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My name is Mason Porter. I am a Professor in Nordita (Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics) and am Professor in Complex Systems in the Department of Mathematics at Stockholm University. Previously, I was a Professor in the Department of Mathematics at UCLA. Before that, I was Professor of Nonlinear and Complex Systems in the Mathematical Institute at University of Oxford. I was also a Tutorial Fellow of Somerville College. I am still a Senior Research Fellow of Somerville College.

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Sunday, July 22, 2018

I Would Code Anything for Love (but I Won't Code That)

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Somebody clearly wants an Ig Nobel... Wow. (Also, I am highly amused!) Money quote from the programming language's GitHub page : ...

Thursday, October 27, 2016

Kickstarter Project: A Robot to Teach Coding

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Here is a Kickstarter page for a robot to teach coding. But be careful with off-by-one errors (like in Robot Turtles ), because now it'...

Saturday, August 27, 2016

Cursing Sentiments About Programming Languages

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In case you are wondering how people really feel (at least on Reddit) about certain programming languages, the picture in the Tweet below sh...

Saturday, July 30, 2016

Religion and Backwards Compatibility

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Yup, backwards compatibility is definitely an issue. (Make sure to read the scroll-over text as well.)

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

This one is for all of those programmers out there...

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According to this comic strip from Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, humans are part of the junk code . Well, maybe. (Tip of the cap to ...

Saturday, September 20, 2008

Calculemus!

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I recently read a very interesting article called "Calculemus!" in American Scientist . It was written by Bryan Hayes, who maint...

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Mason: I am a Professor in the Department of Mathematics at UCLA. Previously, I was Professor of Nonlinear and Complex Systems in the Mathematical Institute at University of Oxford. I was also a Tutorial Fellow in Somerville College. I am also a die-hard fan of the Los Angeles Dodgers. See my website for more information about me. You can also find me on Facebook and Twitter (@masonporter), though I'm much easier to stalk by other means. If you want power law or Zachary Karate Club swag, take a look at my Power Law Shop. I am also involved with the Legends of Caltech movie and co-edited Legends of Caltech III.

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