By Ted Smillie - Tuesday, July 28th, 2020
Stanford University. “Researchers develop a method for predicting unprecedented events.” ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 23 July 2020. “Researchers combined avalanche physics with ecosystem data to create a computational method for predicting extreme ecological events. The method may also have applications in economics and politics” (QESP Editor’s Note: The following is a reprint of a 23 July 2020 […]
By Ted Smillie - Tuesday, July 28th, 2020
QED proves the need for a federal ICAC, but also a broken culture BY KIM WINGEREI | Jul 17, 2020 (QESP Editor’s Note: The following is a reprint of a Jul 17, 2020 article by Kim Wingerei. The original . with links to related material, is available at https://www.michaelwest.com.au/the-need-for-a-federal-icac-qed/?mc_cid=31bb79ce94&mc_eid=dac1e75d32 ) “When we launched QED, the […]
By Ted Smillie - Monday, July 27th, 2020
Some things that will give you a laugh during lock down.
By Ted Smillie - Monday, July 27th, 2020
Yes, collectors are still revisiting, and sharing, some of their favourite old films Here are some links to films from the old days to more recent
By - Saturday, July 25th, 2020
In June I was asked to step up as organizer of the Government Blockchain Association – Sydney Chapter as the previous organizer has stepped down. Government Blockchain Association – Sydney Chapter is a large Group, many of whose members are also members of other Blockchain Groups. I wrote to the organisers of some of those […]
By Ted Smillie - Saturday, June 27th, 2020
Yes, collectors are still revisiting, and sharing, some of their favourite old films Here are some links to films from the old days to more recent
By Ted Smillie - Saturday, June 27th, 2020
“The finest eloquence is that which gets things done; the worst is that which delays them.
Don’t be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can’t cross a chasm in two small jumps.”
These quotes are good examples of the Lloyd George style of leadership during World War I.
British prime minister (1916–22), Lloyd George dominated the British political scene in the latter part of World War I.
By JOSEFIN DOLSTEN/JTA - Wednesday, June 24th, 2020
NEW YORK — Sacha Baron Cohen has made a career out of playing absurd comedic characters, from the dopey Brit Ali G to the Kazakh journalist Borat to the Israeli veteran Erran Morad. He rarely gives interviews and stays relatively far from the movie star limelight.
But on Thursday, Cohen tossed aside the humorous facade to excoriate the social media industry and the “autocracy” he says it promotes in a non-ironic speech.
By Elizabeth Dwoskin - Saturday, May 30th, 2020
Twitter’s decision this week to label President Trump’s tweets for the first time appeared to the world as a quick-response salvo in an escalating battle between Silicon Valley and Washington. But the tiny labels were actually two years in the making as the company grappled with a double standard for politicians.
By Cathy Foley, Chief Scientist, CSIRO, and Dominic Banfield, Science and Technology Consultant, CSIRO - Friday, May 22nd, 2020
Quantum technology is not a phrase discussed over kitchen tables in Australia, but perhaps it should be.
Australia’s quantum technology research has been breaking new ground for almost 30 years. Governments, universities and more recently multinationals have all invested in this research.
Quantum technology is set to transform electronics, communications, computation, sensing and other fields. In the process it can create new markets, new applications and new jobs in Australia.
