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Monthly Archives: April 2010
Should house prices be a consistent multiple of income?
No. Despite the fevered warnings of some commentators, this RBA graph does not portend a housing crash:
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Car Future Part II – Robot Cars.
This is Part Two of the series. Part One is here. ABS, because the car can brake better than we can. Electronic stability control, because the car can manage corners better than we can, Adaptive cruise control, because sometimes we … Continue reading
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Car Future Part I
Cars are cool! But some of their consequences makes me wonder if they’ll be in our future for ever… Continue reading
Whoop! Whoop! Go Cadel, but can you work on your salute?
Cadel Evans wins the Fleche Wallonne in the World Champion’s jersey! (Head to minute 9 for the finish). I am very happy that he is continuing the transition from whiner to attacker! And even sometimes WINNER! But, can he improve … Continue reading
Large numbers, meta-cognition and predictable mistakes
People don’t think accurately about problems. We take shortcuts across the logical landscape. We use rules of thumb, culture, tradition and old wives tales. We guess and intuit and estimate. Most of the time, these shortctus get us to where … Continue reading
From the fat but indefatigable New York Times: Weight-loss.
They say you can’t be too rich, or too thin. (That’s why I started this blog.) Research into exercise and weight loss intrigues me. I was happy today to find that the fat but indefatigable New York Times has a … Continue reading
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Traffic lights: Hate
At the intersection of ubiquity and stupidity, lies my nemesis. The traffic light. Let’s look at three traffic scenarios. 1. Light traffic. I am stuck at the traffic light for no discernible reason. No cars are coming. The red … Continue reading
iPhone 4.0
Recently, TTTE published this scathing headline: Mr Jobs, we’re still waiting for an iPad to review. Now we are pleased to bring you a transcript of a telephone conversation between the TTTE penthouse, and an anonymous subject in a suburban … Continue reading
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Career Day at Greenleaf Elementary – A Short Anecdote
Greenleaf Elementary is a small primary school in East Oakland. A friend of mine is working there as a part of the Teach For America program (TFA). TFA is pretty cool, here’s what they do: We recruit outstanding recent college … Continue reading
What is Net Neutrality?
Folks interested in the operation of the inter-wobble are probably aware of the concept of NET NEUTRALITY. For the rest of us, here is the gist: Internet Service Providers (ISPs) have the capacity to restrict their subscribers’ access to specific … Continue reading
Joystick-operated cars.
This is to this: As this is to this:
Population policy
Back in the day, the response to any proposal for more housing, or train lines, or new suburbs was:
Let’s not build it, who wants another million people?!?
It’s a classic case of mistaken identity between our old friends, that nebulous duo, cause and effect. In fact, the need to support another million people is almost a fait accompli. Continue reading
The Break – Violent, Oily, Midnight Femmes
For he that hath, to him shall be given. Mark, 4:25
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