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Marginally Interesting: October 2009
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Machine Learning, Computer Science, Jazz, and all that. Monday, October 19, 2009. Machine Learning Feed Updates II. I’ve added a few more research blogs. Taken from Mark Reid’s kith. Natural language processing blog. By Hal Daume III. Justin Domke’s Weblog. Data Mining: Text Mining, Visualization and Social Media. Machine Learning for Computer Security. By my colleague Konrad Rieck. By Olivier Grisel (although he said he wanted to update everything about it in a long time). AI and Social Science. In that...
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Tea Leaves: June 2009
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Rants and observations about technology, sports, movies, and just about anything else. Monday, June 22, 2009. Simple Pleasures of Tennis. Haven't blogged in a bit. Thought I'd toss this out. I got a degree in engineering and computer science which involves a fair deal of math. I've met a lot of people since then that are very bright. Little did they know that such thinking was only for the convenience of the teachers who wanted something tidy and easy to grade. Some people perceive programming in this wa...
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Tea Leaves: Review: The Social Network
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Rants and observations about technology, sports, movies, and just about anything else. Saturday, October 02, 2010. Review: The Social Network. When I first heard about The Social Network. But then I heard David Fincher directed the film and Aaron Sorkin wrote the screenplay. David Fincher has been a notable director, even if his name is not as widely known as, say, Steven Spielberg. Until Fincher directed his first feature, he was best known as one of the directors of Madonna's video. Fincher is a techni...
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Tea Leaves: Rewatching "The History Boys"
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Rants and observations about technology, sports, movies, and just about anything else. Tuesday, October 05, 2010. Rewatching "The History Boys". Mrs Lintott provides the female voice of reason, counterbalancing the foibles of Hector who, despite his love of teaching, can't seem to abandon his infatuation for his students, with one notable exception. I'll quickly go over the other guys. Akhtar is an Indian Muslim. His character is not fleshed out that much and his inclusion probably says as much a...Russe...
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Tea Leaves: February 2009
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Rants and observations about technology, sports, movies, and just about anything else. Monday, February 23, 2009. Once upon a time, the Academy Awards, called the Oscars, were given to Hollywood's big productions. What the Academy thought was the best picture often didn't coincide with what the critics thought were best pictures. Hollywood feels the need to glitz things up when presenting the awards. Due to slipping ratings, they tried something different this year. Instead of getting a comedian to h...
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Tea Leaves: Twitter: Having a Loud Conversation
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Rants and observations about technology, sports, movies, and just about anything else. Sunday, November 14, 2010. Twitter: Having a Loud Conversation. Many years ago, Dave introduced me to Twitter. Dave is amazingly astute in his ability to spot the trends in the techie world. He told me about Flickr before it was cool, and then Twitter way before it was cool. I have to admit, I didn't get Twitter. Why on Earth would I tweet. The point is: why have these public conversations? It's a bit self-indulgent an...
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Tea Leaves: March 2009
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Rants and observations about technology, sports, movies, and just about anything else. Monday, March 16, 2009. Every year, mid March, the basketball stat-loving fans are knee-deep into "bracketology". This is the pseudo-science that tries to guess who will play in March Madness. March Madness is the NCAA Division 1 Men's Basketball Championships. Duke, for example, got an automatic bid into the tournament by winning the ACC championships and represents the ACC. There are 31 conferences, each with an auto...
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Tea Leaves: July 2009
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Rants and observations about technology, sports, movies, and just about anything else. Thursday, July 30, 2009. The Need for Speed. Then, full body suits came out, and times fell even more. Recently, Michael Phelps did what had been rather unthinkable. He lost. The winner bragged that his suit reduced his time by 2 seconds. Phelps's coach was furious and floated the idea that Phelps would boycott future events. FINA, the governing body of swimming, wanted to ban these full body suits. But it goes further...
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Tea Leaves: April 2009
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Rants and observations about technology, sports, movies, and just about anything else. Wednesday, April 29, 2009. Wallet vs. Purse. Here's an thought puzzle for you. Why do men use wallets and why do women use purses or handbags? I was thinking about this. Do women really have to carry a lot more stuff than men? If a guy thinks about what a woman carries, he probably thinks about lipstick, mascara, mirrors, etc. In other words, cosmetics, things to make women look more attractive. Men end up in boring cl...
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Tea Leaves: August 2009
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Rants and observations about technology, sports, movies, and just about anything else. Tuesday, August 04, 2009. Why India Will Always Be Poor. India has certainly made strides to be a force in the technological world of the 21st century. However, there will always remain a big part of the population that will be left out of these advances. What is amazing about India is there is such a wide disparity in education and wealth and yet it remains relatively peaceful. Compared to India, Americans spend an en...