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It is amazing how different evolution trees converge on optimal configurations. It reminds me of crabs.

Pie charts shine when there several data points that can be grouped into 2-3 macro groups.

The easiest example is "What is your opinion of ___?" (Strongly Favorable, Somewhat Favorable, Neutral, Somewhat Unfavorable, or Strongly Unfavorable)

At a glance, you can see if the opinions are positive or negative, and then can see if they are polarizing or mostly neutral.

Another example would be the makeup of congress. Democrat, Independent, and Republican for the major groups. Subgroups could be based on percentage of votes the person received from their district. It would show which seats could swing.

A bank should keep the money secure. Anything >0% loss is unacceptable. They were greedy and had a duration mismatch. Interest rates rise and the value of the longterm bonds go down. The regulators should have stepped in and stopped that. Why didn't they?

No one should be made whole. Looks like the stock holders will have a 0 and bond holders will take a significant cut. Depositors will be safe.

The executives should all be in prison for this. Only have to do this once. The other banks would wisen up and get their act together.

No publisher would want to sign a contract with an author that isn't likely to live much longer. It needs to be either a fixed amount, or Life + something.

It is not a zero sum game.

The backup camera would not be such a big deal if cars had smaller pillars.

I would take Wednesdays off.

No more than 1 day away from a day off. Need to schedule an appointment for anything: Wednesday.

> Our proposed price is dictated by the fact that search has a non zero cost. With other search engines, advertisers cover this cost. But it costs us about $1 to process 80 searches.

.0125 per search. The teams rate is twice that.

"The answer is always no unless you ask."

The problem isnt if you are actually brain dead. The problem is if you just appear to be brain dead. Organ harvesting is done without the aid of anaesthetic.

Someone can be both a better physicist and have a poorer understanding of physics. We have the luxury of time. We can learn about the great discoveries that the great physicist developed from scratch. Just imagine the type of discoveries he would have made if he was born in the late 20th century.

The JWST and Hubble have multiple cameras. The Hubble IR image is likely just the IR camera while the JWST is likely a composite of multiple cameras.

(This is purely speculation.)

It's also safer. In between where I live and work are neighborhoods that I do not want to walk down.

You should add this game to boardgamegeek. They will also host the files for you if you want.

He didn't say he was retired from the military. You need 20 years in to get a retirement. A tour in Afghanistan is not sufficient.