How Fast Is Implosion?
Given the attention being paid to the OceanGate Titan submersible loss, one item in the news was an interview with
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Homelab Adventure: Generative AI in Cheapskate Mode
Back around January 6th, 2023, I woke up to the “generative AI” (GenAI) phenomenon. The occasional mentions of “ChatGPT” were
Read moreA Start with Generative AI: OpenAI’s ChatGPT
A friend of mine is pretty much the sole technical talent at a start-up. Last month, we started chatting about
Read moreClimate Change: Responding to ‘No One Knows If It Is Us’
I was listening to a conversation where climate change came up, and one of the participants opined that while warming
Read moreThe New York Times as Pollyanna for COVID-19
The New York Times has an interactive model of projected COVID-19 infection and fatalities in the USA titled “How Much
Read moreMyth Information: Is Human Hearing That Mysterious?
This is a post about human hearing, technology, science writing, and internet services. Have you ever wondered how persistent myths
Read moreMoving Window Averages and Ocean Acidification
There’s an interesting study on carbon dioxide effects on ecosystems. I’m trying to lay my hands on the full paper,
Read moreNeural Nets and the Passage of Time
Thirty years ago, Diane and I were engaged in a madcap dash across the country, a 25-hour road-trip from our
Read moreOur Changing Oceans
Even people who pay attention to climate change tend to think in terrestrial terms: aridity, extreme weather, crop management changes,
Read moreRepeating the Message: Evidence of Multiple Sound Sources in the Bottlenose Dolphin
A colleague of mine called me this evening to recount a disturbing incident at the Effects of Noise on Aquatic
Read moreSage Grouse: The Love-Hate Thing Goes On
Out west, there is a problem. Sage grouse, those iconic sage desert birds, have long had declining populations, mostly due
Read moreOpen Letter to the United Methodist Church on “intelligent design”
The Discovery Institute got upset that they weren’t allowed a table to promote “intelligent design” at the United Methodist Church’s
Read moreSpringer Offers Books for Free PDF Download
Lifehacker notes thousands of scientific titles are available for free PDF download from Springer. LifeHacker article There’s a bunch of
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 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 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 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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