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There is a link to version 3.5.3 on the web page now

https://software.intel.com/file/655065/download

There's also the book "Why, A Guide to Finding and Using Causes" by Samantha Kleinberg http://www.skleinberg.org/why/

celiason Fortran is still a thing (2017)

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3161564/how-can-i-visual...

has some suggestions. I haven't tried any but am thinking of using Doxygen as described for some old Fortran77 code with lots of gotos since Understand is well outside of our budget.

You're probably aware of this, but our biggest speed gains in some code we ported from DEC Fortran to gfortran was vectorizing loops. Best of luck.

celiason Trump urged U.S.P.S to double package rates for Amazon: Washington Post

Here's a piece from NPR's The Indicator that discusses this in more detail

https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?stor...

It is based on an article in Business Insider (paywalled) from Josh Barro

http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-amazon-twitter-attacks-...

celiason Jupyter Receives the ACM Software System Award

Take a look at Cauldron, aka the unnotebook -http://www.unnotebook.com The author discussed it on pocastinit episode 111 - https://www.podcastinit.com/episode-111-cauldron-notebook-wi...

celiason Imposter Syndrome (in Data Science)

I enjoyed this Partially Derivative podcast where two of the podcasters discuss their experience with imposter syndrome

http://partiallyderivative.com/podcast/2017/03/06/badasses-f...

celiason A Very Old Man for a Wolf

Reminds me of this This American Life episode about hunting the Custer Wolf in the 1920's

https://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/582/...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Custer_Wolf

celiason About the security content of macOS High Sierra 10.13.2

It took several minutes on a couple of Macs with fusion drives. It seemed stuck at "Calculating time remaining..." but eventually finished, rebooted, and continued installing, this time displaying a reasonable time remaining value.

celiason After 37 years, Voyager has fired up its trajectory thrusters

This is a great article on the engineers who have spent their careers caring for the Voyagers

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/03/magazine/the-loyal-engine...

celiason The Humble Book Bundle: Java by O’Reilly

I could be wrong, but it looks like they use their own proprietary DRM and you have to use their reader software if you want to read the books you buy offline -

from http://about.ebooks.com/about-ebooks-com/ Proprietary DRM We have our own DRM system that has secured the content delivered via our Ebook Reader apps since 2007. It is not based on Adobe ACS. Having our own DRM system improves usability for our customers, and enables us to respond quickly to new requirements and trends.

from https://support.ebooks.com/hc/en-gb/articles/213789906-Frequ...

Do I need special software or hardware to read eBooks?

All you need is your PC, laptop or hand held device and the free Reader software. We offer eBooks in three different formats: PDF download, EPUB download and Online Reader. Our Online Reader requires no software other than an internet browser. For downloading, we will provide you with a link to download the appropriate Reader software free of charge when you make a purchase.

celiason Welcome to Nauru, the Most Corrupt Country You’ve Never Heard Of

This American Life did a story on Nauru in 2003 - https://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/253/...

celiason 28-year-old makes millions buying from Walmart, selling on Amazon

Planet Money did a story on retail arbitrage in 2015

http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/06/03/411777635/episo...

celiason Cassini's Saturn Mission Goes Out in a Blaze of Glory

"All solar systems missions are subject to constraints designed to minimize the unintentional impacts of Mars and, when applicable, the contamination of icy satellites such as Europa, Enceladus, and Ganymede." [1], also see [2]

"The Huygens probe which landed on Titan was not sterilized as the chances of finding life were considered insignificant. From further investigations it is evident that chances for life on Titan are higher than initially thought. Although forward contamination in this case is still considered unlikely, it reinforces the need to ensure we protect extra-terrestrial chances of life." [3], also see the second page of [4]

[1] https://planetaryprotection.nasa.gov/requirements [2] https://saturn-archive.jpl.nasa.gov/faq/FAQHuygens/ [3] http://www.spacesafetymagazine.com/space-exploration/extrate... [4] http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Cassini-Huyg...

celiason Don't blame addicts for America's opioid crisis. Here are the real culprits

WNYC did a five part series on poverty myths, including the myth of rags to riches for most people - http://www.wnyc.org/series/busted-americas-poverty-myths

celiason Losing Focus? Recharge by Giving Your Brain a Break

This Planet Money podcast[1] talks about unlocking creativity, including the use of Brian Eno's Oblique Strategies[2] cards

[1] http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2016/11/18/502475485/episo... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblique_Strategies

celiason An introduction to Stoic philosophy and resilience-building [video]

I enjoyed this podcast about stoicism http://www.stuffyoushouldknow.com/podcasts/stoicism.htm

celiason Nest Founder:“I Wake Up in Cold Sweats Thinking,What Did We Bring to the World?”

Slightly tangential, but it reminds me a bit of the viva_la_AIsistance episode of the Partially Derivative podcast (34 minute mark, discussion starting around 22 minutes in) where they talk about children growing up telling digital assistants like Alexa and Siri to do things for them.

http://partiallyderivative.com/podcast/2017/06/20/viva_la_AI...

celiason O'Reilly Media No Longer Selling DRM Free Books

This makes me sad. It was great to purchase books directly from O'reilly to learn more about technologies I was working with and to purchase the occasional half priced daily special that just looked interesting. PDF format was the best for preserving the book's format. I've had enough problems with kindle-formatted technical books that I won't be buying O'reilly books from Amazon. $40/month or $400/year for Safari online is a little too steep for my budget.

celiason How to Call B.S. On Big Data: A Practical Guide

Videos at http://callingbullshit.org/videos.html and at the course link on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2OtU5vlR0k&list=PLPnZfvKID1...

celiason Maine Is Drowning in Lobsters

I remember reading about how abundant lobsters were on a historical plaque in Cape Breton. From travel Canada - "There was a time when these crustaceans were so plentiful and underappreciated that only the poorest children took lobster sandwiches in their lunches while the rich kids ate bologna." http://www.torontosun.com/2016/07/27/learning-about-lobster-...

celiason Arctic stronghold of world’s seeds flooded after permafrost melts

podcast - http://www.radiolab.org/story/what-dollar-value-nature/

blog - http://www.radiolab.org/story/how-important-bee__kw/

celiason The Quest to Make a Super Tomato

http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?story...

celiason How Twin Peaks Changed TV Forever

Studio 360's latest episode is about Twin Peaks http://www.wnyc.org/shows/studio/

celiason The eerie otherworldliness of slow undersea life sped up to a human pace

Not sure why, but I had a flashback to watching Eraserhead in college while watching this.

celiason Jean Michel Jarre – Equinoxe IV (1981) [video]

The last song on the Rendez-Vous album, Dernier Rendez-vous (Ron's Piece), has an interesting backstory -

"The last track on the album was originally scheduled to include a saxophone part recorded by astronaut Ron McNair on the Space Shuttle Challenger, making it the first piece of music to be recorded in space, but on 28 January 1986, 73 seconds after lift-off, the shuttle disintegrated and the entire Challenger crew were killed. The track was dedicated to McNair and the other astronauts on board Challenger.[3] On the album the saxophone part is played by saxophonist Pierre Gossez." - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendez-Vous_(Jean-Michel_Jarre...

celiason Disabled, or just desperate? Rural Americans turn to disability as jobs dry up

Here's the 6 part NPR series Unfit For Work from 2013 http://apps.npr.org/unfit-for-work/

with an accompanying This American Life broadcast http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/490/t... and

celiason Beyond Floating Point: Next-Generation Computer Arithmetic [pdf]

The Great Debate @ARITH23: John Gustafson and William Kahan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZAeZBVAzVw&feature=youtu.be Audio quality is not great but there are links to slides from Gustafson and Kahan

celiason The Headwinds/Tailwinds Asymmetry: Bias in Assessment of Barriers and Blessings

Also, a podcast http://freakonomics.com/podcast/why-is-my-life-so-hard/

celiason Stocks are up but 80% of the value is held by the richest 10%

The benefit of buy and hold depends bit on when you buy as shown in this graphic

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/01/02/business/20110...

celiason What Does Any of This Have to Do with Physics?

http://ocean.otr.usm.edu/~w301497/teaching/images_teaching/l...