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Cameron Jones
I run a proudly niche-less blog, where I talk about Science, Culture, Economics, Beer, Coffee, Technology and whatever else I feel like.
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The phrenology of a "math person" Phrenology, 1834 Credit: WikiMedia The theme of this month's 32BitCafe Web Carnivale is Back To School. And I am here to teach you about mathematics. In any other blogpost, this would be the point where I make a sarcastic joke about how it is everyone's favourite subject, or I would...
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Do you know how we communicated with the Artemis II mission? All that crispy high definition video? When I can barely get 5G on Earth, how did they get such a good connection to stream the footage live? I am finally getting around to sharing some of my work on this site. Last week I delivered a presentaiton ahead of...
[ ] Figure out what info actually is required [!EMAIL]- [[2026-02-16]] Francis Just keep collecting any background papers similar so we have ab it of an evidence base to work with. The more awareness you have about patents and the process the better prepared you can be - see if there are any guides or training...
Basically no one outside of Academia actually understands how Academia works. That's understandable, I don't really know how a law office works. In anycase, here is a super short rundown on the Acedemic Food Chain 1 The Food Chain 1.1 Undergraduate These are your Bachelor's Degree which is what most people do when...
Lauren Leek's Fantastic Essay explores why in the age of personalized algorithms for everyone, everything feels so samey. In her words: "We have never had more individual data and naive intuition says all that granular personal data should fragment us, splinter the world into a billion niches. And yet the opposite...
I do not think that it does. At least not necessarily. Lets not put the cart before the horse here. In truth: The long arc of history veers towards winners, so the real question is.... why does it look like progressives keep winning in the long run? The Diary of a Girl in France in 1821, by Mary Browne (1821)....
Rating: 🟩 Type: Fiction A new friend of mine recently reccommended this one to me after I was gushing about how much I loved "The Disposessed" and emplored me to go into it blind. Oh boy am I glad that I did. In that spirit I will spoil even less than usual in my reviews here and say it is WELL worth the read. She...
Rating: 🟩 Type: Non-Fiction If you are an avid reader of Doctorow's blog "Pluralistic" you will have probably heard most of the arguments here before. That isn't too much of a complaint, after all, Docotow specifically says the point of his blog is to help him flesh out his arguments for his books. Overall, I really...
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