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Economics and human rights

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According to Alexander Auzan, Dean of the Faculty of Economics at Moscow State University, the role and activity of "institutional" economists increases during crises. Those. economists who look at the problem broadly. Then they are replaced by "mainstream" economists, who are good at considering and calculating narrow, point problems. The task of "institutional" economists is to determine the general principles, vectors and trends that can lead to economic growth. Find a unique […]

Survivor's mistake

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"Protection" is a good label for bad deeds. Milton Friedman "Freedom to Choose" This text is the result of an analysis of some of the comments on the articles "Like Defects" and "Economy and Human Rights". In interpreting any data and drawing conclusions, some commentators have made a typical "survivor's mistake". What is a "survivor bias"? This is an account of the known and neglect of the unknown, but existing. An example of "value" […]

Perfection is boring, but we will strive for it

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Florian says that perfection is boring because we are all problem solvers. When we see something imperfect, our consciousness wants to find out what is happening - we become curious. On the other hand, when something is too irregular or "cheesy" we dismiss it as irrelevant noise. Generating curiosity is one thing... but what makes imperfections beautiful? The difference between perfect […]

Solving a Google Interview Problem in JavaScript: 4 Different Ways

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When I was studying the performance of algorithms, I came across this video from a Google mock interview. It not only gives an idea of ​​how interviews are conducted in large technology corporations, but also allows you to understand how algorithmic tasks are solved, and as efficiently as possible. This article is a kind of accompaniment to the video. In it, I comment on all the solutions shown, plus my own […]

Programming Concepts in Scratch

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Many people are familiar with Scratch - a children's programming environment, in which learning usually comes down to creating creative projects on a “from simple to complex” basis. At the same time, the "classical approach" to learning programming (variables → branches → loops → functions → structures → objects → ...) in Scratch is difficult. However, a change in the sequence of studying the concepts (let's call them concepts) of structural, […]

How NOT to translate movie titles

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The title of the film is the first thing that draws the attention of the viewer. The first contact with the motion picture determines the interest in it. It is the name that largely determines whether a person will watch the trailer of the film and whether he will go to the cinema to see it. And if you consider that the film industry brings tens of billions of dollars to media corporations, then the names are selected carefully, based on trends, […]

Internet of Things: four stories about technology

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Illustration by Anatoly Sazanov I decided to share with you four stories with "intriguing" titles: Augmented Reality Smart home AI Blockchain They are united (as you have already noticed) by the mention of different fashionable IT words. They are already shoved everywhere, so why can't I? A bit of unsteady (and not always scientific) and joyless science fiction under the cut. Augmented Reality Morning […]

About the prospects of pre-assembled data centers

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Likbez: what are pre-assembled data center solutions, what are their advantages and why are they gaining popularity. Big data, cloud computing, the Internet of things have become familiar technologies. The need to constantly process huge amounts of information encourages more investment in the creation of data processing centers (DPCs) and expanding the range of services they provide. According to Synergy Research Group, in 2018 […]

WD Blue SN500 NVMe SSD Available in 250GB and 500GB

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Western Digital has announced the relatively inexpensive WD Blue SN500 NVMe SSDs suitable for desktop and laptop use. Products comply with the NVM Express (NVMe) specification, which describes access to SSDs using the PCI Express bus (in this case, PCIe Gen3 x2). Compared to SATA solutions, this provides faster read speeds and […]

Intensity is more important than thoroughness

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I recently read an interesting book by Alan Pease, Answers in Questions. In addition to the main content about how to ask the right questions in order to get the answers you need, the book has an introduction in which Alan talks about his path to success. From the age of ten, he began selling rubber sponges, and at the age of eighteen he became the best […]

Water wears away the stone

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A long time ago, I wrote an article on Habr called "Intensity over thoroughness" about the fact that it is better to increase the number of attempts to do something than the duration of one attempt. Now I want to add to this idea. Key idea: Divide work into work sessions in such a way as to increase the number of attempts to solve the problem. Instead of working continuously for six hours, it is often preferable to […]

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