benjamin rubin

Sometimes I'm a professional Magic player, sometimes a washed up Hall of Famer. I'm always a Data Scientist, Alexander Technique Grad, Zen Student, and blogger

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@Lukewearechange White men are villains or morons almost always on TV now. Killing Eve was a great show but um...

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@MarinaMedvin must be an error in the study

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Every time I do anything resembling taxes I can't help but wonder "Why does this need to be so hard? If I'm struggling so much, what do people less capable do? Is there really no one motivated and clever enough to make this easy?" I feel like it's a huge black eye on government

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@brettboettcher1 Bullshit

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@markopolojarvi I just matlab and it always works. If somehow i get lost they also have great tech support. Get what you pay for.

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@eshear Bring in more poor people with low/mid skilled labor, and labor to capital ratio goes down (temporarily). Wages go down. Bring in people with capital, wages go up. Either way the overall wealth goes up, but if you bring in more people filling your economic niche, it's bad 4 u.

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

This hit me hard...

We all have "that guy" somewhere in our head.

So much of our success is determined by our ability to manage his influence over our day-to-day actions.

The reality:

Everything meaningful that you want in life is on the other side of something that sucks.

That suck might be 100 hard workouts.

That suck might be 100 bland meals.

That suck might be 100 hours of focused work.

The best things in life require upfront pain.

Embrace the suck.

We're all waging a constant battle between short-term pleasure and long-term fulfillment.

It's much easier to let the "guy" in our head win.

But most of the time, the hard way is the right way.

Yes, it's hard to delay gratification. It's hard to train your body and mind. It's hard to focus. It's hard to have difficult conversations. It's hard to show up for the people you love.

But it's even harder to live with the knowledge that you hid from all of those things.

Today, and all days, outwit "that guy" in your head.

Choose your hard.

[benjamin rubin @BenRubin_Magic]

Read my blog, a demystification of inflation/deflation/disinflation/etc. https://t.co/Bjtnu8oYGP

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https://t.co/BcZbUZOJnv

I wrote another blog- this one on Algorithms. Check it out

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I wrote a blog about Scrum. Check it out: https://t.co/ki5Ksi7oTx

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Friends, I've written a blog post. Please read it! https://t.co/vhTOqKeOMS

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@NickGiambruno Good sensible points, from where I'm sitting

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@markdash12

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I just started using @ycharts and found that this comparison between 2019 and 2020 adds a little perspective to the performance of the stock market this year. Note especially that although the Euro had declined 2% relative to the Dollar in 2019, it gained 9% in 2020!

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@heydave7 Tku.
Maybe obvious, but why hold $20B in cash when it could be invested in a diversified set of Stks/btc etc., and then sold whenever the need arises? It's not like they need cash THAT moment, why not accept the extra EV of Stks/BTC for the increased volatility just like we do?

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I had a great time doing an interview with @PetrKikac about my experience in the olden days of Magic. Check it out.

[Petr Sochůrek (ペトル ソフーレク) @PetrKikac]

The Hall of Famer and all around great dude @BenRubin_Magic took his time and sat down for an !!!INTERVIEW!!! with me!! Make sure to check it out! :)) https://t.co/fCUKvuM8OU

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@heydave7 I'm a bit new to your material, so first thank you for what you're doing. I just listened to a podcast you did in September about Open Door. There you state that in 2019 they sold 20k Houses, and had revenue of $5B. Is this to mean they generate $250,000 per house?

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About my time flying during Coronamania

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https://t.co/umyK8fvXaa

Friends, I wrote another blog post

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I just published An Experience in Meditaton https://t.co/LmErZVedUv