That's only true if the order of the cards is genuinely random. DJL's interesting point is that, in practice, poor shuffling technique is a very inefficient means of getting to a random dec… (View Post)

Twenty-nine (29) more ships and boats of various sorts (tankers, cargo ships, tug boats) hit in the waters around Crimea. One of the tug boats hit had a damaged vessel previously hit under tow. Russi… (View Post)

If someone falls behind on their mortgage and it is repossessed and sold, they may be left with enough capital that the state can avoid paying them many benefits for a while. And of course we're… (View Post)

It's a measure of how quickly things can change once a tipping point is passed. The difficult question is always, "how close is the tipping point?" We may soon see this with respect to… (View Post)

It feels like it could be quite controversial to increase the deposit, as you're explicitly making it harder for people to stand as candidates, which looks like politicians trying to protect the… (View Post)