Friday assorted links

1. Francis Bacon and machine learning.

2. Fat Cats in The New Yorker.

3. Top 100 albums of the last ten years?  By Quietus, a highly intelligent source.

4. South Korea will not allow its citizens to smoke pot in Canada.

5. Interview with Stephen Sondheim.

6. How to judge tech companies, recommended.  By Patrick McKenzie. “You might sensibly read these heuristics and think “Hmm, you seem to over-focus on speed. Aren’t quality, price, etc also really important?” These questions don’t *really* test for speed. They test for *repeatable competence at scale*, which is another thing entirely.”