By TaleSlinger
I thought this quick analysis from Rachel Maddow on how to judge the Obama administration’s progress is worth remembering: The Romney Standard: Mitt Romney said during the 2012 campaign that if Americans elect …
Obama vs Republican Standards Read MoreNot surprisingly, giving disadvantaged youth summer jobs reduces violent crime (there’s no difference for property and drug crimes). Youth employment programs have been studied in the past with mixed results. Most of the …
Summer Jobs Reduce Crime Among Disadvantaged Youths Read MoreMIT Technology Review has an interesting article on the nexus of computing and artificial intelligence. The DeepMind project attempts to reproduce the human short term memory in silico. DeepMind’s breakthrough follows a long …
Google’s DeepMind – Mimicking Short Term Memory Read MoreThere’s a lot of methane sequestered in the permafrost. The permafrost in the north is in danger of melting and releasing that methane. That permafrost includes a lot of it …
Methane is leaking from permafrost offshore Siberia Read More“[I]n many cases, incompetence does not leave people disoriented, perplexed, or cautious. Instead, the incompetent are often blessed with an inappropriate confidence, buoyed by something that feels to them like knowledge.”
We Are All Confident Idiots Read MoreMethane is a problem on multiple levels for several years. There are more and more emerging indicators that methane hydrate may be a ticking time bomb, with the critical heat …
Methane Hydrate on the Ocean’s floor… For now Read More