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weber88

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About weber88

Chronically dispersed in interests. Complex systems, how society works and might work, artificial intelligence and mathematics.

Studying electrical and electronic engineering, and computer science in South Australia.

Recent public activity

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    Comment #1986181

    The explanation given here is pretty decent: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_electromagnetism_and_... The main thing is to consider how charge densities change as we switch …

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    Comment #1949350

    I've come to be suspicious of anything in finance claiming to be "mathematically optimal". You can only optimise according to some simplified model, and simplified models of comple…

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    Comment #1949335

    Just a question that popped into my head: what would happen if everyone followed a passive strategy, ie, no one was active? Isn't some sort of active strategy required, somewhere, …

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    Comment #1932901

    Oddly, I read it as having an orthogonal subject: not having skills, but demonstrating them. The presentation seems to be aimed at the sort of entitled mindset that believes employ…