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Revolution Just one turn around the sun Though that’s not what anyone usually means Revolution One foot in front of the other, tracing the circumference of the ...

Notes - The Economist, September 29th - October 5th 2018 (1)

More on the Chinese-American relations - "China postponed military talks with America and denied a request for an American warship to make a port call in Hong K...

Notes - The Economist, September 22nd - 28th 2018 (2)

On the different flexibility that the political parties have in the US - "Whereas being pro-choice is nearly a death sentence for a Republican candidate, a Demo...

Notes - The Economist, September 22nd - 28th 2018 (1)

Regarding the hyperinflation crisis in Venezuela - "[...] two-thirds of the country's citizens have reported losing weight as a result of food shortages." I hav...

Notes - The Economist, September 15th - 21st 2018

On how can we mitigate our leaders' decisions - "our leaders must be given no choice but to go naked into the conference chamber. No naked human being, consciou...

Back and With a Change

Hi guys, A coupled months have gone by with very little activity on my side. As I said, it is mainly because I was busy working on my thesis and looking for a j...

Rap Day #24: James Vickery - Until Morning

I do not know why, but I have suffered a slow and steady transition from rap towards R&B. While R&B still holds some structure and influences from hip-hop, it i...

How to Look #3: Through Her Eyes

Five years ago, I visited the Musée Marmottan Monet on a chilly morning in late May, naïve, precocious, and eager to begin my summer studies in France. I arrive...

Virtual Reality And Human Curiosity

As my followers may have noticed, I have not posted in a week or two. I am very busy working on my thesis and job hunting for when I finish my Master's program....

Recommendations For Standardized Testing In Hiring Processes At Multinational Corporations, Part 2

If you have not read Part 1, make sure to check it out before going into Part 2! One form of standardized testing is personality testing. Personality testing ca...

Recommendations For Standardized Testing In Hiring Processes At Multinational Corporations, Part 1

The success of any global organization is dependent upon the productivity and collaboration of its employees. Therefore, companies pour significant time and exp...

Rap Day #23: Lion King - Lil Dicky (prod. by Mazik Beats)

I have loved The Lion King ever since I was a little kid. I have watched all the movies countless times as well as the play. Even as years go by, I still enjoy ...

Algorithms To Live By #5: Optimal Stopping And Parking In The City

So far, we have talked about the secretary problem, or more generally, about optimal stopping, and how it can be useful to model when to sell a house, or how to...

The Moral Molecule Under The Microscope #8: On Empathy, Distress, And A Call To Action

Different animals tend to have different distress calls. For example, meerkats have a very distinctive alarm call. They produce these sounds whenever they perce...

How to Look #2: Picasso in New York

Perhaps more so than any other place in the world – the mention of New York can elicit a certain emotional response, the excitement of opportunity and possibili...

Día De Rap #9: Pimp Flaco & Kinder Malo - Chemtrails

https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmUtngQkuxsz5Z3LMaXD9WnMX9LucwSfG5gYdcDt4gG6CP/diaDeRap.png Si te pido que pienses en una canción que represente al genero del ra...

Rap Day #22: Blinded by Your Grace Pt. 2 - Stormzy (Feat. Mnek)

This is not the first time I talk about Stormzy. It took me some time, but I have learned to look for and listen to rap that I find beautiful, engaging, excitin...

Bayesian Networks and Their Value - An Essay, Part 2

If you have not read Part 1, make sure to check it out before reading this post! Supervised learning refers to when algorithms have training data. Unsupervised ...

Bayesian Networks and Their Value - An Essay, Part 1

In the past few decades, Bayesian networks (BNs) have become extremely popular due to the wide variety of problems it can tackle. In short, BNs are graphical mo...

New Yoker Reads #1: Thoughts on VR, inspired by "As Real as It Gets" - Joshua Rothman (The Mind Issue)

My partner is a reader of "The New Yorker" magazine. Even though I do not read it as often as her, every now and then she recommends to me an issue or a specifi...