Author: Quinn
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One Month Site Review
We are through the first month of TMITLT’s lifespan, so it is time for a quick one month site review! Sentiment Through a full month of writing in February, the excitement has decreased slightly. I was able to start expressing some pent-up thoughts and the urgency has decreased. Despite this, I am still optimistic for…
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Everyone is Selfish and that is Great
Everyone is selfish. Generally, selfishness is seen as a bad thing, but I beg to differ. Being concerned for ones self is a part of our nature and the root of being human. I’d even venture to say that it is the base of many of our actions, though, likely in an implicit manor. I’ll…
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Dynamics of the New Work-Life Balance – An Unfair Reality
Life is unfair. We all know this. But that simple phrase also allows you to shrug it off and continue wandering through life without urgency. I’m here to bring that urgency back to you when you hear phrases like “you need a work-life balance”, “life is unfair”, or “there’s no rush” There is less time…
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Recovery vs Laziness – Get Moving Before you Die
There have been many studies that have shown how little time we actually have on this planet. When you take into account sleep, work, and bodily functions your ‘free’ lifespan is rather bleak. Furthermore, throw in the time wasted scrolling through non-educational social media posts, and things are even more grim. I have seen this…
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Is Time Travel Suicide? The Loneliness with being God
Suicide? But time travel is a dream, right? Become rich and powerful, knowing the future Stop terrorism events before they occur Pivot away from your previous mistakes Ideas like this and this are fun to explore (likely due to our human nature to day dream and regret). But, what is discussed less is the side…
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One Bit, $6.5 Billion – The Universal Screwdriver
Screw You! There are plenty of pain points when it comes to screwdrivers and screwdriver bits. Striped screws, costly replacements, countless varieties of screws, a countless number of screwdriver bits are needed to complete the job. If you are working on a computer, you need a different screwdriver and a different bit than you would…
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Penguin Weights – My Introduction to ML
Through college I was getting bored of my courses as I learned about logical operational rules of the road. Then came my first Python course and I started to see the countless possibilities and power of data. This was my very first Python project result and it happens to include penguin data: https://TMITLT.com/projects/penguin-weights I know…
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Macroeconomics – Stock Market – December and Days of the Week
I have a few hunches about the stock market at a macro level that I have decided to review and share. The questions, hypotheses, and findings are below. What is the Perfect Day to Buy/Sell? The more I learn about the stock market, the more questions I have. One question that has been at the…
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Pstock Bot Intro
I’ve always loved building predictive systems and it’s about time I made one for the stock market. In the past, I have used various models to predict market movement, but none exceeded 60% accuracy with a return rate I found satisfactory. That is, until recently. The Next Generation I have now taken an entirely new…
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The Delusion of Color – Your Blue is Actually my Yellow!
Color Comes in Early Early in life you learn language by practicing words like “mama” and “dada”, developing the foundational communication muscles. Soon after this, you begin to learn colors. It is simple enough to show a leaf and say, “this is green” then a stop sign “this is red”. Where we fail is understanding…