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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 Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
What Is Computer Science According To Search Engines
Inspired by an image I saw from a talk by Dr. Tom Crick (@DrTomCrick) I decided to see what the more popular search engines returned as search aids when a user...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Psych Statistics Wiki vs Wikipedia
I was recently asked to look at a number of online sites for introductory but practical resources on statistical methods. This made me look back at some of the...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Personalized Google Maps
In Google Operating System: You can now personalize your own Google Maps. First I thought, this is not new, but yes it is: " ... The most interesting thingee...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
CSTA as a Creator of Change Agents
CSTA has always been about creating change agents for CS education, that is, making every member a powerful force in getting things done. Summing up what various...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Mapping Simplicity
Good overview of John Maeda's bookMind Mapping and Design Thinking ...In his excellent book "Laws of Simplicity" John Maeda, president of the Rhode Island School...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
FTC Workshop on Digital “Native Advertising” on December 4, 2013
The Federal Trade Commission will hold a workshop titled, “Blurred Lines: Advertising or Content?,” on December 4, 2013, to explore the increasing trend of “native...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
DARPA announces two programs as part of White House BRAIN Initiative
On April 2, 2013, President Obama launched the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative as a bold new research effort to...
From Schneier on Security
The TQP Patent
One of the things I do is expert witness work in patent litigations. Often, it's defending companies against patent trolls. One of the patents I have worked on...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Real time Cloud Retail Data Analysis
This site was recently brought to my attention. I am currently in the process of helping a retail marketing operation better understand how well it is doing when...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Become a Master of Creativity
In Linkedin: Looks to be of interest, though I have not read it yet. " .... by Andreas von der Heydt Country Manager Amazon BuyVIP, Leadership Coach, Founder...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Real Value of Twitter for Brands
In Clickz: Good thoughts. " ... For brands, the key objective on all social platforms remains consumer engagement. Because content-focused social promotions...
From Computational Complexity
Global Warming and the Axiom of Choice
Who was the first scientist to warn of Global Warning? These questions are complicated, but I would say it was Bing Crosby in a paper called White Christmas. Here...
From Schneier on Security
How Antivirus Companies Handle State-Sponsored Malware
Since we learned that the NSA has surreptitiously weakened Internet security so it could more easily eavesdrop, we've been wondering if it's done anything to antivirus...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 2 December 2013
It was a short work week for me last week. Well as far as school was concerned. Only two days. I spent no time the rest of the week on school work. Not a completely...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Consumer Drones are Coming
This evening on 60 Minutes ... CEO Jeff Bezos said that Amazon quadro copter autonomous robot delivery drones will be here in about five years. GigaOm says consumer...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Uncanny Valleys of Human Interaction
The 'uncanny valley' describes the uneasy reaction people have to robotics that look very similar to human beings, but they know are artificial. A lengthy piece...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Fun With Meme Generator
Some things are hard to stop once you start. I’ve been having some fun with a site called memegenerator.net A couple of my attempts are below. I first used it for...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Seeking Compliance Everywhere
Have now had a number of connections that deal with aspects of what is called 'compliance', or how entities like companies are in compliance with contracts they...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Continued Evolution of E-Mail
ReadWrite article on uses of email. Its not dead yet, still in heavy use, but less it seems for personal use, replaced by texting and social media. Also the...
From The Eponymous Pickle