Algebrite is a Javascript library for symbolic mathematics.
> Algebrite.run('x + x');
2 x
A straightforward & modular NLP, machine learning & fuzzy matching library for JavaScript.
“The phonetics module aims at gathering various algorithms whose goal is to produce an approximative phonetic representation of the given strings.”
So viele feine Sachen!
Die Nominierten zum Grimme Online Award 2016.
Metametametasceptics rüle ok.
Who Will Debunk The Debunkers?
“In 2012, network scientist and data theorist Samuel Arbesman published a disturbing thesis: What we think of as established knowledge decays over time. According to his book ‘The Half-Life of Facts,’ certain kinds of propositions that may seem bulletproof today will be forgotten by next Tuesday; one’s reality can end up out of date. Take, for example, the story of Popeye and his spinach.”
Was beim »Magazin für politische Kultur« nicht gesagt werden darf.
»Die Online-Redaktion von Cicero bestellt bei mir vor Ostern einen Text über Thilo Sarrazin, der rechtzeitig zum Erscheinen seines neuen Buches wieder als Ratgeber bei Bild gefragt ist. Mein Text ›Ahnherr der neuen völkischen Bewegung‹ wird redaktionell abgenommen und für gut befunden (›ein sehr gelungenes Stück‹). Veröffentlicht wird er nicht.«
Der Zusammenhang: Die Fleisch-Frage.
Es galt mal als ein Stück Lebenskraft. Die Zeiten sind vorbei, so schlecht wie heute war der Ruf von Fleisch noch nie. Um das Thema toben förmlich Glaubenskriege. Aber was ist dran an der Kritik?
Relevant: Warum Fleischesser Vegetarier anfeinden.
Brasilia – City of the future.
An alternately factual documentary presented by nameless hosts Reggie Watts and Carolina Ravassa, music by Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith.
Tupper’s self-referential formula (via reddit.com).
“I am on the Kill List.
This is what it feels like to be hunted.
(…) The third drone strike came on 6 October 2010. My friend Salim Khan invited me to dinner. I used my phone to call Salim to announce my arrival, and just before I got there a missile struck, instantly killing three people, including my cousin, Kaleem Ullah, a married man with children, and a mentally handicapped man. Again, none of the casualties were involved in extremism.”
I just hope this is all worth it.
“There’s no menu, so you can’t just order, you know, a martini,” the developer says, as if I would ever. “You tell the bartender three adjectives, and he’ll customize a drink for you accordingly. It’s great. It’s creative! I’ve been thinking about my adjectives all day.”