I love my job. But I've also switched jobs 6 times in my career to get here.
03:54 PM - Apr 24, 2024
I love the premise of this video/challenge. Give a drummer the song without the drums, and see if they can "feel" what the drums should be for that song!
https://www.youtube.com/wa...
https://www.youtube.com/wa...
03:26 PM - Apr 24, 2024
Been doing a deep-dive review of the world's large, repeating sociological / political studies, and this is the worldview that's emerging for me:
11:58 AM - Apr 23, 2024
The Internet in 2024 can be best summarized in this one viz
https://informationisbeaut...
grey or gray squirrels? lemon juice in mayonaise? let's go to war over it!
biggest war of all on wiki: Is Wales founder, or co-founder? (~30k edits)
https://informationisbeaut...
grey or gray squirrels? lemon juice in mayonaise? let's go to war over it!
biggest war of all on wiki: Is Wales founder, or co-founder? (~30k edits)
informationisbeautiful.net
11:44 AM - Apr 05, 2024
in the last few years #3bodyproblem has been the best book-to-series adaptation, even if they created some new /extra characters for TV. Still captured what made the book work.
Though the book was even better at the "humanity cannot be saved" villain perspective.
Though the book was even better at the "humanity cannot be saved" villain perspective.
02:57 PM - Apr 03, 2024
I live in CO, the healthiest state, and it shows
02:54 PM - Apr 03, 2024
So well written, and full of useful things to remember about people that dominate the news but don't actually know what they're doing.
https://www.wired.com/stor...
https://www.wired.com/stor...
11:45 AM - Mar 29, 2024
Naked Shorting: When investors sell stock without actually borrowing or buying the shares.
Results in a surplus of shares.
Drives the price down.
Contributed to 1929 crash.
Illegal but still happens some today.
[This seems super harmful to markets]
Results in a surplus of shares.
Drives the price down.
Contributed to 1929 crash.
Illegal but still happens some today.
[This seems super harmful to markets]
12:26 PM - Mar 28, 2024
From a survey of 48,000 Africans in 34 countries in 2022:
"In your opinion, which of the following countries would be the best model for the future development of your country?"
USA 33.3%
China 22.5%
South Africa 10.7%
Our former colonizers 10.2%
Don't know 7.8%
Ourselves 7%
ref: AfroBarometer
"In your opinion, which of the following countries would be the best model for the future development of your country?"
USA 33.3%
China 22.5%
South Africa 10.7%
Our former colonizers 10.2%
Don't know 7.8%
Ourselves 7%
ref: AfroBarometer
05:07 PM - Mar 27, 2024
It's offical:
"The report revealed that large market participants accelerated and distorted the negative effects associated with supply chain disruptions and used rising costs as an opportunity to further raise prices to increase their profits, which remain elevated today."
"The report revealed that large market participants accelerated and distorted the negative effects associated with supply chain disruptions and used rising costs as an opportunity to further raise prices to increase their profits, which remain elevated today."
10:47 AM - Mar 26, 2024
WOW. This 2023 survey of belonging in the US shows that NOT belonging is one of the things that makes people the most angry about national politics.
think MAGA
https://www.americanimmigr...
think MAGA
https://www.americanimmigr...
05:27 PM - Mar 25, 2024
Starting today (and for the next week) Ramadan, Lent, and the Bahai fast all overlap.
The Bahai fast is pretty much like Ramadan, but 19 days instead of 28.
The Bahai fast is pretty much like Ramadan, but 19 days instead of 28.
12:52 PM - Mar 11, 2024
"You won't be replaced by AI, you'll be replaced by someone who knows how to use AI"
One of the more insightful comments from our ongoing global survey of nonprofit's thoughts about #AI .
I think this is a very useful mindset to approach change.
One of the more insightful comments from our ongoing global survey of nonprofit's thoughts about #AI .
I think this is a very useful mindset to approach change.
10:30 AM - Mar 08, 2024
I thought fruit of the loom had a cornucopia in its logo at one point. Another mass-misremembered thing
(but falls short of being "proof of alternate universes")
(but falls short of being "proof of alternate universes")
01:12 PM - Feb 23, 2024
4 Threaded Spouts
"In 2010, a theory began circulating on the internet explaining faulty memories that seem to affect many people. That year, Fiona Broome, a self-proclaimed paranormal consultant, explained that she remembered perfectly how Nelson Mandela died in prison in the 1980s.
01:07 PM - Feb 23, 2024
overread in chat:
"omg alert alert alert degrowth! we gotta a DEGROWTHER! somebody get the House UnAmerican Activitees Committee in here"
A good word to add to our lexicon - folk who'd rather make election day a holiday than worry about the decline of our holy GDP.
"omg alert alert alert degrowth! we gotta a DEGROWTHER! somebody get the House UnAmerican Activitees Committee in here"
A good word to add to our lexicon - folk who'd rather make election day a holiday than worry about the decline of our holy GDP.
11:29 AM - Feb 22, 2024
3 Threaded Spouts
Ever heard of a donor advised fund (DAF)?
Report out on DAF trends:
The vast majority of DAFs in this study (81%) were opened after 2010, and over one in four DAFs in
the dataset were opened after 2020.
https://johnsoncenter.org/...
Report out on DAF trends:
The vast majority of DAFs in this study (81%) were opened after 2010, and over one in four DAFs in
the dataset were opened after 2020.
https://johnsoncenter.org/...
11:39 AM - Feb 15, 2024
English needs new words to capture important nuance in 2024:
misinformation -- wrong information that spreads to people, either by accident or be design
disinformation / disinforming -- people who are willfully misled by those who broadcast information... for a purpose
and "disinformants"
misinformation -- wrong information that spreads to people, either by accident or be design
disinformation / disinforming -- people who are willfully misled by those who broadcast information... for a purpose
and "disinformants"
11:14 AM - Feb 08, 2024
This is one of the hallmark questions that splits people in the USA along the liberal-conservative political spectrum. But did you anticipate that the progressive left would be the ones who most strongly believe they have little agency?
A feeling of agency leads to successful activism
A feeling of agency leads to successful activism
03:18 PM - Feb 07, 2024
What do people say is important in life? Across 17 countries, family and kids is the most important thing.
02:42 PM - Feb 07, 2024
Great work science journalists: You created a headline you can reuse hundreds of more times for just about any cosmology paper.
vice.com
11:34 AM - Feb 02, 2024
Amazon apparently wanted to make it harder to cancel Prime.
So they allegedly added a complex cancellation process to confuse consumers.
Now the FTC is suing Amazon for scamming millions.
Good.
This is what it looks like when government works on behalf of the people.
So they allegedly added a complex cancellation process to confuse consumers.
Now the FTC is suing Amazon for scamming millions.
Good.
This is what it looks like when government works on behalf of the people.
12:41 PM - Jun 29, 2023
03:40 PM - Jan 31, 2024
James Webb Telescope Got New Images Everybody https://www.esa.int/Scienc...
esa.int
ESA - Webb reveals structure in 19 spiral galaxies
A new treasure trove of images from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope showcases near- and mid-infrared portraits of 19 face-on spiral galaxies. This new set of exquisite images show stars, gas, and dust on the smallest scales ever observed beyond our own galaxy.Teams of researcher..
02:52 PM - Jan 29, 2024
Today I was thinking of creating a #ChatGPT powered parody account that gives sewing advice and touts stuff for sale on etsy.
Calling it TailorSwift
Calling it TailorSwift
04:23 PM - Jan 29, 2024
2 Threaded Spouts
Countering the "asymmetric warfare" of AI problem:
https://nightshade.cs.uchi...
"we have designed and implemented Nightshade, a tool that turns any image into a data sample that is unsuitable for model training. ...
https://nightshade.cs.uchi...
"we have designed and implemented Nightshade, a tool that turns any image into a data sample that is unsuitable for model training. ...
02:59 PM - Jan 29, 2024
academia is probably 30 years away from this, but combining with python gives you the best overall performance and ease of iteration / innovation.
Why do academic researchers still stick with R? I hope their students are learning newer tools.
https://opensource.com/art...
Why do academic researchers still stick with R? I hope their students are learning newer tools.
https://opensource.com/art...
12:09 PM - Jan 29, 2024
