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Blockchain Compliance With Federal Cryptographic Information-Processing Standards
Over the last few years, I’ve spent a bit of time working on blockchain and blockchain-related issues at JHU/APL. Last year, at the request of DHS, Maria Vachino and I looked at how blockchain would work in government programs given the NIST Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS). Our results were
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Predicting Restaurant Health Hazards
On the way back from INFORMS 2019 in Seattle, I met Ashley Smith and Ashley Kilgore from INFORMS on the plane. After talking a bit, Ashley Kilgore asked me if I’d be on the Resoundingly Human Podcast to talk about applications of data science. Ashley really wanted to talk about
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GURPS Disasters: Hurricane released!
Water is the key to life, but it is also our greatest enemy. We can’t go more than a few days without a drink, but it can kill millions at a time. When water combines with wind, devastating hurricanes form. They wreck ships, destroy cities, and flood areas from horizon
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Analysis of Zoning Boards for Charter Review
Two weeks ago, I was tasked by the Charter Review Commission to come up with a quick report and analysis of how other counties in Maryland have structured their zoning change processes. For background, in Howard County, changes to the Zoning Regulations, a separate codification of laws, are made by
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Creating a Two-Phase Clock…Almost
A quick update on this. I built the clock described in this video over the weekend: This went quite well, and since I have the 6502 kit, I could start on it. But Ben Eater has not completed the instructional series. Being able to replicate the procedure is important, but the best
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6502-Based Computer in 2019
I’ve been learning a bit of signal processing, lately, for a variety of reasons. I spent a lot of time on YouTube watching videos to learn more. As I am sure you’re aware, YouTube uses what you have watched to recommend more videos to you. This was one it recommended:
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Social Change in Shinto and Meiji Japan
There is an interesting story of social change during the Meiji Restoration of how Shinto was forced, by circumstance, to change. During the Meiji period, from 1868 to 1912, the fundamental relationship between the Japanese state and Shinto establishment changed. In fact, while Buddhism had long held a privileged place
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