An interesting analysis of the covid-19 data
An interesting analysis of the covid-19 data https://youtu.be/8UvFhIFzaac If it’s TLDW, my 6 takeaways from this – based on the empirical data presented in the
Deaths …. just putting this out there…
Just putting this out there… In the UK in 2018 there were 541,589 deaths (530,841 in 2019). That’s 1,483 per day if you divide the
Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit is a brave man!
In the UK we accept that the monarchy – the Queen as Sovereign – is Head of the Armed Forces. This is largely a symbolic
tfu=totally fucking useless
2nd week of isolation started today so please forgive my bad language… New acronym incoming… tfu=totally fucking useless. Covid-19 is no excuse for laziness unless
Money creation in the modern economy
Hi All OK – this is an old subject and one which was probably responsible for me starting blogging in the first place. But I
Yesterday’s tragedy in Beirut must lie firmly at the feet of corrupt militias.
Shocking video of the tragic port explosion in Beirut yesterday highlights the very tenuous existence of the State of Lebanon. The political system there is
Taxing obscene wealth….
This subject is on my mind recently; I have a lot of stuff bubbling around the aether in my head….. The gulf between gates/bezos/musk and
Momentum trading, AI, neural networks and python …… mmmhhh ….
This is more of an informative post (hopefully) rather than a rant or my trying to make a point! If you have read this blog
The world is a dry powder keg!
DISCLAIMER – MAYBE I’M A PARANOID WHO HAS WATCHED “I AM LEGEND“, THINKS TOO MUCH AND HAS NOT FLOWN HIS PARAGLIDER FOR TOOOOOOOO LONG! Riots
Anyone feel sorry for Dominic Cummings..?
Yesterday I kept turning the TV on (voyeuristically) and off (angrily) watching Dominic Cummings deal live with one angry journalist after another, purporting to represent
Survival of the flattest
As you might imagine this rant is centred on covid-19. It’s a pretty hard post as I don’t want to come across as some right
Calling all geeks – covid-19 is affecting my flying so let’s help nail it…
foldingathome.org is an initiative to use distributed programming power to nail some of the world’s diseases including covid-19. I have a linux desktop – my supercomputer,
Four kids, two dogs, a cat. The more you have …..
the more you have to take care of/worry about….. Said the Buddha. Jeez. What was I thinking?
Brazil – December 2019
Well I’m back from my trip to Brazil.. What a mind opener that was. In October, three Brazilians set a new paragliding world record of
Politics…..
This is just a quick entry for all my imaginary friends here (ie., me) of some observations and possible insights that have crystalised in my
Machine learning/neural networks update.
I thought I’d update my blog with where I’m at regarding my machine learning and neural networks project. A close academic friend of mine, “CAF”,
New World Economics
I haven’t had a rant for a while about the parlous state of the world economy or central banking monetary policy and quantitative easing (“QE”)
Grasping linux by the horns.
I’ve wanted to run a full node on the iota tangle for about 20 months now but have been put off by the hurdles (I completely
A funeral today.
A good friend died recently. I’m going to send him off shortly. He lived knowing that tomorrow is full of possibilities and yesterday is spent.
So I missed my 2018 Indian paragliding adventure …..
Catch up …. I missed my planned October 2018 vol-biv trip in India due to breaking my collar bone the weekend before I was due