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Exposé on pseudoscience publication secretly funded by Peter Thiel
Inference is an online publication that claims to be an "independent quarterly review of the sciences." However, they have a long-standing habit of publishing junk science (e.g. articles attacking evolution and global warming) alongside articles covering genuine scientific subjects, with no differentiation between the two. I found this disturbing, so I did some digging, and discovered that Inference is secretly (and solely) funded by Peter Thiel, who has given them at least $1.7 million since 2014.
posted by freelanceastro at 10:21 PM on January 30, 2019 - 5 comments
Inference is an online publication that claims to be an "independent quarterly review of the sciences." However, they have a long-standing habit of publishing junk science (e.g. articles attacking evolution and global warming) alongside articles covering genuine scientific subjects, with no differentiation between the two. I found this disturbing, so I did some digging, and discovered that Inference is secretly (and solely) funded by Peter Thiel, who has given them at least $1.7 million since 2014.
posted by freelanceastro at 10:21 PM on January 30, 2019 - 5 comments
Podcast Recommendations and Reviews
My podcast review website! The goal of the website is to help connect people to podcasts.
posted by Tevin at 6:44 PM on January 13, 2015 - 4 comments
My podcast review website! The goal of the website is to help connect people to podcasts.
posted by Tevin at 6:44 PM on January 13, 2015 - 4 comments
SAMi, the Sleep Activity Monitor
I created SAMi out of a very personal need to monitor my son at night after he was diagnosed with epilepsy. Using a networked IR security camera, I built the first version in 2009. The code was written in python and ran on a dedicated old Dell laptop. Over the years I've refined the design, tweaking the detection algorithm until I had a system that worked reliably for us. With the help of funding from the Epilepsy Foundation (I won their first "Shark Tank" competition) and the support of friends and family I've turned my bespoke python based solution into an iPhone app. www.samialert.com is my new website where we've recently launched SAMi to the public, we are starting to ship cameras worldwide. The response so far has been gratifying.
posted by cosmac at 4:32 PM on April 2, 2014
I created SAMi out of a very personal need to monitor my son at night after he was diagnosed with epilepsy. Using a networked IR security camera, I built the first version in 2009. The code was written in python and ran on a dedicated old Dell laptop. Over the years I've refined the design, tweaking the detection algorithm until I had a system that worked reliably for us. With the help of funding from the Epilepsy Foundation (I won their first "Shark Tank" competition) and the support of friends and family I've turned my bespoke python based solution into an iPhone app. www.samialert.com is my new website where we've recently launched SAMi to the public, we are starting to ship cameras worldwide. The response so far has been gratifying.
posted by cosmac at 4:32 PM on April 2, 2014
Open access to our newest issue
The newest issue of the journal The Good Society is out today. This year, we're experimenting with an open-access window: the issue will remain open on JSTOR's site until the end of February. This issue is devoted to "Civic Studies" and "Aristotelian Political Theory" and features some articles I'm pretty proud to have published. (previously)
posted by anotherpanacea at 11:56 AM on December 21, 2013
The newest issue of the journal The Good Society is out today. This year, we're experimenting with an open-access window: the issue will remain open on JSTOR's site until the end of February. This issue is devoted to "Civic Studies" and "Aristotelian Political Theory" and features some articles I'm pretty proud to have published. (previously)
posted by anotherpanacea at 11:56 AM on December 21, 2013
A History of the Future in 100 Objects
What are the 100 objects that future historians will pick to define our 21st century? A javelin thrown by an enhanced Paralympian, far further than any normal human? Virtual reality interrogation equipment used by police forces? The world's most expensive glass of water, mined from the moons of Mars? Or desire modification drugs that fuel a brand new religion?
posted by adrianhon at 12:27 PM on December 9, 2013 - 1 comment
What are the 100 objects that future historians will pick to define our 21st century? A javelin thrown by an enhanced Paralympian, far further than any normal human? Virtual reality interrogation equipment used by police forces? The world's most expensive glass of water, mined from the moons of Mars? Or desire modification drugs that fuel a brand new religion?
posted by adrianhon at 12:27 PM on December 9, 2013 - 1 comment
Shoot the Rancors!
Shoot the Rancors! is a retro arcade-style game implemented in pure CSS — no Flash or Javascript — as an exercise to see how far CSS can be stretched and abused. Players proceed through levels of shooting moving Rancors (from the Star Wars films), with all user interaction, transitions, animations, and level progressions implemented in HTML and CSS3. It should work cross-platform on modern desktop browsers.
posted by quarantine at 11:15 AM on November 15, 2013
Shoot the Rancors! is a retro arcade-style game implemented in pure CSS — no Flash or Javascript — as an exercise to see how far CSS can be stretched and abused. Players proceed through levels of shooting moving Rancors (from the Star Wars films), with all user interaction, transitions, animations, and level progressions implemented in HTML and CSS3. It should work cross-platform on modern desktop browsers.
posted by quarantine at 11:15 AM on November 15, 2013
Amorphia Apparel's Badass Women of Science
To celebrate Ada Lovelace day on Oct 15th, which celebrates women in science and technology, I've expanded my selection of science themed t-shirts featuring women and collected them all (new and old) on one handy page. Since I know many of them aren't household names I've added a brief overview of each woman's best known accomplishments when you mouse over each design. Hope you like 'em!
posted by Jezztek at 10:25 PM on October 13, 2013 - 2 comments
To celebrate Ada Lovelace day on Oct 15th, which celebrates women in science and technology, I've expanded my selection of science themed t-shirts featuring women and collected them all (new and old) on one handy page. Since I know many of them aren't household names I've added a brief overview of each woman's best known accomplishments when you mouse over each design. Hope you like 'em!
posted by Jezztek at 10:25 PM on October 13, 2013 - 2 comments
Nikola Tesla and Dr. Henry H. Holmes
To help promote my novel, A Predatory Mind, which imagines the consequences of a meeting between Nikola Tesla and serial killer Henry H. Holmes, I put together a website which provides research-quality historical information and diverting topics about Tesla and Holmes.
posted by dances_with_sneetches at 6:20 PM on October 12, 2013 - 5 comments
To help promote my novel, A Predatory Mind, which imagines the consequences of a meeting between Nikola Tesla and serial killer Henry H. Holmes, I put together a website which provides research-quality historical information and diverting topics about Tesla and Holmes.
posted by dances_with_sneetches at 6:20 PM on October 12, 2013 - 5 comments
The Disappearance of N
Last year, a friend of mine disappeared, and I found him in jail. I had a blizzard of thoughts about that experience; here are many of them. They didn't fit in a linear essay, so I wrote some code to present them in a tree.
posted by ignignokt at 9:33 AM on September 26, 2013 - 14 comments
Last year, a friend of mine disappeared, and I found him in jail. I had a blizzard of thoughts about that experience; here are many of them. They didn't fit in a linear essay, so I wrote some code to present them in a tree.
posted by ignignokt at 9:33 AM on September 26, 2013 - 14 comments
The Muezzins of Mali
A haunting and atmospheric compendium of field recordings made during calls to prayer (adhan) and prayer services (salat) throughout Mali in January 2012. Recorded by yours truly at various times and from various vantage points in Sikasso, Ségou, Timbuktu, San, and Bamako.
posted by mykescipark at 9:46 AM on October 7, 2013
A haunting and atmospheric compendium of field recordings made during calls to prayer (adhan) and prayer services (salat) throughout Mali in January 2012. Recorded by yours truly at various times and from various vantage points in Sikasso, Ségou, Timbuktu, San, and Bamako.
posted by mykescipark at 9:46 AM on October 7, 2013
Twitter: @HardSciFiMovies
It's a Twitter account that posts premises for hard sci-fi movies
posted by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 9:56 AM on October 8, 2013 - 4 comments
It's a Twitter account that posts premises for hard sci-fi movies
posted by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 9:56 AM on October 8, 2013 - 4 comments
A daddy blogger project for children that ask too many questions
Prompted by my own fears of ignorance, I've started a daddy blog devotes to answering difficult questions such as 'how deep is the sea?'. If you have any suggestions for questions, please hit me up.
posted by Bubbles Devere at 8:52 AM on October 8, 2013 - 4 comments
Prompted by my own fears of ignorance, I've started a daddy blog devotes to answering difficult questions such as 'how deep is the sea?'. If you have any suggestions for questions, please hit me up.
posted by Bubbles Devere at 8:52 AM on October 8, 2013 - 4 comments
Attack The Darkness
Attack the Darkness is a table-top role-playing game, a deck-building game, and a card-drafting game all rolled into one. Your character is your deck; your cards are everything that character is and everything they can do. Designed to be simple in its components yet complex in its combinations, Attack the Darkness allows for the speed and excitement of a collectible trading card game while granting the tactics and intricacies of a table-top RPG. Designed for 1-8 players, it features 7 unique classes and supports play either with or without a GM.
posted by French Fry at 4:10 PM on August 4, 2013 - 3 comments
Attack the Darkness is a table-top role-playing game, a deck-building game, and a card-drafting game all rolled into one. Your character is your deck; your cards are everything that character is and everything they can do. Designed to be simple in its components yet complex in its combinations, Attack the Darkness allows for the speed and excitement of a collectible trading card game while granting the tactics and intricacies of a table-top RPG. Designed for 1-8 players, it features 7 unique classes and supports play either with or without a GM.
posted by French Fry at 4:10 PM on August 4, 2013 - 3 comments
YOU'RE NEXT
I produced a horror movie called YOU'RE NEXT. It comes out this weekend in the US, and in the rest of the world over the next few weeks. Critics even like it, which is pretty rare for a horror film these days. So if you like horror movies, go see it. If you don't like horror movies, go see it anyway and help support MeFi's own me.
posted by kcalder at 1:55 PM on August 21, 2013 - 7 comments
I produced a horror movie called YOU'RE NEXT. It comes out this weekend in the US, and in the rest of the world over the next few weeks. Critics even like it, which is pretty rare for a horror film these days. So if you like horror movies, go see it. If you don't like horror movies, go see it anyway and help support MeFi's own me.
posted by kcalder at 1:55 PM on August 21, 2013 - 7 comments
RealJobDescription.com
Inspired by the responses to the AskMeFi question "What is your job like, really?", I have created a website called RealJobDescription where people can post a description of what they really do at work.
posted by Dansaman at 4:54 PM on August 22, 2013 - 14 comments
Inspired by the responses to the AskMeFi question "What is your job like, really?", I have created a website called RealJobDescription where people can post a description of what they really do at work.
posted by Dansaman at 4:54 PM on August 22, 2013 - 14 comments
Houghton Library Tumblr
We're constantly digitizing new material at my library, which is Harvard's largest for rare books and manuscripts. I post about larger collections on our blog, but I wanted to have a place to put interesting single images as well. Right now, I plan on posting one new item per day. Each image links to the record in our online catalog, for anyone who wants to know more about the source or come in to see it in person.
posted by Horace Rumpole at 10:45 AM on June 6, 2013 - 1 comment
We're constantly digitizing new material at my library, which is Harvard's largest for rare books and manuscripts. I post about larger collections on our blog, but I wanted to have a place to put interesting single images as well. Right now, I plan on posting one new item per day. Each image links to the record in our online catalog, for anyone who wants to know more about the source or come in to see it in person.
posted by Horace Rumpole at 10:45 AM on June 6, 2013 - 1 comment
Nametrix: Doctor or Dancer?
Nametrix is an iOS app I created initially for baby naming, but it ended up being way cooler than that. It uses public data on millions of people (US census, US campaign contributions, Wikipedia) to determine what professions, political parties, and other affiliations each name tends toward. For example, Ellen is a disproportionately common name for 1) psychotherapists, 2) librarians, and 3) activists. Ellens also overwhelmingly lean toward the Democrat party and have tended to be most popular in the northeastern part of the US. As far as I know, nobody else has made anything remotely like this... Pretty fascinating stuff, right? What other kinds of metrics would you like to see?
posted by hodgebodge at 11:13 PM on January 24, 2013 - 23 comments
Nametrix is an iOS app I created initially for baby naming, but it ended up being way cooler than that. It uses public data on millions of people (US census, US campaign contributions, Wikipedia) to determine what professions, political parties, and other affiliations each name tends toward. For example, Ellen is a disproportionately common name for 1) psychotherapists, 2) librarians, and 3) activists. Ellens also overwhelmingly lean toward the Democrat party and have tended to be most popular in the northeastern part of the US. As far as I know, nobody else has made anything remotely like this... Pretty fascinating stuff, right? What other kinds of metrics would you like to see?
posted by hodgebodge at 11:13 PM on January 24, 2013 - 23 comments
Subdue Metafilter Titles
A new Greasemonkey script that keeps the titles visible but makes them less (in my opinion, and no offense) obtrusive. It moves them down to after the main body, and just before the "posted by" line, in italics and the same font size as "posted by". It works on the blue, the green, and the gray. Screenshot here.
posted by Flunkie at 5:28 PM on January 7, 2013
A new Greasemonkey script that keeps the titles visible but makes them less (in my opinion, and no offense) obtrusive. It moves them down to after the main body, and just before the "posted by" line, in italics and the same font size as "posted by". It works on the blue, the green, and the gray. Screenshot here.
posted by Flunkie at 5:28 PM on January 7, 2013
GROKTAR
I'm looking for feedback on a guitar learning website I've been working on. First of all, it turns guitar tabs you find on the internet into music. Second, it's a general scratchpad for playing around with chords or scales and learning the fretboard. Third, you can share music and lessons with your friends.
posted by big friendly giant at 7:19 PM on January 13, 2013 - 8 comments
I'm looking for feedback on a guitar learning website I've been working on. First of all, it turns guitar tabs you find on the internet into music. Second, it's a general scratchpad for playing around with chords or scales and learning the fretboard. Third, you can share music and lessons with your friends.
posted by big friendly giant at 7:19 PM on January 13, 2013 - 8 comments
Macaronics: improve your ability to read & write real Japanese
This a site I created as a hobby, to help my own self-study in Japanese, inspired by a trip to Japan last year. If you signup, it'll send you a regular translation assignment by email, with a sentence in Japanese to translate into English (and, as a friend pointed out, there was no reason not to allow the reverse, so you can also choose to get sentences in English and translate those into Japanese).
posted by dpapathanasiou at 10:08 AM on January 17, 2013
This a site I created as a hobby, to help my own self-study in Japanese, inspired by a trip to Japan last year. If you signup, it'll send you a regular translation assignment by email, with a sentence in Japanese to translate into English (and, as a friend pointed out, there was no reason not to allow the reverse, so you can also choose to get sentences in English and translate those into Japanese).
posted by dpapathanasiou at 10:08 AM on January 17, 2013
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