced in \$ and as such is nominally doing perfectly well in 2017. No major alarm about a... .
Gyrations of the GBP with various crises also does not get much coverage. I wonder is there a critical psychological point where this does become important. Crossing parity I think is so
des of one or other party or viewpoint completely dominating a political landscape, a few short years ... ly in Europe?
Consider the recent case of the all dominating Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia that had complete dominance over this market, massive quantities of fu... ing for R&D and every advantage to maintain their dominance. However in the space of half a decade - t
h_20161204&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=4710737|"The Undoing Project"]]// about the two psychologists [[wp>... ing Fast and Slow"// has been a long time on my [[dob:read#books_to_read|reading list]] but I have yet... rtaining books and giving insight into areas that do not usually provide the best material for an easy
====== How I now do my reading - Instapaper & Kindle ======
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** 21 Nov 2016 - dob **
I have started using [[http://www.instapaper... ed it. If I am to put in the effort and time to [[dob:read]] something, then I would hope that the wri
ally, I have to admit that my world view recently does not seem to match what is actually happening an... f both of these events came to pass, as they have done, was also not correct. For example, electing a ... lied to all new highs after his election. Reality does not match up with my world picture. I am not su
