Today in Delhi
Month: January 2012
New Delhi Weather Forecast: Smoke?
I arrived in India yesterday, and will be here for a few weeks working on an MIT research project. I’m in New Delhi at the moment, and am sad to say the pollution here appears to be pretty bad. There’s not a cloud in the sky, but it’s still not blue. Here’s a shot from my window: I decided to check to forecast to see how this sort of thing is accounted for, and was a bit shocked by the accuracy of weather.com. Today’s forecast – 68 degrees with Smoke: On the upside, the sunrise was spectacular through the haze. I’m slightly optimistic that isn’t isn’t typical, as the 5-day forecast doesn’t show any smoke on the horizon. And when
The Markets, Beautiful Girls, and Iowa
Via Ezra Klein: “John Maynard Keynes famously likened playing the stock market to judging a beauty contest where, rather than choosing the most beautiful girl, you had to choose the girl you thought everyone else would choose as most beautiful. “We devote our intelligences to anticipating what average opinion expects the average opinion to be,” wrote Keynes. This is, with some minor modifications, true for judging the results in Iowa, too.”
Things to Read
I’m in an airport, and thought I’d share some links I found to be interesting while I’ve been waiting around: 1. Not Your Typical Tech Guy’s 2012 Wish List 2. The Big Picture on Free Online Classes at MIT 3. Barry Ritholtz: Get Ahead of the Forecaster Folly 4. Still Looking For A New Year’s Resolution? How About Learning To Code … 5. Those Awkwardly Placed Headshots Work: Wikimedia Foundation Raises $20 Million From 1 Million+ Donors 6. China Launches 3D TV Channel
2012
Via xkcd: