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New information technologies and the eternal Helpdesk…

This is hilarious (plus it teaches you some Norwegian and Danish at the same time:-)). Thanks to Greg Mankiw.

Update, 14th of March: this is the (unavoidable…) problem with YouTube, sometimes the user removes the material (or the YouTube administration has to act because of copyright infringement…).

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Chapeau^3: Véritable tour de force!

Ex ante intrebarea a fost “WTF e Iulian Duma?”. Ex post, dupa KO-ul aplicat de Darius, raspunsul este “Indiferent cine (ce!) a fost, e FUBAR acum”. Lovely, lovely! Executie profesionista, cu stil si gratie.

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Should I study Latin or Chinese?

Great answer by Tim Harford to the question whether one should study Latin or Chinese, though he misses the fact that Latin (much more so than Italian…) could be a ‘stepping stone’ to learning a hell bunch of ‘modern’ languages, which I would not see as weakly dominated by learning Chinese.

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Enter Fed Govs

Functions, backgrounds, hobbies. The USA Federal Reserve Governors. Via Greg Mankiw’s blog.

PS. It is apparently not so bad to be appointed a Fed Gov and certainly even better to get to be the Fed’s Chairman- if you expected this and somebody else got it, you might really resent it (I also mentioned this funny CBS clip here)…

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Not bad: Cyril’s magic

This is something even David Copperfield would be proud of. Don’t get scared by the Japanese spoken here and just keep watching the clip until the end, it is self-explanatory. Here is Cyril’s site if you want more info.

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