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Cuba Libre
Fidel was already 42 years old when I was born a world away in Los Angeles, California, but because my family is Cuban, this charismatic despot–like a distant gravitational force–has overshadowed my life and shaped my world view for as … Continue reading
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Pari-mutuel sports betting
State anti-gambling laws pose an existential threat to the business models of sports betting companies like FanDuel and DraftKings. (See, for example, pages 26-33 of this treatise by law professor Marc Edelman.) But what if you were to bet on … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Probability, Sports
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Legal liability for research fraud
That is the title of our latest paper, forthcoming in the Statistical Journal of the IAOS. Props to Steve Koczela and Orlando I. Martinez-Garcia for their comments and suggestions on the paper. In addition, props to my wife Sydjia Robinson … Continue reading
Posted in Cheating, Deception, Law, Science
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If “did not vote” were a candidate, it would have won the 2016 election
Posted in Bayesian Reasoning, Current Affairs
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Paperholm
Check out Paperholm, a beautiful and whimsical paper city created by artist Charles Young, who has been adding a new paper structure to his tiny metropolis each day. More details here, via Colossal. Hat tip: kottke.
Posted in Art, Culture
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What was your first computer?
Anil Dash put this nostalgic question up on Twitter, a question that has been posed many times before. (See here and here, by way of example.) Ours was a Macintosh SE, like the one pictured below, which our parents purchased for us as a graduation gift during … Continue reading
Posted in History, Questions Rarely Asked, Web/Tech
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prior probability 