Humans have an evolutionary incentive to recognize patterns. The same mechanisms that helped early humans avoid snakes and other predators are still part of our constitution today. One of our in-built biases is the human tendency to see patterns where none exist. Clustering illusion is our bias towards under-predicting the variability of random – or […]
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The DQYDJ Weekender, 7/8/2017
What’s up folks! How’s your summer weekend going? High 90s here (in Freedom Units). First up: our friend Nelson at Financial Uproar updated the stock picking contest tracker. At least we’re not last, right? (Read about our process, here). Let’s hit the links! Links We Liked! Political Calculations wonders why we don’t tax welfare benefits. […]
The DQYDJ Weekender, 6/17/2017
Happy Father’s Day everyone! Links We Liked Priceonomics had a nice post estimating how much people are pulling in from the so-called ‘gig economy’. Amazon is acquiring Whole Foods for $13.7 Billion. Insert your own joke here: (“Who among us has not spent $13.7 Billion at Whole Foods?”) With Amazon acquiring Whole Foods and Walmart […]
Imposter Syndrome: Does This Article Even Belong Here?
Imposter Syndrome – or the Imposter Phenomenon – is a feeling of intellectual self-doubt where people fear exposure as a “fraud”. In the face of – often overwhelming – objective proof of competence or excellence, individuals with imposter syndrome still don’t feel they deserve praise or accolades. Although first described in high achieving women, subsequent […]
The DQYDJ Weekender, 5/14/2017
We lost my grandfather last week – a great man and a true original. He had unfortunately been battling a strange blood disorder for quite some time. My grandfather was an inspiration to us all, and I’ll greatly miss him – RIP. I hope I do you proud, Papa. We’ll be back with new articles […]
The DQYDJ Weekender, 5/7/2017
That’s our way of announcing I updated our main datasets on the Dow Jones, S&P 500, and 10-Year constan maturity treasuries. There are about 15 calculators auto-updating off those (haha), but here are the main three: Dow Jones: https://dqydj.com/dow-jones-return-calculator/ 10-Y Treasuries: https://dqydj.com/treasury-return-calculator// S&P 500: https://dqydj.com/sp-500-return-calculator// Links We Liked! Paul at Asset-Based Life reminds us all […]
The DQYDJ Weekender, 4/29/2017
Well, it’s certainly been a while since the last Weekender, hasn’t it? I make no promises, but of course the Weekenders will continue if the mood is right! For the uninitiated, here’s the stuff we were reading and chewing on recently – perhaps you’ll enjoy these links as well? Links We Liked! Backchannel had a […]
The DQYDJ Weekender, 3/18/2017
Haven’t done a Weekender for a while, have I? Sorry about that – a comedy of errors over here at home base plus the young one have made it difficult. But c’mon, you know we’re not going anywhere. We kept posting the normal weekly content, didn’t we? Also, a PSA: I’m currently in 5th place […]
The DQYDJ Weekender, 2/4/2017
Go Patriots! When ‘they’ say that a three-year-old at daycare is going to get you sick, ‘they’ aren’t lying. I’ve spent the last few weeks getting acquainted the germs of a new generation. Let’s try to continue our series on software development in America this week, okay? Here’s some stuff we enjoyed! Links We Liked! […]
The DQYDJ Weekender, 1/8/2017
I love all you readers, but I just need to share: Say it with me: MVP Tom Brady. — PK (@dataPK) January 1, 2017 Also, congrats to my Alma Mater USC on the Rose Bowl win! Let’s look at some links! Links We Liked! Nelson at Financial Uproar summarizes his 2016 stock picking contest (we […]