Sorry to have been away. But I've been away. First in Erlangen and Munich, Germany. Then in Edmonton, in Northern Alberta. Both really fun. Back in Raleigh now....
To the links....
1. Amazing application of pure fairness. The town would benefit from using an auction instead. And the individuals who "win" the lottery would benefit from allowing a secondary market. So, an interesting example for class. The graveyard lottery, in Germany.
2. Why are wages not rising? Of course, in some areas, they are.
3. George Will writes a column on baseball. And I like it. Perhaps neither of those things is surprising. But it is a REALLY good column.
4. Hindcasting global population densities reveals forces enabling the origin of agriculture
5. Right to try.
6. Nipples.
7. The WaPo is upset with the Oklahoma incident because two citizens responded and killed the shooter. Apparently the faster action that likely saved lives is LESS important than the fact that having armed citizens made the situation "more complicated for police." As if our objective is primarily to make life simple for police. Citizens are pretty much on their own. As we already know....
8. Dude had a bad day. Why in the world was he insisting they pull over? Anyway, it didn't go well.
9. I'm going to guess that this sort of thing is quite common. We only know about it because of the police body cams. If police want to be respected, they'll need to be respectable. But it's hard, because the state provides conditions where the worst will always get on top.
10. Some people assume that wealth may substitute for genetic fitness, meaning that rich morons will be over-represented in the population. But Mr. Darwin has ways of taking care of that. (The guy didn't die. But he did learn some wisdom, I hope).
11. Starfish v. Spider education systems.
12. Guilds? There is no guarantee that the "firm" in its traditional form is optimal in the non-traditional future....
13. Not only is "Dead Salmon" a color, the producer is unironically (I think) doubling down on it as being "magical."
14. "How White People Handle Diversity Training." This may not be entirely true, but I bet it's also not entirely false.
15. Since it is not easy to climb up out of poverty, it almost HAS to be true that a dogged belief that one CAN climb up out of poverty is a prerequisite.
16. That word "foe" you keep using. President Trump, I don't think it means what you think it means.
17. Realistic Marketing: Bird Scooter edition.
18. I have colleagues at Duke who sincerely believe that Cuba's labor system is non-exploitative, and that Cuba's health care system is the best in the world. These claims are both absurd.
19. A better way to run schools...
20. Okay, goodONya and all, mates. But does "naked gay farmer" really evoke "mental health" as an association, in the minds of most people? On the other hand, they are likely right that it makes people pay attention.
The Grand Lagniappe, Copa Mundial edition: 538 takes another one in the shorts. The average goals scored per game this Cup tournament was about 2.65. The standard deviation was about 1.2 goals (actually, it was less than that, but let's say.) That means that 538 made an almost 3 sigma error, assuming even then that "very few goals" is equal to "average number of goals." Why do we even have a government, if people are allowed to make such bad predictions?
To the links....
1. Amazing application of pure fairness. The town would benefit from using an auction instead. And the individuals who "win" the lottery would benefit from allowing a secondary market. So, an interesting example for class. The graveyard lottery, in Germany.
2. Why are wages not rising? Of course, in some areas, they are.
3. George Will writes a column on baseball. And I like it. Perhaps neither of those things is surprising. But it is a REALLY good column.
4. Hindcasting global population densities reveals forces enabling the origin of agriculture
5. Right to try.
6. Nipples.
7. The WaPo is upset with the Oklahoma incident because two citizens responded and killed the shooter. Apparently the faster action that likely saved lives is LESS important than the fact that having armed citizens made the situation "more complicated for police." As if our objective is primarily to make life simple for police. Citizens are pretty much on their own. As we already know....
8. Dude had a bad day. Why in the world was he insisting they pull over? Anyway, it didn't go well.
9. I'm going to guess that this sort of thing is quite common. We only know about it because of the police body cams. If police want to be respected, they'll need to be respectable. But it's hard, because the state provides conditions where the worst will always get on top.
10. Some people assume that wealth may substitute for genetic fitness, meaning that rich morons will be over-represented in the population. But Mr. Darwin has ways of taking care of that. (The guy didn't die. But he did learn some wisdom, I hope).
11. Starfish v. Spider education systems.
12. Guilds? There is no guarantee that the "firm" in its traditional form is optimal in the non-traditional future....
13. Not only is "Dead Salmon" a color, the producer is unironically (I think) doubling down on it as being "magical."
14. "How White People Handle Diversity Training." This may not be entirely true, but I bet it's also not entirely false.
15. Since it is not easy to climb up out of poverty, it almost HAS to be true that a dogged belief that one CAN climb up out of poverty is a prerequisite.
16. That word "foe" you keep using. President Trump, I don't think it means what you think it means.
17. Realistic Marketing: Bird Scooter edition.
18. I have colleagues at Duke who sincerely believe that Cuba's labor system is non-exploitative, and that Cuba's health care system is the best in the world. These claims are both absurd.
19. A better way to run schools...
20. Okay, goodONya and all, mates. But does "naked gay farmer" really evoke "mental health" as an association, in the minds of most people? On the other hand, they are likely right that it makes people pay attention.
The Grand Lagniappe, Copa Mundial edition: 538 takes another one in the shorts. The average goals scored per game this Cup tournament was about 2.65. The standard deviation was about 1.2 goals (actually, it was less than that, but let's say.) That means that 538 made an almost 3 sigma error, assuming even then that "very few goals" is equal to "average number of goals." Why do we even have a government, if people are allowed to make such bad predictions?
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The 4th amendment makes things complicated for police, too.
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