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" ... results show that, between 1980 and 2019, the pass-through from prices to wages was substantial. At the same time, nominal wage increases only had a modest effect on prices. Other factors—such as imported inflation, inflation expectations and economic slack—clearly dominate wages in explaining price movements ..."

It has a sign-up button, but the site itself is a free resource.

Signing-up allows you pair/meet other language learners.

find is one of those tools that has me back at square one every time I want to do something non-trivial. Looking forward to giving this a shot.

Reminded of the discussion of survivorship bias in "Fooled By Randomness" (Taleb).

Something like a pool of 5000 investment managers each less likely to make a good decision than would a coin toss, would still produce a small population of "masters of the universe" after 5 years.

Yep, code review.

I just came here to make the banal remark that RDF/OWL/Sparql etc are great to work with in certain problem spaces and not great in others.

My experience working in Semantic Web was much on the same as my experience with Lisp/Scheme. Great fun, hugely educational, glad I know about it, and its great to spot the related concepts/borrowings when they turn up elsewhere.

I would like a system where the airline had to declare the type of aircraft used on the flight at the time of booking. If at the time of departure the aircraft model actually use for the flight is different then the passenger must on request be repaid the entire value of the ticket.

This means that there is no (financial) pressure on the passenger to fly on an aircraft they do not trust.

Currently the live-or-die risk devolves to the passenger and they have no direct say in the choice of aircraft: after ticket purchase they are left with a take-it-or-leave-it proposition.

This system might force airlines to think much much harder when making their aircraft purchasing decisions.

Just because the aircraft is certified will no longer amount to adequate commercial due diligence.

An airline which wants to protect its revenue will now need to deep-dive into the manufacturers quality procedures themselves.

Otherwise their customers can vote with their feet, at no financial cost, any time prior to departure.

Thanks.

Which book?

Twenty years ahead of you, and still thrilled to open a new terminal. Every time.

Wikipedia wfm.

Same for me.