How does it know?

11 years ago

This just popped up on my computer's screen: So it would seem that I'm supposed to have an epiphany tomorrow.…

Florida pastor exchanges gunfire with disgruntled fired employee

11 years ago

When you've been fired, you can take it the right way, the wrong way, or the Florida way. Benjamin Parangan…

Eugene Stern shows another way to do the math that the New York Times didn’t

11 years ago

Eugene Stern, who blogs at Sense Made Here, describes himself as "interested in math and modeling and how they are used…

Florida starts off 2015 by being as Florida as it possibly can be

11 years ago

Thanks to a series of events that led me to meet my fiancée, I now live in America's weirdest state.…

What if capitalists actually LOVE economic crises, unemployment, and stagnation?

11 years ago

Adapted from a graph from Nitzan and Bichler's essay. Click it to see the source. "Follow the money" is generally…

More algorithmic cruelty: What Facebook’s “Year in Review” for US Airways would’ve looked like

11 years ago

If US Airways had posted that unfortunate photo to Facebook rather than Twitter, Facebook's "Year in Review" would've generated a different…

The New York Times unintentionally answered their question, “Is Algebra Necessary?”

11 years ago

This is my favorite tweet of the moment, courtesy of Dan Meyer: So glad the @nytimes found an answer to…

Meanwhile, on the special all-dog edition of Jeopardy…

11 years ago

Image by @crylenol. Click to see the source. Thanks to David Wolever for the find!