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fast-dm bug fix release

2007-12-11

We've released fast-dm version 28 to fix a bug from the previous release, with improved performance for certain parameter configurations. Users running older versions should upgrade to get the fix.

Government Sanctioned Kidnapping

2007-12-02

I explore the troubling reality that the United States government claims legal authority to kidnap individuals suspected of crimes, a practice I find deeply concerning.

New Fast-dm Release

2007-11-22

We have released version 27 of fast-dm, our software for parameter estimation in Ratcliff's diffusion model used in psychological research.

coma terror

2007-11-21

I explore the absurdity of a Leeds incident where a man's medical emergency on a bus was treated as a terrorist threat.

Found on a Blackboard

2007-11-13

A limerick on a blackboard elegantly expresses the Banach Fixed-Point Theorem, revealing how contraction mappings in complete metric spaces always have exactly one fixed point.

Sampling Conditioned Diffusions

2007-11-12

We present a project using stochastic partial differential equations to construct MCMC methods for sampling in infinite dimensional spaces. This work provides a readable summary of our approach to sampling conditioned diffusions.

Flash Cookies

2007-11-11

I explore the privacy implications of flash cookies, a tracking mechanism that stores more data than regular HTTP cookies and bypasses standard browser protections. These local shared objects represent a significant gap in typical cookie management tools and privacy settings.