Right now, I’m learning Python for a project I’ll announce here eventually.
In the linked-to video, the instructor made a comment that stopped me in my tracks. Coding is more productive these days because so many problems have already been solved and can be copied. Continue reading My Weekend Project
Arnold discusses how analysis of aggregate data yields a lot of BS: Continue reading Take Your Consensus and Shove it
Karl Smith makes an interesting point.
a world in which gains are being created in ways that can be captured is not necessarily a world in which the poor benefit from those gains.
I like this characterization. I’ve been convinced that patents and intellectual property are not sacrosanct. Continue reading Innovation is Execution… Episode #2918
Via Cringely, I skipped ahead to Gordon Moore’s 20 minute presentation. Continue reading The Dawn of the Computer Age
From Barker we learn that businesses started by the rich are more likely to fail. And the bigger the advantage they have (ie in capital intensive industries), the worse off they are. Continue reading You Can’t Buy Hunger
Spexpertise (n): the flawed knowledge and misplaced self-confidence that one achieves having only read blogs and news stories on a topic. Continue reading Word of the Day
Insurance companies and bond portfolio managers have a lot in common in respect of their financial risk profiles: fixed payments in exchange for an uncertain probability of loss of principal. Insurers call this loss a claim, while cross-default provisions in loan agreements make losses apocalyptic. Continue reading Love Boring?
Math education sucks. That article is about a teaching method that breaks down math problems into simple steps and results skyrocket. Confidence is built, angels sing and the world is cloaked in glory. The point is that math educators needlessly complicates its instruction. People shouldn’t be scared of math! Continue reading ‘Smart’ is Ridiculous
There appear to be three options for dealing with Ireland, Greece and Portugal. One, loans from Germany. Two, default. Three, break away from the Euro. Continue reading I Have a Moral Hazard Fantasy…
Went to an awesome Japanese restaurant for dinner the other night. I’ve never been to Japan, but it’s what I imagine an authentic Japanese restaurant to be. Beware, I’ve been impressed before! Continue reading Adventures in Translation
Not Unreasonable 