Author: Glenn Hauman

Okay, this is worrying…

I walked into the Burbank airport and the music on the speaker is Missing Persons, “Destination Unknown”. The first two stories on the news are about security breaches on airplanes. Should this be one of those stories where I get off the plane just before it explodes?

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-07-15

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  • Oh Lordy yes. And the thing about amateurs gambling is that no one thinks their winning streak will end. http://t.co/aIJzHwC0 #
  • Music for the day. http://t.co/PyMTc9j7 http://t.co/SjA7YCs0 #
  • San Francisco! I haven't been here in decades. Pity I'm only passing through, I really like this town. Next time, I hope. #
  • Wow. I think the Burbank airport is smaller than Islip. And there is still no parking in the white zone. #
  • About to start autograph session at #SDCC in pavilion. Come on by! #

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This could be the most important invention ever for the Internet

Behold– I give you StupidFilter:

The solution we’re creating is simple: an open-source filter software that can detect rampant stupidity in written English. This will be accomplished with weighted Bayesian or similar analysis and some rules-based processing, similar to spam detection engines. The primary challenge inherent in our task is that stupidity is not a binary distinction, but rather a matter of degree. To this end, we’re collecting a ranked corpus of stupid text, gleaned from user comments on public websites and ranked on a five-point scale.

Eventually, once the research is completed, we plan to release core engine source code for incorporation into content management systems, blogs, wikis and the like. Additionally, we plan to develop a fully implemented Firefox plugin and a WordPress plugin.

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