ALL THINGS BIG AND SMALL 2.0

2014 D'Angelico NYSS 3B FM (flamed maple) 2013 Fender American Vintage Telecaster Thinline 1967 Gibson ES-330 as advertised for $520 on AliExpress After more than 3 years, I had a relapse of the Guitar Acquisition Syndrome (GAS). I thought I was cured. Why would a 67- year old man with probably less than 15 years of life left, and with more guitars and amplifiers than he can play with, want more guitars? But succumb, I did, to GAS. So here is a blow-by-blow account of my latest attack of GAS.   It began with a sudden craving for a Telecaster Thinline, though why I would want a Thinline when I had, during my lifetime bought and sold three Thinlines I don't know. So I bought the Thinline.  Then I saw an ad in AliExpress to sell a 1967 Gibson ES 330 for $520. I could hardly believe my eyes. I convinced myself that this anomaly in price was due to the ignorance of the seller. Alas, how true the adage that if its too good to be true, then it probably is...

Thoughts on definition of Noise and Thresholds 1.     I am obsessed by the thought of being able to make my everyday decisions in a more objective way, unclouded by emotions and biases so common with us humans. There must be academic papers on the topic of quantitative-based decision-making. But I have never read any.  So these are the ramblings of a novice in this field. 2.     Any data-driven (quantitative) decision support system must have (a) some kind of noise removal method for initial ‘cleaning’ to remove data that is considered not relevant to the model  (b) Methods for setting thresholds of some kind i.e. a numerical value that is the boundary for, and triggers a Yes/No decision. 3.      Thus, the two key aspects of any quantitative decision-making process are the removal of noise, and the establishment of thresholds that trigger decisions. For this reason, I am fascinated by the definition of Noise and...