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Month: August 2015
Google’s Search Algorithm Could Steal the Presidency | WIRED
The magical accuracy of search engine results may be the worst thing to happen to democracy since unfettered campaign donations.
Source: Google’s Search Algorithm Could Steal the Presidency | WIRED
Machine Learning And Human Bias: An Uneasy Pair | TechCrunch
“We’re watching you.” This was the warning that the Chicago Police Department gave to more than 400 people on its “Heat List.” The list, an attempt to identify the…
Source: Machine Learning And Human Bias: An Uneasy Pair | TechCrunch
Freight Startups Attract Silicon Valley’s Attention – WSJ
Investors are funding dozens of startups with plans to take the low-tech business of arranging cargo shipments online, in a race to become the Expedia of freight forwarding
Source: Freight Startups Attract Silicon Valley’s Attention – WSJ
Machine Learning: Curse of Dimensionality
Curse of Dimensionality refers to non-intuitive properties of data observed when working in high-dimensional space. Learn about curse of dimensionality in detail over here.
Source: Machine Learning: Curse of Dimensionality
Index Funds May Work a Little Too Well – Bloomberg View
A Harvard professor argues that corporate capitalism, in its best form, is still bad.
Source: Index Funds May Work a Little Too Well – Bloomberg View
Neanderthals had outsize effect on human biology
Our ancestors were not a picky bunch. Overwhelming genetic evidence shows that Homo sapiens had sex with Neanderthals, Denisovans and other archaic relatives. Now researchers are using large genomics studies to unravel the decidedly mixed contributions that these ancient romps made to human biology — from the ability of H. sapiens to cope with environments outside Africa, to the tendency of modern humans to get asthma, skin diseases and maybe even depression.
Source: Neanderthals had outsize effect on human biology : Nature News & Comment
Understanding the t-distribution and its normal approximation
Interactive visualization of differences between normal and t-distribution
Source: Understanding the t-distribution and its normal approximation
Working with maps in Python
Source: Working with maps in Python
The Value Of Science
Richard P. Feynman. From time to time people suggest to me that scientists ought to give more consideration to social problems – especially that they should be more responsible in considering the impact of science on society. It seems to be generally believed that if the scientists would only look at these very difficult social problems and not spend so much time fooling with less vital scientific ones, great success would come of it.
Source: feynman.pdf