https://vimeo.com/341663153 "Warez is a common computing and broader cultural term referring to pirated software (i.e. illegally copied, often after deactivation of anti-piracy measures) that is distributed via the Internet. Warez is used most commonly as a noun, a plural form of ware (short for computer software), and is intended to be pronounced like the word … Continue reading The Art Of Warez
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Forecasting in R: Probability Bins for Time-Series Data
This time-series.R script, below, takes a set of historical time series data and does a walk using the forecast period to generate probabilistic outcomes from the data set. Input file is a csv file with two columns (Date, Value) with dates in reverse chronological order and in ISO-8601 format. Like so: 2019-08-06,1.73 2019-08-05,1.75 2019-08-02,1.86 Output … Continue reading Forecasting in R: Probability Bins for Time-Series Data
Bringing a Knife to a Fruit Fight
Apple: A good knife wants to cut you.Orange: Huh? Apple. A good knife wants to cut you.Orange. Why would a good wife...Apple. A good *knife* wants to cut you.Orange. Cutlery doesn't cut you.Apple. A sharp knife will slice the off-hand.Orange. Spoons are safer than knives. Use a spoon.Apple. Two-edged blades, split both ways.Orange. Yet, an … Continue reading Bringing a Knife to a Fruit Fight
Exceptional Access to Encrypted Communications
Bob Barr has recently added his voice to the ongoing call of law enforcement to provide exceptional access to encrypted communications. Here's why that's not going to work. "Exceptional access — as governments propose — is the problem of making a system selectively secure. I can tell you, it’s hard enough to make a secure … Continue reading Exceptional Access to Encrypted Communications
Adaptation Response
"Stress + Rest = Growth. It’s as simple and as hard as that."-Brad Stulberg, "The Equation That Will Make You Better at Everything." Outside Magazine. July 26, 2019. There's a lot of advice on the internet. From the vague, live your best life, to the strangely specific, drink more water, everyone has a suggestion about … Continue reading Adaptation Response
Military Bioweapons Lab Shut Down After Failed Safety Inspection; All Research Halted Indefinitely
"All research at a Fort Detrick laboratory that handles high-level disease-causing material, such as Ebola, is on hold indefinitely after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found the organization failed to meet biosafety standards."—Heather Mongilio, "Fort Detrick lab shut down after failed safety inspection; all research halted indefinitely." The Frederick News-Post. August 2, 2019. … Continue reading Military Bioweapons Lab Shut Down After Failed Safety Inspection; All Research Halted Indefinitely
Nintendo’s Philosophy: Lateral Thinking with Withered Technology
"...'withered' technology usually means mature technology. It is much easier for companies to create best-selling products by using mature technology as this kind of technologies are abundant, well-understood and cheap. Mature technologies are often studied extensively by people, and it is easy to experiment with or make further innovations. Even if the technology might be … Continue reading Nintendo’s Philosophy: Lateral Thinking with Withered Technology
xkcd: Unpopular Positive Opinions Movie Challenge
Unpopular Positive Opinion Movie Challenge: Name a movie that... You genuinely like (Not "So Bad It's Good") Came out in your adult life post-2000 Is rated below 50% on Rotten Tomatoes. This is easy if you like horror films. For me, I'd say Metropia fits closely enough. It's a weird, dark little animated film: Rotten … Continue reading xkcd: Unpopular Positive Opinions Movie Challenge
Taking Control of Content and Breaking Algorithms With RSS
"Engagement isn’t a form of serendipity through algorithmically personalized feeds; it’s the repeated satisfaction of Present You with your myopically current loves and interests, at the expense of Future You, who will want new curiosities, hobbies, and experiences."—Dan Cohen. "Engagement Is the Enemy of Serendipity." DanCohen.org. July 23, 2019. In the post above, Dan Cohen … Continue reading Taking Control of Content and Breaking Algorithms With RSS
Assistant Account Executive at Public Relations Agency Uses Talkwalker.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW63Q9hLK2o "Talkwalker's state-of-the-art social media analytics platform uses AI-powered technology to monitor and analyze online conversations in real-time across social networks, news websites, blogs and forums in 187 languages." Post Sharon Lerner's, "The Plastic Industry’s Fight to Keep Polluting the World." Two views with two likes. Talkwalk.com's artificial intelligence decides a conversation might be happening … Continue reading Assistant Account Executive at Public Relations Agency Uses Talkwalker.com
A Quick Introduction to StumpWM on Linux
"StumpWM is a tiling, keyboard driven X11 Window Manager written entirely in Common Lisp." Why Use It StumpWM will likely cut down a lot of your use of a mouse. There's many reasons to use the mouse less, such as speed (entering in a key combination is faster than using a mouse), carpal tunnel syndrome, … Continue reading A Quick Introduction to StumpWM on Linux
Fixing a Broken org2blog Configuration
I used to have a working set-up of org2blog. Somewhere along the way, it got borked. I couldn't login. I tried fixing it a few times, but I couldn't get the problem resolved. Today, I finally got org2blog working. Key piece is setting the gnutls-algorithm-priority. Use the instructions at the org2blog site: https://github.com/org2blog/org2blog/wiki/Usage Do everything … Continue reading Fixing a Broken org2blog Configuration
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How Heterosexual Couples Met (1940-2019)
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