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This one is deceptively important. I spent several years self-learning actuarial science. I had a solid statistics and math background, but incorrectly marginalized the business as…

I appreciate all of the data they include (even if most of it is processed using their proprietary metrics), but their articles aren't so great. They seem to take the attitude that…

Except under very strict circumstances, not charging everyone (including insurance companies) exactly the same amount for everything according to a practice fee schedule is illegal…

My guess is your third option. If AmEx can continue charging 2.5% while reducing their operating costs to a point that would make 0.5% profitable, that's lots of moolah for them. I…

I defined this distinction to an older relative about a year ago (right after I apologized for "geeking" all over her shiny new coffee maker, which I had taken apart and put back t…

It's more that I don't feel it's the government's place to tell people that they must wear a seat belt. It's their place to hold car manufacturers to safety standards that make sur…

Seat belt laws. For years, my inner Libertarian would cringe at the idea that the government could force someone to do something they didn't want to when it was their own life at r…

I guess these are more science/engineering than hacker, but I think the following cooking sites match the title pretty well: http://www.cookingforengineers.com/ When I want to make…

Yeah, I stopped reading when I realized that his Minimalism criteria (nothing he didn't want) was so completely confounded by his Completeness criteria (everything he did want). Al…

I’ve never had good results using a french press with a blade grinder. You need such a coarse grind for the press, and fine grit is just inevitable with a cheap blade. I got a burr…

Thank you! Their site gives a better idea about what's actually going on in the world about proteomics, and is a great start about finding affiliate companies.

Could anyone please tell me the names of some companies/non-profits researching proteomic sequencing? Preferably ones trying to work out the kinks that the article references? I li…

I spent four relatively enjoyable years sequencing DNA in the lab and on the computer. I met James Watson one time. The Double Helix is one of the most boring books that I’ve ever …

Although the Board's list does include Six Easy Pieces by Richard P. Feynman.

Hello everyone, I've been tossing around a couple of ideas for side businesses that I could try out while holding on to my day job, and then see where they go from there. I'm turni…

Midnight Cowboy received Best Picture in 1970 according to imdb. This movie can hardly be considered pornography by today's standards, but it was about a male prostitute and rated …

Or the part where Dagney cooked and kept house for John Galt as repayment for her staying with him.

Gold worries me these days. It's gone up so much lately that I think it's overvalued. Of course, I discouraged my husband from buying up gold when it was much cheaper a year ago fo…