State capacity and military conflict from: October 31, 2014 at 12:17PM
Monthly Archives: October 2014
Roger Angell: Madison Bumgarner, The Best
2014.10.30 – 20:51
Roger Angell: Madison Bumgarner, The Best “I missed Christy Mathewson somehow but caught almost everyone else, down the years—Lefty Grove, Carl Hubbell, Sandy Koufax, Bob Gibson, Jack Morris, Curt Schilling, Randy Johnson—but here was the best. Madison Bumgarner, the Giants’ left-handed ace, coming on in relief last night in the fifth inning of the deciding […]
Quantum weirdness is everywhere in life
2014.10.29 – 15:03
Quantum weirdness is everywhere in life “But as the attention of 21st‑century biology is now turning to the dynamics of ever-smaller systems – even individual atoms and molecules inside living cells – quantum mechanics is once again making its presence felt. Recent experiments indicate that some of life’s most fundamental processes do indeed depend on […]
Machine-Learning Maestro Michael Jordan on the Delusions of Big Data
2014.10.27 – 18:14
Machine-Learning Maestro Michael Jordan on the Delusions of Big Data “…if people use data and inferences they can make with the data without any concern about error bars, about heterogeneity, about noisy data, about the sampling pattern, about all the kinds of things that you have to be serious about if you’re an engineer and […]
Tweet by pmarca
2014.10.27 – 18:06
Anyone freaked out by Elon predicting imminent Skynet armageddon should read this interview with an actual AI expert: http://t.co/nmqAVJZU95 — Marc Andreessen (@pmarca) October 26, 2014 via http://twitter.com/pmarca
YouTube: “ll Capo” (Excerpt) by Yuri Ancarani
2014.10.26 – 13:09
“ll Capo” (Excerpt) by Yuri Ancarani NOWNESS
Tweet by hangingsliders
2014.10.21 – 14:23
“Mom, why does this mermaid costume for a three-year old have shell boobs?” Something new & different from me: https://t.co/pKAVlTftSk — Wendy Thurm (@hangingsliders) October 21, 2014 via http://twitter.com/hangingsliders
Tweet by jeffbeckham
2014.10.21 – 12:08
My latest for @WIRED: This incredible Oculus sim lets soccer players relive games http://t.co/WjJvpgGUVe pic.twitter.com/C2kUHnF4Tu — Jeff Beckham (@jeffbeckham) October 21, 2014 via http://twitter.com/jeffbeckham
Political Order and Political Decay
2014.10.21 – 11:50
Political Order and Political Decay from: October 21, 2014 at 11:34AM
Baseball Therapy: The Truth About Butterflies by Russell A. Carleton
2014.10.21 – 11:34
Baseball Therapy: The Truth About Butterflies by Russell A. Carleton from: October 21, 2014 at 11:22AM
“Waking Up” and My On-Going Meditation and Buddhism Explorations
2014.10.21 – 11:34
“Waking Up” and My On-Going Meditation and Buddhism Explorations from: October 21, 2014 at 11:17AM
Tweet by stephanpastis
2014.10.19 – 17:29
'Who's on First' — rock and roll edition. You might have to read it a few times to get all the references. pic.twitter.com/14DPbpnx7U — Stephan Pastis (@stephanpastis) October 19, 2014 via http://twitter.com/stephanpastis
Tweet by mparisinou
2014.10.16 – 11:32
Larnaca at no. 16. Settled since 1400 BCE >The world's 20 oldest cities |Telegraph http://t.co/O8TyUFoNY5 #Cyprus — Marina Parisinou (@mparisinou) October 16, 2014 via http://twitter.com/mparisinou
Tweet by Spacekatgal
2014.10.16 – 11:32
I wrote something for XOJane "It was an absolute pleasure knocking you on your ass for the fine women in this field." http://t.co/RwV1dM6YYU — Brianna Wu (@Spacekatgal) October 16, 2014 via http://twitter.com/Spacekatgal
Tweet by ForgottenBkmrks
2014.10.15 – 09:41
Included in the book was this old chestnut, see if it sounds familiar: pic.twitter.com/AcXv5ylJqt — Forgotten Bookmarks (@ForgottenBkmrks) October 15, 2014 via http://twitter.com/ForgottenBkmrks
Tweet by nessamark
2014.10.14 – 23:51
Yesss pic.twitter.com/7DlGyej8VZ — Janessa (@nessamark) October 15, 2014 via http://twitter.com/nessamark