"How
Google self-driving cars may handle toughest situations" (http://ow.ly/S9mZL )
JK--Rely on human judgment? How is that self-driving?
It's
best not to take someone up on a timeshare opportunity if their dayjob is
assistant rodeo clown or apprentice carny. Just sayin'
WashPost
running 2 stories with clear parallel: NFL retirees suffering brain damage, WW2
vets still coping w/PTSD. US
society averts eyes.
Hung
out with the wife today at various commercial establishments throughout
northern Virginia .
Saw old friends at a mall. Talked.
It’s
always nice when McDonald’s gets the precise mix of Coke syrup and carbonated
water to taste like bottled Coke memories of my youth
Check
out transcript of yesterday’s very successful crowdchat #Hadoop4OpenInsights:
https://www.crowdchat.net/Hadoop4OpenInsights …
. Thanks to all participants.
The
cooling trend has settled in. A pleasantly gently overcast and rainy Saturday
morning. My overheated nervous system ebbs to serenity
WashPost
draws parallel between UK Labour Party’s Jeremy Corbyn & US’ Bernie
Sanders. Seemingly unelectable extreme left leaders. Hmmm.
A
fussbudget grumbles about every last detail o the crap they see. A cussbudget
delivers pointed commentary on the main crap. I'm the latter
New
#IBM jk LinkedIn Pulse
blog: "Securing Everything in the Internet of Things" (http://ow.ly/S62rH )
Joe
Biden came off as extremely genuine and heartfelt on Colbert last night. If he
runs for president, he could connect in a big way.
"Google’s
Driverless Cars Run Into Problem: Cars With Drivers" (http://ow.ly/S4YC6 )
JK--Sounds like premise for a new Stephen King novel
Whistle
while U work. I wonder if dwarfgang th next office over told Snow White's buds
to put a sock in it so they could focus on THEIR work
"The
Theoretical Underbelly of Optimizing Machine Learning Systems" (http://ow.ly/S4XKz )
JK--Processing regurgitated statistical cud.
"How
SETI Understand Msgs Broadcast by Alien Intelligence" (http://ow.ly/S4WMM )
JK--No sweat. "Star Trek" proved aliens speak English
"Hedge
Fund Strategies" (http://ow.ly/S4Wee ) JK--High-level
description of tangled math in which your retirement savings may be entwined
"Social
Net Anlyss reveals alt-list of global power elite" (http://ow.ly/S4VyF )
JK--And all winter at exclusive Swiss resort Eigenvector
"Affinity
Analysis" (http://ow.ly/S4VeW ) JK--Good how-to on
data science practice that drives personalized target marketing.
"Doing
Data Science at Twitter" (http://ow.ly/S4UMk ) JK--Their "Type B
Data Scientist" probably Type A Personality in every1 else's book
Hey
fitness-class instructors: when U wear a wireless mic in th classroom, there's
no damn need to shout, unless your intention is to deafen
"Big
greenfield
cannabis cloud" (http://ow.ly/S46K6 ) JK--Agribusiness that
can market legally only in 2 states? Roachclip-scale revenues
Just
saw article about "8 objectives" for such-and-such strategy.
Hopefully, the strategy is to reduce the objectives down to a mnemonic few
IBM
CEO Ginni Rometty on @FortuneMagazine
list of the Most Powerful Women in business http://for.tn/1i0FEDX @FortuneMPW #leadership
jameskobielus retweeted
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I'm
not going to join the 3-D printing revolution. I won't be satisfied till we
push printing into at least the 10th subatomic dimension
"Trip
to White House: Inclusive Entrepreneurship & Data Sci Diversity" (http://ow.ly/S1NmM )
JK--IBM Horwitz recently in my neck of woods
In
the natural order of things, Jefferson Airplane lyrics drive all high-tech
marketing campaigns. Speed your head: http://ow.ly/S1MWS
"Q
& A with Shiv Vaithyanathan, Creator of SystemML and IBM Fellow" (http://ow.ly/S1MAb )
JK--Keynotes Strata+Hadoop, end of month, NYC
"Never
a dull moment: Upcoming Events in world of Spark" (http://ow.ly/S1Mj2 )
JK--Starting with next week's SF "Hack the Weather" event
"Datapalooza:
Feed Your Head" (http://ow.ly/S1LXA ) JK--Nov 10-12. San Francisco .
Pre-register: http://ow.ly/S1M2C
"Internet
slowly but surely killing TV" (http://ow.ly/S0Vuo )
JK--Booming online ad revs. Perhaps TV will retaliate w/ louder commercials
So
far, Washington Post reports, former VA governor Jim Gilmore has 0.0% support
among likely GOP voters in presidential race. It's a start.
“In
a nutshell” doesn’t say diddley-squat! You talking peanut or coconut?
Geez.
If I start from a clean inbox, and avert my gaze briefly to sneeze, there are
suddenly 40+ fresh messages awaiting me. Geez.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp How Soon is Now by
Th Smiths from Meat is Murder JK--1985. Morrissey asserts homo sapiens love
need. He's not Vulcan!
New
#IBM jk blog:
"Hadoop: The open refinery of 21st century data science" (http://ow.ly/RZcyF )
"Between
thought and expression, there lies a lifetime." --Lou Reed
When
the going gets tough, the tough get yoga.
I
caught the first half-hour of Colbert's "Late Show" debut last night
before my sleep-deprived brain conked. Enjoyed it. He's back!
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Forever Young by
Madness from Absolutely JK--1980. A cool blend of reggae rhythm, punchy R&B
horns, & rock guitar.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Israelite by Desmond
Dekker from Israelites: Anthology 1963-1999 JK--1968. Great radio memory.
Charted #9 US, #1 UK
I
scan the morning's news like a prospector impatiently searching for a vein of
some precious metal. Usually, I find mere flakes. Of dust.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp It's Fashion by
Girls at Our Best! from Pleasure JK--1981. Re-released 1994 by Vinyl Japan . I own
the original vinyl
Wish
to congratulate Elizabeth II on her record-setting longevity as monarch of the
scepter'd isle. Does she still wield a scepter?
Predictive
analytics can transform any type of organization http://bit.ly/1K7gSsj
Three
reasons to open up data to business users http://bit.ly/1K7gREw
IBM
and Xerox predict brain-controlled apps will head to smartphones http://bit.ly/1K7gQ3r
Build
more adaptive applications with Apache Spark http://bit.ly/1K7gQR5
How
does predictive analytics work? http://bit.ly/1K7gObZ
Sitting
here pondering the data science skills that a truly awesome robot overlord
would need. To get laid, if nothing else.
Anti-malware
splash screens on your computer. They might as well just standardize on the
alert: "They're comin' to GITCHA!"
Yes,
of course I'm going to stay up past my bedtime to catch Colbert's new gig. I
hope he sings regularly. The funnyman's got good pipes!
If
KISS had followed th KISS principle they wouldn’t have worn clown makeup or
ghoulish outfits. They simply would have kept sounding stupid
Political
attack ad comes on. Suddenly the mood darkens & malevolent conspiracies
abound. Followed right away by a dog food commercial. Arf!
Hmm.
A local broadcaster being marketed as “having personality.” Code phrase meaning
“forced, unfunny jocularity.” Tries way too hard.
Reading
“Nixon & Mao” by Margaret Macmillan. Even-handed historical discussion.
Points out that PRC paramount leader was a brutal dictator.
New
#IBM jk #Dataversity blog:
"The Bogus Bogeyman of the Brainiac Robot Overlord" (http://ow.ly/RWpH0 )
New
#IBM jk blog:
"Skills that every data scientist needs in today’s insight economy" (http://ow.ly/RWppy )
"NASA
AI to power first-responder tech" (http://ow.ly/RVcvf )
JK--Real-time situational awareness for law enforcement & firefighters
"What
are Uplift Models?" (http://ow.ly/RVbU2 ) JK--Hint: it has
nothing to do with Victoria 's
Secret catalog.
"Big
Data Fades to the Algorithm Economy" (http://ow.ly/RVbAT )
JK--Analyst introduces that hackneyed oil metaphor in first sentence.
"Who's
to blame when AI systems go wrong?" (http://ow.ly/RVaGn )
JK--See my algorithmic accountability discussion: http://ow.ly/RVaN8
"Programming
& Prejudice: How 2 Find Bias in Machn Lrnng Algos" (http://ow.ly/RVa7j )
JK--How to test for bias in the bias-sniffing algo?
Saw
"The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" on DVD. I felt sorry for all
the high-quality veteran performers in this forced charmless sequel
"Using
Data To Fight Wildfires" (http://ow.ly/RV9ve ) JK--Visual narrative
could be better told with slideshare, not serial webpage chain
Saw
"Black Sea " with Jude Law. An OK
underwater caper flick. Smart money says th "innocent" 18-year-old
lives in the end & the psycho doesnt
"Why
Hackers Stay Ahead o Artificial Intelligence" (http://ow.ly/RV7Qv )
JK--Could put baddies out o job or make them even more dangerous
Saw
"Far from the Madding Crowd" on DVD. Decent remake w/ Carey Mulligan.
Is it fair to say ending taken from classic novel was predictable?
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Love Is th Drug by
Roxy Music from Siren JK--1975. Hooked on a feeling? High on believing that
youre in lust with me?
"Spark
Summit Europe Full Agenda available online" (http://ow.ly/RV4XP )
JK--Amsterdam .
Week of 26 Oct. #IBM
will be there in force!
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Can't You Hear Me
Knocking by the Stones from Sticky Fingers JK--1971. Love Mick Taylor's
Santana-style jam on this
"Revisiting
Mass Data Assignments" (http://ow.ly/RV2AO ) JK--Mine eyes skipped
right away to the Goldilocks/3-Bear poetic triplet.
"How
big data is unfair" (http://ow.ly/RV0Tw ) JK--Actual article
doesn't apply that absurd blanket statement. Biases may skew analytics.
Fairly
good holiday weekend. Managed to keep my mind off work. Once or twice.
Now
that “Mad Men” original run is over & I’ve started to watch it on Netflix,
I think Jon Hamm deserves Emmy for his nuanced Don Draper
Cool.
Just figured out how to delete abusive comments in LinkedIn. I turned off
comments long ago on my personal blog. For same reason.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Born in the Echoes
by The Chemical Brothers from Born in the Echoes JK--2015. Brand new.
Exceptionally cool.
Staying
happy in my personal environment often comes down to moving heavy objects
around so I don’t bump into them. I’m not a fancy man.
Very
much enjoyed “CBS Sunday Morning” segment w/Chrissie Hynde in Akron . Warmhearted tough sober grounded. It’s
written all over her music.
The
air is cool and so incredibly calm this morning. I stare at the leaves on the
trees in the distance. None of them even twitches.
WashPost
refs “Beach Boys & their little old lady from Pasadena .” Apparently, no one gives Jan &
Dean credit for their hit recordings.
