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Dreadful, if you take the Dark Forest theory to heart (see Liu Cixin's second book in the Three Body Problem trilogy).

"Everything is Obvious," by MSR researcher Duncan Watts. Imagine every time when people infer seemingly-obvious extrapolations from data. This book addresses that phenomenon to mak…

The Shikoku pilgrimage is still one of the best experiences I've had in Japan. The hospitality, generosity, and respect you encounter along the route, not to mention all the people…

In fact, I would argue that Ghost in the Shell's entire franchise remains the most intriguing and exciting science fiction media about networked technology. If you have never seen …

I really liked this article. It reminded me a lot about Tim Rogers' Earthbound review, which is my all-time favorite game review article: https://web.archive.org/web/20080219052007…

To be realistic, too, the original "six degrees of separation" did not take into account this international context.

"Let's help fight high-rise buildings in San Francisco." Welp... But on another note, if you're fascinated by this history, I highly recommend Fred Turner's excellent 2008 book, "F…

> "Japan has a very low crime rate, which is surely a key reason parents feel confident about sending their kids out alone. But small-scaled urban spaces and a culture of walking a…

Hatsune Miku is also a projection, not a hologram. But I think it's "further" than you think, because every single song at the concert is created by a musician or team that release…

Yes, I am pretty sure this article is just rehashing the Twitter grants (I believe there were only 6 to 8 rewards), rather than announcing full open data to any researchers (thereb…

Just keep in mind an R^2 of 15 isn't that high, so these variables are only accounting for a small portion of the variance in the model. I think there's an important control here: …

This is the entire underlying message of Banksy's film, Exit Through the Gift Shop. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exit_Through_the_Gift_Shop

This is the same in the social sciences. I'm currently a PhD student in one of the top Communication departments in the US, and it's painful to see how far behind in technical skil…

How much of "the Reddit" did you actually use to calculate these stats? Is this based off a one-time snapshot from the API (which limits to 1000 posts, per type of query) or is it …

The worst part of Academia.edu: you must log in to download the PDFs.

What this post doesn't describe is usage numbers per person. I wonder how many Tumblr users are also Facebook, Snapchat, etc. users...? Also, how many respondents chose none of the…

Highly recommend picking up this book. As a former local colleague of Nick Montfort, I can say it's going to be a great read.

Oh no... :( http://i.imgur.com/FlPXf.png