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David Stafford

David Stafford

Diagnose with an oscilloscope; fix with a hammer

I love it when I get to use an oscilloscope to diagnose a problem and a hammer to fix it.

May 13, 2018

May 13, 2018

David Stafford

Lets fix classical music

Word on the street is that classical music and the Arts (the symphony, ballet, Opera and to some extent theater) are dying. This annoys me…

Apr 30, 2018

Apr 30, 2018

David Stafford

P-values: even worse than you thought

Here is an article and two papers (in increasing level of mathematical rigor) on p-values and exactly what they do (and don’t mean):

Apr 21, 2018

Apr 21, 2018

David Stafford

On dragons and economics [silly]

It is interesting to note that stories about dragons fail to mention the small army of accountants, assessors, actuaries, and appraisers…

Feb 9, 2018

Feb 9, 2018

David Stafford

Hamlet…. Backwards!

You know what would be fun? The murder mystery version of Hamlet wherein Horatio runs off after Hamlet’s death and the audience gets to…

Oct 11, 2017

Oct 11, 2017

David Stafford

Things I learned from Terry Pratchett

Do not, under any circumstances court, dance with, tease, or taunt the personifications elemental forces of nature such as Death or Winter.

Sep 17, 2017

Sep 17, 2017

David Stafford

Link of the week: Zika versus cancer

From the go home science, you’re drunk files:

Sep 7, 2017

Sep 7, 2017

David Stafford

On the music of aliens

If you’re like me, you stay awake at night wondering what music sounds like to other beings. I’m going to try to apply some basic music…

Sep 1, 2017

Sep 1, 2017

David Stafford

Link of the week: FDA approves gene therapy for leukemia

Welcome to the future!

Sep 1, 2017

Sep 1, 2017

David Stafford

Link Of The Week: The Higgs Boson

PhD comics has a great nontechnical explanation of Higgs Boson! It also details why we care about it and how we went about finding it.

Aug 25, 2017

Aug 25, 2017

David Stafford

David Stafford

I’m a secular humanist, nerd, and technocrat living in the Bay Area. Interests include: mathematics, computer science and humans.

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