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Tech Tuesday: Halting Problem (Implications)
Albert Wenger – Dec 3, 2013
Last Tech Tuesday, I introduced the halting problem. As you may recall the upshot was that there is no general algorithm that will determine whether a Turing Machine will stop for a particular input. Now you might at first think [...] Read more
Opposing View Reader (Update)
Albert Wenger – Dec 2, 2013
A couple of years ago I wrote about our need for an “opposing view reader” that would intentionally show us commentary from people with opinions different from our own. As far as I can tell relatively little progress has been [...] Read more
Thanksgiving: Thanking Susan
Albert Wenger – Nov 28, 2013
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. Not only is there no gift giving madness but it is great to be reminded that I have much to thankful for. Last year I wrote a post thanking my parents. This year I want [...] Read more
Homeschool Wednesday: Even More Math and Beauty
Albert Wenger – Nov 27, 2013
Two previous Homeschool Wednesdays covered the relationship between math and beauty as a different way of motivating the study of math. My first presentation was on spirals and the second one on waves. In each case the main point I [...] Read more
Tech Tuesday: The Halting Problem (Introduction)
Albert Wenger – Nov 26, 2013
The current sequence of Tech Tuesday posts is about the theory of computation. We have already seen that a simple of model of computation such as the Finite State Machine is very useful but has severe limitations in that it [...] Read more
Open Source Realtime OS for Robotics / Drones?
Albert Wenger – Nov 25, 2013
In my personal public markets portfolio I am long a number of robotics companies because I see robotics as one of the big secular trends that’s investible. As we are getting more and more robots in different form factors (including [...] Read more
For the Holidays: Gift Cards from Skillshare + Shapeways
Albert Wenger – Nov 22, 2013
I am a bit of a grinch around the holidays as I really don’t like getting more stuff. As a result I am also not all that excited about buying stuff for other people. Thankfully this year there is a [...] Read more
Still Waiting for IPO 2.0
Albert Wenger – Nov 21, 2013
Facebook goes public and its stock declines. Commentators write that investors should have known it was overpriced. Twitter goes public and its stock pops. Commentators write that the company left money on the table. Not nearly enough people though remark [...] Read more
Homeschool Wednesday: Higher Ed
Albert Wenger – Nov 20, 2013
Today I will be participating in a discussion at NYU on the future of higher education. The panel that I will be on has been given the following questions: “Do universities provide good value for money today? What are the [...] Read more