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We jump around from topic to topic with the discipline of a monkey mind. Birds, linguistics, computing and grad school may feature disproportionately.... more
FAQs about Monkey Mind:How many episodes does Monkey Mind have?The podcast currently has 38 episodes available.
September 22, 2021Episode 028: This episode has no theme2021 Western North America heat wave - WikipediaCenchrus - WikipediaRed tortoise cake - WikipediaPisang goreng - WikipediaBrave (web browser) - WikipediaCotopaxi - Gear For Good | Free shipping on orders $99+CSS Grid Layout - CSS: Cascading Style Sheets | MDN...more46minPlay
August 13, 2021Episode 027: Camera ObscuraDavid and Grace debate the relative merits of cameras of all shapes, sizes and ages, but only after discussing ways to cross borders with dead bodies.Note: In the middle of this episode, we had to go to Zoom audio because we lost one of the mic recordings. Sorry about that!Cryogenic storage dewar - WikipediaDigiscoping - Wikipedia'High Flying Bird': What Soderbergh Begged Apple to Change About the iPhoneDiscontinued - COOLPIX P500 - Nikon Singapore Pte LtdX1D II 50C...more41minPlay
July 26, 2021Episode 026: Covid Vaccination TalkWe talk about Covid vaccines, efficacy vs effectiveness, and how on earth to get vaccination rates up.COVID-19 vaccine - WikipediaPhases of clinical research - WikipediaNew Mexico Department of HealthCOVID-19 Vaccine Dashboard...more49minPlay
June 16, 2021Episode 025: Maps and ModelsDavid took the opportunity of a soft lockdown to add 98,000-ish buildings' worth of height data to his bird-building collision data set, one building at a time.Lidar - WikipediaArchaeologists discover the largest-and oldest-Maya monument everPhotogrammetry - WikipediaOneMap 3.0The Interlace - Wikipedia...more44minPlay
June 11, 2021Episode 024: Protein Folding, Artificial Intelligence, and SkyNetIn typical Monkey Mind fashion, David and Grace talk about vaccinations, then folding proteins, then using computers and gamers to fold proteins, then things computers can't do and things computers can't do yet, and things computers might never be able to do.Meningococcal Vaccination: What Everyone Should KnowProtein folding - WikipediaFoldit: Competitive Protein Folding for Medical ScienceDeepMind AI handles protein folding, which humbled previous softwareShm-reduplication - WikipediaRSA (cryptosystem) - WikipediaWhy Malaysian Malay like to use short form words when they're texting?Value DriftUniversal Paperclips - WikipediaThree Laws of Robotics - Wikipedia...more1h 4minPlay
June 11, 2021Episode 023: On the Economics of ScienceDavid and Grace discuss the problem of finding money to pay for science, and unsurprisingly end up talking about economics.r/LinkedInLunaticsScience funders gamble on grant lotteriesKati Kariko Helped Shield the World From the CoronavirusAndy Matuschak is creating tools for thought | PatreonThe Development Abstraction LayerThe Brexit PossibilitySt. Petersburg paradox - WikipediaPlanet Money T-shirt...more1h 23minPlay
June 11, 2021Episode 022: Not Sure What We Talked About, Part VHi, it's Grace, weeks after the recording of this episode. I can't remember what we talked about but these are our show notes, so we must have talked about birds (surprise), urban geography, Freiburg, shipping containers, something about modelling the financial markets, and more Freiburg.YouTube: The Capercaillie Bird defends its territoryFreiburg im Breisgau, GermanySeeing Like a State - WikipediaZum Roten Bären - WikipediaThe Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy BiggerBlack-Scholes model - WikipediaHeliotrope (building) - Wikipedia...more1h 30minPlay
April 17, 2021Episode 021: Not Sure What We Talked About, Part IVWhy comparing Covid-19 vaccine efficacy numbers can be misleadingIs this ship still stuck?In Suez Canal, Stuck Ship Is a Warning About Excessive GlobalizationSwiss cheese model - WikipediaWhat Killed These Bald Eagles? After 25 Years, We Finally Know.Bondi Vet on YouTube...more1h 24minPlay
April 17, 2021Episode 020: Not Sure What We Talked About, Part IIIStevey's Blog RantsTidyverseCodewars Java Kata (requires sign in and some Java homework)Reddit: I found this during my first day in new jobReddit: Dutch electronic voting code baseCS50's Introduction to Computer ScienceJusticeCrash CourseFat Chance: Probability from the Ground UpHeidelberg StudentenkarzerHarvard Business Review Podcasts...more2h 18minPlay
April 17, 2021Episode 019: Not Sure What We Talked About, Part IIIzu IslandsCattle stranded on ship in Mediterranean must be destroyed, say vetsCal Newport - Author of Deep Work, Study Hacks BlogThe Oresteia: The Trilogy by Aeschylus (1983) - IMDbJadeite CabbageWater Lilies (Monet series)Guernica (Picasso)Fondation BeyelerInternational Klein Blue...more1h 52minPlay
FAQs about Monkey Mind:How many episodes does Monkey Mind have?The podcast currently has 38 episodes available.