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Numba is amazing. +1 for numba

You mistakenly equate effort with value.

Money is quite simple - it is the accumulation of value of individual work. The same way batteries store electricity - money store value of work. The same way batteries exchange stored electricity to perform work, money is exchanging stored value to work of others that we desire.

Does it lead to overspending? Since you have your pocket money - then you need to spend it?

+1

Depends on the kind of a book. Novels, easy read - definitely better in e-form. Anything complex - textbook, or science popularization or even rich fiction - makes me miss real print. Mainly due to the lack of easy navigation. It is a lot easier to go back and re-read fragments in the real book than it is in the e-book.

TL;DR; Working with the book is easy in printed form and pain in e-format.

luck favors prepared.

Given that generic public finances science being done, a reasonable explanation is expected when it is being requested. Perhaps if scientific community put forward 10% of their time explaining importance and fun aspects of the research that they do - they could expect a raise in the level of funding.

Hedgefunds?