In honor of Thomas Paine and other Founders & Immigrants. In memory of my daddy Horst Bingel
Saturday, December 31, 2022
Joe Biden Can Golf On Vacation In The Virgin Islands, But He's Never Been To The Southern Border
Semantic Scholar Annoyances: Search failure on title when s instead of z is used
Today, I searched for the exact title "Bayesian regularisation and pruning using a Laplace prior". This is not the first time that I noticed such Semantic Scholar search failures on trivial spelling variations.
Google Scholar found it immediately and returned the correct paper and title as the first search result. GS recognized that the s in regularisation should be a z.
Semantic Scholar completely failed on this search. This is quite amateurish at the end of the first quarter of the 21st century!
Dendrocentric AI Could Run on Watts (on your smartphone), Not Megawatts
AI currently advances by performing twice as many computations every two months. However, the electronics industry doubles the devices required to perform these operations only once every two years. This has meant that AI is typically limited to the cloud, which can provide the many thousands of processors needed for it. ...
Based on these findings, ... developed a computational model of a dendrite that responded only if it received signals from neurons in a precise sequence. This means that each dendrite could encode data in more than just base two—one or zero, on or off—as is the case with today’s electronic component. It will use much higher base systems, depending on the number of connections it has and the length of the sequences of signals it receives. ...
that a string of ferroelectric capacitors could emulate a stretch of dendrite and replace the gate stack of a field-effect transistor to form a ferroelectric FET (FeFET). A 1.5-micrometer-long FeFET with five gates could emulate a 15-µm-long stretch of dendrite with five synapses ..."
An IBM Quantum Computer Will Soon Pass the 1,000-Qubit Mark
Nevertheless, IBM has steadily increased its qubit numbers. In 2016, it put the first quantum computer in the cloud anyone to experiment with—a device with 5 qubits, each a superconducting circuit cooled to near absolute zero. In 2019, the company created the 27-qubit Falcon; in 2020, the 65-qubit Hummingbird; in 2021, the 127-qubit Eagle, the first quantum processor with more than 100 qubits; and in 2022, the 433-qubit Osprey."
Norway to postpone oil and gas licensing round
How a dormant viral infection can reactivate and trigger a stroke especially in younger healthy people
The lesson of Pope Benedict XVI for the 46th President of the U.S.: Resign immediately!
His administration has been about so many dubious firsts, it is long overdue to add a real first!
19th NAACP Image Awards Performance - Luther Vandross
The Commodores - Sweet Love (1976) Long version
The prehistoric origins of the Silk Road
Friday, December 30, 2022
Thomas Sowell: How the American Founding Fathers Fought Against Slavery
World Boxing Council to create transgender category
Donald Trump’s Taxes Show Wide Use of Real-Estate Losses
Why is mathematics so difficult to learn? Does it have to be that way?
Since I have been studying AI & machine learning at a high age a few years ago, I have been faced again with refreshing my math and statistics comprehension since I studied economics. Math was never my forte, but I love it! It is a very fascinating abstract and logical science very much to my liking!
I think one of the major obstacles to learn math more quickly and better is the lack of a rigorous, international, and universal standardization of notation and symbols used in representing mathematical concepts etc..
I would also postulate that the current language/notation of mathematics is more suitable for rote learners than for non rote learners (e.g. meaningful or associative learners). Thus, the latter are disadvantaged in the field of mathematics or they may not even bother. Thus, if my postulate has some relevance, then the progress or advance of mathematics is seriously impeded.
I also noticed there are only a few websites out there dedicated to explain mathematics in a straight forward way: e.g. Encyclopedia of Math (quite abstract and verbose) and Wolfram Mathworld (a better website for my purposes)
I also think the current traditional and mostly used notation with a centuries old history is not of great help. Greek or Latin letters is all very nice and a compliment of those great mathematicians that came before. Single symbol notation is surely parsimonious, but perhaps also ambiguous and constraining! Why e.g. not use acronyms that most people can associate much better? The immense strive for compactness and abstractness of notation is an obsession!
This practice of notation requires probably most people to do extreme mental acrobatics to follow the whims of mathematicians! This is unnecessary! It is still almost like the language of witchcraft, mystics, or alchemists! A more universal and better developed language would possibly serve better to advance mathematics! When only a few people can really understand what mathematicians or other scientists are expressing than this is a problem! The effort to learn this arcane language are a serious obstacle!
Too many times long mathematical expressions are very repetitive and you have to look very close what term has actually changed from one line to the next. This is totally unnecessary and causes clutter! Instead of using e.g more acronyms or other short forms to replace repetitive terms.
Authors of research studies, book chapters, and books frequently and quite often dramatically change the meaning of notation within a few pages or from chapter to chapter. Often these changes look quite arbitrary and ad hoc. Inconsistency of these changes is another serious issue. Very often you also find the reuse of the same math symbols within pages of each other for very different purposes.
Some authors also like to excuse or admit these change by saying something like with a little abuse of notation.
There is also a strange dichotomy: In mostly theoretical papers, adequate, brief numerical examples are left out almost by default as if it was a plague or too demeaning for a theoretician to be bothered with! Occasionally hints or references to textbooks or tutorials are provided.
It would be highly recommendable that every paper, chapter etc. is preceded with a section summarizing the notation/nomenclature etc. being used with some explanations! Instead, usually scholars seem to make up the notation in their papers as they go.
What is anthropogenic climate change?
In short, it is the greatest global scam in decades deliberately perpetrated and supported by many of our elites, politicians etc.
It is the massive man made manipulation and cherry picking of scientific data and forecasts!
It is the great pretense of knowledge by many scientists while our relevant knowledge and understanding of the highly complex phenomenon of climate is still very insufficient and incomplete. Pseudoscience dominates in many aspects regarding the Globale Warming hoax and Climate Change religion!
What if most of the climate change is of natural origin! There is little or no evidence to proof otherwise! That we have much more and better data today than ever before is not sufficient!
The cure is worse than the disease fully applies here! Human folly and ignorance at its best!
It is the great pretext and lie to impose big government at the expense of individual liberty! What communism, socialism, and other collectivism ideologies in the 20th century did not achieve, this successor ideology has made much more progress! Today's ideologues and demagogues have learnt from past mistakes!
This is the meaning of anthropogenic in this context!
P.S. Please click label Global Warming Hoax Climate Change Religion for more on the subject of climate change
Breakthrough Study Discovers 100,000 New RNA viruses
compared to DNA viruses, the diversity and roles of RNA viruses in microbial ecosystems are not well understood. ..."
Nanoparticles: Everlasting Germ Killer, In Paint, Fabric, Plastic And More
Two mechanisms of action work together. One is the electrostatic interaction between the positive charge of the nanoparticles and the negative charge of the microbes. The second is the release of specific free radicals (reactive oxygen molecules) that destroy the functionality of the microbes. ..."
What is Taiwan's best defense against Communist China?
The threat of total destruction of infrastructure and more!
Would the Communist Party of China risk to invade or conquer the island when the people of Taiwan are committed to destroy everything to return to the stone age?
Maybe one day we will learn whether Taiwan actually has threatened China with such an option! A chapter in human history waiting to be written!
Will we finally see an international war crimes tribunal against Putin the Terrible and his accomplices in 2023!
My greatest wish for 2023!
What is taking so long to even prepare to convene this international war crimes tribunal? The preliminaries should have long started! Such a tribunal would be a strong weapon against warmongers like Putin the Terrible!
Human civilization has to set an example for future generations that such a war of aggression against a country will not be tolerated anymore! Dictators and warmongers like Putin the Terrible and his enablers have to realize there will be consequences!
Dictator Xi Jinping are you listening! Stay out of Taiwan!
Let the international war crimes tribunal against Putin the Terrible and his accomplices begin immediately, preferably in Nuremberg, Germany! (in absentia or not)
Italien: Neue Einschränkungen für Seenotretter NGOs
Erschreckende Zahlen über psychische Erkrankungen in Deutschland. Wirklich!
Demokratie lebt vom Wechsel: Nicht in der Bananenrepublik D.!
Elon Musk: Die Welt sieht ihn immer öfter von seiner hässlichen Seite! Wirklich!
Why next-generation firewalls will be essential to a zero-trust world. Really!
Nir Shaviv - Die Sonne macht den Klimawandel
Thursday, December 29, 2022
Thomas Sowell: The Truth About the American Founding Fathers Owning Slaves
Congress Proposes More Than $44 Billion for Ukraine for 2023 on top of about $50b spent in 2022. A dangerous gamble!
E.g. regime change in Russia would be a terrible and very dangerous goal! There is little doubt in my mind that the now elderly Putin the Terrible will not politically survive his tremendous miscalculations and adventurism. However, who will come next in Russia? If the West pushes too hard probably another hardliner!
Pelé, who transformed football into an international sports juggernaut, dies at 82
Why Ukraine’s Top General Urges Tougher Punishment for Deserters
Südamerikas Demokratien zeigen bemerkenswerte Stabilität
How to get elected as a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives? The George Santos story
Do it like New York candidate George Santos by claiming to be anything that potential voters may like in a Representative!
Obviously, his candidacy (if the allegations are confirmed) turns out to be a farce and potentially further damaging American confidence in democracy!
What is notable that this impostor ran as a Republican! Was this done intentional to smear the Republican Party? For fame and fortune?
Given all his lies (a.k.a. embellishments) it was impossible that he would not be caught very quickly especially running as a Republican candidate in New York!
I recently watched an interview with him on YouTube hosted by Tulsi Gabbard (sitting in for Tucker Carlson). Mr. Santos came across as quite phony!
Or did he does this to expose the weakness of elections in America?
Something smells fishy here!
Caveat: I did not have the time to look deeper into this affair!
Ukraine-Krieg: Immer mehr mysteriöse Tode russischer Prominenter in Russland
The world’s most famous Black Latter-day Saint Gladys Knight honored with lifetime achievement award
Fine American exceptionalism!
Dank Gesundheitskasper Lauterbach wird in der Bananenrepublik D. weiter gut und laut gelacht!
Is Israel-Saudi Arabia normalization ‘ready for prime time’? Possibly!
Google AdWords scam epidemic shows social engineering coming out of Putin the Terrible's Russia
Das Lebensgefühl der Ukrainer - Der unbedingte Wille zur Erneuerung zwischen West und Ost
Kansas City youth theater director found dead days after multiple sexual assault on young men allegations during his 30 year career surface
Deutsche Unternehmen nicht mehr vertreten unter den 100 wertvollsten Unternehmen der Welt
Alle Länder Europas zusammen kommen ebenfalls auf 15 Unternehmen. ..."
Gastronomie: Kunden dürfen künftig Mehrwegverpackungen verlangen in der Bananenrepublik D.. Wirklich!
Wenn Grüne Idioten regieren!
World's largest flower Titan Arum Lily, blooms after 15 years in South Africa
Ukrainer in Deutschland: Die große Ernüchterung
Palki Sharma Upadhyay - Telling India's story in indian way
Russian draft evaders seeking asylum in Germany fear being sent back
Wednesday, December 28, 2022
100 Jahre UdSSR: Die Sowjetzeit vergiftet das Verhältnis der vormaligen Republiken bis heute siehe Ukraine
Time flies (an autobiographical note)
Time flies faster when you get older! I can tell now after I realized for the first time in my life that the years ahead are fewer than the years behind. Or is this only just my imagination running away with me? Temptations!
What did you miss in your life? What are your priorities for the now shorter future? What is your pursuit of happiness going to be like?
However, if I make it long enough I may have a chance to benefit from the ongoing rapid and substantial progress in scientific longevity research and treatments! Biding my time and keeping at bay the many charlatans who promise you a longer and healthier life for your money!
Will I die in peace and happy! Or will there be agony at the end? My choice, my destiny!
Agile and versatile climbing quadrupedal robot on vertical walls and ceilings with ferromagnetic surfaces
Der EU-Binnenmarkt: Europas vergessene Errungenschaft
What does the popular term equity mean?
One of those frequently used and abused ideological buzz words of our times! It is perfect for propaganda and demagoguery!
Egalitarians love and worship it!
Equity is in the eye of the beholder like beauty! It gives authoritarians lots of discretion, power, and control!
It is prone to ambiguity, vagueness, and liberal interpretation!
If you notice anyone using this term, your alarm bells should go off immediately! Caution! Beware of the charmer!
Apple accused of 'racial bias,' hit with class-action lawsuit over watch's blood oximeter. Really!
Wife murdered politically active husband on Christmas, prosecutors say
Netanyahu: We will establish a stable government for a full term
How the Abraham Accords are transforming business in the Middle East
„Zeitenwende in der Wirtschaftspolitik“ - Die FDP (oder Lindner) ist endlich aufgewacht?
Konkrete Forderungen aus dem Lindner-Haus: eine „steuerpolitische Brandmauer“, Investitionsprämien, Arbeitszeitflexibilisierung, Stärkung der Arbeitsanreize bei Transferleistungen, qualifizierte Zuwanderung, ein Freihandelsabkommen mit den USA, Aufhebung des deutschen Fracking-Verbots – sowie ein Weiterbetrieb der Kernkraftwerke über April 2023 hinaus. ...
noch viel wichtiger: Der bundesrepublikanische Wohlstand kann nur dann – zumindest halbwegs – erhalten bleiben, wenn die Gesetze der Ökonomie nicht noch länger ignoriert werden."
Cicero - Vorwärts ins Mittelalter mit der Bananenrepublik D.
Picture of the day
Caution: Indecency! Comedian gusset gripper Elaine Miller flashes a wig in protest! She also likes to talk about vagina health and other topics!
In her own in protest yelled words in the Scottish parliament:
"If this parliament will not respect the rights of women then you have no decency."And if you will not be decent then I will be indecent." (Source)
Pot, pregnancy, and nursing
The same survey reported that about 20% of pregnant women 24 years old or younger tested positive for marijuana in a drug screening. ...
While studies of maternal cannabis use have not proved direct causal relationships with negative outcomes for the child, they certainly have found an association with outcomes like low birth weight and premature birth, which can result in serious health problems for the baby. Cannabis use might also increase the chances of having a stillbirth. ...
what cannabis might do to fetal brain development. One study found that there are “significant molecular modifications,” meaning that cannabis interferes with the brain’s development, which results in “neurotypical and behavioral abnormalities.” ..."