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What is The Monte Carlo Simulation?

Monte Carlo Simulation

In the glitzy world of Monaco, the Monte Carlo casino has long been a beacon for thrill-seekers looking to test their luck. But beyond the spinning roulette wheels and shuffled decks of cards, there’s another game of chance that has borrowed the casino’s name: the Monte Carlo Simulation.

This mathematical technique, however, isn’t about gambling in a traditional sense. Instead, it’s a powerful tool used by scientists, economists, and even financial planners to understand the complexities of the real world.

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Video of the Day

First look of the 18k, 60fps largest screen on the planet. featuring #postcardfromearth premiering october 6 only @spherevegas making a half-petabyte (500000 gb)
experience, filming on every continent, a love letter to mother earth it has been incredibly rewarding. we are just finishing up the mix and it’s next level with 160000 speakers. postcard is a journey and i can’t wait to share it with you all. my iphone can’t come close to capturing the definition on the screen. at times you forget where you are and you’re transported to the other side of our home.

Why Do We Buy Stuff to Impress People We Don’t Even Know?

The desire to impress others, even those we don’t personally know, is a complex behavior rooted in psychology, sociology, and evolutionary biology. Here are some reasons why individuals might purchase items to impress strangers:

  1. Evolutionary Perspective: From an evolutionary standpoint, humans have always engaged in behaviors to increase their social standing and attractiveness to potential mates. Displaying wealth or resources can be seen as a way to signal one’s “fitness” or desirability as a partner.

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Awful Financial Decision Maker of the Day

In December 2019 I financed a brand new Charger Scat Pack. This was right before inflation really took off so they were cheaper than they are now. Sticker price was only 36k. After the dealer added a warranty, “paint protection plan”, dealer fees, taxes, etc, I ended up financing 51k!

At the time I didn’t know ANYTHING about cars, the only reason I even bought the car was because my v6 2011 camaro that was paid off started having transmission trouble. Replaced it twice and it still wasn’t driving properly, so I bought the scat pack.

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Linkage

She Played ‘Diane Chambers’ on Cheers. See Shelly Long Now at 74 – Ned Hardy

The Most Popular Jobs 100 Years Ago – Grunge

How Mr. Rogers Took a Stand Against Segregation in a Simple Pool Scene – Wanderer

How Deion Sanders Made Colorado Football the Center of the Sports Universe – The Ringer

How to remove that foggy residue on your car headlights and restored it to shoowroom condition – Amazon

Peso Pluma, One of Mexico’s Biggest Stars, Threatened by CJNG Cartel Over El Chapo Songs – VICE

6 Rules for Dealing with Injury, Illness, and Aging as an Athlete – Outside

Do Everything Faster With These Keyboard Tricks – Wired

‘Cybersecurity Issue’ Forces Systems Shutdown at MGM Hotels and Casinos – NY Times

After months on the market, ‘The Brady Bunch’ house sells for $3.2 million – NPR

Alex Rodriguez ratted out PED users, lied to Yankees: new bombshell documents – NY Post

Amber Heard Spent Two Months Designing Overwatch Mercy Cosplay For Ex Elon Musk – Kotaku

How Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Created the PG-13 Rating – Wanderer

10 Movies That Aren’t Con Air – Den of Geek

‘We were woefully unprepared’: Three things that took us by surprise when my 91-year-old dad moved in – Market Watch

5 Horror Movies Based On Things That Really Happened Featured Image – Linkiest

If you are going to pull out a bat during a street fight, you better be prepared to use it – Reddit

How to meditate: The beginner’s guide to building a meditation habit and practicing mindfulness – Insider

What Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un’s meeting might bring – VOX

9 Male Rape Victims Reveal Their Experiences And How It Has Affected Their Lives

1. I was kidnapped by my father, and tortured, molested and sodomized for over a week while it took getting state police across multiple states to get me back. There isn’t a news report of this, I’ve already checked. The worst part, my mother never believed me, and I while I wasn’t ever too afraid to talk to people about it, I never can tell anyone how deep the pain runs.

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Financial Decision of the Day

Why I’ve decided to pay off my $55k balance as soon as possible. No 10-20 years of payments. No more hoping “the government” will come through for me.

I graduated from grad school with $105K in student loans. Say what you will about Dave Ramsey. He is right about paying off debt fast. I was only in the workforce for a couple years before the pandemic hit. During that time, I was binging Dave Ramsey videos and realized he’s right about debt. Decided to pay as much as possible toward my student loans. I managed to get them down to $55k in about 2 years. My income was about $65k fresh out of school.

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Instead Of Saying “I Don’t Have Time” Try Saying “It’s Not A Priority”

(photo: @tcrawlers)

Regardless of where you live, how many resources you have access to, or which talents you possess, you have 24 hours in a day–just like everybody else. We lead busy lives and use our limited time as an excuse to procrastinate and avoid getting things done, but often claiming we don’t have time is a lie. It’s a lie we tell others and ourselves. It helps us believe we’ll never get anything done, and this is a problem. Fortunately, the solution might be as simple as changing your language

Wall Street Journal writer Laura Vanderkam explains:

Instead of saying “I don’t have time” try saying “it’s not a priority,” and see how that feels. Often, that’s a perfectly adequate explanation. I have time to iron my sheets, I just don’t want to. But other things are harder. Try it: “I’m not going to edit your résumé, sweetie, because it’s not a priority.” “I don’t go to the doctor because my health is not a priority.” If these phrases don’t sit well, that’s the point. Changing our language reminds us that time is a choice. If we don’t like how we’re spending an hour, we can choose differently.

It’s a simple idea, and a great one. Our language is often used to provide a polite answer when the truth might be hard to hear. Sometimes we even subject ourselves to more polite language and end up in situations like this one. How you use your time is very important. It’s a limited resource and shouldn’t be wasted. Don’t risk putting it to poor use by failing to be honest with yourself and others about your priorities in life. Alter your language and you may just discover what’s most important.

Guy Blows Up 300ZX Trying to do Burnout

For anyone who doesn’t understand what’s going on here:

He was trying to do a burnout by feathering the clutch (not fully releasing it) and/or giving it a combination of too much gas and too much brake at the same time. This makes it so the clutch has a much more difficult time getting the tires to spin, and instead causes the clutch itself to rub against the flywheel. Clutch material is extremely abrasive, which causes lots of friction, and thus lots of heat. By the time he hit red line it didn’t matter if his clutch was fully released, because the clutch was hot enough that the friction was way too low to properly engage it to the flywheel. Rather it just spun and spun until it overheated, cracked, and shattered causing it to essentially explode. Those chunks of metal laying on the pavement are pieces of the clutch.

Linkage

The Great College Pricing Sham: The strange, twisted logic behind the sky-high cost of college – Insider

Whatever Happened To Shelly Hack, ‘Tiffany Welles’ From Charlie’s Angels? – Wanderer

She Played ‘Anu’ on The Big Bang Theory. See Rati Gupta Now at 39 – Ned Hardy

Rise of the Synthesizer: How an Electronics Whiz Kid Gave the 1980s Its Signature Sound – Collectors Weekly

The Soviet Union’s Desperate Efforts at Mind Control – MIT

"I put these fan timers in all my bathrooms and everyone that uses my bathrooms always points out how much they love them. Nice little cheap/easy upgrade and it really comes in handy" – Amazon

Feeling Embarrassed? Here’s The Right Way To Handle It – Fatherly

What we know about Kim Jong Un’s train — a slow-moving bulletproof fortress – NPR

Whatever Happened to Chloe Webb From ‘Twins’? – Ned Hardy

How to Raise a Reader – The Art of Manliness

Japanese Live-Streamer Burns His House Down on Air – Leenks

The 7 Worst Things About Social Media – Linkiest

Apple’s A17 Pro Is a 3nm Chip Powering iPhone 15 Pro, Pro Max – Tom’s Hardware

10 Common Dating Profile Mistakes To Fix To Get More Matches – Knowledge For Men

How to Tell If That Package Delivery Text Is a Scam – Life Hacker

How Do Big Tech Giants Make Their Billions? – Visual Capitalist

Little Dude Gets Manhandled By His Girl For Coming Home At 4 am – Worldstar