#Algorithms

Nick Lockwood

nicklockwood

I don't actually disagree with much in this video apart from the conclusion that Swift is to blame for Apple dev community's shift in focus:https://twitter.com/kocienda/status/1317872055711191040 I do think that there

hakan

hatr

New:We scraped 138, mostly private, groups on Facebook, then ran basic search terms across our database of 2,6 million posts/comments. Our analysis shows that Facebook somehow still fails at finding

Isabella Eckerle

EckerleIsabella

Thank you Thomas! 1) children are underrepresented in current studies due to asymptomatic/mild disease that`s missed in symptomatic screening - true extend of susceptibility & transmission compared to adults not

AutomaticGiraffe

AutoGiraffe

Late night rantI often see artists of all ages bemoaning the lack of attention their work is getting, blaming it on external factors like algorithms, low demand for original content,

Liberty Times & Politics

dmills3710

According to “Internal Report Obtained by NYT” “False Flag Operation..Secret Project Carried Out by FB & Twitter” “Democratic Operatives Created Thousands of Fake ‘Russian’ Accounts” Reid Hoffman, Member of Defense

ANTIREZ

antirez

A few days ago I tried the experiment of implementing quicksort after not looking at a specification or implementation of the algorithm for several years. The experiment started because my

Sam Missingham

samatlounge

Hate almost every point made here. Firstly, strongly disagree with the main premise that the industry is facing a watershed moment. Let’s call it change, disruption of publishing status quo,

Dr. Ayodele Oni

ayodelegoni

Come Around: The World has Changed! My Random Thoughts on How to Benefit from the Change- A Thread.. 1st point is of caution, that these are merely my thoughts, not

Dr. Malinda S. Smith

MalindaSmith

Data, understanding deficit narratives & systemic racism in Canada: 1)”Blacks” here refer to Black ppl/Black Canadians, not NZ’s All Blacks. 2) In Canada, Black ppl make up 3.5%/1.2M of the

Jesse Stommel

Jessifer

Dear campuses using COVID-19 as an excuse to install cameras in classrooms, STOP. * Cameras in classrooms are a security and privacy risk* Surveillance is a mechanism of policing not

PizzaDox

_basicallycold_

I don't think government will take such huge risk only for PR of secularism, till now they have been able to more or less handle the situation better than any

Asbjørn Støylen

strain_rate

1/ #GLS is not an objective measure, it's totally method dependent, and therefore with no gold standard, and no possibility of validating measurements. Why is this? 2/ Let's go into

Suyi Davies Okungbowa

IAmSuyiDavies

I'm curious: when you rate a book, what exactly does your rating mean?Is it, "I'm rating this according to how it suits my own tastes" or is it "I'm rating

Matthew Salganik

msalganik

If hundreds of scientists created predictive algorithms with high-quality data, how well would the best predict life outcomes? Not very well. Fragile Families Challenge: paper in PNAS w 112 authors

Molly McKew

MollyMcKew

The rage-engage cycle of posting content to denounce it is a key part of how malign narratives gain traction on social & traditional mediaStop incentivizing toxic, malign contentMy new post

Jeff Jarvis

jeffjarvis

Ad executive I used to respect just blocked me after I criticized him for wanting to block the voices on social media. These are the people who decide what media