Vijay>"Injuries done to us by others tend to be acute; the self-inflicted ones tend to be chronic." - Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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TIL, press the flesh.
"To press the flesh means to shake hands, to mingle in a crowd of people in order to make personal, physical contact.
Politicians often press the flesh in order to make personal contact with voters and show that they are equals of the people." grammarist.com
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Watched #Parasite, Korean movie. Good one.
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Watched #ModernTimes (1936).. they thought about CCTV in 30s. ๐ฒ
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T + 3 weeks.
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Ordinary Life is ok. Relax. Take it easy. https://youtu.be/wLt24P8-cCs
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THE MATERIALISTIC WORLD: An Ordinary Life Is No Longer Good Enough | Alain de Botton On London Real
Symbol of hate.
https://youtu.be/qVIXUhZ2AWs
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Modi: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
Kinetic sculptures https://youtu.be/1CNU3DQclGs
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Best compilation of Kinetic masterpieces by Anthony Howe.
Sensex start date, 01-01-1986
Dollex start date, 25-07-2001
Dollex is $ denominated sensex
Sensex @ dollex start date, 3250 vs. sexsex now @ 40363. Grew 12.42x, last 19 years.
Dollex now @ 4612. Grew 46.12x.
INR inflated 65% against $, during this time.. so, USD investments grew 70.65x but INR investments only grew 12.42x.
How do you explain this? ๐ค๐
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#covid19 infection rate outside China is 370 (23/Feb), 371 (24/Feb) for last 2 days. It was below 100 till 16/Feb. #coronavirus
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TIL, the myth "Thiruvalluvar is son of Aathi - Bhagavan, lived in Mylapore" is here since 1835.
เฎคเฎฟเฎฐเฏเฎตเฎณเฏเฎณเฏเฎตเฎฐเฏ เฎฏเฎพเฎฐเฏ? Who is Thiruvalluvar? | Gowthama Sanna
>Public blockchains are Marxist in their goals, Leninist in their implementations. @.angela_walch
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"To rephrase, every human should at all times have equality in probability (which we can control), not equality in outcome." - Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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> #Mulan producer says removing Li Shang from the film was influenced by the #MeToo movement @.getfandom
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T + 4 weeks.
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>"A healthy community isnโt built around โcore valuesโ or โmission and goalsโ โ or if it is, these things canโt take the form of lists.
A community is built around a shared story." @.JoshHochschild
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TIL, chess grandmasters burn 6000 calories on tournament day. ๐ฒ
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You are a story that you tell yourself. @.naval
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Life is code that writes itself. @.michellevarron
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>"The origin of life is the origin of software.
Our DNA is a very, very old piece of software, tremendously patched and presumably a universal programming language sufficiently powerful to express any algorithm.
Life is evolving software.
Biology is software archeology." @.kpaxs
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Saw Jackie Chan drinking bubble tea in "Accidental Spy". I didn't notice it 10 years ago, when I watched this movie for the first time :)
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#Mastodon, be ready for massive new users inflow. Looks like, US right bought a big stake in Twitter.. it'll likely piss off US left.
https://twitter.com/joshshepperd/status/1233875601074925568
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Watching #TheCourier.. ๐๐คฆโโ๏ธ
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Open source hardware. #RiskV
https://thenewstack.io/open-source-hardware-the-rise-of-risc-v/
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Open Source Hardware: The Rise of RISC-V - The New Stack
While open source software is taking over the world, a push for open source hardware has been quietly building.The RISC-V foundation has been pushing its open sourced instruction set architecture for chips based on the long-established paradigms for reduced instruction set computing. And one of its most vocal advocates is Calista Redmond, the chief executive of the RISC-V Foundation, which is working to promote its adoption.
>"Unless you create goals and plans, all your positive affirmations may end up as is wishful thinking.
Positive thinking is wonderful. It is an important part of success, but even more, you need action to succeed. This is where goal setting comes into play." @.zen_mindset
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>"The reaction to any exponential risk (like #COVID19) is either too early or too late. Hard to time it "just right".
If too early, you seem paranoid or alarmist.
If too late, you endanger yourself and your community." @.matthuang
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Is it cancelled yet? https://www.isitcanceledyet.com/
#COVID19
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Just now watched #KannumKannumKollaiyadithaal.. awesome movie. Last couple of minutes, vera level. ๐๐๐
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>"Michael Bloomberg proved that itโs cheaper to buy a President than it is to buy the Presidency." @.naval
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>"Creativity arises behind the conscious mind." @.naval
>โYour brain is most intelligent when you donโt instruct it on what to doโsomething people who take showers discover on occasion.โ @.phalgun_r
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>"The general principle of antifragility: it is much better to do things you cannot explain than explain things you cannot do." - @.nntaleb
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Probability distributions ๐
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_probability_distributions
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WhatsApp dark mode.. ๐
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>"As many as 21 suitors have lined up for a digital bank licence in Singapore, despite just 2% of its 5.9 million people being unbanked. But not many bidders may have the expertise to run a digital bank in a heavily regulated market" the-ken.com
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>"You never cure structural defects, the system corrects itself by collapsing" - @.nntaleb
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>Making sense and being right are not the same thing" - @.nntaleb #skininthegame
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>"A country's assets reside in the tinkerers, the hobbyists, and the risk-takers." - Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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>"When gambling, think about what's probable.. When hedging, think about what's plausible.. When preparing, think about what's possible." @.harrydcrane
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>"You are missing the plot if you don't understand growth:
โThe climate was warmer beforeโ
โ Itโs the rate at which the temperature increases!
โThis startup is tiny, why is it worth $2 billionโ
โ Look at their growth rate
โonly 1000 cases of COVID-19โ
โ It's the growth rate!" @.maxcroser
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>"A secular #COVID19 Pascal's Wager:
1. If you're correct that people are overreacting, in a year, you can say "I told you so"
2. If you're wrong, there's a 30% chance that someone you infect will be hospitalized and a 10% chance they'll die.
Small upside, huge downside." @.NeilShenvi
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>"Accept the rationality of time, never its fairness and morality." - @.nntaleb
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>"According to biologists, the function of zebras' stripes is to ward off insects.
Based on that idea, a team of scientists painted zebra stripes on cows. This reduced the number of biting flies on the cows by more than 50%.
Applied evolutionary biology!"
https://twitter.com/SteveStuWill/status/1237770255566544906?s=19
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Steve Stewart-Williams on Twitter
โAccording to biologists, the function of zebras' stripes is to ward off insects. Based on that idea, a team of scientists painted zebra stripes on cows. This reduced the number of biting flies on the cows by more than 50%. https://t.co/rMFgiOr1he Applied evolutionary biology!โ
Watching #1917movie.. don't say France, Britain, Germany, fought the war. It's governments, rulers..
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>Seville, Spain during quarantine. A fitness instructor hosts workout on a rooftop and people can join from their balconies - BeAmazed
https://www.reddit.com/r/BeAmazed/comments/fj03ll/seville_spain_during_quarantine_a_fitness
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Watched #Logan, wolverine movie..
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#Doubt. Let's say I've $1000 invested in bonds. Can I print currency notes fully backed by bonds I'm holding? ๐ค
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So far, Dow Jones index is up 3.5%, #bitcoin is up more than 7%.. for the day
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"Resting is valuable only if you are resting *from* something." - Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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T + 53 days
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Google quick draw
https://quickdraw.withgoogle.com/
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>"Males over 18 and females over 16 years old may marry with their parents' or guardians' consent, Otherwise South Korea's age of consent to marriage is 20" Wiki
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WA
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weekly jobless claims, a 30ฯ event https://t.co/LEO7s5TXsH
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>It isnโt 10,000 hours that creates outliers, itโs 10,000 iterations. @.naval
>It isn't 10,000 experiences that creates wisdom, its 10,000 reflections. @.KyleTibbitts
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Dick Smiths Fair Go Supporters@vjy
Have you watched Rich Man's Trick? Its the #education that we always wanted in school.
@dsfgs 207 mins.. bookmarked.
Blue Monkey@BlueMonkey maybe.. mortality rate * R0