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Jinghao Yan

Curious engineer and part-time economist from UC Berkeley interested in solving problems through technology


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  • UC Berkeley 1

cows

  • ChemCow

atheism

  • Correlation and Causation
  • Are You Christian? Who Cares...Right?
  • A Plea for Pragmatism
  • Milking It For What It's Worth: Atheists Are Wealthier? So What?

wealth

  • Milking It For What It's Worth: Atheists Are Wealthier? So What?

religion

  • Correlation and Causation
  • Perspectives on Society and Life
  • Are You Christian? Who Cares...Right?
  • A Plea for Pragmatism
  • Milking It For What It's Worth: Atheists Are Wealthier? So What?

politics

  • The Merits of the State and Local Tax Deduction
  • GOP Tax "Reform"
  • Ebola
  • The Failure of the American Democracy
  • Political Discord at the Copenhagen Summit
  • California Solves Budget Crisis--for Now
  • The Value of Life as a Terminally Ill Patient
  • Are Government-Backed Corporations Inherently Less Profitable?
  • AIG: Have You No Shame?
  • Deciding Emissions Targets--It's a Global Responsibility
  • Second Stimulus? Do It Right
  • If I Designed the Stimulus Package...
  • Reuse, Don't Recycle
  • Killing Is Okay
  • Well-Disguised Effort to Broaden the Drug Market
  • Public Encroachment Stage One: Microsoft vs. EU
  • Abuse of the Monopoly Power to Force Transfer of Wealth
  • European Union Fines Intel
  • The Perfect System of Price Discrimination
  • Quarantine Them!
  • Don't Play With Kids
  • The Social Contract: The Origin of Human Morality
  • The Corollary to the Malthusian Thesis
  • Taxes--We Can Do Better
  • Great Example of Positive Eugenics
  • Goldman In Talks to Return TARP
  • Bitches Got Owned
  • Pope to Africa: God Wants You Gone
  • Heads I Win; Tails You Lose
  • Political Motives in Public Policy
  • Cigarette Tax: Good!
  • The Fragile Nature of International Cartels
  • Birth Control Provision Amended
  • Hypocrisy of the Fiscal Conservatives
  • Commendable Step Toward Accountability
  • The Poison Pill of International Trade: Protectionism
  • Republicans Are Screwing Us Over
  • Executive Pay Limit
  • Can We Blame the Banks?
  • Consolidation in the Drug Industry
  • The Legacy of Bush Junior
  • The Symmetry of the Destruction
  • The Irony of Crude Diplomacy
  • Deficit Control in the Future
  • Getting Money the European Way
  • Are We Setting a Dangerous Precedent by Pursuing Microsoft?
  • Hiding from Reality

oil

  • Hiding from Reality

economics

  • The Merits of the State and Local Tax Deduction
  • GOP Tax "Reform"
  • Diminishing Marginal Returns vs. Winner-Takes-All Markets
  • The Failure of the American Democracy
  • A Framework for Evaluating Extended Warranties
  • Robbing Us a Penny at a Time
  • A Step Into the "Real World"
  • Adjusting Retirement Age Dynamically
  • The Economics and Politics of Climate Change
  • The Chinese Yuan and the Imminent Inflation Explosion
  • The Valuation of the Chinese Yuan
  • Why This Recovery is Good for the Long Run
  • The Abbreviated Case for the Jobless Recovery
  • It Worked for Salt--It'll Work for Rice
  • Are Government-Backed Corporations Inherently Less Profitable?
  • Second Stimulus? Do It Right
  • If I Designed the Stimulus Package...
  • Crowdsourcing: Why?
  • Listen to Warren
  • Well-Disguised Effort to Broaden the Drug Market
  • Abuse of the Monopoly Power to Force Transfer of Wealth
  • The Tension Between Fair Outcomes and Fair Mechanisms
  • Intending to Be Understood
  • The Perfect System of Price Discrimination
  • Monopoly Signaling in the Internet Market
  • This Is What's Wrong with Health Insurance
  • Taxes--We Can Do Better
  • Consolidation in the Drug Industry
  • The Link Between Sluts and Hicks
  • Perspectives on Society and Life
  • Hiding from Reality

huckabee

  • A Plea for Pragmatism

tiger

  • The Life of a Tiger

christianity

  • Are You Christian? Who Cares...Right?

mathematics

  • Perspectives on Society and Life

life

  • Perspectives on Society and Life

philosophy

  • Perspectives on Society and Life

wtf

  • WTF!
  • First Step in the Right Direction

funny

  • The Law of Conservation of Procrastination
  • Hearing Aids on the iPhone
  • Free Advertising
  • The Confidence Man: His Masquerade
  • Do Games Improve Academic Performance?
  • What a Coincidence!
  • I'm Better Than a Stanford Professor
  • Happy Chinese New Year!
  • WTF
  • The Irony of Crude Diplomacy
  • A Thanks for Our Freedom
  • First Step in the Right Direction

black

  • First Step in the Right Direction

bird

  • First Step in the Right Direction

business

  • Crowdsourcing: Why?
  • Public Encroachment Stage One: Microsoft vs. EU
  • European Union Fines Intel
  • Monopoly Signaling in the Internet Market
  • General Motors Headed for Bankruptcy
  • Things Will Get Worse
  • The Poison Pill of International Trade: Protectionism
  • Republicans Are Screwing Us Over
  • Executive Pay Limit
  • Can We Blame the Banks?
  • Consolidation in the Drug Industry
  • Oil Is Going to $30 (Within a Quarter)
  • The Irony of Crude Diplomacy
  • Getting Money the European Way
  • Are We Setting a Dangerous Precedent by Pursuing Microsoft?

finance

  • Financial Leverage: An Allegory for Technical Debt
  • A Framework for Evaluating Extended Warranties
  • A Step Into the "Real World"
  • High Speed Trading
  • AIG: Have You No Shame?
  • Listen to Warren
  • European Union Fines Intel
  • Goldman In Talks to Return TARP
  • Bitches Got Owned
  • Hypocrisy of the Fiscal Conservatives
  • Things Will Get Worse
  • The Poison Pill of International Trade: Protectionism
  • Republicans Are Screwing Us Over
  • Can We Blame the Banks?
  • Consolidation in the Drug Industry
  • Deficit Control in the Future
  • Getting Money the European Way

random

  • Margin of Sampling Errors: What Do They Mean?
  • Product "Service Agreements": Scams
  • Free Advertising
  • The Curse of True/False
  • Intending to Be Understood
  • English Confuses Me
  • The Format of an FML
  • Stop Stomping, Fat Neighbors!
  • Examinations and Procrastination
  • Repetition
  • Learn to Count
  • I Want My Sleep Too
  • The Social Contract: The Origin of Human Morality
  • DailyCow Publicly Endorses COW
  • The Corollary to the Malthusian Thesis
  • Taxes--We Can Do Better
  • The Curse of a Mathematician
  • Great Example of Positive Eugenics
  • Don't Mess With Me, Bitch
  • Pope to Africa: God Wants You Gone
  • Heads I Win; Tails You Lose
  • Black Hole vs. Supernova
  • Extended Warranties: They Don't Make Sense
  • Birth Control Provision Amended
  • Apples to Apples: "Sultry"
  • Castrating Rapists
  • Americans Becoming Less Religious
  • The Confidence Man: His Masquerade
  • I Should Have Studied
  • Online IQ Tests: We Are All Deluded
  • Do Games Improve Academic Performance?
  • Commendable Step Toward Accountability
  • What a Coincidence!
  • I'm Better Than a Stanford Professor
  • Happy Chinese New Year!
  • WTF
  • A Thanks for Our Freedom

economy

  • The Return of Hubris to Germany
  • Economic Paradigm Shift
  • Verge of Recovery?
  • AIG: Have You No Shame?
  • Goldman In Talks to Return TARP
  • Bitches Got Owned
  • The Fragile Nature of International Cartels
  • Hypocrisy of the Fiscal Conservatives
  • General Motors Headed for Bankruptcy
  • Things Will Get Worse
  • The Poison Pill of International Trade: Protectionism
  • Republicans Are Screwing Us Over
  • Executive Pay Limit
  • Can We Blame the Banks?
  • Oil Is Going to $30 (Within a Quarter)
  • Deficit Control in the Future

rants

  • This is what happens to pages I can't control
  • The Symmetry of the Destruction

school

  • Breakdown of Test Mistakes
  • Abuse of the Monopoly Power to Force Transfer of Wealth
  • The Curse of True/False
  • English Confuses Me
  • The Perfect System of Price Discrimination
  • Formalization of an Informal Assignment
  • CS 61C Project 2: Three Mistakes That Cost 5 Hours
  • The Confidence Man: His Masquerade
  • This is what happens to pages I can't control
  • I'm Better Than a Stanford Professor
  • WTF

personal

  • To Do for the Summer
  • The Long Term Tradeoff of Pursuing Simultaneous Degrees
  • I Should Have Studied
  • Jinghao
  • Happy Chinese New Year!

work

  • The Power of Visualization
  • This is what happens to pages I can't control

money

  • Heads I Win; Tails You Lose
  • Extended Warranties: They Don't Make Sense

psychology

  • Extended Warranties: They Don't Make Sense

daily

  • Spam
  • New! Bookmark Button

cow

  • Spam
  • New! Bookmark Button

programming

  • Programming Competition
  • Courage
  • StringBuffer vs. StringBuilder
  • Programming Mishaps Series
  • Programming Mishaps Series
  • Makefile Mishaps
  • Makefile Mishaps
  • AdBlock for Google Chrome
  • Misuse of "Stack"
  • DailyCow Publicly Endorses COW
  • CS 61C Project 2: Three Mistakes That Cost 5 Hours
  • CS 61C Project 2: Three Mistakes That Cost 5 Hours

mishaps

  • Programming Mishaps Series
  • Makefile Mishaps
  • CS 61C Project 2: Three Mistakes That Cost 5 Hours

taxes

  • The Merits of the State and Local Tax Deduction
  • GOP Tax "Reform"
  • Taxes--We Can Do Better

catholics

  • The Corollary to the Malthusian Thesis

health

  • Health Insurance in the Pre-Modern Age
  • Health Insurance in the Pre-Modern Age
  • My Perspective on Health Care Reform
  • The Value of Life as a Terminally Ill Patient
  • This Is What's Wrong with Health Insurance

north

  • Don't Play With Kids

korea

  • Don't Play With Kids

intelligence

  • Correlation and Causation

internet

  • How to Win a Zero-Sum Game
  • Monopoly Signaling in the Internet Market

border

  • Quarantine Them!

control

  • Quarantine Them!

technology

  • Solid State Drives--The Solution in the Meantime
  • My Next Laptop

laptop

  • My Next Laptop

computers

  • My Next Laptop

earthquake

  • Stop Stomping, Fat Neighbors!

language

  • English Confuses Me

thoughts

  • Making Judgments: It's Human Nature
  • The Tension Between Fair Outcomes and Fair Mechanisms
  • Intending to Be Understood

monopoly

  • Abuse of the Monopoly Power to Force Transfer of Wealth

ad

  • Free Advertising

microsoft

  • How to Win a Zero-Sum Game
  • Chrome OS: Maybe Later
  • I Use Internet Explorer 8
  • What Makes Bing Different--From a Bing Employee
  • Public Encroachment Stage One: Microsoft vs. EU

inventions

  • Everlasting Cell Phones

electronics

  • Everlasting Cell Phones

summer

  • A Summer of Learning
  • Sunblock Critique
  • To Do for the Summer

military

  • Killing Is Okay

investing

  • Listen to Warren

science

  • The Classic Correlation vs. Causation Pitfall

sunscreen

  • Sunblock Critique

sunblock

  • Sunblock Critique

review

  • Sunblock Critique

environment

  • The Economics and Politics of Climate Change
  • Political Discord at the Copenhagen Summit
  • Deciding Emissions Targets--It's a Global Responsibility
  • Reuse, Don't Recycle

ie8

  • I Use Internet Explorer 8

stimulus

  • Second Stimulus? Do It Right
  • If I Designed the Stimulus Package...

package

  • Second Stimulus? Do It Right
  • If I Designed the Stimulus Package...

pollution

  • Deciding Emissions Targets--It's a Global Responsibility

emissions

  • Deciding Emissions Targets--It's a Global Responsibility

aig

  • AIG: Have You No Shame?

google

  • Job Application Fee a la College Application Fee
  • Bing Shopping Needs a Brand
  • Chrome OS: Maybe Later
  • Asking for GDrive? You're Asking the Wrong Company

os

  • Chrome OS: Maybe Later

chrome

  • Chrome OS: Maybe Later

government

  • The Failure of the American Democracy
  • Are Government-Backed Corporations Inherently Less Profitable?

gm

  • Lean Up And Man Up, GM

care

  • Health Insurance in the Pre-Modern Age
  • My Perspective on Health Care Reform
  • The Value of Life as a Terminally Ill Patient

california

  • California Solves Budget Crisis--for Now

budget

  • California Solves Budget Crisis--for Now

trading

  • High Speed Trading

hardware

  • Solid State Drives--The Solution in the Meantime

cars

  • Hatchbacks and Electric/Hybrid Vehicles

hybrids

  • Hatchbacks and Electric/Hybrid Vehicles

greenspan

  • Protecting Your Legacy--It's "Human Nature"
  • How to Be Right

visualization

  • The Power of Visualization

parenting

  • The Cost of Raising a Child

employment

  • Job Application Fee a la College Application Fee
  • Why This Recovery is Good for the Long Run
  • The Abbreviated Case for the Jobless Recovery
  • Verge of Recovery?

personality

  • Given Time, Anything Can Change Part Two

myer-briggs

  • Given Time, Anything Can Change Part Two

intj

  • Given Time, Anything Can Change Part Two

entj

  • Given Time, Anything Can Change Part Two

explorer

  • How to Win a Zero-Sum Game

advertisements

  • How to Win a Zero-Sum Game

food

  • Inefficiency Shouldn't Be Rewarded

pork

  • Inefficiency Shouldn't Be Rewarded

inefficiency

  • Inefficiency Shouldn't Be Rewarded

financial

  • Protecting Your Legacy--It's "Human Nature"

crisis

  • Protecting Your Legacy--It's "Human Nature"

alan

  • Protecting Your Legacy--It's "Human Nature"

obama

  • Obama and the NPP

nutrition

  • It Worked for Salt--It'll Work for Rice

developing

  • It Worked for Salt--It'll Work for Rice

world

  • It Worked for Salt--It'll Work for Rice

uc

  • University of California, Incorporated

privatization

  • University of California, Incorporated

education

  • University of California, Incorporated

climate

  • The Economics and Politics of Climate Change
  • Political Discord at the Copenhagen Summit

copenhagen

  • Political Discord at the Copenhagen Summit

china

  • Economic Paradigm Shift

software

  • Financial Leverage: An Allegory for Technical Debt
  • StringBuffer vs. StringBuilder

java

  • StringBuffer vs. StringBuilder

tests

  • Breakdown of Test Mistakes

yuan

  • The Valuation of the Chinese Yuan

exchange

  • The Valuation of the Chinese Yuan

rate

  • The Valuation of the Chinese Yuan

inflation

  • The Chinese Yuan and the Imminent Inflation Explosion

currency

  • The Chinese Yuan and the Imminent Inflation Explosion

retirement

  • Adjusting Retirement Age Dynamically

age

  • Adjusting Retirement Age Dynamically

demographics

  • Adjusting Retirement Age Dynamically

bing

  • Bing Shopping Needs a Brand

shopping

  • Bing Shopping Needs a Brand

internship

  • A Summer of Learning

facebook

  • Courage
  • A Summer of Learning

humor

  • P = NP

germany

  • The Return of Hubris to Germany

job

  • A Step Into the "Real World"

insurance

  • A Framework for Evaluating Extended Warranties
  • Health Insurance in the Pre-Modern Age

tricia

  • Health Insurance in the Pre-Modern Age

application

  • Job Application Fee a la College Application Fee

tablet

  • Android-based Amazon Tablet

android

  • Android-based Amazon Tablet

amazon

  • Android-based Amazon Tablet

wireless

  • WiFi Problems

wifi

  • WiFi Problems

dailycow

  • Testing Import
  • Understanding Likelihood Estimates on Intrade.com

Intrade

  • Understanding Likelihood Estimates on Intrade.com

Presidential Election

  • Understanding Likelihood Estimates on Intrade.com

Probabilities

  • Understanding Likelihood Estimates on Intrade.com

Statistics

  • Understanding Likelihood Estimates on Intrade.com

about

  • About This Website

import

  • Testing Import

drupal

  • Testing Import

warranties

  • A Framework for Evaluating Extended Warranties

engineering

  • Financial Leverage: An Allegory for Technical Debt
  • The Mythical Engineer

income

  • Diminishing Marginal Returns vs. Winner-Takes-All Markets

career

  • Diminishing Marginal Returns vs. Winner-Takes-All Markets

debt

  • Financial Leverage: An Allegory for Technical Debt

sublime-text

  • How to install CTags on Sublime Text

ctags

  • How to install CTags on Sublime Text

how-to

  • How to install Samsung ML-2510 printer drivers on Mac OS X
  • How to install CTags on Sublime Text

Mac OSX

  • How to install Samsung ML-2510 printer drivers on Mac OS X
  • How to install CTags on Sublime Text

samsung

  • How to install Samsung ML-2510 printer drivers on Mac OS X

printers

  • How to install Samsung ML-2510 printer drivers on Mac OS X

ebola

  • Ebola

computer science

  • Programming Competition

UC Berkeley

  • Programming Competition
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