Reuben

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Name: Reuben Gann
Date registered: 11/30/-0001

Latest posts

An illuminating trip to the Microsoft store — 12/29/2013
Netflix streaming continues to founder as dozens of prominent movies are taken down — 12/28/2013
Saints Row IV is the most fun I've had playing a game — 11/19/2013
Statisticians need to see how experimental science really works, then shut up about it — 11/13/2013
Surface Pro 2: first impressions — 10/24/2013

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Feb 21 2011

Notes on "Diary of a Very Bad Year"

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General

by Reuben

I've just finished Diary of a Very Bad Year: Confessions of an Anonymous Hedge Fund Manager, which I highly recommend. It's a detailed and mostly accessible discussion of the financial crisis, the reasons it happened, and the fallout, as told by an anonymous hedge fund manager. Along the way, you pick up lots of information …

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Jan 11 2011

Default, Jerry!

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Politics

by Reuben

This week, the governor of California, Jerry Brown, announced his intent to advance major austerity measures. Nothing here is terribly surprising. Some 12.5B dollars must be cut, in addition to (hopefully) raising taxes in order to raise another $12B. State employees are looking at an 8-10% pay cut, with several units taking 3-day-per-month furloughs. State …

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Dec 16 2010

Duh: Fox News makes you less informed

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Politics

by Reuben

From Page 22 of the University of Maryland's study on misinformation in the 2010 election: Those who watched Fox News almost daily were significantly more likely than those who never watched it to believe that: -most economists estimate the stimulus caused job losses (12 points more likely) -most economists have estimated the health care law …

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Dec 09 2010