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How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration …
From Schneier on Security
How James Bamford Came to Write The Puzzle Palace
Interesting essay about James Bamford and his efforts to publish The Puzzle Palace over the NSA's objections. Required reading for those who think the NSA's excesses...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 13 October 2014
It was Spirit Week at my school last week. It’s always interesting what students wear when they have really wide latitude – they wear uniforms most days. I also...
From The Eponymous Pickle
How Google Makes us Dumber
In Salon: " .. .The neuroscience of search enginesAs search engines get better, we become lazier. We're hooked on easy answers and undervalue asking good questions...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Finger in the Shopping Wind
A look at the up-coming conference. Mostly looking at the future of shopping by Peter Hoyt is the CEO of the Path to Purchase Institute. The Path to Purchase Institute...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Experiments with Code Hunt
I tried something new last week with my Honors Programming students. I feel like they need more practice problem solving and writing short bits of code so I sent...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Analytics in Executive Process
In CW: Is there a place for the chief analytics officer? I am more inclined to think that there can be too many chiefs, and not enough practitioners. But I say...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Triple Loop Reboots and Resolving to be Different
The triple loop reboot was new to me. Via colleague Julie Anixter. " ... Remember, human beings crave stability and permanence. When change threatens the stability...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Which Chart or Graph?
From Tableau Software. Which chart or graph is best? Have used their software for years, very nicely done. Looks a thirteen chart types.
From Schneier on Security
NSA Has Undercover Operatives in Foreign Companies
The latest Intercept article on the Snowden NSA documents talks about their undercover operatives working in foreign companies. There are no specifics, although...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Computational Cooking Creativity Machine
So what is creativity? An area we explored. Discussed here previously: Is it the combination of a list of available resources (your pantry), your cooking skills...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Computing in the Statistics Curricula
The diagram below has been kicking around in twitter lately. Some think its like the 3Vs of big data description, but it is more about how computing is being used...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
More on Testing Dyson’s Conjecture
Applying deep number theory to algorithms FullWiki source Alan Baker won the Fields Medal in 1970 for his work on algebraic and transcendental numbers. He greatly...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Nanotech Assembly Lines
Used to follow nanotechnology for potential product manufacturing applications. Less so now, but there are some areas where breakthroughs are key. Now a new one...
From Putting People First
Reflections on Capital One’s acquisition of Adaptive Path
This week Toronto-based UX strategist Rami Tabbah and I discussed Capital One’s acquisition of Adaptive Path. We were both a bit surprised by the lack of real reflection...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Women of the Eniac
Fascinating piece and images. I worked with a person at the University of Pennsylvania who had been an electrician working with the Eniac. We have come a long...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Tom Peters on 21st Century Organization
In McKinsey: An interview that takes some interesting directions: ' ... " ... Well, one answer to that, as far as I’m concerned, is “I don’t know.” My real bottom...
From Wild WebMink
Behind The Bullying Epidemic
I was very sad to hear that Kathy Sierra has decided to withdraw from online interactions again. Her insights into how technical communication and collaboration...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Flash-Fried Squid Recipe
Recipe from Tom Douglas. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered....
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Technology and How It Is Evolving Storytelling in Our Entertainment Experiences / GHC14
What luck! An invited technical speaker at GHC wants to talk about storytelling and games! As Bonnie Ross' abstract states, "stories spill into every aspect and...
From The Eponymous Pickle