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  • A hole in Los Altos

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    David Faden
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    Looking at the Census page for Los Altos, something funny caught my eye: there’s a hole in the map for Los Altos: https://data.census.gov/profile/Los_Altos_city,_California?g=160XX00US0643280 Returning to the data from https://lab.data.ca.gov/dataset/california-city-boundaries-and-identifiers, we see the same thing: > library(ggplot2)> library(sf)> cities <- read_sf(“~/Downloads/California_Cities_and_Identifiers_Blue_Version_view_-6943741225906831761.gpkg”)> losAltos <- subset(cities, CDTFA_CITY == “Los Altos”)> ggplot(losAltos) + geom_sf() What’s in that hole? >…

  • Short reviews: “A Mind at Play”, “Poor Charlie’s Almanack”, and “The Man Who Solved the Market”

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    David Faden
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    I recently read three books that are tangentially related: I’d feel comfortable recommending checking out all three; in terms of enjoyment, for me “A Mind at Play” comes first. Perhaps in terms of practical advice, the book by and about Munger should come first, the others also provide examples of how to live and how…

  • Rainy day

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    David Faden
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    Though I see blue sky through the white clouds, windblown rain’s still coming down. It was good to feel rain on my face outside, but I’m happy to be warm inside just watching the weather now. Reading “The Year Without Pants” has made me more curious about WordPress, one motivation for starting this blog. (We…