prior probability

Houseplane?

Posted on December 5, 2015 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Check out this video (via digg), featuring Bruce Campbell, who lives in a Boeing 727.

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Credible Commitment?

Posted on December 4, 2015 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

What a great time to be alive, especially if you are consultant, what with so many philanthropic foundations to choose from … Our friend Mark Zuckerberg recently pledged–via a lengthy public letter ostensibly addressed to his newborn daughter–to donate 99% of his Facebook shares to his own private philanthropic venture: the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative. So, is this public pledge legally-binding or otherwise enforceable in a court of law, or is it just some savvy marketing and public relations ploy on his part? Addendum (15 Dec.): here is James Surowiecki’s defense of Zuckerberg’s “philanthro-capitalism”–or should we say: pseudo-philanthropy?

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Camera-book

Posted on December 4, 2015 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

h/t kottke

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Dept. of Good Riddance?

Posted on December 3, 2015 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

What’s up? The world’s most overpaid and overrated athlete recently wrote a lame poem to announce his retirement from the game of basketball. (No, we aren’t talking about Amar’e Stoudemire.) In any case, this odd ode makes no reference to the Eagle County rape case or the Kobe-Shaq fued, so our reaction to the Mamba’s retirement is a big yawn. Hey, Kobe, wake us up when your team’s terrible season is over.

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Best Final Project (Fall 2015)

Posted on December 2, 2015 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Congratulations to our amazing student Andrea Londono. Her excellent video (see link above) explaining the law and ethics of BeatBox Beverages, a startup company located in Austin, Texas, received the most votes for “best presentation” from the students in our undergraduate Law and Ethics class. In addition, props to Carolyn and Charissa, who presented on Chick fil-A, and to John Ly, who discussed his startup “Nerdy Bobo.” (If you are interested, you can find the general guidelines for this semester’s final project here.) Future students: please take note!

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Risk assessment

Posted on December 1, 2015 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

If you’re afraid of terrorism, mass shootings, or sharks, then don’t get behind the wheel. Via Wikipedia: “On average in 2012, 92 people were killed on the roadways of the U.S. each day, in 30,800 fatal crashes during the year.” (Source: NHTSA.)