Archive for July, 2018

It’s Time for a Chemistry Lesson. Put on Your Virtual Reality Goggles. – The New York Times

Sunday, July 8th, 2018

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/03/science/chemistry-virtual-reality.html

6 Easy Steps to Learn Naive Bayes Algorithm (with code in Python)

Saturday, July 7th, 2018

https://www.analyticsvidhya.com/blog/2017/09/naive-bayes-explained/

BBC – Earth – The strange link between the human mind and quantum physics

Saturday, July 7th, 2018

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170215-the-strange-link-between-the-human-mind-and-quantum-physics

How the Internet Has Changed Bullying | The New Yorker

Saturday, July 7th, 2018

https://www.newyorker.com/science/maria-konnikova/how-the-internet-has-changed-bullying?mbid=social_twitter

How Smart TVs in Millions of U.S. Homes Track More Than What’s On Tonight – The New York Times

Saturday, July 7th, 2018

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/05/business/media/tv-viewer-tracking.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur

Comparing Image Recognition APIs – Hiring | Upwork

Saturday, July 7th, 2018

https://www.upwork.com/hiring/data/comparing-image-recognition-apis/

The fine-scale genetic structure of the British population | Nature

Sunday, July 1st, 2018

https://www.nature.com/articles/nature14230

How North Korea’s Hackers Became Dangerously Good

Sunday, July 1st, 2018

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“Once you have been selected to get into the cyber unit, you receive a title that makes you a special citizen, and you don’t have to worry about food and the basic necessities,” says a defector familiar with North Korea’s cyber training.”
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https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-north-koreas-hackers-became-dangerously-good-1524150416

What online fashion brands can learn from Amazon’s stores – Digiday

Sunday, July 1st, 2018

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“Brands that have similar access to customer data — while perhaps not on the Amazon scale — can follow suit. In some cases, they’re starting to: At Reformation’s newest stores, the sales floor layout is stripped down and streamlined to only display the brand’s top-performing items. The rest of the selection can be browsed via touch screens that show the full online store. (Digital screens as a utility, however, do have their own problems, like a barrier to scale.)”

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https://digiday.com/marketing/online-fashion-brands-can-learn-amazons-stores

Leonardo Da Vinci’s DNA

Sunday, July 1st, 2018

original announcement here:
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-05/tca-ldv050316.php Rumors that they will make his DNA public very soon.