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by cosmojg 4y ago
Is it wrong to say that most financial crimes boil down to scamming and fraud?
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by cosmojg 4y ago
Learned Svelte!
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Universal Paperclips(decisionproblem.com)
1 points by cosmojg 4y ago|0 comments
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by cosmojg 4y ago
Time to get laser eye surgery.
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by cosmojg 4y ago
I find that I want the median or the mode far more often than I want the mean. I don't understand why the latter has subsumed the former. I guess it's easier to calculate?
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by cosmojg 4y ago
If only we were still seeing this kind of commercial innovation in computer interfaces. Where did it go?
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by cosmojg 4y ago
GenZ's Newgrounds?
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by cosmojg 4y ago
I had the exact same experience! Almost verbatim. Nowadays, after one very long weekend spent changing my email address across dozens of different websites and services, I just use name@name.red instead of anything service-specific. Even no
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by cosmojg 4y ago
Comparing this to the Monty Hall problem: Probability of choosing the correct door at time of choice: Two Envelopes: 1/2 -> 1/2 Monty Hall: 1/3 -> 1/2 ...because Monty opens one of the doors, providing information.
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by cosmojg 4y ago
Sculpted like a riverbed.
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by cosmojg 4y ago
I want an Apple Watch-sized Android phone.
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by cosmojg 4y ago
Yes, I would, at the right interest rate. I, for one, am thrilled that access to 0% loans is becoming so easy, especially given the current inflationary environment. It allows me to keep more and more money in places earning real returns. A
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by cosmojg 4y ago
For more on Wikipedia's slow transformation from a culture of inclusionism to one of deletionism, see Gwern's fantastic "In Defense of Inclusionism" here: https://www.gwern.net/In-Defense-Of-Inclusionism
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by cosmojg 5y ago
Which shibboleth tests would you fail?
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by cosmojg 5y ago
Learning to adequately estimate probabilities and make decisions based on those probabilities is extremely powerful, and that's true whether you use those skills in your investments, your career, or your relationships. You can get a lo
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by cosmojg 5y ago
Specifically, they use the Schulze method[1] with ranked ballots, which is far better[2] than the IRV method popularized by FairVote[3] and currently making the rounds in the U.S. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schul
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by cosmojg 5y ago
Off-topic, but "Native American" is not the most widely preferred term[1]. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh88fVP2FWQ
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by cosmojg 5y ago
Owning a company is fairly trivial. Just fill out the requisite paperwork[1] and boom, you've got a company. Making it profitable is the hard part. [1] https://corp.delaware.gov/howtoform/
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by cosmojg 5y ago
Don't know why you're being downvoted; everything you've stated is true. I would just add that one should probably account for taxes. When taxes are involved: buybacks >> dividends.
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by cosmojg 5y ago
I think the more correct statement is that products are as good as profitably possible and no better. If the margins on a better product aren't large enough to justify spinning up a new business just to sell it, the existing product
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by cosmojg 5y ago
Just to add to your comment, here's a chart showing how college education (probably a good proxy for socioeconomic class) correlates with Democrat/Republican leanings across racial groups: https://assets.morningconsult.
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In Defense of Inclusionism(gwern.net)
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by cosmojg 5y ago
It didn't have to be this way! Wikipedia used to host all of this information before they switched from a policy of inclusionism to deletionism [1]. Now, it's all been relegated to for-profit hellholes like Fandom/Wikia. I dr
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by cosmojg 5y ago
C'est la vie.
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by cosmojg 5y ago
Can you feel the cup? Can you imagine holding it in your hands, caressing the rim, scooping the inside, and feeling the pressure on your hands? Can you imagine your hands getting wet or even the pain of a thousand shards of glass as the cup
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by cosmojg 5y ago
> That image will likely be the image of recently used cup or something you cherished deeply. I ended up imagining a comically ornate, little, blue, fine-china teacup. It's not one I've used recently. In fact, I can't reme
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by cosmojg 5y ago
There are better prediction markets out there now with more markets on more things. See, for example: https://kalshi.com/ (if you're in the US) https://polymarket.com/ (if you're elsewhere) Also,
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by cosmojg 5y ago
I'd add that Banksy is another modern artist who's done a pretty good job developing his own mythology.
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by cosmojg 5y ago
From personal experience alone, I'm tempted to believe that all of psychology is just habits and metahabits. Of course, given the existence of an entire field dedicated to its study, I'm sure it's a bit more than that.
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by cosmojg 5y ago
What? The Google Pixel line is one of the few smartphone lines continuously supported by every major open source mobile operating system. CalyxOS: https://calyxos.org/docs/guide/device-support/#supported-dev..

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