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Another reason to avoid dating apps - 2023 March 22
Quite a lot of people use online dating apps not to find dates but to appease their own egos.
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Glycosphate and the breakdown of discourse - 2023 March 20
Glycosphate is one of those chemicals that's far more brutal than I think anyone imagines. Unfortunately political tensions between polarized groups of people prevents sensible discussions happening on this topic and many other topics related to farming. In recent times discourse has broken down even further with many tensions between legislators and farmers spilling over into massive widespread protests worldwide.
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Determinism in research code - 2023 March 20
Getting deterministic results out of research code is an important part in reproducible research. Unfortunately the incentive structures in many research organizations punish people for putting effort into helping others reproduce their results, collectively we would do better if we could change these incentive structures.
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Exit liquidity shills - 2023 March 20
What is exit liquidity and why do people shill for it?
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Collateral crisis psychology - 2023 March 19
Many people have no idea how the banking industry works and therefore have no idea what's driving th current crisis. I've noticed a lot of people who are dead wrong about it being very smug about things. They'll probably lose a lot of money and even they they still might not learn. Interactions with these people can be difficult especially if you are actually trying to help them.
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Luna a modern case of hyperinflation - 2023 March 19
The complete implosion of LUNA is a fascinating example of hyperinflation in the modern world.
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Bags of rocks at the LME warehouses - 2023 March 18
The London Metals Exchange has had a number of issues with the Nickle market over the last few years, the most recent scandal however might be more amusing than all the others.
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How cheaper computational power has changed banking - 2023 March 14
The decrease in the cost of computational power has completely changed the modern world one industry at a time. Banking is no exception. To understand the current banking crisis understanding some of the forces that led us to here will help.
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2023 Avalon Airshow - 2023 March 12
Last weekend I went to the 2023 Avalon Airshow.
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The markets for metals - 2023 March 04
For any market there must be a way in which buyers are matched up with sellers, this article talks about how this happens with metals.
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