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I tried to be a magazine writer, mathematician, and stand up comedian. Now I just write a blog with math and jokes.
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The Super Bowl Prop Gambling Game 2018

The Super Bowl Prop Gambling Game for people who don't know anything about football. 20% more degenerate gambling, 50% less saturated fat, 100% money back guarantee!

February 3, 2018February 4, 2018gambling, Super Bowl5 Comments
non non fiction

Jacobcoin

The nerd you beat up on in high school is already a crypto-millionaire, so what are you waiting for?

January 21, 2018August 22, 2021cryptocurrency, humor8 Comments
life, sports

Plan to Be Lucky

Take some advice from Trump and Nick Foles - if you're an underdog you should assume that you're lucky.

January 15, 20184 Comments
book review

Scientist Fiction

Annihilation and Three-Body Problem are two novels that focus on scientist characters, but give radically different answers to "what makes a scientist?" One fictional scientist made me frustrated, and the other changed my life.

January 7, 2018January 8, 2018science, science fiction18 Comments
effective altruism, money

I Am not a Tax Lawyer

The new tax plan appears to make deducting charitable donations harder, but that just means that effective altruists get to have more fun gaming the code. I offer five schemes to get tax benefits from your donations, just remember that I'm not actually a tax lawyer.

December 23, 2017December 25, 2017charity, personal finance, taxes11 Comments
effective altruism

AI: a Reason to Worry, and to Donate

Misaligned AI is an existential threat to humanity, and I will match $5,000 of your donations to prevent it.

December 10, 2017December 23, 2017AI, charity, superintelligence18 Comments
hedgehog alert

What if we’re not all wrong?

The most unpopular position on global warming is that we're exactly as worried as we should be about it.

December 4, 2017June 13, 2018horseshoe theory, politics20 Comments
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Dollars for Brains

Putanumonit is now accepting donations, and donations now let you rent my brain if you have use for it.

November 15, 2017November 15, 20172 Comments
life

Confessions of a Slacker

Slack is freedom: how to measure it, build it and use it. Plus - why did God lie to Abraham?

November 7, 2017currency, scarcity, slack10 Comments
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Travel Journal: Mexico City

There are superficial similarities between Mexico City and Moscow, and crucial differences.

October 17, 2017October 25, 2017Mexico, Russia8 Comments
life, love

Winning is for Losers

Life is all about competition, and competitions are all about winning. Unless they don't have to be.

October 11, 2017January 24, 2020competition, cooperation, dating29 Comments
travel

Travel Journal: Hawaii

Wiki thoughts after a week in Hawaii.

September 25, 2017September 25, 2017Hawaii, Maui6 Comments
Something else

The Wedding Ceremony

Family and friends of the groom and bride, we are gathered here today to join this young couple in the union of permanent cooperation in the iterated prisoner's dilemma. They are happy to share this moment with all their guests, and are grateful that you provide the social pressure that allows them to commit to … Continue reading The Wedding Ceremony

September 16, 201722 Comments
book review

Book Reviews: Zoolitude and the Void

How to deal with a world gone crazy? Triple book review of One Hundred Years of Solitude, Zoo City, and The Mark and the Void.

September 9, 2017February 7, 2020fantasy, magical realism9 Comments
life

Escaping the Premium Mediocre

The view from just outside the millennialest social class.

August 26, 2017August 29, 2017lifestyle, millennials, Ribbonfarm13 Comments
life

Take my Job

What my old job taught me about company culture and diversity.

August 16, 2017company culture, diversity, work3 Comments
policy and economics

War of Wages part 1 – Apples and WalMarts

Is WalMart helping poor people or is welfare helping WalMart? Part 1 of a series on ways to understand the minimum wage.

July 23, 2017July 27, 2017economics, minimum wage, walmart37 Comments
defense against the dark arts, math class

Protected: The Battle for Psychology (closed for repairs)

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

June 20, 2017June 18, 2018psychology, science, statistics
meta

Summer Programming Notice

For the last 20 months, Putanumonit has been your reliable source for wanton quantification of romantic relationships, devaluation of p-values, the sort of liberal politics that makes liberals angry, and updates on Asians doing sports. For the next 3-4 month, the supply of all the above is going to become much less reliable. I'm not taking … Continue reading Summer Programming Notice

June 9, 20177 Comments
defense against the dark arts, math class

Strong men are socialist, reports study that previously reported the opposite

Have you heard of the study that shows weak men are more socialist? It actually shows the opposite! That's the magic of bad statistics.

May 27, 2017September 22, 2019hacking, media, science14 Comments

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