Thursday, September 26, 2019

Optimal parking strategy

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https://arxiv.org/pdf/1904.06612v1.pdf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6W7UrAKcvQw -- mfw@wyle.org | 1.425.249.3936
Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Understanding Cyber Conflict: 14 Analogies ed. by George Perkovich & Ariel Levite

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Very interesting analysis, eye opening..  5/5 Stars.

Cauldron of Fire by Jay Allen

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Interesting story twists and military tactics, 4/5 stars.
Saturday, September 21, 2019

Accenture SOW wins coveted Hugo Award

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A statement of work for eBay Marketing has won a science fiction award .
Sunday, September 15, 2019

Ig Noble Prizes

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https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/09/2019-ig-nobels-honor-cubed-wombat-poo-magnetic-roaches-and-more/ temperature differences in left and...
Saturday, September 14, 2019

Echos of Glory by Jay Allen

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The adventures (and terrible celestial mechanics) continue! Fun story line, character arcs, politics, and mindless entertainment, 4/5 stars....
Friday, September 13, 2019

Jetsons then and now

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if you are old enough to remember the Jetsons intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyinD6ZDqeg  . . . then you will love this new Arconic ...
Wednesday, September 11, 2019

After The Galaxy series 1: The Unsung by Scott Bartlett

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Interesting characters and setting but lazy, contrived, melodramatic writing and "too much story."  Really terrible science, yuck....

Erdenweh by Bo Balder

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This one is not terrible, despite the bad science.  The concept is that we continuously under-estimate the microbiome in our ecosystem under...
Sunday, September 8, 2019

AI, human behaviors, bias, subtle unobserved data, & causality (long but worth it)

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In my day job, I am now trying to measure and predict which software efforts from my teams will deliver how much incremental revenue for my ...