The Numbers of Epidemics and Why Keeping Cafes Open is More Important than High Schools

There’s this old joke/riddle/maths puzzle: an algae is spreading in a lake so that every night, the covered area doubles. After 10 weeks, 70 days, the lake is fully covered. After how many days was the lake halfway covered? The correct answer is, of course (but very counter-intuitively), that it is half-covered after 69 days […]

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Agile Bad!

Agile development is a big ol’ turd which only serves two purposes: to keep academics busy and to promote useless people to agile coaches so they don’t accidentally break anything valuable. Agile seems alluring: don’t do any planning, split everything into sprints of 1-3 weeks, make sure the code is production ready at all times, […]

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I’m as bikeless as a bee. A bee with just one bike with two flat tires and wheel that falls of, that is. My proper bike is in the shop which means I cannot bike to work tomorrow morning :(

I'm as bikeless as a bee. A bee with just one bike with two flat tires and wheel that falls of, that is. My proper bike is in the shop which means I cannot bike to work tomorrow morning 🙁 — Michael Westergaard (@klafbang) August 26, 2020 from Twitter https://twitter.com/klafbang August 26, 2020 at 08:12PM […]

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Want to know what is up and down in thje lawsuit between Epic Games (Fortnite) and Apple? It’s money. It’s all money and don’t believe Epic’s lies it is about the customers. https://t.co/Y1Abz5JuKt

Want to know what is up and down in thje lawsuit between Epic Games (Fortnite) and Apple? It's money. It's all money and don't believe Epic's lies it is about the customers. https://t.co/Y1Abz5JuKt — Michael Westergaard (@klafbang) August 26, 2020 from Twitter https://twitter.com/klafbang August 26, 2020 at 07:41PM Want to know what is up and […]

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An Epic Apple

I ANAL, but if the internet has taught me anything, and it certainly hasn’t, it’s that an opinion is equally as valuable as boring knowledge or abilities, and hoo boy, do I have an opinion on this. As you probably know, Epic Games has sued Apple. Epic Games makes a game called Fornite, which is […]

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Sometimes it’s fun how previous experiences add up. I’m finishing up a proposal with stuff from @joosbuijs’s PhD (different realizations of one process), some of @JmvdWerf’s work (ontologies), and stuff I worked on with @KB_Nederland (RDF). Luck, selection bias, or apophenia?

Sometimes it's fun how previous experiences add up. I'm finishing up a proposal with stuff from @joosbuijs's PhD (different realizations of one process), some of @JmvdWerf's work (ontologies), and stuff I worked on with @KB_Nederland (RDF). Luck, selection bias, or apophenia? — Michael Westergaard (@klafbang) August 26, 2020 from Twitter https://twitter.com/klafbang August 26, 2020 at […]

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