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Comment · 11 years ago
John Markoff's new book "Machines of Loving Grace" is a great one about this AI vs IA topic. http://www.amazon.com/Machines-Loving-Grace-Common-Between/d...
Comment · 11 years ago
Thanks for sharing this post. Bret mentioned this in his "Media for thinking unthinkable" talk that Mathematical notation itself is a great tool for making mathematical structure visible. They are like user interface, it tell things that language can't express. The birth of mathematical notation is considered to be birth of modern mathematics. With dynamic media provided by computer, there should be a better way to dynamically represent mathematical structure. With that in mind, I would also recommend Evan Miller's comment's on Bret Victor's "Kill Math" article called "Don't Kill Math". Evan empathize that besides dynamic simulation, we should also embrace "theory and calculation" to see the underlying structure.
http://worrydream.com/MediaForThinkingTheUnthinkable/ http://www.evanmiller.org/dont-kill-math.html
Comment · 11 years ago
I really like The Innovators by Walter Isaacson, it is a great book about the whole computer history and many ideas that made it possible.
Comment · 12 years ago
That's also the question I have when working on it. The data is actually from blockchain.info's WebSockets. Maybe their transactions are mainly from US and Northern Europe, I was expecting to see more from Asia.
Comment · 12 years ago
Thanks, It is just for fun. the address is based on the relay ip address. So it is not necessarily the real transaction address. I am making this as an example of learning d3.js. It is very interesting.
I'd also need to thanks for Dr. Arthur Benjamin. I saw his "That math show" with my 9 years old where he introduced this Doomsday rule, I thought it was really cool and try to create some interactive tutorial for it. Would love to see if this can help other kids or adults https://www.thatmathshow.com/