Liberty's Torch

(a.k.a. Bastion Of Liberty)

"Keep clear of the dupes that talk democracy,
And the dogs that bark revolution.
Drunk with talk, liars and believers.
I believe in my tusks.
Long live freedom and damn the ideologies!"
(Robinson Jeffers)

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Sunday, April 19, 2020

Modeling: Uses And Abuses

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Because of the atrocious abuses Americans have endured under the “authority” of what some computer model says, there have been a spate ...

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Sunday, February 9, 2020

Hostile Technology: A Vent

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I am a retired engineer: a technologist by trade. Thus, I expect to find the technology I confront comprehensible. Sadly, that isn’t a...

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Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Incandescent Fury Edition

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I’ve been told – more than once – that a man of my years should not allow himself to become furiously angry. It’s bad for the cardiopul...

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Tuesday, October 16, 2018

Quickies: A Problem In Natural-Language Processing

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A famous example of how much context matters to the interpretation of a “simple” communication goes like this: A standard “nuclear fami...

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Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Quickies: Heads Up, Gentle Readers!

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Because if you haven’t yet heard about this, it’s time that you did: For months now, Microsoft has done everything in its power ...

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