•Each month, it seems, deep neural networks, or deep learning, as the field is also called, spread to another scientific discipline. They can predict the best way to synthesize organic molecules. They can detect genes related to autism risk. They are even changing how science itself is conducted. The AIs often succeed in what they do. …
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Sarah Sanders says God wanted Trump to be president
31 January 2019 – – – – – – – – – – – – – — — – — — – – – — – — — – — – —— – — — – — – – – – – – —— — – — evangelicalism, fundamentalism, pentecostalism Lord of the Zombi’s ! …
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Is the Electric Vehicle Revolution Real?
Good summary of energy economics today
Earliest filmed Americans
In 1929 this documentary interviewed people in their 80’s and up. Average life span at that time was probably in the 40’s or 50’s so these are rare beings given their age and the times they were in. Clicky
Quantum Computing for Everyone
Quantum computing explained in 5 levels of difficulty – kids to experts
Nested bubbles.. an excellent crash course in economics, the Fed, US debt, inflation and (ultimately) sustainability.. Peakprosperity
“An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.” – Plutarch. “There is no means of avoiding the final collapse of a boom brought about by credite expansion. The alternative is only whether the crisis should come sooner as a result of a voluntary abandonment of further credit …
Looking into AI
Excellent Intro to Deep Learning (AI) Linky Check out more courses at 3blue1brown Here …and the recommended book! Linky
Best programming language?
Jean Yang, CS PhD student at MIT. What is the most powerful programming language nowadays? Depends on what you want to optimize. If you know what you’re doing, want the fastest code possible, and do not care about optimizing development time, then assembly is the best. If you want function abstraction and named variables with …
10 Stages of Republican denial
Scott Heskew, Opinionated but well-read. 468 Views • Scott has 300+ answers in Politics of the United States of America A few decades ago, I read an insightful column by a writer who said that opposition would proceed in the following steps: (1) Denial that that climate change is happening. (2) Admission that climate change …
The hoax of global warming
John Baez, Mathematical Physicist 10.5k Views No, global warming is not a “hoax”. There are many more interesting questions, such as: is global warming real, what is the evidence that global warming is occurring, what is the rate at which it is occurring, is global warming primarily human-caused, and so on. But a “hoax” is …