Podcast appearances and mentions of John D Cook

John D. Cook, founder and CEO of John D. Cook Consulting shares insights from his extensive background in math and statistics, focusing on data privacy. The discussion dives into the complexities of handling data breaches, emphasizing the stress and challenges organizations face when sensitive information is compromised. We also cover the importance of HIPAA regulations, encryption standards, and the nuances of de-identifying data to prevent re-identification.

Matt Asay thinks the open source licensing war is over, LangUI is an open source Tailwind component library for your AI chat app, Ivan Kuleshov modded a Mac mini to run via PoE, Apple joins Pixar and others in the Alliance for OpenUSD & John D. Cook says sometimes you shouldn't pick the best tool for the job.

Matt Asay thinks the open source licensing war is over, LangUI is an open source Tailwind component library for your AI chat app, Ivan Kuleshov modded a Mac mini to run via PoE, Apple joins Pixar and others in the Alliance for OpenUSD & John D. Cook says sometimes you shouldn't pick the best tool for the job.

Matt Asay thinks the open source licensing war is over, LangUI is an open source Tailwind component library for your AI chat app, Ivan Kuleshov modded a Mac mini to run via PoE, Apple joins Pixar and others in the Alliance for OpenUSD & John D. Cook says sometimes you shouldn't pick the best tool for the job.

Sunday Morning Sermon with Pastor Rev. Dr. John D Cook

Sunday Morning Sermon with Pastor Rev. Dr. John D Cook

Sunday Morning Sermon with Pastor Rev. Dr. John D Cook

Show Notes We pause from issue-focused episodes and try to pull together the threads of the season so far to take a step toward our ethic of technology. Stephen imitating Lewis Mumford saying “I said that!!!” Links Donald Trump cannot block critical Twitter users, court rules The Lindy effect – John D. Cook on the expected lifetimes of technology: …if all you know is that a technology has survived a certain amount of time, you can estimate that it will survive about that much longer. President Bush’s “can’t get fooled again” gaffe “Keep your eyes peeled” A Framework for Moderation – Ben Thompson, published two days after we recorded After Technopoloy, Alan Jacobs. Stephen to this referred to as “Against Solutionism”—accidentally conflating Jacobs’ piece with a thesis Chris has been mulling on/slowly building an essay around this year. Chris is, uhh, flattered to be confused with Jacobs. Jacobs’ other blog posts on solutionism Things Chris has written related to this episode: Friction is the Friend of Serendipity “Zuckerberg’s Blindness and Ours” (L. M. Sacasas)—Solutionism is a nasty besetting culture-level sin we barely recognize as such. (riffing on a post by L. M. Sacasas) “Free Speech” …the whole reason we have these arguments — and the reason people tend to think as they do about the “free speech” question in these situations, legally nonsensical or not — is that we have outsourced the vast majority of our public discourse to these private platforms. “The Slow Web” and the limits of “solutions” (from the email archive, discussed in more depth in 7.04) Previous episode: 2.03: Impervious Scale—The Roman Empire and Friendster Have Things to Say to You 6.08: People Do Reject Technologies, Part 2—Nuclear weapons, nuclear waste, and how to argue well with intractable disagreements. 7.01: Do We Really Need to Keep the Internet Around?—Season 7’s charter—by way of a rollicking argument about Alan Jacobs’ The Year of Our Lord 1943 and Tolkien’s idea of eucatastrophe. Music The Commuter by Mister Lies “Winning Slowly Theme” by Chris Krycho. Sponsors Many thanks to the people who help us make this show possible by their financial support! This month’s sponsors: Daniel Ellcey Jake Grant Jeremy W. Sherman Marnix Klooster Nathaniel Blaney Spencer Smith If you’d like to support the show, you can make a pledge at Patreon or give directly via Square Cash. Respond We love to hear your thoughts. Hit us up via Twitter, Facebook, or email!

Hello! On this episode, our guest is Bro. John D. Cook, DDGM of District 3. Recently, John has become the Secretary for the Valley of Harrisburg (That's the Scottish Rite for all you non-valley people) and more importantly, former guest Bro. Ed Stumm, has appointed him Deputy Grand Smoke of the Cigar Lodge. John talks with us about his experiences as a DDGM, the challenges and responsibilities of his new Secretary position, and more. Michelle Snyder presents another fantastic Unlocking Symbols Segment, and we announce the winner of the Tununda Mysteries giveaway. Enjoy! [00:00:00] Introductions [00:09:55] First break, brought to you by George J. Grove and Son [00:11:10] Tim brings us back with Bro. John D. Cook [00:26:10] Second break, brought to you the Historic Smithton Inn. [00:27:25] Tununda Mysteries Giveaway Winner Announcement [00:27:55] Pete brings us back with Bro. Cook. [00:50:30] 2019 Lodge in the Woods [00:52:30] Unlocking Symbols with Symbologist Michelle Snyder: Magical Cats [00:56:30] Larry brings us back with our guest. [01:10:00] Crank up the Birds [01:12:15] Outro. MASONIC LITE PATREON www.patreon.com/MasonicLitePodcast Sign up to support the show with an automatic, monthly donation of $1, $5, or $13! SPONSORS: George J. Grove and Son: www.georgejgrove.com Historic Smithton Inn: www.historicsmithtoninn.com D&S CIGARS www.dnscigar.com The Red Serpent: By Larry Merris: www.amazon.com/Red-Serpent-Larry…ris/dp/1466478608 Masonic Scarves: By Pete Ruggieri www.masonicscarves.com/ Intermezzo by Stephanie, Locally Handcrafted Chocolate www.facebook.com/IntermezzobyStephanie/ Bye Everybody!

你可能听说过计算机里的随机数生成算法叫“伪随机数生成算法”，又叫“决定式随机位生成器”（deterministic random bit generator (DRBG)），意思就是它能随机生成1个二级制位，0或者1，而且是50%概率。为什么这种算法都是二进位的生成器？因为平时我们使用均匀分布随机数的场合是最多的，有了均匀分布的随机数，转换成其他分布也是比较简单的。而计算机内部又都是二进位，我有了产生0和1的二进位生成器，如果一个计算机内部浮点数是小数点后有32位，那我就可以产生32位随机二进位，作为0之后的32位小数位，这样我可以产生0-1之间的均匀分布的浮点数，供用户使用。那为什么又叫“伪随机数生成算法”？为什么加一个“伪”字？很自然就是因为它达不到上一期讲过的“真随机数“的要求，目前计算机架构下也永远不可能有”真“随机数生成算法。但好在实际运用中我们不需要那么高的要求，在实际使用中，我们只要保证根据相当长历史随机数，你无法用当代主流的计算能力，在相当长的时间内，对我之后随机数的猜测的成功或失败概率，与½之间，无法产生任何“显著”的区别，或者用一个术语，就是差别是“可忽略的”（neglectable），就是你猜我随机数的成功失败概率与瞎猜之间的区别是可忽略的，那我就是很放心的。线性同余法Python代码片段(作者: John D. Cook)：for _ in range(N):        z = a*z % m # LCG        bit_string += format(z, formatstr)岩浆灯：公众号订阅，微信搜索：dalaoli_shuxue

你可能听说过计算机里的随机数生成算法叫“伪随机数生成算法”，又叫“决定式随机位生成器”（deterministic random bit generator (DRBG)），意思就是它能随机生成1个二级制位，0或者1，而且是50%概率。为什么这种算法都是二进位的生成器？因为平时我们使用均匀分布随机数的场合是最多的，有了均匀分布的随机数，转换成其他分布也是比较简单的。而计算机内部又都是二进位，我有了产生0和1的二进位生成器，如果一个计算机内部浮点数是小数点后有32位，那我就可以产生32位随机二进位，作为0之后的32位小数位，这样我可以产生0-1之间的均匀分布的浮点数，供用户使用。那为什么又叫“伪随机数生成算法”？为什么加一个“伪”字？很自然就是因为它达不到上一期讲过的“真随机数“的要求，目前计算机架构下也永远不可能有”真“随机数生成算法。但好在实际运用中我们不需要那么高的要求，在实际使用中，我们只要保证根据相当长历史随机数，你无法用当代主流的计算能力，在相当长的时间内，对我之后随机数的猜测的成功或失败概率，与½之间，无法产生任何“显著”的区别，或者用一个术语，就是差别是“可忽略的”（neglectable），就是你猜我随机数的成功失败概率与瞎猜之间的区别是可忽略的，那我就是很放心的。线性同余法Python代码片段(作者: John D. Cook)：for _ in range(N):        z = a*z % m # LCG        bit_string += format(z, formatstr)岩浆灯：公众号订阅，微信搜索：dalaoli_shuxue

Episode Summary: A few years ago I promised you a blog series on how to start your own consulting business in machine learning: getting set up, figuring out legal & intellectual property rights, finding consistent work, scoping in the face of research uncertainty, the project life cycle, mistakes to avoid... I gave a few talks on this topic but never ... Read More

"Sloth and rest could look the same externally while proceeding from opposite motivations. One person could be idle because he lacked the faith to do anything, while another person could be idle because he had faith that his needs would be met even if he rested a while. The key to avoiding sloth is not the proper level of activity but the proper attitude of the heart." John D. Cook Come join us as we explore a biblical perspective on Slothfulness

Brand new format! Two part podcast: Part 1: Interview with Shane Hastie on organizational business agility, hybrid agile and bimodal. Part 2: Interview with John D. Cook and Troy Magennis on data literacy, what we should be looking at and finding the multiplying factors to help us increase productivity. Here are some key points with times Shane Hastie Podcast Podcast Overview 00:44 Shane Interview Start 02:14 Opening question on hybrids, organizational agility, and bimodal 02:32 Will Hybrid models continue to exist 03:31 Letting Infrastructure off the hook 03:50 Why knowledge workers aren’t off the hook 04:25 Infrastructure example to explain where you need traditional and where you need agile 05:00 Where you need incremental roll out without iterative change 06:05 The PMP / Architect Happy Dance 07:00 The Agile people are all spitting on themselves 07:24 Launching a new product example 07:50 Learning is everything - you want Lean Startup 08:10 Knowing when to stop pivoting 08:50 Agile is spot on - Learning and Adapting 09:10 The goal is not agile, the goal is learning 09:30 Are we making progress 09:58 Throwing down the Agile banner 10:21 Agile is just a set of tools and a nice brand 10:40 We are still addicted to waterfall 11:00 People have been successful in the old way or working 11:25 There are not many pathological managers out there. 12:05 Helping them see that the global paradigm of business has changed 12:20 Finding the right combination of techniques and practices12:35 Packing agile brands 12:50 Can you design a new insurance product with TDD 13:19 What about the people who do not recognize that the business paradigm has changed 13:41 The pace of change is increasing 14:30 Cultural Change Officer 14:43 People don’t resist change unless they can’t see the benefits 15:00 Finding the personal win 15:40 Defining (Organizational) Business Agility 16:40 Bimodal 17:45 Leveraging skill and knowledge of people in your organization 18:33 Practices designed to fill the gaps in Agile 18:50 Shane’s favorites from the Agile 2015 19:40 Defining value for organizations 12:08 Teaching the organization 21:00 If we could all be Sweden… 21:50 Wrap up 22:00 John Cook and Troy Magennis on Data Intro 22:35 Are we data literate enough? 24:05 experiments and lean startup 24:34 Using legacy charts we don’t understand 15:00 Bing addicted to bad data in legacy charts 25:20 How do we help them see the right data 25:50 What should we measure and look at 26:23 Working on multiple projects 26:35 How much work are we doing 27:00 When they ignore what the data tells them 27:30 The chronic problem of multitasking 28:00 Extreme examples from academia and leveling 29:22 Tools fostering dysfunction 29:50 How do we teach them to ask for better stuff 30:25 We knew this stuff and we threw it all away 31:00 Agile and the laws of physics 31:15 Probability in the future 31:30 A predictable environment vs rolling dice 32:15 How long will things take 32:40 Creating / Defining a stable team 33:00 Tracking interruptions per week: 33:23 Helping hem understand why interrupts are bad by visualizing it 34:20 Understanding the difference between what you do and what the tool says you do 35:25 Interrupting managers v interrupting programmers 35:40 Tracking positive interruptions 36:00 A level playing field - they all suck so it worked well 37:15 The managers that will breed 38:00 Finding the multiplying factors 38:35 Technical Debt 39:10 Figuring out if we are looking at something meaningful 39:45 What is the mission with respect to data? 40:10 Trying to find the best course of action 40:45 We’re more about removing metrics and detail 41:10 Closing 41:40

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler The TWiV teams reviews a MERS-coronavirus serosurvey and an outbreak in South Korea, and constraints on measles virus antigenic variation. Links for this episode Richard Elliott on TWiV 177 MERS-CoV outbreak, South Korea (ProMedMail) MERS-CoV serosurvey (Lancet Inf Dis) Biolabs in your backyard (USA Today) Constraints on measles virus antigenic variation (Cell Rep) Selection bias and bombers (John D. Cook) Virology (journal) Image credit: Cameron Moll Letters read on TWiV 340 Weekly Science Picks Dickson - Singapore Flower Dome  and Cloud ForestAlan - Rescuing biomedical researchKathy - The value of basic researchRich - Virology 60th Anniversary IssueVincent - Careers in virology: Science writing and journalism Listener Pick of the Week Pritesh - How T cells kill cancer cellsRamon - The power of herd immunity Send your virology questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to twiv@twiv.tv

In this episode Daan talks with John Cook, who has worked as a math professor, programmer, manager, and statistician. He is now combining these skills and experiences as a consultant. In this interview we talk about the relation between Math and Software Development, and we discuss some of John's experiences applying math to solve real-world problems. John is on twitter as @JohnDCook and regularly writes on his blog The Endeavour. This interview was recorded on the 18th of June 2014.   Interview by @daan_van_berkel. Links for this podcast: For more information go to the John D. Cook website John maintains a number of twitter feeds on various topics, the most popular one on @CompSciFact. A full list is here A list of John's Journal articles and technical reports is available here To read more on the software John has written or written about go here