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Andrea Matranga

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Economic Historian at Università di Torino. Pr. I aspire to a Plinian mind. From Palermo, Sicily. Substack: https://andreamatranga.substack.com

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Andrea Matranga @andreamatranga.bsky.social · Jun 5

I created a Substack! for now it's mainly a place I post lightly edited versions of my long threads.
The next post will be an explainer of
@Natkhov and myself's paper on the introduction of serfdom in Russia in response to nomadic slave raids. Sign up here
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This substack collects explanations of my projects and interests, mostly relating to Economics, History and Geography. Click to read Andrea Matranga, a Substack publication. Launched 27 minutes ago.

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Andrea Matranga @andreamatranga.bsky.social · 12h

Corollary: a good benchmark for a social democrat politician is "could he make me interested in baseball"

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Andrea Matranga @andreamatranga.bsky.social · 13h

*starts presenting paper or roman aqueducts*
"Friends, Colleagues, Allies, lend me your ears. I come here to discuss the Roman empire. Not to praise it."

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Andrea Matranga @andreamatranga.bsky.social · 17h

It's neapolitan

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Andrea Matranga @andreamatranga.bsky.social · 18h

FITZACARRALDO

Andrea Matranga @andreamatranga.bsky.social · 18h

It gives me clarity to maintain an almost complete disinterest in sports because it means I can empathize with people that check in with politics once every four years

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Andrea Matranga @andreamatranga.bsky.social · 18h

EU academics finding out Banerjee and Duflo are moving to Zurich

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Andrea Matranga @andreamatranga.bsky.social · 18h

I assumed benzene was named after Benz but no

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Andrea Matranga @andreamatranga.bsky.social · 20h

Nel giardino di mia sorella

Andrea Matranga @andreamatranga.bsky.social · 1d

St Vincent and the Grenadines sounds like a band fusing the Religious Folk of the front man to the Soul rhythm of his backup singers.

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Andrea Matranga @andreamatranga.bsky.social · 1d

I am calculating something wich for memory reasons does the tiles without more than 500m elevation difference in the tile and you can really see why building infrastucture in the mediterranean basin is tricky

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Andrea Matranga @andreamatranga.bsky.social · 1d

I mean she's trying to solve Venezuela's problems not the US's

Andrea Matranga @andreamatranga.bsky.social · 1d

youtu.be/7BdYdzUQmj8?...

Kill Bill Volume 2: Esteban Vihaio speaks of flattery

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Andrea Matranga @andreamatranga.bsky.social · 1d

They aren't moving to Zurich for the weather either

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Andrea Matranga @andreamatranga.bsky.social · 1d

honestly it would have been extremely funny if they just gave Obama another peace nobel

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Andrea Matranga @andreamatranga.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks! It would be an intersting art form today though! kind of like kintsugi.

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Andrea Matranga @andreamatranga.bsky.social · 1d

Our nine year old wanted to know if bits of colored glass or glazed pottery that broke accidentally were ever recycled in mosaics. @sarahebond.bsky.social ?

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Andrea Matranga @andreamatranga.bsky.social · 1d

No see, we buy the eggs for seven cents a dozen from the Germans, abd sell them to the French for 6 cents a dozen, and after paying for the fuel for the bombers, everybody gets a share

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Andrea Matranga @andreamatranga.bsky.social · 1d

Where does he find the time

Andrea Matranga @andreamatranga.bsky.social · 2d

Well that's how i ahd the idea. I am using genetic algortithms to reconsruct the cost parameters, and then i remembered about this nature paper on how hub-spoke topology increased fitness, so i thought maybe it could help genetic algorithms too

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Andrea Matranga @andreamatranga.bsky.social · 2d

That one they did right

Andrea Matranga @andreamatranga.bsky.social · 2d

May you all have the courage to react to injustice the way our nine year old reacts to a flags of the world poster that has the swiss flag as rectangle

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Andrea Matranga @andreamatranga.bsky.social · 2d

Criticizing Europe for not doing enough in AI seems beside the point. If you're looking for a parking spot you don't trail somebody else looking for a spot

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Andrea Matranga @andreamatranga.bsky.social · 2d

Makes sense! Curious how you think it fits with the rest of your reading

Andrea Matranga @andreamatranga.bsky.social · 2d

www.andreamatranga.net/uploads/1/5/... you might also like this one on serfdom in Russia

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