The incredible Mr Ed

An applied mathematician having fun as a data scientist, dad and occasional party cat. What a great era in which to love math.

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@LusciousPear @SquareHammerLab This is so cool. I want to hear more.

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@btwntwinpeaks Seems like she is trying to be accepting. For a first impression across generations, that's good. That's a desire for connection.

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@JustinWolfers Bravo for doing the household supporting work while Betsy was taking her time to shine at the labor department. We need more representation of 2 income families taking turns with 1 in a consuming jobs and 1 doing more family labor. Taking turns is good for the kids.

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@robinhanson We just tried that in 2020, without significant inventions and huge mental health costs. Newton's isolation was also due to a plague. His personality also was very challenging, though it's not clear how much of that was due to the isolation. Anecdote ain't data

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@HedgeDirty Insightful point that makes me think. Won't 2nd order effects dominate? LA traffic will continue to get much worse unless avg commute dist goes down. Hwys near capacity for most of the day. Traffic at road capacity is very non-linear and sensitive.

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@HedgeDirty Already Uber courier is a game changer. Avoids so many cross town errands saving an hour for ~$7, using idle drivers and motorcycles. Just bring the package to me anytime this afternoon.

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@HedgeDirty @MattPasienski W/ car share I pick a big car only on double dates etc. if just me, I don't care and go small, <$ and arrive faster.

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@ChiefScientist And that's a half height Fisher Paykel from NZ

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@ramez Pretty much the only thing that has worked before is an ambitious young king from Macedonia.

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@HedgeDirty Corruption has become a political currency. Literally trading American soldiers' blood for money. If this is insider trading leaked from a security clearance, hang draw and quarter is too good for this traitor.

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@HedgeDirty How will I inspect my roof, trees and gutters? #bestdroneuse

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@Noahpinion @erikbryn BYDs are making huge headway into the Ubers of Mexico City. Every driver, I spoke to loves them, saying they are comfortable, reliable, and economical.

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@WarintheFuture The Persian empire has designed its cities to resist a ground assault since Iran was Persia.

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@ramez You may be nearly uniquely qualified to make that distinction.

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This is a really important point from an expert of government employment data. Especially if you read critiques of how series like inflation and housing cost data can be suspect, this is a really important discussion from a master of the trade.

[Jed Kolko @JedKolko]

Do not look at native-born LEVELS of anything — employment, unemployment, labor force, or population. These stats may be official but they are meaningless.

Why? This: https://t.co/vKzA2kzX4P

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@DynamicWebPaige And that is why the oil and gas industry were the biggest consumers of map reduce big data.

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@robinhanson Nearly all commercial props rotate the same way, due to lower maintenance costs.

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@robinhanson Honest Q: Did you ever really suspect the reason would be something other than efficiency of mass production? I like that you asked but I assume this q was solved for prop planes in the 1930s.

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@joelgrus Isn't that why they are called coca crispies?