March 2013
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Fractal Dimension of Zipcodes →
The insanity of non-integer dimensions. Box-counting method. Chaos.
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13 New Solutions to 3-body problem →
Until recently there were only 3 classes of solutions to the famed three-body problem. Belgrade physicists just released results detailing 13 new classes of solutions, see them interactively here !
These results are just too awesome. The three-body problem is a relevant topic in classroom physics and mathematics. The fact that research continues on this century-old problem with new...
February 2013
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Tweets, Happiness, General Complexity : from the... →
Check out the team blog from the Vermont Complex Systems Center. Great research being done on happiness, computational linguistics, and chaos! Latest bit of interest : What’s the happiest place in the US?
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January 2013
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Predictability
Ravens beat out the infamous and favored Patriots.
I called it— only a little bit of bragging here— but admittedly I did not base my prediction on anything except the faith carried over from their last epic victory (Ravens vs. Broncos). Does anyone know of interesting research done on the predictability of NFL game outcomes?
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It's just a quadratic? →
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Broken Dreams
Fuck you, Green Bay defense. You had all season to get your shit together. You knew San Fran would be a tough opponent. You could’ve at least shown up to the game in the 2nd half.
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Watchclimateadaptation:
Deke Arndt of NOAA discusses extreme events of 2012. Including:
Thousands of high and low temperature records shattered (thousands!)
10 million(!) acres of land burned by wildfires
Dried up Mississippi. Some shipping stopped because river is too shallow
Record cold in Alaska. Anchorage had 11 feet of snow in winter ‘12.
Record and huge Derecho (wind/rain storm) swept...
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Hopeful for bronchitis
From our party last Friday night, almost everyone in attendance got a severe cold. Brit and I went to Canada. We both came back with bronchitis.
How about that… everyone else gets a cold. I get fucking bronchitis.
Fuck you, Canada.
[Note, illness not yet confirmed by a doctor. Research has led me to narrow my sickness to two options: bronchitis or pneumonia. Here’s hoping...
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December 2012
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New obsession. →
My brother collects a lot of prints and he showed me one of her’s that is a fuchsia/pink ‘zombie’ teddy bear. Then I started browsing the rest of her collection and realized that I truly want to own every one of them.
Amazing.
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Chaos & the 3-body problem, & A "maybe" stable... →
From the article, The Pulling Power of Chaos
Chaotic orbits are sensitive to very small disturbances. Normally, this feature is seen as an obstacle to prediction, but Belbruno realised that it could be used to advantage. Very small changes in position or speed, which use very little fuel, can cause large changes to the trajectory. That makes it easy to redirect the spacecraft in a...
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A Momentary Flow: Application of Complexity... →
wildcat2030:
See on Scoop.it - Knowmads, Infocology of the future
Reductionism persists as a useful node in the possibility space of understanding and managing the world around us. However the possibility space is now expanding to higher levels of resolution such as a focus on complex systems.
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C'est vrai.
Me: *complaining about a boy*
Brother: What do you want me to tell you? This guy doesn't owe you anything.
Me: I know but... it would've been nice if--
Brother: It's a big world, Lindsay. There's plenty of swinging dick.
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Instead, I will go ice-skating and buy myself hot cocoa.
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Insanity →
I think it is safe to say no one can believe it. All yesterday I was waiting to hear what sick person would/could do this. Turns out he, too, was just a kid. Chalk this up to problems with treating mental illness, or gun control, or school security. None of these are simple in and of themselves… let alone trying to piece it all together. Where can we even begin with this?
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“If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything, is ready, we...”
– Ivan Turgenev, Russian novelist via Runner’s World Quote of the Day
I enjoy these RW Quotes. I find them motivating not just for running but often, for the place I am at mentally and emotionally.
Finals/first semester of grad school is over tomorrow at 5pm. Or, depending on your...
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One of these days...
I might actually post less about the stupid shit of my mundane everyday life (cat photos… waahhhh), and actually post something along the lines of the theme of this blog…
like errr Chaos ’n mah Research?
Which I am currently typing a paper on. Currently as in before I took this social media break. Don’t judge.
Until then, I’ll leave you all with this epic display...
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Take notes, boys.
Him: We should get together sometime soon. I'm free tonight but I'm busy for the rest of the week.
Me: Yea, I'm busy tonight studying for finals.
Him: Should we shoot for next weekend?
Me: I would but I'm actually headed out of town next Thursday to spend the holidays at my parents' in NJ. I'll be back around New Year's and we can meet up then?
Him: I can't wait a few weeks.
Me: Oh, uh, ok. When is good for you?
Him: Now.
[Fucking weirdo. All chances = blown.]
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Dirty Laundry
If you love someone, really really really don’t lie to them. And withholding the truth is lying.
And not cutting them off is cruel. Because that other person is weak.
…Or maybe I’m just weak.
I’m not weak, you’re just that great. FML.
Does everyone really go through this?
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Burberry London, tyvm
Other grad student: Lindsay, what do you always smell like?
Me: Uh... it's not food, is it?
Other grad student: Ha, no.
Me: Well, is it a bad smell? Do I smell bad?
Other grad student: No, but you always smell like something and I can't put my finger on it...
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November 2012
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When I carry my groceries up to my 4th floor...
myfriendsaremarried:
Again, amen.
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When I think about all the engagements that are...
myfriendsaremarried:
“And I’m just 25 and drunk.”
Haha. Amen.
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Home sweet Vermont
Thanksgiving was awesome this year. Followed by my first ever NFL game with Green Bay vs. Giants. Shitty game but cool experience with The Dad.
Just arrived in the beautiful, snowy BTV in time to eat two eggs over-easy, play with the kitty, and have some chai tea.
And I’m out the door again. Until further notice, you can find me cranking out the end of this roller-coaster of a semester....
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“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable...”
– Mahatma Ghandi
[If ever you feel weak…]
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Don't be her.
I rarely make public posts about anything to do with my private life. Of course I/we-in-the-blogosphere post ‘private’ things all the time, but I rarely make it an emotionally private unveiling.
I’m sharing because I know you’ve all been there. This is one of the hardest lessons I have had to learn. Or should say, that I am learning. It’s still a process.
It’s...
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American Dream(ing) - spirit of Thanksgiving
I found a new place to live. Moving soon-ish. Again. I find it ironic that all I wanted was to find a place I could “settle” and feel comfortable for a few years… not in the cards apparently…
It’s all good though. I have some amazing, generous friends (Nick and Jessica, to name a few) who have let me stay at their place and gone out of their way to help as I get my...
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In 3's
Bad things happen in three’s.
You could argue that this is fuel for some Debby Downer to find the bad in a series of events when maybe only one of them was truly bad. Or, like me, you can believe that when some really terrible stuff happens to you, it will end with the third in the series… at least for the time being.
It’s a kind of hope that good things are on the...
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Conflict resolution
Sometimes, there is no resolution to the conflict. Except to just walk away.
And take all of your things. And your cat. And make sure you’re exercising your legal rights. And be a little less trusting next time, and a little more firm.
