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I'll repost what I wrote on a previous discussion of this article on FB: Most versions of this discussion lament the fact that students come into graduate programs with little idea…

I find this to be fairly involved but a good follow-up to introductory texts. Casella, George, and Roger L. Berger. Statistical Inference. 2nd ed. Duxbury Advanced Series. Australi…

I found the "preachy" bootleg strip referred to in the first paragraph to be rather poignant and wonderful.

On medium format film - I can't tell if this is 120, 220, or 620, or something like 616 - many cameras can take pictures of varying width. For example, on a camera that makes 6x9, …

Chaucer and Dante certainly make any greatest hits list -- definitely worth reading.

You misunderstand my argument if you read it as "the West is dumb and mean". What I meant to emphasize was that the West made the (IMHO right) decision, to spend on research etc wh…

Thank you! After reading this same statement about toilets vs space missions dozens of times I could hardly muster anything more articulate than "aaargh!" Apparently the West had s…

My dad had a cerebral stroke a few years ago. As everyone else was trying to arrange an emergency ambulance, his doctor was on the phone with him asking him to stay awake. Apparent…

Yes. Perhaps hitting the optimum form at 45 would be ideal. So 4 would start becoming clearer at 40 and then start degenerating after 45.

Most contemporary art needs to be illuminated by some mumbo-jumbo narrative about what it "means" before one can appreciate it. I get the fact that one of the things that makes art…

They missed their opportunity in mid to late 2012 when NFLX hovered around $65. They're in the high 400s now.

Apart from Russel's book, Will Durant's _The Story of Philosophy_ provides a fun light introduction. If you'd rather read primary texts there are many choices - the history of phil…

Here's my version of Pascal's wager: Even if there is/are god(s), she/he/they obviously don't want to be known/found as she/he/they have left no obvious clues from which we might d…

This! Horseshoes might be the work of the devil! :-)

Yes, it is. In certain cases it might be harmless superstition unlike the kind of militant superstition that prompts people to oppress others, but superstition it is.

If moves from all these games are available I am wondering if ngram type analysis could be used to tease out the emergence of new opening strategies etc. Given enough games, someon…