Entries tagged with algorithms

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Interesting Links for 28-08-2020

Labour refused a deal with the Lib Dems at the last election: "If people are so desperate to stay in the EU rather than have a socialist government that's their choice"
(tags:politics libdem labour OhForFucksSake )
Netflix drop Warren Ellis over sexual coercion: Reminder for those who missed the website set up by the women he groomed: https://www.somanyofus.com/
(tags:WarrenEllis netflix women abuse )
Scotland is undergoing depopulation in mainly rural and island council areas: (tags:scotland demographics urban )
Police probe after body found on Edinburgh's Salisbury Crags: (tags:death edinburgh )
The Quest For Lab-Grown Breast Milk: (tags:milk )
Computers are not good at helping people approximate: (tags:mathematics computers )
Racism, sexism, and transphobia in the computer industry: (tags:computers bigotry OhForFucksSake )
The Pentagon is training an army of bomb-sniffing cyborg locusts.: (tags:cyborg explosives USA military insects )
Wind and solar are 30-50% cheaper than previously thought, admits UK government: (tags:UK renewables solarpower windpower )
Principles for the Application of Human Intelligence: (tags:behaviour satire Intelligence decisions ai algorithms )

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Interesting Links for 01-06-2019

New research links autism and brain cancer: (tags:cancer brain autism )
Madrid could become first European city to scrap low-emissions zone after right-wing politicians say that pollution is "part of life": (tags:pollution spain cities OhForFucksSake )
German Political Leader Questions YouTubers' Right To Tell Fans Not To Vote For Her Party, Urgently Summons Her Advisers In Response -- By Fax: (tags:politics Germany Technology )
Anti vax movement: Russian trolls fueled anti-vaccination debate in U.S. by spreading misinformation on Twitter: (tags:Russia vaccination OhForFucksSake twitter )
If you're wondering how the woolly mammoth went extinct...: (tags:animals prehistory viaLProven extinction )
Re-routing of Loyalist marches upheld by courts: (tags:religion scotland )
Conservatives funding crisis as party loses Brexit donors: (tags:conservatives money GoodNews )
Milwaukee County officials sign resolution formally declaring racism as a public health crisis: (tags:health racism usa )
Childhood Adversity Linked to Earlier Puberty, Premature Brain Development: (tags:inequality development brain )
Google's PageRank patent has expired: (tags:Google algorithms patents )
Did your know that Airplane was largely a spoof of a specific film: 'Zero Hour' ?: (tags:spoof airplanes movies )
UK refuses visas for a dozen Edinburgh book festival authors: (tags:UK immigration OhForFucksSake Edinburgh festival )

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Interesting Links for 14-11-2018

Karen Gillan returns home with new film about suicide: (tags: suicide movies KarenGillan )
Angela Merkel calls for creation of EU army: (tags: europe military )
Russian space leader suggests engineers test spacecraft Stalin’s way: (tags: Russia space testing )
Brits will need visas for trips to EU of more than three months after no-deal Brexit: (tags: UK europe )
EU court rules that food taste is not protected by copyright: HOW WAS THIS EVEN A QUESTION???
(tags: food taste copyright )
Ex-Detainee Describes Torture In China's Xinjiang Re-Education Camp: (tags: CHINA torture OhForFucksSake islam )
Today's YouGov daily survey results provide a clue as to why there seems to be so little joy in the hearts of UKIP supporters: (tags: ukip lego polls )
Amazon is buying its way into the shipping business: (tags: shipping amazon )
Hedge funds wager £3bn on the pound plunging this year amid no deal Brexit fears: (tags: UK europe finance )
Madeleine McCann investigation receives more funding: (tags: children money police )
Autism & Mental Health: taking it personally: (tags: autism mentalhealth NHS counselling diagnosis society )
Infinite procedurally-generated city with the Wave Function Collapse algorithm: (tags: algorithms design city games video )
Formerly deaf people talk about noises which weren't what they expected: (tags: noise deafness ViaDrCross )
EU says it ‘will retain all control’ under Theresa May’s agreement: (tags: uk europe doom )
Sometimes it's better to stop thinking: (tags: thinking )

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Interesting Links for 06-04-2018

Unlike rats, humans don't produce new neurons in adulthood: (tags: adult neuroscience neurons brain )
South Korean university boycotted over 'killer robots': (tags: ai weaponry robots )
Outsourcing your IT continues to be a terrible idea: (tags: outsourcing software )
Giving toddlers a version of the classic Marshmallow Test: (tags: self-control children )
How to Get the Comics Backstory for Avengers: Infinity War for Less Than $20: (tags: comics marvel )
I have totally tried to get this reaction out of Loki. But without this notch success so far.: (tags: babies pregnancy video funny )
Renewable energy generated 104% of Portugal's electricity consumption in March (Scotland lagging at 68%): (tags: renewables portugal )
Fifty (or Sixty) Years of Processor Development…for This?: (tags: hardware processor history computers )
How Belgium is defeating the gender pay gap: (tags: Belgium pay inequality )
Teen buys every cupcake in shop after customer fat-shames her: (tags: funny fat food )
Humans produce new brain cells throughout their lives: (tags: brains neurons neuroscience viaPatrickHadfield )
Men overestimate their own intelligence and credentials, underestimate the abilities of female colleagues, making women doubt their own abilities: (tags: men women science education OhForFucksSake Intelligence )
Seven-year follow-up shows lasting cognitive gains from meditation: (tags: meditation attention psychology )
The chip credit card transition in the US has been a disaster: Because the USA hates actually regulating things, each part of the system made their own decision, leading to the worst of all possible worlds
(tags: USA banking technology fail OhForFucksSake )
How mice moms' brains are hard-wired to gather young: (tags: brain mother parenting mice )
1,500 UK firms miss deadline to report gender pay gap: (tags: pay gender business UK OhForFucksSake )
PubGrub: Next-Generation Version Solving: This is the kind of math/logic puzzle solving which I find fascinating while also getting a headache from it.
(tags: software algorithms )
Class clowns: Playful boys viewed more negatively than playful girls: (tags: gender school behaviour )
221b Baker Street and the president of Kazakhstan's daughter - London's secret web of property ownership: (tags: London secrecy property money uk )
New Scottish income tax system comes into force: (tags: tax scotland )
Negative life events make men's brains age faster: (tags: aging brain stress )

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Interesting Links for 01-03-2018

Sketchy leak supposedly shows redesigned OnePlus 6 w/ notch. (I'm tempted for my next phone): (tags: phones design )
America's largest sporting goods retailer will stop selling assault-style weapons: (tags: guns USA GoodNews )
Why you shouldn't use algorithms to generate items of clothing...: (tags: clothing algorithms jobs funny )
How to write about Africa: (tags: africa writing advice )
Two MEPs elected as Tories defect to join Jean-Claude Juncker’s parliamentary group: (tags: politics europe )
China is holding at least 120,000 Uighurs in re-education camps: (tags: china rights OhForFucksSake )
Fixing Wi-Fi “Connection Timeout Occurred” Errors on Mac OS X (Just did this to Jane's, and it's now working much better): (tags: apple networking )
Obese people really don't live longer than normal weight people with heart disease, they're just diagnosed at a younger age: (tags: obesity heart health longevity weight )
Fish oil and probiotic supplements for pregnant mothers may decrease children's risk of getting allergies: (tags: pregnancy children fish health allergies probiotics omega3 )
Bolognese sauce, done right: (tags: cooking recipe advice food )
girls who get their periods earlier than their peers are more psychologically vulnerable as teenagers: (tags: menstruation women mentalhealth )
Most Florida voters are much more sensible on guns than the NRA: (tags: florida guns usa polls )

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Interesting Links for 18-08-2017

When Government Rules by Closed Software, Citizens Are Left in the Dark: (tags: secrets algorithms government law )
The Entire US Military Has Now Openly Broken With Trump And Denounced Racism: (tags: usa military racism )
10% of people taking A level computer science were girls. (and their numbers were still up 34% on last year): (tags: computers education UK women )
Health benefits of wind and solar offset all subsidies: (tags: health renewables pollution )
Black man convinces 200 Ku Klux Klansmen to leave white supremacist group by befriending them: (tags: racism friendship )
ACLU Celebrates Abortion Rights Victories in Arkansas and Alabama: (tags: usa politics abortion )
What it's like being the Administrator for the Hugos: (tags: hugo awards )
All Australian Politicians May Be Disqualified From Parliament: (tags: australia politics funny )
Bemoaning the lack of sex in Game Of Thrones: (tags: gameofthrones sex satire )
A simple explanation (And algorithm) to explain how Trump talks: (tags: politics usa )

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Interesting Links for 15-03-2017

Girls too poor to buy sanitary protection missing school: (tags: poverty menstruation uk OhForFucksSake )
Money, not access, key to resident food choices in food deserts: (tags: food poverty )
I voted yes, but feel ill at the thought of another referendum in Scotland: (tags: scotland independence referendum )
Terry Gilliam's The Man Who Killed Don Quixote is finally in production: Possibly the least likely event of 2017
(tags: movies TerryGilliam )
Reality Check: Did EU court ban Islamic headscarf at work?: (tags: islam women facts europe clothing law )
European Union regulations on algorithmic decision-making and a "right to explanation": (tags: europe law algorithms )
EU Law Analysis: Scotland, the EU and ‘indyref2’: the legal issues: (tags: law scotland europe independence )
Frog Fractions: inside the mind behind the world's strangest video game: (tags: games )
Edinburgh filming schedule for new Avengers film revealed: (tags: Edinburgh marvel movies )

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Interesting Links for 13-01-2017

All aboard: the 9 most anticipated board games of 2017: (tags: games )
The Stunning Elbphilharmonie Is What Happens When Algorithms Design a Concert Hall: (tags: music algorithms design architecture )
A simple explanation for many peculiarities in the Star Wars movies: (tags: StarWars funny )
All of these egg-breaking machines are extremely soothing.: (tags: eggs Technology video )
Whatever happened to Half-Life 3: (tags: games history valve half-life )
Scientists switch on predatory kill instinct in mice: (tags: mice brain violence )
20 minutes of exercise can act as anti-inflammatory: (tags: inflammation exercise )
Offenders' deadly thoughts may hold answer to reducing crime: (tags: violence psychology crime )
Liberal Democrats celebrate stunning council by-election wins in both North and South: (tags: politics libdem uk )
Netflix's A Series of Unfortunate Events: we speak to author Daniel Handler - or should that be Lemony Snicket?: (tags: books tv )

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Interesting Links for 05-10-2016

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Interesting Links for 08-05-2016

Boys do better in reading than girls - if told that it's a game: (tags: gender reading children )
Medical Equipment Crashes During Heart Procedure Because of Antivirus Scan: (tags: virus Technology fail )
Two-Minute Warnings May Fuel Screen-Time Tantrums: (tags: psychology children Technology viaSwampers )
Wolves: Why are they so badass? (A report): (tags: wolves funny )
Algorithms for the Traveling Salesman Problem visualized: (tags: algorithms visualisation video viaSwampers )
The World's Newest Major Religion: No Religion: (tags: religion atheism )
Tax credits, disability benefit and nine other U-turns from the first year of a Conservative government: (tags: Conservatives politics government )
The Female Form, Dressed Only in Light (NSFW): (tags: light photographs )
Anyone not already using Dropbox and want a referral? 500MB of bonus storage to both of us...: Seriously - if you're _not_ already keeping all of your important documents and photos in Dropbox (or OneDrive, or some other constantly syncing backup system) then you really, really should be.
(tags: data storage )
I want this Infinity Pi Quilt!: (tags: design mathematics awesome )
Virtual Reality may make the real world seem false...: Of course, computer games have been doing that for me since Doom in 1993...
(tags: games VirtualReality reality perception )
People don't like it when you refuse to lie to your kids: (tags: children lying parenting lies )
Sexuality labels are less popular - but they are still useful: (tags: politics lgbt language )
What does a "like" mean on Instagram or Facebook now? (I am so completely out of touch): (tags: facebook socialnetworking )
"The day we discovered our parents were Russian spies": (tags: spying russia canada )
Baby cheetahs are cute little floof-monsters!: (tags: cute cats )
Giger explains why the Alien eggs are doubly obscene: (tags: religion aliens design catholicism )
What it's like to be on tour with Prince: (tags: music photography viaSoonLee )

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Interesting Links for 06-11-2015