Christmas season begins. Joy to the world!
And in a case of Black Friday questionable judgment, a Massachusetts man left his girlfriend’s 2-year-old son in a car while he went shopping for bargains, then went home with his new 51-inch flat screen television and left the toddler behind.
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Is Nate Silver a Witch?
As of press time, Nate Silver is probably a witch.
The RSS feed for Nate Silver’s blog is part of the footer on this page. I started following his analysis during the Obama/Hillary primary races. Also a shout out to electoral-vote.com which I have followed since 2004 (Bush/Kerry which they also called) and who I let have a little widget on this site during this election. They both called another election very well. 2016 will feature open primaries for both parties. Bookmark both pages and make money betting your friends in 2016!
From this article:
Why political journalists can’t stand Nate Silver: The limits of journalistic knowledge
No, even that’s TL;DR: When journalistic objectivity is confronted with scientific objectivity, its circuits are fried.
Apollo Flight Controller 101: Every console explained
For most of Project Apollo, MOCR 2 had a fixed layout. Each station handled a specific, related group of functions; some watched over the spacecraft’s hardware, or its software, or its position in space, or over the crew itself. Here’s how things were laid out for most of Project Apollo:
via Apollo Flight Controller 101: Every console explained | Ars Technica.