Monthly Archives: February 2011

Inequality nostalgia

Posted on 2011/02/16 by valuevar

At some point in our mid-teens, we breathed and ate the arithmetic-geometric mean inequality: for any and any non-negative integers . No doubt we pitied the poor souls who needed to have it stated. No other inequality could compare to … Continue reading →

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Pescovegetarian adventures

Posted on 2011/02/16 by valuevar

Not to worry: I have not engaged in the practice depicted in the video. However, the other day I went with some friends to a restaurant, and I got a nicely poached whole trout. I could not resist humming “The … Continue reading →

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Platoon and groups

Posted on 2011/02/14 by valuevar

Platoon unfortunately deserves to be added to my list of a few posts ago, with a vengeance. If there is an argument to excuse it from having focused entirely on the problems of conscience of soldiers rather than on their … Continue reading →

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Abstract nonsense and lucid dreams

Posted on 2011/02/11 by valuevar

Like many other people, I sometimes happen to have lucid dreams. Alas, also like many other people, I do not remember most of my dreams; I seem to be able to recall them only when I am woken up suddenly, … Continue reading →

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