Hey New Yorkers, your drunken tweets were dissected by machines for science

So you've had a few too many. Everyone in your crew is either in the bathroom or at the bar, ordering more drinks. With nothing else to do, you whip up your phone, fire up Twitter, and start typing: "Thifs isz the best bar evah! The DJ hhere is, like, so goopd!"

Chances are, a computer can tell that was a drunken tweet, and — coupled with other (often publicly available) information, it can even tell how much you've been drinking and where. 

Researchers from the University of Rochester have developed a machine-learning algorithm that lets a computer catch tweets related to alcohol, as well as those sent by people who were drinking alcohol when they tweeted, the MIT Technology Review reports. Another algorithm they've created can find a tweeter's home location with great accuracy. Put the two together, and you know if someone's drinking at home or not.  Read more...