How to Beat the House

Written by Stefan Ellenberger, Autumn 2018 There’s a saying in Las Vegas – the house always wins. This certainly sounds reasonable, as any house that didn’t always win would shutter their doors shortly after revealing to the gambling world that they had winnable games. Most people visiting casino know this, and will stay cautiously optimistic while…

Homophily within the social web

Written by Gediminas Borisas (gbo015) Take a minute to reflect on your friends. You and your friends have a lot of things in common which makes sense as to why you are friends in the first place. Those things could be unalterable like gender, nationality, ethnicity, or alterable like interests, appearance or political views. A presence…