Category: Random

The “Third place”?

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In sociology, the third place refers to the social surroundings that are separate from the two usual social environments of home (“first place”) and the workplace (“second place”). Examples of third places include churches, cafes, bars, clubs, libraries, gyms, bookstores, hackerspaces, stoops, parks, theaters, among others.

Right now statistically speaking, my “Second place” would be the gym to swim. Although I only have “One place” … I would love my third to be a library. Where is your third place?

The Great Good Place (book) – WikipediaFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Think or Swim Scripting v2 #ToS

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A new take on an old idea of using EMA (Exponential moving averages) to aide in making stock trading decisions. This is a new version of my previous script.

This strategy/study also makes some assumed long buy/sells (With a cap of $5K per trade) of the stock to provide a report of the performance based on the time period.

I still have not had the time to invest in trying to execute these in a timely manner, but always fun to speculate and run some hypothetical scenarios.

TOS v2GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

Inspired: Stephen Wolfram

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I just came across a super cool implementation, and now inspiration, for all the data and insights I am collecting on my personal site. (NB. I am not suggesting my life is even remotely unique or insightful and valuable to science versus Wolframs).

I do hope that one day I can look back and quantify the memories, experiences and insights I had the opportunity to enjoy.

The Life and Times of Stephen Wolfram: TimelineTimeline of significant events in Stephen Wolfram’s life, from birth through school, awards, publications, starting his company, major projects. The Personal Analytics of My Life—Stephen Wolfram WritingsUtilizing data analysis capabilities in Wolfram|Alpha Pro, Stephen Wolfram looks at his quantified self based on his large collection of lifelogging data.

List: Helmets

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A list of my past motocross helmets which I kept for nostalgic reasons 🙂

YearHelmetNote
1995BieffeDidnt keep it 🙁
1996Axo RX-5
2003Fox – RC ReplicaKate bought this one for me 🙂
2004Troy Lee Designs – Ryno Blue
2007Troy Lee Designs – SE-2 – Limited Edition – Doug Henry
2004 Troy Lee Designs Helmets | Tony Blazier | Flickr

Pyrite

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I was convinced an easy way to spot something unnatural, in a natural earth like setting was to simply look for straight lines and perfectly right angles …. until I came across Pyrite.

I will need to find a new way to convince myself that humans are alien.

Assembly theory and complexity theory

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Like Lego and being given all the pieces of hog warts castle. What is the likelihood of you creating the actual castle. Minimal. With just two pieces you might be able to generate a shape. But not something particularly complex.

Does life create this?

This is a nice podcast which covers these topics and more.