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Perfect video compression

Video compression codecs are getting better and better at compressing video. However, they only use a very limited set of properties characteristic of videos… namely, they describe a video as...

Private arbitrage with teeth

There is a lot of value in private arbitrage, especially when dealing with emerging markets or countries where the judicial system isn’t well developed. However, a private arbitrage firm ideally...

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Illegal Evidence

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court said Wednesday that evidence obtained after illegal searches or arrests based on simple police mistakes may be used to prosecute criminal defendants.

An economically sound, morally just and free fix to the subprime crisis

The subprime crisis should have been avoided rather than solved, but there was a simple way to solve it.

Gastronomic lessons from a two-armed bandit