Archive for November, 2007
Friday, November 16th, 2007
Several months ago, I discovered a great part of San Francisco’s Chinatown: extremely cheap produce. The food was dirt cheap and looked appetizing. But was it too good to be true?
I worried because I believe you get what you pay for. If a retailer sells a good for a lower ...
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Thursday, November 15th, 2007
My friend has a home surveillance service that costs him several hundred dollars a year. He has it even though his neighborhood has virtually no crime and someone is almost always inside his house. And the worst part: he rarely turns the alarm on when the house is actually empty. ...
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Tuesday, November 13th, 2007
Every Tuesday is a Game Theory article at Mind Your Decisions.
Mahesh asks a great decision problem:
I am working at a firm. I get an offer from another firm. I declare my intention to leave. I get a counter offer with very little tangibles and a lot of promises. The promises ...
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Friday, November 9th, 2007
I somewhat shamefully admit that some of my greatest passions started from watching TV and movies. I took my first game theory course because of the movie A Beautiful Mind, which chronicles the life of John Nash. And I took an interest in cooking and food after watching the Japanese ...
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Thursday, November 8th, 2007
A couple months ago, I met with a friend who completed a masters program from a prestigious university. He was looking for jobs, but things were taking longer than expected. After his first few interviews, he realized that he was not at all interested in jobs related to his major. ...
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