philh

Karma: 7,609

Boots theory and Sybil Ramkin

philhMar 18, 2025, 10:10 PM

35 points

17 comments11 min readLW link

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London rationalish meetup

philhJan 5, 2025, 4:15 PM

9 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

London rationalish meetup @ Arkhipov

philh and Linda Linsefors

Nov 28, 2024, 7:30 PM

8 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

London Rationalish meetup—Lincoln’s Inn Fields

philhAug 8, 2024, 10:51 PM

15 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Book review: the Iliad

philhJun 18, 2024, 6:50 PM

31 points

2 comments14 min readLW link

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Cryptocurrency taxation in the UK

philhMar 30, 2024, 1:10 PM

21 points

0 comments14 min readLW link

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Conditional prediction markets are evidential, not causal

philhFeb 7, 2024, 9:52 PM

55 points

10 comments2 min readLW link

London rationalish meetup: Feedbackloop-first rationality

philhFeb 4, 2024, 11:47 PM

12 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

When and why should you use the Kelly criterion?

Garrett Baker, philh and River

Nov 5, 2023, 11:26 PM

27 points

25 comments16 min readLW link

Headphones hook

philhSep 29, 2023, 10:50 PM

21 points

1 comment3 min readLW link

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London rationalish meetup—Thinking Physics

philhSep 3, 2023, 10:47 PM

8 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Ruining an expected-log-money maximizer

philhAug 20, 2023, 9:20 PM

33 points

33 comments1 min readLW link 1 review

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Three configurable prettyprinters

philhAug 10, 2023, 11:10 PM

9 points

0 comments22 min readLW link

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How tall is the Shard, really?

philhJun 23, 2023, 8:10 AM

44 points

10 comments9 min readLW link

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London rationalish meetup—relinquishing curiosity

philhMay 16, 2023, 9:42 PM

8 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Does descaling a kettle help? Theory and practice

philhMay 2, 2023, 8:20 PM

35 points

25 comments8 min readLW link

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London rationalish meetup

philhFeb 8, 2023, 9:17 PM

9 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Life Has a Cruel Symmetry

philhJan 23, 2023, 11:40 PM

21 points

5 comments11 min readLW link

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[Question] When to mention irrelevant accusations?

philhJan 14, 2023, 9:58 PM

20 points

50 comments1 min readLW link

Smallpox Eradication Day Unconference

Edward Saperia and philh

Dec 2, 2022, 7:25 PM

2 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

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