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There is a strange feedback occurring. Magazines cover topics their readers are interested in while simultaneously affecting their readers' interests and preferences.
Re:Ask HN: What is Wealth? on Sunday October 31, 2010 @09:11PM (#1854961)
It depends on your circumstances. If you're on your death bed, you want more time. If you are sick, you want health. If you are hungry, you want food.

I guess it all boils down to what people want, but it's different for everybody.

Re:My Favorite Engineering Interview Question on Thursday October 28, 2010 @01:33AM (#1841876)
Who is Joel?
Re:Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model in Scheme on Sunday July 11, 2010 @10:47AM (#1505532)
The magic numbers p and b1-b5 were obtained from approximation (2) in Bryc, W. "A uniform approximation to the right normal tail integral", Applied Mathematics and Computation, Volume 127, Issue 2-3 (April 2002), Pages 365-374. I have added links to this reference in the post if you'd like to look at it.