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9th January 2021
James Bond film tier list
Christmas was always associated with Bond films, back when...
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13th August 2020
Can you learn ‘pocket’? You have to define it first…
Rob Brown recently made a video asking an interesting...
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9th April 2020
Digital camera manufacturers in 2020
Given that I recently upgraded my digital camera after...
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24th November 2019
Not sure who to vote for in 2019? Try my updated Python election model
Back in 2017, I made an election model in...
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11th April 2019
Left-hand lead or right-hand lead? Matched grip or traditional grip? Why not all of them…
A common topic of discussion among drummers is...
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17th March 2019
Preference manipulation is a big problem for competitive markets
Let me take you back to introductory economic theory...
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13th February 2019
Should we be measuring quality adjusted employment?
In amongst the current hoo-hah in UK parliament regarding...
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12th January 2019
macOS vs Windows vs Linux on the same hardware
I’ve found myself in somewhat of an atypical situation...
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22nd September 2018
243 personality types
People have been trying to categorise others into different...
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29th April 2018
Electric cars: how far is there to go?
The electric car revolution has been underway for a...
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26th November 2017
Science news in Haiku
Antibiotic Resistance Cells growing stronger Ineffective medicine New tactics...
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14th October 2017
Steam refunds and loss aversion
I’ve written about Steam quite a bit before, because...
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16th September 2017
Fixing a hot-cold switching Triton shower
A while ago, my Triton electric shower started cycling...
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26th May 2017
Not sure who to vote for in 2017? Try my election model
Back in 2010, I made an election model in...
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28th March 2017
Computer transplant: Define Mini -> Define C with Kraken X62
My old desktop has been chugging along nicely for...
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29th January 2017
The best country to be in for a 4-hour flight to a new country
I realised during my long flight from the US...
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8th September 2016
Towards a better review system
The five-star review system you find on most websites...
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24th July 2016
Useful LaTeX packages for writing papers
LaTeX is amazing for producing beautifully typeset documents. However,...
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3rd April 2016
“Learn to read the Bible effectively”
This leaflet came through my letterbox last week. “An...
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19th March 2016
The separation of individual from cause
“Thank you for answering my questions. Do you have...
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27th December 2015
Price Discrimination on Steam
Price Discrimination is a well-known concept in microeconomics. The...
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24th October 2015
Why do niche bands become more mainstream?
Bands like Genesis, Muse, Metallica, and Dave Matthews Band...
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5th September 2015
Societal Sanity – a short story
“Welcome to the testing simulation! I’m very excited to...
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16th August 2015
Economic Intuition: Wotisit?
I recall teachers using the phrase ‘economic intuition’ a...
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2nd January 2015
Understanding Selection Bias
Measuring the effect of an intervention, or ‘treatment’, is...
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1st December 2014
A Simpleton’s Succinct Summary of Sport
In today’s modern world, it is quite likely that...
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19th October 2014
Linux Porting: A Golden Opportunity
Steam OS was released in its first iteration almost...
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11th May 2014
Film vs digital: another case of the nudge
I’ve read a lot of stuff about photography lately....
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29th September 2013
Are we imprisoned by growth?
Economic growth and technological progress have brought us many...
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26th July 2013
Kahneman’s Cabs: Solving Probability Puzzles
In 1981, Daniel Kahneman, along with his long-time sidekick...
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8th April 2013
Society for the Preservation of Uninformed Charlatans
Earlier today, my mail slot was rather firmly penetrated...
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18th March 2013
Why you should show Word the sword and try on some LaTeX
Whilst many academics and authors already swear by it,...
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21st February 2013
Necessarily Sufficient or Sufficiently Necessary?
The best way to remember things, at least I...
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18th December 2012
“Ma, build me a PC for Christmas!”
When our current (and soon to be previous) generation...
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22nd September 2012
Why does scientific interest die?
Earlier in the summer, I decided to visit the...
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4th February 2012
Lines of best fit: how to derive the simple OLS estimators
If you ever encounter some data in your life,...
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21st August 2011
House price vs wage: which city is the most expensive place to live?
I’d noticed recently that a few people had mentioned...
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8th June 2011
The Pigeonhole Principle: Fun with Functions
Maths is full of cool theorems. The Pigeonhole Principle...
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9th April 2011
Asymmetric information and high school effort grades
In high school, I remember thinking how our grading...
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6th January 2011
Pythagoras would have liked TV shopping
Pythagoras’ theorem is one of the beauties of mathematics....
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11th December 2010
Intelligence and wage – a positively skewed hump?
Labour economists devote much of their time to looking...
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1st October 2010
The Groin Strike Dilemma
Back when the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) was in...
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27th July 2010
World Cup prediction results (and some statistics)
Well, the World Cup has been and gone. Enthralling...
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28th June 2010
How many games are there in a tournament?
In keeping with the football spirit, I’m going to...
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26th April 2010
Who should you vote for? Download my Election Model!
I’m sure you know that next Thursday, the UK...
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18th April 2010
Daniel Kahneman, Loss Aversion and a video
Out of all of the various areas and branches...
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22nd December 2009
Top 20 Favourite Games of All Time
In the world of digital entertainment, some games have...
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26th July 2009
Cycle your way to musical theory
Modes. They seem to be difficult for many musicians...
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7th December 2008
Infinity, and why 0.9 recurring equals 1
One of my favourite proofs in the maths world...
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15th November 2008
Quantum of Solace: quantifiably shambolic
Spoiler warning: There isn’t much of a story to...
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26th October 2008
There are only 10 types of people in the world…
A Quick Introduction to Basal Numbers Our number system...