Re: [FRIAM] asymmetric snooping
On 9/26/13 10:23 AM, glen wrote: The fittest amongst us don't spend much time constructing rules. And even if we do, we're ready to abandon those rules for new ones at the drop of a hat. A counterexample that comes to mind is investment strategy. Also, long ago I used to develop substantial amounts of Lisp for my Windows manager and Emacs. This was just to tune my environment, do automated filtering of e-mails, etc. Now I realize that I don't have the time or access to control the environments I work in, and it's mostly a waste. Keeping closer with the topic, I think some people often`classify' personal, but controversial political views. Helen Thomas comes to mind as a cautionary tale. Whenever an influential person speaks, especially a person in politics, they may choose to not speak to many sorts of topics. I accept that some politicians are quick on their feet and can modulate `at the drop of a hat', but I think it takes some planning too, at least for folks early in their career. They analyze their constituency, and build a dynamic rank ordering in their head of the top ten ways to go down -- some of these they must learn the hard way. Note I don't think this inhibition is healthy, or even particularly honest, but I think it occurs. Marcus FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com
[FRIAM] Fwd: Complexity Explorer
Melanie Mitchell is teaching a 10 week Introduction to Complexity .. using NetLogo for the programming parts. http://www.complexityexplorer.org/online-courses/3 -- Owen FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com
Re: [FRIAM] asymmetric snooping
Marcus G. Daniels wrote at 09/26/2013 10:29 AM: A counterexample that comes to mind is investment strategy. Also, long ago I used to develop substantial amounts of Lisp for my Windows manager and Emacs. This was just to tune my environment, do automated filtering of e-mails, etc. Now I realize that I don't have the time or access to control the environments I work in, and it's mostly a waste. If mostly simply means 50%, then yeah. But even 1% investment into your generalizable efficacy can swamp a 49% waste in efficiency. Keeping closer with the topic, I think some people often`classify' personal, but controversial political views. Helen Thomas comes to mind as a cautionary tale. Whenever an influential person speaks, especially a person in politics, they may choose to not speak to many sorts of topics. I accept that some politicians are quick on their feet and can modulate `at the drop of a hat', but I think it takes some planning too, at least for folks early in their career. They analyze their constituency, and build a dynamic rank ordering in their head of the top ten ways to go down -- some of these they must learn the hard way. Note I don't think this inhibition is healthy, or even particularly honest, but I think it occurs. Alright. You win that one. 8^) A balance on the spectrum between pure situational facility and a dynamic selection amongst pre-constructed rules is probably the most robust. -- ⇒⇐ glen e. p. ropella Should have left him in the stream. Cooing at the smitten queen. FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com
[FRIAM] Mozilla plan seeks to debug scientific code
[via +Nathan Baker] http://www.nature.com/news/mozilla-plan-seeks-to-debug-scientific-code-1.13812 ... Mozilla opted to examine nine papers from PLoS Computational Biology that were selected by the journal’s editors in August. The reviewers looked at snippets of code up to 200 lines long that were included in the papers and written in widely used programming languages, such as R, Python and Perl. The Mozilla engineers have discussed their findings with the papers’ authors, who can now choose what, if anything, to do with the markups — including whether to permit disclosure of the results. Those findings will not affect the status of their publications, says Marian Petre, a computer scientist at the Open University in Milton Keynes, UK, who will debrief the reviewers and authors. Thaney expects to release a preliminary report on the project within the next few weeks. -- glen e. p. ropella, 971-255-2847, http://tempusdictum.com A day an hour of virtuous liberty is worth a whole eternity of bondage. -- Cato FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com
