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Insanity: People still pumping Bitcoin
BTC is a particularly pathological cryptocurrency, and it is doomed in the long run
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Worst Fire Alert Message Ever?
If there were an award for bad industrial design...
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"Variance-Covariance matrix" unnecessarily redundant
Stop saying "variance-covariance matrix." It's just "covariance matrix." A covariance matrix is a symmetric matrix in which each element i,j …
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The Criminal Court of Public Opinion
Imagine being accused of a crime that you did not commit. You are arrested, charged, and your name is splashed across the media. You are confident that…
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Disarm Police – Part II
American police should not be allowed to routinely carry weapons because the established risks to the public outweigh the benefits. Police are held to…
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Online services are destined to suck
Does it feel like the free online services keep getting worse, not better? You're not imagining it. It's all part of the business Circle of Life. Great…
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Consumer Products: If it ain't broke...
For over 25 years I have used Mitchum Unscented Gel Antiperspirant. Last month I started a new tube and was irritated by a significant perfume-like…
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We suck; want to buy more?
Last month I discovered that Google broke their Drive cloud storage service: it will no longer mirror files on local storage. I'm not going to put my…
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