Author Archives: Jason Schlachter

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Jason Schlachter

I am currently reading this book and it is awesome!  The book is from the point of view of a  teenage autistic boy named Christopher who is trying to figure out who killed his neighbors dog.  The book is smart, … Continue reading →

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Nate Silver is Right(Sort of) and a Hand

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Jason Schlachter

In the last few days before the election, Nate Silver and his statistical analysis(http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/) gave Obama approximately a 90% chance to win.  He was disparaged by many in the media, especially on the conservative side who disagreed with his analysis … Continue reading →

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Random Thoughts

Posted on November 5, 2012 by Jason Schlachter

We have survived Sandy and were without power for 5 days.  Our building was relatively unscathed, we had no flooding, and we had great friends(with power and water) who were happy to take us in for a few days.  We … Continue reading →

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Bad Projections and the Presidential Debate

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Jason Schlachter

I was reading an article about ancestry.com and I came across this quote, “genealogy is a demographic projected to grow 36% by 2020.”  My first reaction was to laugh at their attempt to predict this sort of thing that far into … Continue reading →

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The Biggest Differences Between Live Poker and Internet Poker

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Jason Schlachter

When people hear that I am a professional poker player, they usually have a lot of questions for me.  One of the questions that inevitably comes up is about the difference between playing poker in person and on the internet. … Continue reading →

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