The Discovery Institute Does More Myth-Making: Looking at #10
Incredibly butt-hurt over Kitzmiller et al. v. Dover Area School District almost ten years after their reaming, the Discovery Institute
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Utah Physician Recommends Staying Away from Hospitals
(This is a copy of my diary on Daily Kos.) Utah state legislator Mike Kennedy (R) weighed in on the
Read moreProgramming is Presbyterian
There’s a mind-expanding post at Coding Horror from 2006. Hey, can’t a guy have a nine-year backlog? The title: “Separating
Read moreExploiting Modern Laptop Hardware
I’ve been in the pleasant position of developing strategy of how best to set up new hardware. Well, new to
Read moreSome Programming Notes
Some of the stuff I’ve run across in the last few months that I consider cool: Emscripten is a LLVM-based
Read moreNet Neutrality and Irony Meter Implosion
In looking up commentary on net neutrality, I found Kool-Aid chugger Chris Harris. (I was actually looking for “Logan Albright”,
Read morePerils of Moving
Diane got a job offer for the Avida-ED programmer position at Michigan State University. We’ve gone through the various things
Read moreOpen Message to Congress on Net Neutrality
I get email. One of the email messages I got yesterday was from Battle for the Net, a group advocating
Read moreNet Neutrality and the Contrarian Backlash
Earlier this week, President Barack Obama gave a speech laying out strong support for “net neutrality”. Obama called on the
Read morePython: Pandas 0.15.0 is available
Last week, Wes McKinney gave a presentation on new features in a forthcoming release of Pandas, version 0.15.0. The big
Read moreNew York: Strata Conference, Day 1
I’m attending the O’Reilly Strata Conference (the well-respected techical books publisher, not the blowhard TV personality). This is the east
Read moreGovernment Granting Agencies and Wastin’ Time
NPR some time back had an article on scientists leaving science, mostly because government funding of research has become more
Read moreSeen on PBS: Weird Guy from AEI
The PBS NewsHour this past evening had a guest on from the American Enterprise Institute, one Frederick Hagan. Mr. Hagan
Read moreToyota, WSJ, and Computers: An Update
Back in 2010, I wrote about the sudden unintended acceleration problem (SUAP in the earlier article here, UA in the
Read moreNutonian’s Eureqa and Concerns of Overfitting
I’ve been using Nutonian’s Eureqa symbolic regression product extensively since early 2013. Back in late 2013, there was an article
Read moreChurch Youth Groups and Apologetics
Over on Facebook, Nancy Pearcey responded to a post about young people and deconversion from churches with a modest proposal:
Read moreReply to Rick Warren and Other Clergy Re Hobby Lobby and Federal Grants
Rick Warren and others sent the most genteel invitation to perpetuate rank discrimination to President Obama this week. It is
Read moreMarine Mammals: The Smithsonian Magazine Talks About NOC
Disclosure: I am a researcher who worked with NOC at the US Navy Marine Mammal Program. Smithsonian Magazine ran an
Read more“Cosmos” and the Bruno Flap
Neil deGrasse Tyson’s rebooted “Cosmos” series spent a chunk of time relating a version of the life of Giordano Bruno,
Read moreFlorida: Teaching Animal Behavior
I was notified today that a course proposal I put in with the Lifelong Learning Academy is approved for the
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