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by t_mann 7y ago
The Media Lab is starting to look like a liability for MIT.
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by t_mann 7y ago
Anti-vaccers always make me think of things like these: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxoplasmosis I'm by no means a biologist, so I have no idea how much substance the idea has, but it seems to me like the exist
1023.
by t_mann 7y ago
It doesn’t seem unplausible, but that’s not the point of doing research. The causality could be the other way round (people who are mentally fit also enjoy sports more, or see more benefits in doing it), or it could be driven by unobserved
1024.
by t_mann 7y ago
The most relevant paragraph in the entire article comes (almost) at the very end: "Dr. Repple says he and his colleagues are planning experiments to test whether and how various exercise programs affect fitness and the brain in people
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by t_mann 7y ago
His list regarding economics also raised my suspicion: anti-corruption, union organization, charter cities,... I couldn't really believe that no one was seriously studying these questions, so here are some results from literally 5 minu
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by t_mann 7y ago
I consume HN almost exclusively through RSS. hnrss.org offers many options for customizing your feed, including whether you want to link to the linked website or the comments page and many others...
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by t_mann 7y ago
In technical terms, the correct formula to use is E(max(CF,0)), not max(E(CF),0). In the words of the Merton model, equity in a limited liability company behaves like a call option on its assets/cash flow. In reality, these may follow
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by t_mann 7y ago
Maybe not exactly what you're looking for, but I've found personalized start pages (eg https://start.me/ https://www.protopage.com/ ) with RSS and other feeds from a wide variety of news sources t
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by t_mann 7y ago
This looks great! Have you considered adding an RSS feed for it?
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by t_mann 8y ago
"The year before, a group of five programmers and managers had left ... to start their own trading outfit. The company ... argued that the five had developed their quant-trading skills at the company, and so any new platform would have