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sreaching··on Pivot – Rows to Columns
dynamic sql is the ugly solution - using a loop to generate the sql string to be executed.
sreaching··on “You're on the verge of losing everything but you don’t understand why”
The official method for estimating fraud rates is take a very small sample of claims, review the paper work and conduct an interview. of course this is never going to catch the majority of fraud!

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sreaching··on Why American men are getting less marriageable
with enormous liabilities - http://www.realworlddivorce.com/
sreaching··on The Eve programming language project is winding down
he would have learned it regardless of his dad teaching him - because he is smart. education can't do much to change the population distribution of intelligence.
sreaching··on The Eve programming language project is winding down
you are smart. the vast majority of the population is dumber than you. the average person will struggle to master basic algebra and simple programming concepts.
sreaching··on Sugar lobby paid scientists to blur sugar's role in heart disease (2016)
little to no high quality evidence from RCTs to support this view.
sreaching··on Ibuprofen alters human testicular physiology
testosterone levels have declined in most developed countries when comparing similar age cohorts over time. See the following studies: from Finland - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23161753. from USA - https://academic.oup.com/jcem/article/92/1/196/2598434

it is a bit of a medical mystery because the trend cannot be fully explained by lifestyle factors like weight gain.

sreaching··on Doctors' plan for war on sugar
people ate loads of sugar before modern processed foods. the consumption of sugar is not something that was forced upon us by evil corporations.

taxes don't make sense because people will just substitute sugary foods for other types of food. isocaloric exchange of sugar for other nutrients doesn't lead to weight loss. so the end result is that consumers pay more for something they enjoy (sweet food and drink) without any public health benefit.

sreaching··on The Rate of Return on Everything, 1870–2015 [pdf]
Is the CAPM model an accurate description of reality?
sreaching··on What sugar does to your brain
the literature will also show you that moderate consumption of sugar doesn't have any negative health consequences