# pk (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 5 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover pk. Page: Feed: --- ## [ITM Players' Newsletter - August 21st, 2026](https://inthemoney.substack.com/p/itm-players-newsletter-august-21st) _2026-08-21 · Ray Cotolo · In The Money Players' Newsletter_ Sweet Home Alabama! ## [Inner Circle Best Bets Livestream Saturday 8/22 at 11 am](https://inthemoney.substack.com/p/inner-circle-best-bets-livestream-d21) _2026-08-21 · Mike Pribozie · In The Money Players' Newsletter_ Read more ## [Del Mar Fri 8/21 $3 All Turf Pk 3](https://inthemoney.substack.com/p/del-mar-fri-821-3-all-turf-pk-3) _2026-08-21 · Adam’s Angles - Adam Discepolo · In The Money Players' Newsletter_ By Adam Discepolo | @adamdiscepolo on x | substack.com/adamdiscepolo ## [ITM Plus Notes - Saratoga Friday ITM Horseplayers Tour](https://inthemoney.substack.com/p/itm-plus-notes-saratoga-friday-itm) _2026-08-21 · Ray Cotolo · In The Money Players' Newsletter_ Friday, August 21st, 2026 ## [Nick’s Notebook](https://inthemoney.substack.com/p/nicks-notebook-6a5) _2026-08-21 · Nick Tammaro · In The Money Players' Newsletter_ Friday offers up 10 with small fields ## [Race to the NHC Continues!](https://inthemoney.substack.com/p/race-to-the-nhc-continues) _2026-08-20 · Tyler · In The Money Players' Newsletter_ FREE NHC Contest from Race Lens ## [ITM Contest Newsletter presented by NYRA Bets Contests- August 20th edition](https://inthemoney.substack.com/p/itm-contest-newsletter-presented-fef) _2026-08-20 · John Gaspar · In The Money Players' Newsletter_ John will be back next week with a new episode of “And The Tournament Winner Was” ## [Del Mar Thurs 8/20 $3 All Turf Pk 3](https://inthemoney.substack.com/p/del-mar-thurs-820-3-all-turf-pk-3) _2026-08-20 · Adam’s Angles - Adam Discepolo · In The Money Players' Newsletter_ By Adam Discepolo | @adamdiscepolo on X | substack.com/adamdiscepolo ## [Nick’s Notebook](https://inthemoney.substack.com/p/nicks-notebook-b21) _2026-08-19 · Nick Tammaro · In The Money Players' Newsletter_ Final 3 weeks of the meet are here ## [ITM Plus Notes - Tuesday Assiniboia Pick 4](https://inthemoney.substack.com/p/itm-plus-notes-tuesday-assiniboia-274) _2026-08-19 · Ray Cotolo · In The Money Players' Newsletter_ Tuesday, August 18th, 2026 ## [Ship software peacefully (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/r1webHNnzqel) _2026-08-19 · **Sponsored**_ Connect your repo and deploy instantly — Railway handles config, scaling, and monitoring. ## [The Superplay Report #15: Steven Johnson says Gemini Notebook is pro-human (or at least pro-writer)](https://patkane.substack.com/p/the-superplay-report-15-steven-johnson) _2026-08-17 · Pat Kane · E2: Exploring Play/Creativity, Radical Tech & Power_ Also: kid spies being recruited through gamification. And more from AI's growing public sphere ## [Sunday Funday Del Mar 8/16 $3 All Turf PK3](https://inthemoney.substack.com/p/sunday-funday-del-mar-816-3-all-turf) _2026-08-16 · Adam’s Angles - Adam Discepolo · In The Money Players' Newsletter_ By Adam Discepolo | @adamdiscepolo on x | substack.com/adamdiscepolo ## [Chance's Saratoga Notebook](https://inthemoney.substack.com/p/chances-saratoga-notebook) _2026-08-16 · Chance Rains · In The Money Players' Newsletter_ The intern filling in for Nick today ## [ITM Plus Notes - Saturday Saratoga + King's Plate $5 Pick 3](https://inthemoney.substack.com/p/itm-plus-notes-saturday-saratoga-899) _2026-08-15 · Ray Cotolo · In The Money Players' Newsletter_ Saturday, August 15th, 2026 ## [Nick's Notebook](https://inthemoney.substack.com/p/nicks-notebook-681) _2026-08-15 · Nick Tammaro · In The Money Players' Newsletter_ Wet tracks haven't dampened the turf stakes today ## [ITM Plus Preview - Kings Plate Day Mandatory High 5 Payout Race 13 Mikee P in Nick Tammaro](https://inthemoney.substack.com/p/itm-plus-preview-kings-plate-day) _2026-08-15 · Mike Pribozie · In The Money Players' Newsletter_ Woodbine High 5 Mandatory Payout Race 13 - $40,000 Carryover Mikee P As - 6 7 5 Bs - 3 4 1 Under spots - 12 Nick Tammaro As 5 6 Bs 7 Under spots 1 3 4 8 12 [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211303198/d41cc30c06b7b47bcef6e499141735f6.mp3) ## [Del Mar Sat 8/15 $3 All Turf Pick 3 and Late Pk 3](https://inthemoney.substack.com/p/del-mar-sat-815-3-all-turf-pick-3) _2026-08-15 · Adam’s Angles - Adam Discepolo · In The Money Players' Newsletter_ By Adam Discepolo | @adamdiscepolo on x | substack.com/adamdiscepolo ## [ITM Inner Circle Sat 10:30 am 08/15](https://inthemoney.substack.com/p/itm-inner-circle-sat-1030-am-0815) _2026-08-15 · Mike Pribozie · In The Money Players' Newsletter_ Read more ## [2026 King’s Plate Analysis by Ray Cotolo](https://inthemoney.substack.com/p/2026-kings-plate-analysis-by-ray) _2026-08-15 · Ray Cotolo · In The Money Players' Newsletter_ ITM PLUS PREVIEW ARTICLE ## [The Superplay Report #14: "What remains when intelligence becomes cheap? Presence, embodiment, ritual" (and more)](https://patkane.substack.com/p/the-superplay-report-14-what-remains) _2026-08-10 · Pat Kane · E2: Exploring Play/Creativity, Radical Tech & Power_ Also: on African and Confucian AI. But watch out for the "vengeful player" and his fascist individualism ## [Open-source Screen Sharing with Control (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/38fBPv6GaCde) _2026-08-10 · **Sponsored**_ WebRTC screen sharing with simultaneous mouse & keyboard control; viewers join in browser. ## [Cross-Validation From Scratch and a Surprise at n=100](https://www.kenkoonwong.com/blog/crossvalidation/) _2026-08-05 · Everyday Is A School Day_ Textbooks say LOOCV has the lowest bias but highest variance compared to 10 and 5-fold. Coded a K-Fold CV from scratch for learning to test that on simulated data 🔍📊 — and at n=1000 it holds up. At n=100? Not so much. 🤔 The above image was generated via chatGPT. Uploaded all the text of this blog post and asked it to generate a cartoon. Very impressive! It used to be spelling error and… ## [The Superplay Report #13: "Natural friction" is a challenge to AI, whether it's music or maths](https://patkane.substack.com/p/the-superplay-report-13-natural-friction) _2026-08-03 · Pat Kane · E2: Exploring Play/Creativity, Radical Tech & Power_ The co-founder of Patreon, and the world's greatest mathematician, preaching from the same page ## [PK in The National: Guga hunt is brutal but we should not denigrate the history behind it](https://patkane.substack.com/p/pk-in-the-national-guga-hunt-is-brutal) _2026-08-03 · Pat Kane · E2: Exploring Play/Creativity, Radical Tech & Power_ What’s the transcendence available from nature, that doesn’t involve coshing, beheading and wing-snapping young birds? ## [Pakistan’s Talented Fast Bowler Set to Join PSL 12 Ranks as Overseas Player](https://skardu.pk/pakistans-talented-fast-bowler-set-to-join-psl-12-ranks-as-overseas-player/) _2026-08-03 · Editorial Team · Skardu.pk_ Pakistan's Talented Fast Bowler Set to Join PSL 12 Ranks as Overseas Player The post Pakistan’s Talented Fast Bowler Set to Join PSL 12 Ranks as Overseas Player appeared first on Skardu.pk . ## [PCB Evaluates Two Timelines for PSL 12 Schedule](https://skardu.pk/pcb-evaluates-two-timelines-for-psl-12-schedule/) _2026-07-31 · Editorial Team · Skardu.pk_ PCB Evaluates Two Timelines for PSL 12 Schedule The post PCB Evaluates Two Timelines for PSL 12 Schedule appeared first on Skardu.pk . ## [Fawad Sarwar Takes Aim at Aqib Javed and Mike Hesson Over Pakistan’s Underwhelming Performance](https://skardu.pk/fawad-sarwar-takes-aim-at-aqib-javed-and-mike-hesson-over-pakistans-underwhelming-performance/) _2026-07-31 · Editorial Team · Skardu.pk_ Fawad Sarwar Takes Aim at Aqib Javed and Mike Hesson Over Pakistan's Underwhelming Performance The post Fawad Sarwar Takes Aim at Aqib Javed and Mike Hesson Over Pakistan’s Underwhelming Performance appeared first on Skardu.pk . ## [LIVE UPDATE Broad Peak Avalanche: 4 Climbers Confirmed Dead After Tragic Accident on Pakistan’s 8,051m Peak](https://skardu.pk/broad-peak-avalanche-4-climbers-confirmed-dead-after-tragic-accident-on-pakistans-8051m-peak/) _2026-07-31 · Editorial Team · Skardu.pk_ A tragic avalanche on Broad Peak (8,051 meters) in Pakistan’s Gilgit-Baltistan has struck an international mountaineering expedition, resulting in the deaths of four climbers. 🔴 LIVE: We’re updating this story as new information becomes available. Refresh or visit again for real-time updates. The expedition included 10 mountaineers representing Nepal, Pakistan, China, the United States, and… Read… ## [PK in The National: Would Mackintosh want us to perfectly restore Glasgow School of Art?](https://patkane.substack.com/p/pk-in-the-national-would-mackintosh) _2026-07-30 · Pat Kane · E2: Exploring Play/Creativity, Radical Tech & Power_ The next Mack could power the young artists and creatives of the 2020s. While ensuring it is structurally safe for them to be there ## [PK in The National: If UK bans teenagers from social media for safety, why not ban men?](https://patkane.substack.com/p/pk-in-the-national-if-uk-bans-teenagers) _2026-07-29 · Pat Kane · E2: Exploring Play/Creativity, Radical Tech & Power_ The relations between freedom and safety are not zero-sum, victory or defeat for one side or the other ## [PK in The National: What Count Binface tells us about winning Scottish independence](https://patkane.substack.com/p/pk-in-the-national-what-count-binface) _2026-07-29 · Pat Kane · E2: Exploring Play/Creativity, Radical Tech & Power_ We’ve really lost something if we indulge in such elemental derision for representative democracy ## [Web Coding With AI, Live (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/jdmRuWwojDND) _2026-07-29 · **Sponsored**_ Collaborative screen sharing with simultaneous remote control, open source. ## [The Superplay Report #12: Musk misreads Iain M. Banks, and the tetra-class AI society we don't want](https://patkane.substack.com/p/the-superplay-report-12-musk-misreads) _2026-07-29 · Pat Kane · E2: Exploring Play/Creativity, Radical Tech & Power_ Also: Martin Scorsese and Neill Blomkamp run their cinematic skills through generative AI ## [The Superplay Report #11: AI escapes its sandbox, Neo-luddites just turn off/away](https://patkane.substack.com/p/the-superplay-report-11-ai-escapes) _2026-07-23 · Pat Kane · E2: Exploring Play/Creativity, Radical Tech & Power_ Lurid tales of machine autonomy, languid tales of play in Tompkins Park ## [The Superplay Report #10: Many "humanist" reviews of AI - and Ukraine's bad science-fiction war](https://patkane.substack.com/p/the-superplay-report-10-many-humanist) _2026-07-20 · Pat Kane · E2: Exploring Play/Creativity, Radical Tech & Power_ Much eloquent defence of the human against the artificial. As we do our tribal thing... ## [Pakistan’s Trusted Home Comfort Brand – Highlife](https://skardu.pk/pakistans-trusted-home-comfort-brand-highlife/) _2026-07-14 · Editorial Team · Skardu.pk_ As more people spend long hours working from home or managing busy lifestyles, products designed for comfort and recovery have become increasingly popular in Pakistan. From massage chairs and recliner sofas to ergonomic office chairs and portable massage equipment, these products help improve relaxation, posture, and overall well-being. Highlife is one of the companies offering… Read More »… ## [PCB Empowers PSL with Comprehensive Autonomy](https://skardu.pk/pcb-empowers-psl-with-comprehensive-autonomy/) _2026-06-29 · Editorial Team · Skardu.pk_ PCB Empowers PSL with Comprehensive Autonomy The post PCB Empowers PSL with Comprehensive Autonomy appeared first on Skardu.pk . ## [PML-N GB President Rejects PPP Majority Claim](https://skardu.pk/pml-n-gb-president-rejects-ppp-majority-claim/) _2026-06-08 · Editorial Team · Skardu.pk_ GILGIT: President of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) in Gilgit-Baltistan, Hafiz Hafeez-ur-Rehman, has rejected the Pakistan Peoples Party’s claim of securing a majority in the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly elections. Speaking to journalists, he said PML-N has secured six directly elected seats and also has pre-election alliances with two winning independent candidates. Hafiz Hafeez-ur-Rehman… ## [PPP’s Zulfiqar Murad Clinches GBA-5 Seat](https://skardu.pk/ppps-zulfiqar-murad-clinches-gba-5-seat/) _2026-06-07 · Editorial Team · Skardu.pk_ BREAKING NEWS | GBA-5 According to unofficial and unconfirmed results, PPP candidate Zulfiqar Ali Murad has been declared successful from GBA-5. The result remains unofficial and subject to final confirmation by the Election Commission. The post PPP’s Zulfiqar Murad Clinches GBA-5 Seat appeared first on Skardu.pk . ## [PPP Sweeps Shigar Seat, Imran Nadeem Wins](https://skardu.pk/ppp-sweeps-shigar-seat-imran-nadeem-wins/) _2026-06-07 · Editorial Team · Skardu.pk_ BREAKING NEWS | Shigar According to unofficial and unconfirmed results, PPP candidate Imran Nadeem has been declared successful from Shigar after securing 12,179 votes with a clear majority. The result remains unofficial and subject to final confirmation by the Election Commission. The post PPP Sweeps Shigar Seat, Imran Nadeem Wins appeared first on Skardu.pk . ## [PPP’s Fida Muhammad Nashad Wins GBA-9](https://skardu.pk/ppps-fida-muhammad-nashad-wins-gba-9/) _2026-06-07 · Editorial Team · Skardu.pk_ BREAKING NEWS | GBA-9 Skardu: According to unofficial and unconfirmed results, PPP candidate Fida Muhammad Nashad has been declared successful from GBA-9. The results remain unofficial and subject to final confirmation by the Election Commission. The post PPP’s Fida Muhammad Nashad Wins GBA-9 appeared first on Skardu.pk . ## [Learning Amino Acids Part 1: Non-Polar Amino Acids, Rodrigues Rotation, and Lennard-Jones Potential](https://www.kenkoonwong.com/blog/aa1/) _2026-06-07 · Everyday Is A School Day_ 🧬 Back to basics! Learning non-polar amino acids, what zwitterions actually are, and dipping into the applied math — Rodrigues rotation and Lennard-Jones potential. Slowly building toward optimal phi/psi! Motivations We’ve explored quite a bit lately in molecular dynamic simulation and then protein-protein docking as well the last time. There is still so much to learn. I’ve decided to go back to… ## [MEANING: IT’S NOT IN THE NAMES!](http://www.dbdebunk.com/2026/06/meaning-its-not-in-name.html) _2026-06-03 · noreply@blogger.com (Fabian Pascal) · DATABASE DEBUNKINGS_ Normal 0 Note: In MEANING AND THE DATA MODEL I mentioned a recent LinkedIn exchange that prompted that post. It also reminded me of an older post, which had triggered two exchanges: one @DBDebunk, and another @ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12437389&goto=news in which I participated at the time. I decided to update the older post and I strongly recommend the YCombinator exchange,… ## [PAPER REV. 2: PRIMARY KEYS - A NEW UNDERSTANDING](http://www.dbdebunk.com/2026/05/primary-keys-revision-2-0526.html) _2026-05-30 · noreply@blogger.com (Fabian Pascal) · DATABASE DEBUNKINGS_ Normal 0 Table of Contents Introduction 1. Entities, Properties, Names, and Identifiability 2. Relational Representation 3. Kinds of Keys 3.1. Candidate, Primary, and Alternate Keys 3.2. Natural and Surrogate Keys 4. Primary Formal Mandate 5. Primary Key Designation 6. Primary Keys and Performance 6.1. Indexes Conclusion Appendix: Primary Keys, Duplicates and SQL ## [MEANING AND THE DATA MODEL](http://www.dbdebunk.com/2026/05/meaning-and-data-model.html) _2026-05-22 · noreply@blogger.com (Fabian Pascal) · DATABASE DEBUNKINGS_ Recently I participated in a LinkedIn exchange initiated by the following statement: “First-Order Predicate Logic is quietly breaking enterprise semantics. FOPL assumes meaning can be expressed as predicates applied to entities: subject → predicate → object That works beautifully in theory. It fails in practice. Because the predicate is where ambiguity hides. So you can build vast semantic graphs… ## [Exploring the CovR/S Two-Component System in Streptococcus pyogenes](https://www.kenkoonwong.com/blog/haddock/) _2026-05-16 · Everyday Is A School Day_ Exploring the CovR/S two-component system in Group A Strep 🧫 — from genome annotation with Bakta & BaktFold, to AlphaFold confidence metrics, and a first attempt at protein docking with Haddock3. Learning as we go! 🙌 Motivations Since the last ampC adventure , I’m really curious about the mechanism of some of these bacterial virulence. Remember how chromosomal ampC organisms use ampG,… ## [Learning & Exploring Survival Analysis Part 1 - A Note To Myself](https://www.kenkoonwong.com/blog/survival/) _2026-05-02 · Everyday Is A School Day_ A note to myself on survival analysis — KM curves, log-rank tests & Cox models 🧮 If I wrote it the way I understood it, maybe I’ll actually remember it 🤞 Motivations We see survival analysis or more generally called time-to-event analysis almost all the time when we review journals articles on NEJM etc. Even though we understand the heuristic in interpreting some of the simpler result, I… ## [Exploring and Learning Quantum Computing Part 1](https://www.kenkoonwong.com/blog/qc1/) _2026-04-29 · Everyday Is A School Day_ Dipping my toes into quantum computing 🌊 — circuits, gates, superposition. Still very much a beginner, but hands-on experiments with qiskit + R’s reticulate made it click a little more. Baby steps! Motivations Alright, we’ve done molecular dynamic simulation and then the post-processing part where we used PBSA/GBSA. I was told that quantum mechanics can more accurately estimate the… ## [PAPER REV. 2: RELATIONAL DATABASE DOMAINS](http://www.dbdebunk.com/2026/04/revision-2-0426-relational-database.html) _2026-04-23 · noreply@blogger.com (Fabian Pascal) · DATABASE DEBUNKINGS_ Normal 0 Table of Contents Introduction 1 Data Types 1.1 Abstract Data Types 2 Database Domains 2.1 Domain Adaptations 2.1.1 Attributes 2.1.2 Tuple States 2.2 Domain Definition 2.2.1 Type Specification 2.2.2 Domain Operators 3 Kinds of Domains 3.1 Base Domains 3.2 Primitive Domains 3.3 Atomic ("Simple") Domains 3.4 Derived ("Complex") Domains 4 DBMS Domain Support Appendix 1: Complex Domain… ## [Learning Chromosomal AmpC beta-lactamase Producing Organisms And Its Mechanics](https://www.kenkoonwong.com/blog/ampc/) _2026-04-02 · Everyday Is A School Day_ 🦠 Made up my own memory tricks — Gatekeeper, Dumpster, Repressor — to understand AmpC mechanics. Discovered Serratia has 2 recyclers (AmpD + AmiD2) making derepression harder, and E. coli lacks AmpR so AmpC stays silent! Probably not textbook, but it helped me learn 🙌 AmpC beta-lactamase of Enterobacter cloacae generated by AlphaFold and ChimeraX Motivations We’ve learnt about ESBL and CRE… ## [Navigating Financial Statement And The Story It Tells Us - A Note To Myself](https://www.kenkoonwong.com/blog/financial-statement/) _2026-03-29 · Everyday Is A School Day_ 📊 Dipping my toes into financial statements — income, balance sheet & cash flow. Still don’t fully get it, but slowly piecing together the story these numbers tell. Warren Buffett makes it look easy 😅 Baby steps! 🌱 Motivations I’ve always wanted to learn financial statement, what it means, what it tells us, what Warren Buffett sees in them. Following the book Warren Buffett and the… ## [Exploring Piperacillin/Tazobactam Probability of Target Attainment (PTA) in Pseudomonas](https://www.kenkoonwong.com/blog/piptazo-psa/) _2026-03-15 · Everyday Is A School Day_ Exploring pip/tazo PTA for Pseudomonas using popPK simulation. Key finds: 30-min infusions fall short of 90% PTA at MIC 16; prolonged infusion helps, but neutropenic fever population sees the biggest drop in PTA. ~46% of susceptible PsA isolates carry blaOXA-2 — tazobactam matters more than I thought Motivations We’ve learnt a bit of PK/PD last time, here . Let’s apply that on Pip/tazo…