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And by that I mean political correctness. Apparently, Sesame Street’s early episodes, now available on DVD, contain a not suitable for children warning, the NY Times reports.
I asked Carol-Lynn Parente, the executive producer of “Sesame Street,” how exactly the first episodes were unsuitable for toddlers in 2007. She told me about Alistair Cookie and the [...]
What else Bayes’ Theorem is good for
Apparently it can be used to detect stupidity. Well, sort of. StupidFilter is an open source project to identify “rampant stupidity in written English.” Eventually, the authors hope to create a Firefox and Wordpress plugin. I wonder if they can create one for email, considering some of the ones I get from my students.
Unfortunately, [...]
Does this remind you of something?
Venezuela is slated to vote on profound constitutional reforms in December, among them abolition of presidential term limits.
In addition to abolishing presidential term limits, President Chavez is also proposing to bypass legal controls on the executive during a state of emergency, bring in a maximum six-hour working day, cut the voting age from 18 [...]
