I’m way behind on my energy reading and nothing in sports has been particularly compelling lately.
Other:
Advice For Applying To Data Science Jobs.
Counterintuitive examples in probability.
Vanilla is worth more than silver.
Letters to a Young Writer: Some Practical and Philosophical Advice
by Colum McCann, 2017
Put yer arse in the seat. You can’t write if you don’t put the time in, so be sure to give a solid effort before succumbing to distractions or distress. That’s the piece of advice that most transfers to academic writing. I read it hoping for more nuggets that I could apply to my work, but the book wasn’t really written for me. It’s focused on fiction writing, and, from my outside perspective, seems to be useful and well-written for that purpose. The part about getting blurbs for your novel seems reminiscent of getting external letters for your tenure review.
I listened to the audiobook on my drive. This is one of the few where having the author read it is a positive, as McCann’s Irish accent and tone are great.
Why I won’t whitelist your site.
Thoughts on privately funded research. “And once billionaires have provided funding for the “hot areas” they find particularly promising, why should the NSF spend money on the seemingly less important areas that are left? (Projects, obviously, shouldn’t be double-funded.) And if the NSF is stuck with left-overs, how can it argue to maintain or grow its budget? Or, put another way, it’s great that individuals care enough about public goods that they are willing to contribute financially toward their funding, but if it helps others feel like it’s ok not to treat them as public goods (i.e., not to fund them through taxpayer money), then it risks creating a very short-sighted society where most people will not have the money to fund the public goods and will not care.”
What to know about crypto assets. Well explained.
Indiana Senate OKs Sunday retail alcohol sales.
No senator spoke against the proposal. The entire Senate debate and vote on an issue that had stymied lawmakers for decades ultimately consumed less than three minutes of floor time.
Ghost Ship to Set Sail From Guangdong.
In praise of academic spouses. Thanks, Maria!
Deep Learning is eating software.
Do Young Humans + Artificial Intelligence = Cybersecurity?
Mike Gill and I can relate:
“There is a lot of potential in this area, but we are in the very, very early stages of true artificial intelligence and machine learning,” HackerOne’s Rice told me. “Our tools for detection have gotten very, very good at flagging things that might be a problem. All of the existing automation today lags pretty significantly today on assessing if it’s actually a problem. Almost all of them are plagued with false positives that still require a human to go through and assess (if) it’s actually a vulnerability.”
Surge pricing at the national parks. “The best deal in the U.S. remains unchanged: $80 for the annual all-access America the Beautiful pass.”
Scientific papers are getting less readable.
Jet is letting Walmart reach urban millennials.
Test for CTE. If it works, it has the potential to cripple contact sports.
Feel like you’re hearing the same songs over and over again?
Amazon’s rise has parallels with Sears, 100 years ago.