Yesterday's News 03-01-2018
Ethics In Music Journalism Sounds Like An Emo Band
Universe's Earliest Stars Detected Via Faint Signals - A look at the signals pointing to the earliest signs of star formation.
Though the data is early, this is a neat bit of science using radio telescopes.
Why Can I Only Type Words Backwards? -Why can I only type words backward? - Stuff like this is why I love the internet. . . .
Yesterday's News 2-28-2019
Embrace The Weird Math Could Be A Talking Heads Song
Why You Don't Need A New Phone - A manifesto for the "good enough." While I don't decry anyone for wanting to have the new hotness, it is important to remember that if your current set up is working, you don't need to upgrade.
Once More Into The Breach Nerds - A vote short, this plan restores Net Neutrality. FtF . . .
Yesterday's News 2-27-17
Someone Should Do A Word Cloud On Android Vs. iPhone Users
A Crash Course In Animation's Past - The history of animation before and through Walt Disney.
Mining Conclusions From The Data - When you read reports on studies, there are red flags that stand out. Derek Lowe is an organic chemist whose blog In The Pipeline makes an exceptional meta-commentary on science news, especially the . . .
Yesterday's News 2-26-2018
Wondering When Someone Will Want To Preserve The Burger King Xbox Games
The Internet From Space - Elon Musk debuts another step in his world domination plan. If he shaves his head and starts fighting an alien superhero, I wouldn’t be all that surprised.
Smart Cities Is Just A Buzzword - Bruce Sterling on why Smart Cities are a sham.
How To Write About Cyber Security - A style guide to . . .
Yesterday's News 2-23-2018
I keep Worrying That I Published One Of These With 2017 In The Title
Intel Hides Its Mistakes From The Man - MacRumors has a story that Intel hid the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities from the US Government until they were widely reported to the public. This entire affair is going to hurt the company for a long time regarding public trust, though their dominant market position likely means they won't . . .
Political Pragmatism
A Plea For Boring Government
I think about what Hunter S Thompson would have had on tap for the vulgar impropriety of the Trump era. Never has it been more evident that the slick sheen that sticks over the corruption of Washington is a polite fiction. The thing is that Trump understands that he has all the people cynical enough to believe the only solution is a . . .
Yesterday's News 2-22-2018
Shoutout To Any Python Scripts Reading This
AI Self Competition Nets Better Fakes -Technology Review has an interesting description of a new machine learning tech. Two AIs are paired one is set with the task of creating fake images and intersperse them with real photos. The other AI is configured to spot the fakes and report how it found them. Then the first AI learns and makes better . . .