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Mark Chu-Carroll (aka MarkCC) is a PhD Computer Scientist, who works for Google as a Software Engineer. My professional interests center on programming languages and tools, and how to improve the languages and tools that are used for building complex software systems.
Category: politics
Sorry about the abrupt end to the liveblogging last night; Firefox crashed, and CoverItLive wouldn't let me log back in as the moderator. Anyway, it's a good day to be a liberal. As you all know by now, it...
Posted by Mark C. Chu-Carroll at 12:44 PM • 34 Comments •
Category: politics
After last week's New Hampshire primaries, I've gotten a lot of email requesting my take on the uproar surrounding recounts and voting machines. For those who haven't heard, there's been some chatter about cheating in the election. In polls...
Posted by Mark C. Chu-Carroll at 12:37 PM • 31 Comments •
Category: politics
Sorry, but as a software guy, I just couldn't resist mocking the sheer insane hypocrisy of this. There's a right-wing political site out there, called RedState.com. RedState is serious far-right - constantly bemoaning the nanny-state, the culture of entitlement,...
Posted by Mark C. Chu-Carroll at 11:34 AM • 46 Comments •
Category: politics
A reader sent me a link to this, thinking that it would be of interest to me, and he was absolutely right. I actually needed to let it sit overnight before writing anything because it made me so angry....
Posted by Mark C. Chu-Carroll at 2:10 PM • 74 Comments •
Category: politics
The big news over the last couple of days has been the execution of Saddam Hussein. I want to put in my own two cents about it. It's not math, but it does at least involve a bit of logic....
Posted by Mark C. Chu-Carroll at 3:49 PM • 48 Comments •
Category: politics
Yesterday, Karl Rove was interviewed by Robert Siegel on NPR. I just about passed out from shock when I heard the following exchange: (transcript via raw story) MR. SIEGEL: We're in the home stretch, though. And many might consider you...
Posted by Mark C. Chu-Carroll at 10:55 AM • 39 Comments •
Category: politics
As expected, the Lancet study on civilian deaths in Iraq has created a firestorm on the net. What frankly astounds me is how utterly dreadful most of the critiques of the study have been. My own favorite for sheer chutzpah...
Posted by Mark C. Chu-Carroll at 9:22 PM • 71 Comments •
Category: politics
I've gotten a lot of mail from people asking my opinion about the study published today in the Lancet about estimating the Iraqi death toll since the US invasion. So far, I've only had a chance to skim the paper....
Posted by Mark C. Chu-Carroll at 10:15 PM • 24 Comments •
Category: bad math
You might remember my post last week about conservatives who can't subtract: in particular, about how a conservative blogger who goes by "Captain Ed" attacked John Edwards for saying there are 37 million people in poverty in the US. It...
Posted by Mark C. Chu-Carroll at 3:51 PM • 13 Comments •
Category: politics
Longtime readers of GM/BM will remember this post, where I discussed the formula used by the Department of Homeland Security for allocating anti-terrorism funds. At the time, I explained: It turns out that the allocation method was remarkably simple. In...
Posted by Mark C. Chu-Carroll at 11:55 AM • 8 Comments •
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