Ageism and Burn-out

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 […]

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.

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.

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.