The General Principle June 21, 2011
Posted by Sina in : Daily , add a commentGeneral Principle of Reason (GPR): The principle that things should be generally reasonable.
I apply this principle constantly.
#twitterfacts June 20, 2011
Posted by Sina in : Daily , add a commentMillions of twitter users are self-described social media strategists. There are exactly 4 actual social media strategists on twitter.
Canada’s Housing Bubble June 15, 2011
Posted by Sina in : Daily , add a commentIn my head, I think of myself as a mathematician first and an economist second.
As such, one thing you should know about mathematicians is that they don’t talk much — we sorta just state things and expect you put the dots together yourself.
In that spirit, here’s your graph of the day showing Canada’s housing “bubble”:
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I think when people talk about “Canada’s housing bubble” they’re really talking about “Vancouver’s housing bubble”.
Worst things about having a cast on your hand June 5, 2011
Posted by Sina in : Daily , add a comment- itchy itchy itchy itchy
- that feeling of your skin just DYING to touch the air
- wrapping it in plastic so that you can take a shower
- not being able to do dishes or clean
- getting dressed takes 10x longer
- anything with long sleeves doesn’t fit
- tying shoe laces
- very uncomfortable in hot weather
- not being able to ride your bike :(
And some good things
- you can make up badass stories about how you got it
- your boss expects you to be unproductive
- there are no other good things
I’m not going to think about her June 1, 2011
Posted by Sina in : Daily , 1 comment so farI can relate to eight of these. And half relate to two.