DSC Weekly 22 Nov 2022: Destruction of the Commons
I’ve remarked more than once that the life cycle of social media platforms shares more than a passing resemblance to the evolution of stars.
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DSC Weekly 15 Nov 2022 – The Dynamics of Ranked Voting
A Ranked Choice Voting system takes a different approach. In a Ranked Choice, candidates from any party (or no party) can stand for election. Voters rank their preferences, and the top three candidates then go onto a second election, where the top vote receiver wins the election. A referendum passed in this latest election cycle makes Nevada a Ranked Choice state, joining Alaska and Maine. Significantly, these states all have had a history of independent candidates.
DSC Weekly 25 October 2022 – Re: Your Brains
Announcements In 2023, organizations will battle a more complex threatscape than ever as web application breaches continue to rise, credential theft and credential stuffing remain… Read More »DSC Weekly 25 October 2022 – Re: Your Brains
DSC Weekly 18 October 2022 – How the Pandemic Created a Time Warp
Recessions, it has been said, are typically only visible in a rear-view mirror. In theory, we are in a recession when the economy shrinks over two quarters. In practice, however, not all recessions are the same.
DSC Weekly 11 Oct 2022 – Writing for DSC
The DSC Weekly newsletter normally covers trends or practices in the data science and AI field. Still, every couple of months, the editorial team will also write a newsletter issue such as this one specifically for writers. If you write regularly, these may contain new or changing information, while if you aren’t a writer yet, but you’d like to be, this is a good reference to check.
DSC Weekly 4 October 2022 – Resiliency
Last week, Hurricane Ian hit Fort Myers, Florida, skirting the edge of Category 5 Hurricane classification. By the time it exited the other side of the Peninsula (going on to hit the Carolinas as a severe tropical storm), Ian had brought 18′ storm surges that leveled buildings, killed at least seventy-five people, and left several million people without power. The storm was nearly as large as the state when it made landfall.
DSC Weekly 27 Sept 2022 – Corpus Wars
n many respects, we are facing not the need for a new form of money but rather a new form of economics – a discipline about the world where scarcity still holds in physical materials but where overabundance is the rule in virtual ones. To me, this is one of the key tenets that need to be hammered out in the metaverse: How do the actual creators of the virtual worlds, and not just the hosts, get paid for their work?
DSC Weekly 20 Sept 2022 – Where Have All The Workers Gone?
n many respects, we are facing not the need for a new form of money but rather a new form of economics – a discipline about the world where scarcity still holds in physical materials but where overabundance is the rule in virtual ones. To me, this is one of the key tenets that need to be hammered out in the metaverse: How do the actual creators of the virtual worlds, and not just the hosts, get paid for their work?
DSC Weekly 13 Sept 2022 – The Automation Balance
n many respects, we are facing not the need for a new form of money but rather a new form of economics – a discipline about the world where scarcity still holds in physical materials but where overabundance is the rule in virtual ones. To me, this is one of the key tenets that need to be hammered out in the metaverse: How do the actual creators of the virtual worlds, and not just the hosts, get paid for their work?
DSC Weekly 6 Sept 2022: Getting the Most Out of DSC
Being the Community Editor for Data Science Central is a blast. Every week I get to choose articles from some of the best and brightest… Read More »DSC Weekly 6 Sept 2022: Getting the Most Out of DSC