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The Importance of Sleep
Albert Wenger – Jan 22, 2018
It appears that some people genetically need only 4 hours of sleep per night. Well, I am not one of them. I also don’t seem to be needing less sleep as I am getting older. Instead, I have come to [...] Read more
Martin Luther King Jr Supported Basic Income
Albert Wenger – Jan 15, 2018
We have the USV office closed today in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. day. In his book “Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community” he wrote: I strongly recommend reading a longer excerpt from the book, which [...] Read more
A SIM Switch Account Takeover (Mine)
Albert Wenger – Jan 12, 2018
It happened on the second to last day of a wonderful family trip to Southeast Asia. I looked at my mobile phone in the morning and it had an alert that said something like “SIM not recognized.” I should have [...] Read more
Meltdown and Spectre are Good … for Innovation
Albert Wenger – Jan 4, 2018
So I am still away on family vacation and following a self-imposed online diet, but even then it has been impossible to ignore the monster sized vulnerabilities disclosed today known as Meltdown and Spectre. And just to make sure nobody [...] Read more
Blogging, Twitter and Email Break
Albert Wenger – Dec 22, 2017
As 2017 draws to a close I will be taking a break from blogging, twitter and (for the most part) email until well into January. I have a great set of book recommendations – far too many to get through [...] Read more
Looking for Book Recommendations
Albert Wenger – Dec 18, 2017
We are about to go away on a three week trip. Long trips have been a wonderful aspect of homeschooling our children. We are fortunate to have the means to show them different parts of the world and this year [...] Read more
Doug Jones Victory: Trump is Vulnerable
Albert Wenger – Dec 13, 2017
At our house we were all refreshing our computers furiously starting at 8pm with ever increasing excitement as the evening progressed. We were absolutely thrilled when Doug Jones victory was certain. If Doug Jones can win in Alabama, the state [...] Read more
Battle for the Internet: Fight for Net Neutrality
Albert Wenger – Dec 12, 2017
Later this week the FCC Commission is expected to vote along party lines to do away with net neutrality in the US. I have written extensively about why net neutrality is important for innovation. I will not rehash any of [...] Read more
AlphaZero Chess: Computers Will Think Differently from Humans, Letting them Outperform Us (on Many Tasks)
Albert Wenger – Dec 11, 2017
Planes fly differently from birds. Cars move differently from horses. And computers think differently from humans. That had always been my assumption but if you needed more proof, Google’s AlphaZero program, which had previously shown novel ways of playing Go, [...] Read more