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27 Aug 2010 08:53
Ruby
Ruby is an awesome language. I've come to the conclusion that I enjoy it more than Python for the simple reason that whitespace doesn't matter.
Pyt
...continue to full essay.Posted 08/25/2010You Can't Predict the Future
I've been very surprised to discover how unpredictable the future is. As you try to predict farther out, your error margins grow exponentionally big
...continue to full essay.Posted 08/25/2010Critical Thinking
I have a feeling critical thinking gets the least amount of brain's resources. The trick is to critically think about things, come to conclusions, and
...continue to full essay.Posted 08/25/2010Kids are Neat
Maybe I'm getting old, but I'm starting to think the best way to "change the world" isn't to bust your ass building companies, inventing new machines,
...continue to full essay.Posted 08/25/2010How is Intelligence Distributed?
I've been working on a fun side project of categorizing things into Mediocristan or Extremistan(inspired by NNT's book The Black Swan).
I'm trying
...continue to full essay.Posted 08/25/2010Recommendations Are Far From Good
Doctors used to recommend leeches to cure a whole variety of illnesses. That seems laughable today. But I think our recommendations today will be laug
...continue to full essay.Posted 08/25/2010Nature Verse Nurture
Genetics, aka nature, plays the dominant role in predicting most aspects of your life, in my estimation.
Across every dimension in life your gene
...continue to full essay.Posted 08/25/2010Circle of Competence
Warren Buffet claims to follow an investment strategy of staying within his "circle of competence". That's why he doesn't invest in high tech--it's ou
...continue to full essay.Posted 08/25/2010What Percentage of the Brain Does What
Note: Sometimes I'll write a post about something I don't understand at all. I am not a neuroscientist and have only the faintess understanding of the
...continue to full essay.Posted 08/23/2010The Recency Effect
Your most recent experiences effect you the most. Reading this essay will effect you the most today but a week from now the effect will have largely w
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11 Aug 2010 21:46
The Ovarian Lottery & Other Side Projects
I've had some free time the past two weeks to work on a few random ideas I've had.
They all largely involve probability/statistics and have no pra
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10 Aug 2010 18:52
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07 Aug 2010 00:10
Happiness is in Mediocristan
Three unexpected things have happened to me during my two years of entrepreneurial pursuits in California.
First, I have not gotten rich.
Second
...continue to full essay.Posted 08/06/2010What I Want
Figuring out what you want in life is very hard. No one tells you exactly what you want. You have to figure it out on your own.
When you're young,
...continue to full essay.Posted 08/06/2010Orbits
In February I celebrated my 26th Orbit. I am 26 orbits old. How many orbits are you?
I think we should use the word "orbit" instead of year. It's l
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03 Aug 2010 13:52
The Do You Know Game and Why We Need Celebrities
Last night over dinner we had an interesting conversation about why we care about celebrities. Here's my thinking on the matter.
Celebrities are no
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09 Jul 2010 06:32
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02 Jul 2010 17:12
Design Matters, a lot
A year ago I wrote a post titled "The Truth about Web Design" where I briefly argued that "design doesn't matter a whole lot."
My argument was: "yo
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29 Jun 2010 06:18
Competition and Specialization
Competition and specialization are generally positive economics forces. What's interesting is that they are contradictory.
Competition. Company 1 a
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25 Jun 2010 21:22
Simple, but not easy
Doing a startup is surprisingly simple. You have to start by creating a product that people must have, then you scale it from there.
What percent o
...continue to full essay.Posted 06/17/2010Flip Flopping
Every Sunday night in college my fraternity would gather in the commons room for a "brother meeting". (Yes, I was in a fraternity, and yes I do regret
...continue to full essay.Posted 06/16/2010The Churn Rate of Data
I think it's interesting to ponder the value of information over it's lifetime.
Different types of data become outdated at different rates. A stree
...continue to full essay.Posted 06/15/2010Culture and Complexity
Have you heard of the Emperor Penguins? It's a species of penguins that journeys 30-75 miles across the frigid Antarctic to breed. Each year these pen
...continue to full essay.Posted 06/14/2010My Tog | -
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