Okay folks, let’s have a look at the dark side of working in IT. Surviving as an Old in the Tech World https://www.wired.com/story/surviving-as-an-old-in-the-tech-world/ What can you do when the pup of programming becomes the black dog of burnout? Dude, leave https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/06/18/burn_out_and_leave_patching_the_patcher/ Is this just […]
Author: M. H. Neifer
Weltraumrecht
Wem gehört eigentlich der Weltraum? Keine einfache Frage. Weltraumrecht: Müll, Waffen, Bodenschätze im All als weites Feld für Juristen https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Muell-Waffen-Bodenschaetze-Das-Weltall-als-weites-Feld-fuer-Juristen-4080144.html Demnächst gibt’s Abmahnwellen im Weltraum.
Code Archaeology
Eric S. Raymond talks about code archaeology. Eric S. Raymond on Keeping the Bazaar Secure and Functional http://www.itprotoday.com/open-source/eric-s-raymond-keeping-bazaar-secure-and-functional Wait. Code archaeology? Interesting. I think, I could do this. Maybe this is a way for old programmers to stay in the field.
A Zero-Math Introduction to Markov Chain Monte Carlo Methods
https://towardsdatascience.com/a-zero-math-introduction-to-markov-chain-monte-carlo-methods-dcba889e0c50 Just what I need.
The Rich Are Planning to Leave This Wretched Planet
Sheila Marikar writes about private space travel for The New York Times. The Rich Are Planning to Leave This Wretched Planet https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/09/style/axiom-space-travel.html Why does that make me think of the movie Elysium?
The Maths of Randomness
Martin Hairer writes for Plus Magazine about probability, Bayesians and frequentists. The maths of randomness https://plus.maths.org/content/maths-randomness I really like the section about Bayesians vs frequentists. I wish there was more on this topic.
Teach Yourself Scheme in Fixnum Days
You might want to try this. Teach Yourself Scheme in Fixnum Days https://ds26gte.github.io/tyscheme/ I wish I had the time to read this.
Emacs 26.1 mit Zeilennummerierung im Buffer
Eine neue Version von Emacs ist da. Texteditor: Emacs 26.1 mit Zeilennummerierung im Buffer https://heise.de/-4060164
Processing – p5.js – Audio
Finally, I have some free time to try some more programming in Processing. I had a look at the p5.sound library. As far as I understood, p5.sound builds on W3C spec Web Audio. I’m not very good with audio. Haven’t tried it since my Basic days. […]
Über Exoplaneten
Sibylle Anderl schreibt in der F.A.Z. über Exoplaneten. Der Schlüssel zum Verständnis der Exoplaneten http://www.faz.net/aktuell/wissen/weltraum/ferne-welten-der-schluessel-zum-verstaendnis-der-exoplaneten-15579292.html Wau. Schon 4000 Exoplaneten. Und immer noch nix für uns Menschen dabei. Schade.
Mathematics of Black Holes
Kevin Hartnett writes for Quanta Magazine about black holes. Mathematicians Disprove Conjecture Made to Save Black Holes https://www.quantamagazine.org/mathematicians-disprove-conjecture-made-to-save-black-holes-20180517/ Whoa. I didn’t know about the Cauchy horizon.
Math Problems
Michael Cooney writes for Hewlett Packard Enterprise about The toughest math problems that challenge the world https://www.hpe.com/us/en/insights/articles/the-toughest-math-problems-that-challenge-the-world-1805.html I have no idea about them, unfortunately.
How Poetry and Math Intersect
An article by Evelyn Lamb about the unusual couple poetry and math. How Poetry and Math Intersect https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-poetry-and-math-intersect-180968869/ Not sure what to think about this. Poetry was never of much interest to me.
Hadwiger–Nelson-Problem
Interessantes Problem aus der Graphentheorie. Biologe verblüfft Mathematiker mit Computer-Beweis http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/mensch/hadwiger-nelson-problem-biologe-findet-teilloesung-mit-genialem-beweis-a-1204695.html Er hat “außergewöhnliches Glück” gehabt.