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helter etc..). First of all, you have to prove in some way that the material you have is actually gold. This requires assaying it in some way. Then you need to find someone to accept this block of metal and exchange it for something that is of actual use to you. In our current
bayesian_statistics
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rk of Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky. There are some examples given of how knowing the underlying probability or base rate of an event and given some initial sampling you can forecast the likely resu... eorem]] is one tool to look at this and it yields some unexpected results that can differ substantially ... ew information changes the probabilities. This in some ways sounds obvious but is the basis of many stat
commerce_and_politics_have_always_been_sources_of_dramatic_change_-_why_is_this_always_surprising
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the current status quo as eternal. Change is not something that is intuitively easy to grasp. It seems ... t years later this can all be swept away. This is sometimes for good - but with many notable examples wh... trophic. It is also equally hard to imagine that some of the world's largest companies with enormous po... er and capital can disappear in a generation (and sometimes much more quickly). Why is this so hard to i
could_democracy_and_our_market_system_save_us_from_ourselves
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ely technological advance (Nuclear weapons, AI or some other version of Nick Bolstrom's black ball from ... n halt this advance in our current system without some type or revolution to overthrow our current insti... ses economic imbalances over time that will cause some type of democratic unrest and rise anti intellect... otentially reaching a little bit here… ;) ) This somehow agrees with the view that through democracy th
author_michael_lewis
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sy read (Financial system, sport statistics,...). Some of the books are true classics (Liars Poker, Big ... able. I am a fan, enjoy his writing and therefore somewhat biased though. I am curious to see how this f... es him. Here is an interview of Lewis discussing some of his earlier work at the Haas Business School i
emacs_macros
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nd can be modified and extended using it. Watched some of [[http://emacsrocks.com/|Emacs Rocks]] videos ... onto Excel Macros — which may actually help me do some routine data entry tasks automatically. This, however, also seems to require some time needed to implement across a series of excel
achill
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_113840.jpg?direct&610|}}\\ ...and now on to find something to interest myself in 2017. I plan to look c... b:regensburg|locally]] in 2017. Perhaps there are some new and interesting events and people to be disco
technology_ai_distribution_of_capital
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the Unabomber) there is still a logic to at least some of his thinking with respect to technological pro... care of himself can make the impression of being somewhat subversive in today's world. As for long for
currency_variation_stock_price
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does become important. Crossing parity I think is something that would penetrate through to a headline. Maybe this 1€ having greater value than 1GBP would provoke some debate in Brexit? ~~DISCUSSION~~
how_i_now_do_my_reading_-_instapaper_kindle
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am to put in the effort and time to [[dob:read]] something, then I would hope that the writer has something interesting to say and has taken the time to writ
monetizing_positive_impulses
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o increase the price dramatically. Why then does somebody else just sell simpler for less. I am not sur
internet_censorship_monitoring_in_the_uk
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ves]] then surely this should ring a warning bell somewhere that this may be too intrusive for everyone
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