Mar 14, 2015
Introducing My Bumblebees
During the 1980s, some researchers abandoned top-down artificial intelligence in favor of a bottom-up approach. One of these bottom up approaches became the field of artificial life. In 1992 or 1993, I…
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Mar 10, 2015
Casual Transhumanism
Chase, Ducky, and I went to NASA Goddard Visitor Center to launch rockets last weekend. We like to launch Estes Rockets and I designed my first rocket from parts that flew last…
Mar 5, 2015
Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity
Sweet Briar College has announced it is closing after more than 100 years of operation. This isn't a big deal and colleges have closed before. Predictably, the higher education industry is panicky…
Mar 3, 2015
An Individual Mandate for Flood Insurance
Alexander Lemann writing in the Fordham Environmental Law Review proposes an individual mandate for flood insurance. The proposed mechanics largely mirror the mechanics of the federal mandate for health insurance. Near the…
Mar 2, 2015
The Nonprofit Project Takes Off
The class has progressed in its project. The class had more-or-less coalesced around the idea of adopting a park near campus and providing for it to be watered and the trash picked…
Feb 23, 2015
Teaching for UMUC
:::figure{src="/assets/img/news/UMUC logox300.webp" alt="The University of Maryland University College announced today they are promoting me to adjunct assistant professor." align="center" width="100"} The University of Maryland University College announced today they are promoting me…
Feb 20, 2015
Somedays, You Get Lucky
This happened to me a few months ago. text [Event "USA/S47209 (USA)"] [Site "ICCF"] [Date "2014.10.27"] [Round "-"] [White "Sullivan, Terry"] [Black "Howard, James"] [Result "0-1"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Bc5 3.Nxe5 Qg5…
Feb 10, 2015
I lost and my rating went up?
I started playing correspondence chess on the ICCF server's last summer and as you can see from this my rating, I am not that good. This is especially embarrassing given the fact…
Feb 9, 2015
Public Financial Management, Week 3
:::figure{src="/assets/img/news/4249886990 107e92c466 b.webp" alt="According to this, all decisions are supposed to be made in triplicate (Mr.TinDC / Flickr)" align="center" width="100"} According to this, all decisions are supposed to be made in triplicate…
Feb 2, 2015
Public Financial Management, Week 2
:::figure{src="/assets/img/news/7143277339 119f20d696 z.webp" alt="That's a nicer boardroom than we'll have (ShellVacationsHospitality / Flickr)" align="center" width="100"} That's a nicer boardroom than we'll have (ShellVacationsHospitality / Flickr) ::: I will be using this space,…
Jan 31, 2015
If I had a hammer...
From a mailing list: this project reminds me of the Defense department from decades ago when it paid 30,000 dollars for a common hammer... That never happened. The popular story is that…