Author: Chris Aldrich

I'm a biomedical and electrical engineer with interests in information theory, complexity, evolution, genetics, signal processing, IndieWeb, theoretical mathematics, and big history. I'm also a talent manager-producer-publisher in the entertainment industry with expertise in representation, distribution, finance, production, content delivery, and new media.

📺 Midterms are right around the corner. | TicToc by Bloomberg

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👓 Bloomberg's TicToc is starting to build a brand beyond Twitter | Digiday

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Begun as a Twitter network, TicToc now includes a podcast and newsletter and is developing a website.

👓 Riemann hypothesis, fine structure constant, Todd function | John D. Cook

Read Riemann hypothesis, fine structure constant, Todd function by John D. Cook (johndcook.com)
This morning Sir Michael Atiyah gave a presentation at the Heidelberg Laureate Forum with a claimed proof of the Riemann hypothesis. The Riemann hypothesis (RH) is the most famous open problem in mathematics, and yet Atiyah claims to have a simple proof.
Based on the update that the whole thing may fall apart, but the fact that it’s based on the Todd function as it reaches a limit for the fine structure constant might provide an answer to Sean Carroll’s issues? We’ll see what comes of it.

👓 Announcing WP-Lens a new, simple WordPress Theme for Photographers | Alan Levine

Read Announcing WP-Lens a new, simple WordPress Theme for Photographers by Alan Levine (CogDogBlog)
Here is another new experimenting in porting a Creative Commons licensed HTML5 Up template into a WordPress theme, say hello to WP-Lens. This joins my three previous HTML5 Up to WordPress themes, I…
As I get amped up for the start of Mike Miller’s Fall math class Gems and Astonishments of Mathematics, which is still open for registration, I’m even more excited that he’s emailed me to say that he’ll be teaching Category Theory for the Winter Quarter in 2019!!

 

 

👓 Riemann hypothesis likely remains unsolved despite claimed proof | New Scientist

Read Riemann hypothesis likely remains unsolved despite claimed proof by Gilead Amit​ (New Scientist)
Mathematician Michael Atiyah has presented his claimed proof of one of the most famous unsolved problems in maths, but others remain cautiously sceptical

👓 Newsonomics: The Washington Post’s ambitions for Arc have grown — to a Bezosian scale | Nieman Lab

Read Newsonomics: The Washington Post’s ambitions for Arc have grown — to a Bezosian scale (Nieman Lab)
It is increasingly the tech stack of choice for major news publishers. But now Arc wants to be the backbone of your digital advertising and subscriptions, too.

👓 Kavanaugh’s Yearbook Page Is ‘Horrible, Hurtful’ to a Woman It Named | New York Times

Read Kavanaugh’s Yearbook Page Is ‘Horrible, Hurtful’ to a Woman It Named (nytimes.com)
The Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and some high school friends described themselves in a yearbook as “Renate” alumni. The woman they were referring to is furious.

👓 Trump Unleashes on Kavanaugh Accuser as Key Republican Wavers | New York Times

Read Trump Unleashes on Kavanaugh Accuser as Key Republican Wavers (New York Times)
The Republican, Senator Lisa Murkowski, said she was troubled by Christine Blasey Ford’s story. Senate Republicans hired a sex-crimes prosecutor from Arizona, Rachel Mitchell, to question Dr. Blasey.

👓 Trump bragged about his presidency and world leaders laughed | Politico

Read Trump bragged about his presidency and world leaders laughed (POLITICO)
“I didn't expect that reaction, but that's okay,“ he responded.

👓 Facebook Has Removed More Than A Dozen Big Conservative And Liberal Political Pages | Buzz Feed

Read Facebook Has Removed More Than A Dozen Big Conservative And Liberal Political Pages (BuzzFeed News)
Facebook said the pages were managed by a fake account and were spamming content from LifeZette, a conservative site.

👓 U.S. Divorce Rate: Millennials Are Causing the U.S. Divorce Rate to Plummet | Bloomberg

Read U.S. Divorce Rate: Millennials Are Causing the U.S. Divorce Rate to Plummet (BloombergQuint)
Americans under the age of 45 have found a novel way to rebel against their elders: They’re staying married. New data show younger couples are approaching relationships very differently from baby boomers, who married young, divorced, remarried and so on.