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chaosmatic··on Clinton’s data-driven campaign relied heavily on an algorithm named Ada
I think it's pretty clear that when a fair portion of your data (polls) are misleading or incorrect for whatever reason - your algorithm will have a very hard time producing meaningful output.
chaosmatic··on The TSA “saw” my Bitcoin and wanted to count it
I'm getting a 509 - Bandwidth Exceeded when viewing the page.
chaosmatic··on Person announces they're missing via tumblr
It does turn out that she forgot to turn the scheduled post off, as her next post explains.

http://lequaintrellenoir.tumblr.com/post/74119061271/urgent-...

chaosmatic··on Ghash.io very close to 51% of bitcoin pool
If you check https://blockchain.info/pools Ghash.io is back down to 39% of blocks created, which is still big, but not as scary.

A good explanation is due to the random variation in the who the block is a awarded to.

chaosmatic··on IBM unveils computer fed by 'electronic blood'
Does anyone know much about the practicalities of the chemistry behind this? I've almost finished looking at redox at high school.
chaosmatic··on Ten Hundred Words of Science
It's an interesting idea, certainly. But reading the descriptions I can't help but feel that these ideas could be more easily explained using a less restricted vocabulary and still be accessible.

Jargon can make an explanation more eloquent as it does not have to be filled with contrived collections of less suitable words. If the jargon is explained before it is used it still can be readily understood.

chaosmatic··on My Friends and I Bought an Island
I believe the practice starts with resistors, and because of differences in use of . and , and the fact they are hard to tell apart, the units are placed in stead of the . ie 1,500 ohm -> 1k5 ohm