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Comment on Magic square visualization by Craig

Craig — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 02:39:12 +0000

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associative_magic_square

Thanks for this nice visualization of magic squares. The wiki link above shows magic squares as a water retaining surface. The ref section has two free new programs that help explore the physical properties of magic squares of any order.

Comment on Reading the federal budget by Big Bird and federal spending revisited « Traveling Lands Beyond

Big Bird and federal spending revisited « Traveling Lands Beyond — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 16:49:35 +0000

[...] while ago I wrote about the importance of broadly familiarizing yourself with the federal budget before forming any [...]

Comment on Edge prediction by Big data autodidacticism « Traveling Lands Beyond

Big data autodidacticism « Traveling Lands Beyond — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 19:21:26 +0000

[...] forums, so not really an original idea on my part. For an early description of my attempts, see the previous post. As it turns out, those attempts all fared worse than a PageRank-like algorithm that operated as [...]

Comment on Bitcoin and social networking by Tim

Tim — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:34:10 +0000

There is a distributed social network, similar to what you laid out here. It’s called Diaspora (https://joindiaspora.com/), but it has yet to catch on.

Comment on Reading the federal budget by Andy

Andy — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 05:14:25 +0000

I don’t think I’d seen that one but I think the NYT also had one for California that was similar and that I did play with (obviously defense is not an issue there).

The numbers at play at the federal level are so staggeringly large compared to our everyday frame of reference that it’s really easy to get lost – like standing on a high floor of a skyscraper and losing perspective on exactly how high you are.

Comment on Reading the federal budget by Tim

Tim — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 02:23:42 +0000

Too bad I can’t comment through Google Reader anymore… I assume you’ve seen this: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/11/13/weekinreview/deficits-graphic.html

Pretty much sums up what you’ve been talking about. Changes to Defense + Medicare + Social Security are the only expenditure reductions that matter. Of course, there’s the other side of the coin, which is to raise revenue, but that’s taboo in an election year.