I’ve recently invested in a deal as close to the platonic ideal that I’m ever likely to see. Here’s what made it special. (more…)

I have recently looked at Julia , a new programming language developed at MIT that promises to be a dynamic programming language that is sui... (more…)

Have you ever wondered how the app Prisma manages to turn your photos into impressionist paintings? They use, amongst other things, a special type of algorithm called neural styles.

Visual demo of how a Julia set ( c=.274-.008i) can be generated from repeated transformations of a circle. Please see http://www.karlsims.com/julia.html for ... (more…)

Forecasting the Democratic primary This post is inspired by the new FiveThirtyEight primary forecast. It might be tempting to forecast the likely outcome of the primary by looking at the current polls, where they ask people who they would vote for today. ... (more…)