Category: Other
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First Impressions Matter
I’ve always been told not to judge a book by its cover and, in the same breath, told that my messy hair made me look like a “crazy person”. This pissed me off. Admittedly, I can be a bit crazy, but not because I don’t like tidying my hair- that’s laziness >< People, including me,…
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My New Years Resolution Tip
Tomorrow is new years. Millions have committed to various forms of self improvement…. After the hangovers wear off. Unfortunately, 75% give up within a week. Who can blame them? Sticking to ambitious goals is hard. Sprinkle in some (quasi) hyperbolic time discounting and the next thing you know, December rolls around and it’s another round…
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Stack Exchange Approximation Theorem
Yesterday at 6:30pm, I turned in my real analysis final. I am now (in theory) mathematically competent enough to do econ. Whether that is actually the case remains an open question… Over the course of the semester, we learned dozens of definitions and theorems. However, one theorem is a workhorse that got me through the…
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Open Letter to College Board
Application season is in full swing. While the rat race is bad enough, there are certain rent seeking entities that certainly make things exponentially worse. Here’s an open letter to one of the worst. Dear College Board, It’s been 5 years since I last used your services. I still remember the hours spent navigating the…
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R Studio
January 2020 I enter R studio for the first time. For the uninitiated, R studio is one of many data interrogation centres. In these places, students, academic and professional torturers, know as data scientists, cut, coerce, mutilate and perform cruel tests on their suspects to force confessions. I came into Data Science for the Social…
Cheap Talk 