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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 The Eponymous Pickle
Google Changes the Ad Rules
Google is changing its advertising rules. Here is a useful summary. It has caused some considerable criticism: " .... Google has altered its Terms of Service...
From Geeking with Greg
I was wrong on Netflix
I was wrong on Netflix. A few years ago, I saw their pricing changes (which overpriced DVD rentals) and streaming catalog changes (switching to only buying whatever...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Automating Hiring practices
In Bloomberg, games in hiring and other kinds of advanced talent matching:" ... A handful of technology companies from Knack.it Corp. to Evolv Inc. are doing just...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Legal Issues for Gamification
Legal issues for gamification. " ... Ames Gatto Explains Gamblification at GSummit SF 2013 ... What are some of the legal repercussions in dealing with real...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Tableau and R
Have been a user of the Tableau Software visualization since its emergence from Stanford. It is good to see in the 8.1 Beta they are including links to R. In...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Google and NASA use Quantum
Another example of the use of Quantum computing. And the obvious application to big Data where speed and fast crunching capability may the best application. Includes...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: 30-Foot Giant Squid Washes Ashore
A 30-foot-long giant squid has washed ashore in Cantabria, Spain. It died at sea, with a broken tentacle. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Mobile 3D Structure Sensor
A kickstarter project. First I have looked at in any detail. I was asked to give an opinion of its possible application in retail and manufacturing oriented systems...
From Schneier on Security
Stuff I Say
It's a Tumblr feed. Right now there are only six posts, all a year old. Presumably that will change soon. To clarify: I have nothing to do with the feed, and...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Tagging with Synthesized DNA
Tagging things with synthetic DNA. Event specific DNA that can be fogged onto a site during a crime, that will be found with subsequent participant analysis....
From Schneier on Security
New Low in Election Fraud
Azerbaijan achieves a new low in voter fraud. They government accidentally publishes the results of the election before the polls open. The mistake came whenanother...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Ph.D. Computer Scientist is a Can’t Miss Science Career
This week, ScienceCareers named “Three Can’t Miss Science Careers,” and Ph.D. computer scientist was on the list along with geoscientist, and physician scientist...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowships in Big Data and Analytics
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is accepting applications for its Science and Technology Policy Fellowship program. Fellows are placed...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Future of Storytelling
Have been involved with a storytelling startup. New thoughts out there that I have been reading. Many technology angles. Like this in Readwrite:" ... Many of...
From Schneier on Security
Air Gaps
Since I started working with Snowden's documents, I have been using a number of tools to try to stay secure from the NSA. The advice I shared included using Tor...
From The Eponymous Pickle
P&G's Innovation Success Rate
I was reminded by a correspondent of these resources on innovation success rate: A video on the subject. and the 2011 HBR article: How P&G Tripled its Innovation...
From The Eponymous Pickle
IDEO Design Apps
I had heard of this before and reported on it, but never experimented with it. This is a reminder to give it a try. We used IDEO for consumer creativity lab development...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Proving Cook’s Theorem
Another proof idea using finite automata Steve Cook proved three landmark theorems with 1971 dates. The first has been called a “surprising theorem”: that any deterministic...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Standardize Your (CS) World
Standardize Your (CS) World Anyone even remotely connected with K-12 education knows the pervasive emphasis on standards in the education world today. One huge...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog