Stray thoughts, notes, and digressive ditties. Thursday, April 23, 2015. Principal-agent problems in the Soviet Union, circa 1990. Widespread fictitious economic accounting was foiling planners to the point that the KGB employed its own spy satellites to ascertain the size of the Uzbek cotton harvest, but the spy agency itself suffered from internal falsifications. From Stephen Kotkin, Armageddon. Wednesday, February 11, 2015. But this stuff still fascinates .

Mathematics, liberal politics, and rants about the news of the day. Indeed, kindred spirit Jon Swift notes that the values of polytheistic heathen Gandhi are inimical to American values. Jesus implores people to uproot the noxious weed of logic. And accepts that life begins at conception and ends at birth. And Buford Twain correctly recognizes that being religious is easier. Maya notes how Godless liberalism is all around her.

This is what a computer scientist looks like. On June 29, 2016.

My World, One Word At A Time. We arrived at the Low-Cost Carrier Terminal in Selangor at sunset. Welcome Dinner at KL Tower. Cultural Village at KL Tower. At the Petronas Twin Towers. Breakfast at Nasi Kandar Pelita, Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur. I swear I still dream about the food shown below.

What I did on my vacation and other posts. Wednesday, January 10, 2007. If this BBC radio show. Is to be believed, the first known Calculus text is the. In AD 1530 in Malayalam. This was more than a century before Newton and Leibniz appeared on the scene.

Pure or Applied, Good or Bad, in Science or in Social Science, Academic or Popular. Has started a new math carnival, Math Teachers at Play. Her reasoning is that,. Or Out in Left Field. 8211; you should go ahead and look for an MTP edition to host. Heartfelt thanks to Alun Salt.

Foram três bons anos no Blogger, em que nos deleitamos contando o que nos chamava a atenção. A vontade de falar sobre ciência, sobre outros assuntos e repartir inspirações continua e encontrou novos companheiros. Foi justamente aqui que encontramos os fundadores do Lablogatórios. Que recentemente virou Science Blogs Brasil. E chegará à nova casa do velho Ciência e ideias.

Thursday, July 19, 2012. Saturday, October 15, 2011. Tuesday, May 24, 2011. Conversation about free markets and the good society. It should always be possible for those who desire it and would benefit from it to get an education. Innovation, creativity and talent s.

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