Monthly Archives: December 2015

There is something extraordinary happening in the world

There is something extraordinary happening in the world “A few months ago I freed myself from standard-procedure society, I broke the chains of fear that kept me locked up into the system. Since then, I see the world from a different perspective: the one that everything is going through change and that most of us […]

Thoughts on War

Thoughts on War from: December 14, 2015 at 12:37PM

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On chrome for Mac: hit Command-Option-J, then enter the following: document.getElementsByClassName('moments')[0].style.display = 'none'; — Ken Arneson (@kenarneson) December 14, 2015 via https://twitter.com/kenarneson

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My 149th blog post "What are Charlie Munger’s views on giving back to society?" is now up at https://t.co/eRnKOgjBFI — Tren Griffin (@trengriffin) December 12, 2015 via https://twitter.com/trengriffin

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Utah Reduced Chronic Homelessness By 91%. Here's How. @morgfair @ShiCooks @The_News_DIVA @theresamax https://t.co/lv53uM5J3Z — Lars-Johan Larsson (@LarsJohanL) December 11, 2015 via https://twitter.com/LarsJohanL

Hope and the Historian

Hope and the Historian from: December 10, 2015 at 09:14PM

A Protein In The Gut May Explain Why Some Can’t Stomach Gluten

A Protein In The Gut May Explain Why Some Can’t Stomach Gluten from: December 10, 2015 at 09:09PM

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Tomorrow @Hardball_Times, @fifthstarter makes her THT debut with a piece about how to root for jerks without being one yourself. — Paul Swydan (@Swydan) December 10, 2015 via https://twitter.com/Swydan

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I wrote some words about something I feel very strongly about – not just the Seattle Weekly piece. https://t.co/p89W0r6txp — Kate Morrison (@unlikelyfanatic) December 10, 2015 via https://twitter.com/unlikelyfanatic

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If I have 10 right shoes and 2 left shoes, trading you 8 shoes for $.50 on the dollar still benefits me. — Internet Contrarian! (@bogcommenter) December 9, 2015 via https://twitter.com/bogcommenter

Andrew Friedman’s $72m Systematic Framework | NEIFI

Andrew Friedman’s $72m Systematic Framework | NEIFI “The relative values placed on Graveman, Butler, Samardzija, Russell, Nolin… some portion of these miscues were undoubtedly evaluative issues—the question of “should we expect Nolin to be a 4th starter or 6th starter this year?” But undoubtedly, a large (if not dominant) aspect of the misfires in these decisions came […]

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@sniff009 @kenarneson even w Madson they're at 39 — Joe Serrato (@joeserrato) December 9, 2015 via https://twitter.com/joeserrato

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Giants’ GM Bobby Evans on the Value of Flexibility https://t.co/bxZ8Rzd4RI — FanGraphs Baseball (@fangraphs) December 8, 2015 via https://twitter.com/fangraphs

Tensor Networks and Entanglement | Quanta Magazine

Tensor Networks and Entanglement | Quanta Magazine “Combine those insights with Swingle’s work connecting the entangled structure of space-time and the holographic principle to tensor networks, and another crucial piece of the puzzle snaps into place. Curved space-times emerge quite naturally from entanglement in tensor networks via holography. “Space-time is a geometrical representation of this […]

The quantum source of space-time

The quantum source of space-time Many physicists believe that entanglement is the essence of quantum weirdness — and some now suspect that it may also be the essence of space-time geometry.

Eight Things About Donald Trump

Eight Things About Donald Trump ‘Trump doesn’t just represent your party. He’s the goddamn Platonic ideal of it. You can’t spend decades preparing the way for someone like Donald Trump and then pretend to be shocked, shocked when he roars down the field, flawlessly executing your playbook.”

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Arm speed, arm acceleration, and total myths busted. One of our most important blog posts o… https://t.co/mlvsz0D1Kd pic.twitter.com/w7qLsfwSu5 — Kyle @ Driveline (@drivelinebases) December 8, 2015 via https://twitter.com/drivelinebases

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That puts you in a precarious position, emotionally. It takes a TON to admit you're wrong or that there's a better way. Beliefs define us. — Sky Kalkman (@Sky_Kalkman) December 8, 2015 via https://twitter.com/Sky_Kalkman

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… people who are feeling insecure to feel more secure with alternative, productive solutions. Also identify why they feel insecure. — Sky Kalkman (@Sky_Kalkman) December 8, 2015 via https://twitter.com/Sky_Kalkman

LeBron’s Time: Cavaliers star pushing to bring home NBA title

LeBron’s Time: Cavaliers star pushing to bring home NBA title “I think about a lot of s—,” James agrees. “Sometimes too much. But then I try to remember what I learned from the great Pat Riley: What is the main thing? Because the main thing has to be the main thing.”