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monochrom is an art-technology-philosophy group having its seat in Vienna and Zeta Draconis. monochrom is an unpeculiar mixture of proto-aesthetic fringe work, pop attitude, subcultural science, context hacking and political activism. Our mission is conducted everywhere, but first and foremost in culture-archeological digs into the seats (and pockets) of ideology and entertainment. monochrom has existed in this (and almost every other) form since 1993.
Little House of Abuse: “Confessions of a Prairie Bitch”
Getting to play one of the nastiest little girls to ever make people want to hurl things at their televisions wasn’t just fun, it was therapy for Alison Arngrim, who channeled the anger and hurt she felt at being physically and sexually abused into playing Nellie Oleson, the villainous rival to Laura Ingalls in the … Read more
IBM builds world’s most advanced “Jeopardy!” machine
For the last three years, I.B.M. scientists have been developing what they expect will be the world’s most advanced “question answering” machine, able to understand a question posed in everyday human elocution ”natural language,” as computer scientists call it – and respond with a precise, factual answer. In other words, it must do more than … Read more
“My Life As A Quant”: Emanuel Derman and the Quantitative Strategies Group at Goldman Sachs
Emanuel Derman, a former managing director and head of the Quantitative Strategies Group at Goldman Sachs & Co, is a professor in Columbia University’s Industrial Engineering and Operations Research Department, as well as a partner at Prisma Capital Partners. He is the author of My Life As A Quant. Dr. Derman, who spent 17 years … Read more
Matt Joyce fires the DHS
This is Matt Joyce’s notice to the DHS that they are fired. Dear Dept of Homeland Security (and associated agencies), As a citizen of the United States, I am entitled to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. And you as a federally funded arm of … something… you are charged with the protection of … Read more
Review of monochrom #26-34 published by ‘Neural’
Yeah! A review, publish on the page of Neural. monochrom #26-34: Ye Olde Self-Referentiality Printing a 500-page book using the look and feel of a nineties xeroxed fanzine, with an impressive number of essays is a clear statement in 2010. This is not meant to be an outrageously expensive art book for collectors, nor a … Read more
Bad Economic Policy Still Biggest Threat to Global Economic Recovery
By Mark Weisbrot The U.S. and European Union together make up about half of the global economy, and recovery is quite uncertain in both of these big economies. Contrary to a lot of folk wisdom and political posturing, the problem is not irresponsible government spending in either case, but a lack of commitment by the … Read more
Babies Grasp Number, Space and Time Concepts
Even before they learn to speak, babies are organizing information about numbers, space and time in more complex ways than previously realized, a study led by Emory University psychologist Stella Lourenco finds. “We’ve shown that 9-month-olds are sensitive to ‘more than’ or ‘less than’ relations across the number, size and duration of objects. And what’s … Read more