What does Boffo Socko mean anyway?
“Boffo” and “socko” are neologisms in the family of Variety-speak after the well known business trade journal covering Tinseltown (often better known as Hollywood aka the Coast, aka H’w’d.)
Their definitions from Variety’s “slanguage” dictionary follow:
boffo (also boff, boffola) — outstanding (usually refers to box office performance); “‘My Best Friend’s Wedding’ has been boffo at the B.O.” (See also, socko, whammo)
socko (also sock) — very good (usually refers to box office performance); “‘My Best Friend’s Wedding’ has done socko B.O.” (See also, boff, whammo)
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Recent Posts in Information Theory, Complexity, and Molecular Biology
H-theorem in quantum physics by G. B. Lesovik, A. V. Lebedev, I. A. Sadovskyy, M. V. Suslov & V. M. Vinokur (Nature.com)Abstract Remarkable progress of quantum information theory (QIT) allowed to formulate mathematical theorems for conditions that data-transmitting or data-processing occurs with a non-negative entropy gain. However, relation of these results formulated in terms of … Continue reading "🔖 H-theorem in quantum physics by G. B. Lesovik, et al."
Information Processing and Biology by John Carlos Baez (Azimuth)Information Processing and BiologyI just found out about this from John Carlos Baez and wish I could go! How have I not managed to have heard about it? Stastical Physics, Information Processing, and Biology Workshop November 16, 2016 – November 18, 2016 9:00 AM Noyce Conference Room Abstract. … Continue reading "Statistical Physics, Information Processing, and Biology Workshop at Santa Fe Institute"
Someone has built a Warren Weaver Bot! by Weaverbot (Twitter)This is the signal for the second.— Weaverbot (@WWeaverbot) October 28, 2016How can you not follow this twitter account?! Now I’m waiting for a Shannon bot and a Weiner bot. Maybe a John McCarthy bot would be apropos too?! Syndicated to:
A new paper (arXiv) and some videos on entropy and algorithmic complexity
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Network Science by Albert-László Barabási (Cambridge University Press)I ran across a link to this textbook by way of a standing Google alert, and was excited to check it out. I was immediately disappointed to think that I would have to wait another month and change for the physical textbook to be released, but made my … Continue reading "Network Science by Albert-László Barabási"
Estimating technological breaks in the size and composition of human collective memory from biographical data by C. Jara-Figueroa, Amy Z. Yu, Cesar A. Hidalgo (arxiv.org) The ability of humans to accumulate knowledge and information across generations is a defining feature of our species. This ability depends on factors that range from the psychological biases that … Continue reading "Human Collective Memory from Biographical Data"
Design and Control of Self-organizing Systems by Carlos Gershenson (scifunam.fisica.unam.mx)UNAM Mexico City has an available free download of Carlos Gershenson’s 2007 text. Complex systems are usually difficult to design and control. There are several particular methods for coping with complexity, but there is no general approach to build complex systems. In this book I propose … Continue reading "Design and Control of Self-organizing Systems"
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Fundamental Theorem of Algebra Instagram filter used: Clarendon Photo taken at: UCLA Math Sciences Building Syndicated to:
Someone has built a Warren Weaver Bot! by Weaverbot (Twitter)This is the signal for the second.— Weaverbot (@WWeaverbot) October 28, 2016How can you not follow this twitter account?! Now I’m waiting for a Shannon bot and a Weiner bot. Maybe a John McCarthy bot would be apropos too?! Syndicated to:
Final Draft of Quantum Theory, Groups and Representations: An Introduction by Peter Woit (Not Even Wrong | math.columbia.edu)Final Draft VersionPeter Woit has just made the final draft (dated 10/25/16) of his new textbook Quantum Theory, Groups and Representations: An Introduction freely available for download from his website. It covers quantum theory with a heavy emphasis … Continue reading "🔖 Free download of Quantum Theory, Groups and Representations: An Introduction by Peter Woit"
📖 On page 24 of 274 of Complex Analysis with Applications by Richard A. Silverman I enjoyed his treatment of inversion, but it seems like there’s a better way of laying the idea out, particularly for applications. Straightforward coverage of nested intervals and rectangles, limit points, convergent sequences, Cauchy convergence criterion. Given the level, I … Continue reading "📖 On page 24 of 274 of Complex Analysis with Applications by Richard A. Silverman"
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