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This reddit comment on the Hostess situation is fascinating for the insight it presents on the relevant players. I haven’t done full due diligence to […]

One interesting thing about the UK is how there’s less separation of institutions in general compared to the US. I think I mentioned how the […]

I think I may need to buy a tux. We got invited to some charity fundraising dinner here for Opportunity International, a microfinance outfit focusing […]

Telling the whole story of my hearing loss for my own remembrance. Around October 9, I was sitting in an Android training class at work. […]

Another recent Posner post I really liked. In particular his primary philosophical point – when discussing evolution (in any context), one must distinguish between “fitness” […]

I really like Richard Posner. I don’t always agree with him, but he’s always thoughtful and reasonable. He wrote a recent post on wealth and […]

Some Menlo Park work peeps were in town so our team went out for high tea. High tea is fun but crazy expensive, at least […]

You know how they use “ou” here in their spellings. Like “favourite”. You know what spelling I find most absurd here? Hoummous. I mean, come […]

Remember, remember, the 5th of November. That’s a reference to Guy Fawkes Day, something I knew almost nothing about save that it inspired the masks […]

Random: Index funds are called Tracker funds here. And they’re not called “motions” to worship songs, but “actions”. Also random: the vast majority of TV […]