taw.github.io
libgmp-ruby - taw's website
http://taw.github.io/libgmp-ruby
Libgmp-ruby are Ruby bindings to GNU Multiple Precision Arithmetic Library. Current version in TAR.GZ format. Automatically generated index of all libgmp-ruby-related articles on taw's blog. 1 Resurrection of libgmp-ruby.
robinhanson.typepad.com
Gottschall's Gotcha - Overcoming Bias
http://robinhanson.typepad.com/overcomingbias/2009/05/the-reflexive-gottschall.html
Laquo; Spent = Gold Schlock. Against Admirable Activities, Again ». May 20, 2009. Miller may have made this final point a bit too well. I was not many pages into. Functions not only as an attempt to popularize a vein of scientific research, but also as a means of selling the audience on the virtues of its creator: Geoffrey Miller a smart guy, a bit of a Renaissance man. There are two things to say about this. First, it is Geoffrey Miller, Renaissance man, who gives. Posted by Robin Hanson. By designed do...
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Against Makeup? - Overcoming Bias
http://robinhanson.typepad.com/overcomingbias/2009/05/against-makeup.html
Laquo; Mea Culpa: Positionality Data. Spent's Main Argument ». May 18, 2009. Though yesterday I complained. Robert] Frank offers no evidence whatsoever that the activities he dislikes and wants to tax in fact cause more inefficient status-seeking than the activities he likes and wants to subsidize. A few hours later I reported. That others have published evidence on which particular goods and activities induce more inefficient status efforts. So now the key question is:. Perhaps Frank would suggest that ...
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Against Admirable Activities, Again - Overcoming Bias
http://robinhanson.typepad.com/overcomingbias/2009/05/against-admirable-activities-again.html
Laquo; Gottschall's Gotcha. Reply to Moldbug ». May 21, 2009. Against Admirable Activities, Again. When my kids were young and played a new game, the pattern was clear: If they won, they liked that game and wanted to play it again. If they lost, they didnt like that game. Tyler Cowen once told me how this generalizes; the essential question of ideology is: who should be admired? Admirable activities help us to develop and show our admirable qualities. But since admiration is in part relative...This su...
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Missing Liberaltarians - Overcoming Bias
http://robinhanson.typepad.com/overcomingbias/2009/05/selfmade-men-are-not-made-in-bedrooms.html
Laquo; Reply to Moldbug. May 23, 2009. Officially, the libertarian world view is equally distant from standard liberal and conservative political views. See for example, the Worlds Smallest Political Quiz. Where liberals like social but not economic freedom, and conservatives like economic but not social freedom. In practice, however, libertarians hang out more with conservatives than liberals. At least they do in the academic and think tank worlds I know. Ive been attending some liberaltarian. Liberta...
freeyourtech.wordpress.com
TiddlyWiki | Unleash the Tech Freak Inside
https://freeyourtech.wordpress.com/2008/12/10/tiddlywiki
Unleash the Tech Freak Inside. 8212; use open source. December 10, 2008 – 1:16 pm. What a great idea/implementation! A single html file with some Javascript code and you’ve got a self-contained wiki system (data code) you may carry with you on a USB stick, post online or send via email — your choice! No server or software requirements, except maybe for a modern Javascript-enabled browser (preferrably Firefox). Thank you Jeremy! 8211; http:/ www.tiddlywiki.com/. By the way, TiddlyWiki almost. Bin/sh sed -...
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Why are track records unpopular? | Meteuphoric
https://meteuphoric.wordpress.com/2015/04/09/why-are-track-records-unpopular
Mistakes I’ve made, part 1: greedy altruism →. Why are track records unpopular? April 9, 2015. That people dislike track records across a range of contexts, and poses a puzzle: why? Naively, track records seem pretty helpful for deciding who to trust and hire. Yet Robin points to a lack of track records or interest in track records for doctors, lawyers, pundits, teachers and academics. He has also answered. Here are some theories I can think of:. The tracked don’t like it. People aren’t quantitative.
marginalrevolution.com
One reason why independence for Scotland would be a bad idea - Marginal REVOLUTION
http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2011/05/one-reason-why-independence-for-scotland-would-be-a-bad-idea.html
One reason why independence for Scotland would be a bad idea. On May 8, 2011 at 1:50 am. There is now talk of a referendum, but let’s scroll back to 2008:. The massive bailout of banks has been widely received as welcome and necessary across the United Kingdom. But it has not been lost on Scots that the largest shareholder in Scotland’s two largest banks is now the British government. May 8, 2011 at 2:23 am. I agree that the world is more prone to financial crises but suggesting that the solution is that...
taw.github.io
JRPG
http://taw.github.io/jrpg
Is a kanji learning game styled after the classic SNES RPG games (like Final Fantasy 6, or Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past). The game tries to help you learn how to read and understand kanji in context, and in doing that it also helps you improve your Japanese vocabulary. You can also use it to refresh your kana. There is also a playable demo of how JRPG. Would look like if it was styled after PlayStation 1 RPG games. There are three ways of installing jrpg:. Precompiled package for Windows. Or try wit...
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RLisp - taw's website
http://taw.github.io/rlisp
RLisp is a Lisp dialect naturally embedded in Ruby, and tighly integrated with it. There is no real documentation yet - just read the articles on my blog. Slides for talk about RLisp at RuPy 2007: ODP. RLisp compiler (current) TAR.GZ. RLisp interpretter (obsolete) TAR.GZ. Automatically generated index of all RLisp-related articles on taw's blog. 1 RLisp - Lisp naturally embedded in Ruby. 2 RLisp gets basic OO support. 3 RLisp gets HTTP support. 4 Free beer for the first 10 cool RLisp programs.
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