State of the Union 2019
I skipped reviewing the State of the Union speech last year, so I thought I’d give it a try this year, since I have to be awake for something else anyway. The official White House transcript wasn’t up yet when I started this, so I’m using the Vox rush transcript of President Trump’s notes. It’s a… Read more
Racist Algorithms
So the other day, according to someone named Ryan Saavedra, newly elected congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said that algorithms are racist: https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1087627739861897216 Socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) claims that algorithms, which are driven by math, are racist — Ryan Saavedra @RealSaavedra Ocasio-Cortez says a lot of crazy things, but this is not as crazy as it sounds.… Read more
It’s Not Your Damned House
God, I hate this argument: Something @realDonaldTrump said in his #OvalOfficeAddress tonight sounded familiar 😉 https://t.co/LfQzmlvs5i — Tomi Lahren (@TomiLahren) January 9, 2019 “You lock your door because you want to know who’s coming into your home. It’s not because you hate the people outside. It’s because you love the people inside. Well, that’s what… Read more
A Libertarian Meets the Honorverse
My list of reliably entertaining fiction authors has become too short, so I’ve been spending a lot of time lately poking through the Amazon Prime discount bin trying to find new authors to read. Lately, I’m looking for military sci-fi or space opera. After a batch of disappointing starts — some books are free to… Read more
Model Justice — Stalled On the Learning Curve
The “Model Justice” series of posts (starting here) is chronicling my attempts to build a software model of certain aspects of the criminal justice system. As I explained in the most recent post, my first attempt at building a model ran into a dead end, so now I’m figuring out what to do for my… Read more
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