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Currently open threads are weekly and very well received. However they tend to fill up quickly. Personally I fear that my contribution will

I'd like to use this thread to review the "What are your contrarian views?" thread as the meta discussion there was drowned out by the inten

As per a recent comment this thread is meant to voice contrarian opinions, that is anything this community tends not to agree with. Thus I a

If it's worth saying, but not worth its own post (even in Discussion), then it goes here. Thread started before the end of the last thread

If it's worth saying, but not worth its own post (even in Discussion), then it goes here. Duration set to six days to encourage Monday as

Six out of the last 10 posts are about single meetups. And I care about none of them. I will look into whipping together some kind of bot

If it's worth saying, but not worth its own post (even in Discussion), then it goes here.

If it's worth saying, but not worth its own post (even in Discussion), then it goes here.

The Kelly criterion is the optimal way to allocate one's bankroll over a lifetime to a series of bets assuming the actor's utility increases

So I have a conundrum. Imagine that Omega comes to you and offers you two choices: First choice: You get a moment of moderate pain, let's