Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Scott Adams Predicts

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Scott Adams, whose cartoon Dilbert I love, has gone on Fox to predict a huge, possibly record-setting turnout for the Republicans in next Tu...
Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Even Bees Are Losing Their Privacy

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Modern Farmer note s that beekeepers are being offered the ability to monitor their bees online, meaning a loss of privacy.  In partial comp...
Monday, October 29, 2018

"Loose" and "Tight" or "Hot" and "Cold"

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Finished " Rule Makers, Rule Breakers: How Tight and Loose Cultures Wire Our World ". It's a new book getting some attention...
Sunday, October 28, 2018

The Future Is Near: The Impact of Autonomous Trucks

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This piece at evonomics.com by Andrew Yang is distressing, and convincing. Perhaps the worst part is the impact on small businesses which s...
Saturday, October 27, 2018

Fads and Social Contagion

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First we have the guy in Kentucky  who shot two people, then the mad bomber of the van who sent bombs to various people on the left of Trump...
Friday, October 26, 2018

AI, Dark Swans, Google Map Directions, and Moore's Law

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Some further thoughts on the Google map episode I described yesterday. It strikes me that AI in general will have problems with "dark...
Thursday, October 25, 2018

Victims of Google Map Directions

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Had an interesting experience in NY last Saturday, which I blame on Google Maps and the limitations of AI. We drove from Kingston where ou...
Wednesday, October 24, 2018

A President Who Knows the US Seal!

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I'm tempted to suggest that all presidential candidates take an exam on US iconography.  (i.e., what was almost the role of the turkey, ...
Thursday, October 18, 2018

Traveling Time

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Time for our annual trip to the NY Sheep and Wool Show, so blogging will be slow.
Wednesday, October 17, 2018

MFP and Farmers.gov

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Got a tweet announcing the latest figures on MFP applications and payments.  I now can't find the tweet, not sure what's the matter....