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When I was a kid, I used to wonder if everyone saw the world in the same way. We can all look at the same grass, but maybe the color I called green showed up in my brain as the color my friend called blue. Maybe all of our colors were shifted around to the [...]
Several people have asked me if I have managed to quantify the performance of this system. I ran a few quick numbers... Read More »
In the previous post, we discussed the Prisoner’s Dilemma and saw how a simple strategy called... Read More »
My very first attempt at homemade air conditioning, preserved for posterity. If... Read More »
While personally I find memory foam to be an amazing sleeping surface, there are... Read More »
“The low hanging fruit, i.e. idiots whose parents paid for prep school, Yale, and then the Harvard... Read More »
I recently hurt my back and needed a new mattress – but couldn’t afford the high-end... Read More »
This is probably the last thing you want to see if you’re dropping your daughter... Read More »
Japan’s consumer goods lived up to their surreal billing during a recent stay at Narita Airport in... Read More »
Almost every decision we make involves someone else in one way or another, and we face a constant choice.... Read More »
Sometimes we see things so often that we simply forget to ask “why are they like that?” For instance,... Read More »