Most pop music is pretty much produced using computers. Is ‘Algorithm Idol’ poised to take its place in the pop music mill? Pop music automation is a field of study among musicians and computer scientists with a goal of producing successful pop music algorithmically. It is often based on the premise that pop music is →
https://qz.com/1055287/an-error-made-in-1925-led-to-a-crisis-in-modern-science-now-researchers-are-joining-to-fix-it/?utm_source=parVG In 1925, Fisher published Statistical Methods for Research Workers, whete he explained the concept of statistical significance. Somewhat arbitrarily, Fisher chose to define statistical significance as a difference that had less than a .05 probability of occurring by random chance (in technical terms, this is called a p-value). Fast forward more than a century later, →
https://www.google.fi/amp/s/www.cnet.com/google-amp/news/ifa-2017-what-to-expect/ As the end of summer approaches, IFA opens in Berlin. From phones to appliances, CNET predicts what will happen in IFA 2017. Read also: What to expect from IFA 2017: Samsung, LG, Sony, and Asus →
https://futurism.com/germany-drafts-worlds-first-ethical-guidelines-for-self-driving-cars/ The German government has published a list of ethical guidelines for self-driving cars. The rules favor the preservation of human life and preventing human injury over other concerns. →
I have played with software defined radio using cheap DVB-T stick for some time. Receiving radio transmissions is interesting, but it works also for other applications. By reading RTL-SDR Tutorial: Measuring filter characteristics and antenna VSWR with an RTL-SDR and noise source article I understood that I could use my RTL-SDR stick for many RF →
https://futurism.com/people-are-using-old-laptop-batteries-to-build-their-own-versions-of-teslas-powerwall/ Tesla’s Powerwall was intended to provide a convenient way for homeowners to store electricity for future use, such as when the power goes out. But with a $5,500 price tag, they haven’t been affordable for many consumers. Some who had been interested in the tech, however, decided to try to make their own: constructed their own powerwalls by utilizing →
http://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-prevent-root-login-on-your-linux-servers/ If you’re overly paranoid about security (which you should be), you might want to consider blocking root logins on your Linux servers. Here’s how to do it. →
Here is one piece of additional information to my ground loop postings. Ground loops can be introduced when different components in audio systems are connected with standard audio cables, and these loops can cause annoying interference. Grounded audi components generally carry significant currents in their ground returns. Texas Instruments Application Report SLOA143 – October 2009: →
http://bigthink.com/videos/brad-templeton-todays-surveillance-society-is-beyond-orwellian Here is an interesting video: Brad Templeton (former chair of EFF) argues that we’re all a part of a surveillance apparatus that would even be beyond the imagination George Orwell. The problem, he says, is the belief that privacy and security are mutually exclusive. →
https://opensource.com/article/17/1/rsync-backup-linux?sc_cid=7016000000127ECAAY All companies, regardless of how large or small, run on their data. There is not a business today ranging from the smallest sole proprietorship to the largest global corporation that could survive the loss of all or even a large fraction of its data. So backups are imperative to ensure the long-term safety of data. There →