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bayesian_statistics
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e of an event and given some initial sampling you can forecast the likely result for your total sample.... t this and it yields some unexpected results that can differ substantially from the underlying probabil... these outcomes are everywhere. How probabilities can be updated as new information comes in is also in... dds & Probability ==== Probabilities of an event can be stated as percentages or as a decimal with val
could_democracy_and_our_market_system_save_us_from_ourselves
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t will bring about our ultimate demise, then what can bring an end to this? Kaczynski would say there is nothing that can halt this advance in our current system without s... not be stopped through any intellectual endeavor. Can our big brains that drive us towards ever more te... in Vonnegut's [[wp>Galápagos_(novel)|Galápagos]]? Can we truly stay that we are driving technology for
emacs_macros
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ing again at my old text editor Emacs and what it can do with Emacs lisp. Lisp expresses everything in ... ists and the editor itself is written in this and can be modified and extended using it. Watched some o... s Rocks]] videos and it is quite amazing what you can do if you can become fluent in this environment. Then again, the amount of time you need to invest to
commerce_and_politics_have_always_been_sources_of_dramatic_change_-_why_is_this_always_surprising
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ems incompressible that the current nation states can crumble despite millennia of history to the cont... timeframe, the rise and fall of political parties can catch people fully unawares. After a few decades ... political landscape, a few short years later this can all be swept away. This is sometimes for good - b... largest companies with enormous power and capital can disappear in a generation (and sometimes much mor
technology_ai_distribution_of_capital
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if technological advance is a positive force that can be controlled. Even in its most extreme from as e... lternatively, like in Henry Thoreau's Walden, you can drop out of society and so massively reduce your ... y living in a hut and just taking care of himself can make the impression of being somewhat subversive
currency_variation_stock_price
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a lot. Currencies a lot less - though variations can be equally dramatic. The Euro has held values as ... at launch in Jan 1999. The short term variations can be equally dramtic. In the year to date, the €
erdos_number
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s Number ====== In the world of mathematics, you can see networking effects in terms of your //Erdős n... Erdős, the lowest Erdős number that a researcher can obtain is 2. ((http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erd%C
how_i_now_do_my_reading_-_instapaper_kindle
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to write it properly. I have found a way that I can quickly and easily access the text that I highlig
monetizing_positive_impulses
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serving. Take bio/organic food for example. You can argue that there is a qualitative difference in t
gold
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trivial thing to get this converted into goods I can actually use (food, clothing, shelter etc..). Fir
collecting_my_notes_as_a_blog
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usement as it is unlikely that there is much that can appear online that has not already been said. May
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