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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4904778/
Turkish Population Structure and Genetic Ancestry Reveal Relatedness among Eurasian Populations
Uğur Hodoğlugil1 and Robert W. Mahley1,2,*

“For example, supervised STRUCTURE (K = 3) illustrates a genetic ancestry for the Turks of 45% Middle Eastern (95% CI, 42–49), 40% European (95% CI, 36–44), and 15% Central Asian (95% CI, 13–16), whereas at K = 4 the genetic ancestry of the Turks was 38% European (95% CI, 35–42), 35% Middle Eastern (95% CI, 33–38), 18% South Asian (95% CI, 16–19), and 9% Central Asian (95% CI, 7–11). …. Thus, this study demonstrates admixture of Turkish people reflecting the population migration patterns.”

Also:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_exchange_between_Greece_and_Turkey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=endTjMd1CW4

https://youtu.be/Pb5oIIPO62g

Swift Playgrounds (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/swift-playgrounds/id908519492?mt=8)

• Drag simple blocks of code
• Very gentle introduction to coding
• Begin with controlling a video game character
• iPad only

Scratch Jr (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/scratchjr/id895485086?mt=8)

• Drag icons that represent code blocks
• Tablet only (iPad & Android)

Blockly (https://blockly-games.appspot.com/)

• Similar to Swift Playgrounds in its introduction
• Begin with controlling a video game character
• Gentle introduction to coding
• Exposure to basic programming syntax
• Runs in browser
• Tablet version in beta

Scratch (https://scratch.mit.edu/)

• More complex desktop version
• Exposure to basic programming syntax
• Also runs in browser

Hopscotch (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hopscotch-learn-to-code-creatively-and-make-games/id617098629?mt=8)

• Nice video tutorials
• Considers a broader range of applications than the other ones
• Slightly less gentle introduction to coding
• Tablet only (iPad & Android)

R Datacamp (https://www.datacamp.com/courses/free-introduction-to-r)

• Browser-based introduction to R
• Video tutorials
• Guided interactive coding exercises
• Full programming syntax

In the kingdom of cyborgs
Big data is reshaping humanity, says Yuval Noah Harari
Uneven and easy to mock, his new book contains provocative and profound ideas

Aug 30th 2018

https://www.economist.com/books-and-arts/2018/08/30/big-data-is-reshaping-humanity-says-yuval-noah-harari

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.@Fitbit’s 150 billion hours of heart data reveal secrets about health, by @Pogue
https://finance.Yahoo.com/news/exclusive-fitbits-150-billion-hours-heart-data-reveals-secrets-human-health-133124215.html One interesting observation: “You see heart rate go up before your family reunions, & then tend to really take a long time to come back after it.”
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After @pmarca’s classic 2011 essay “Why Software is Eating the World,” Cohen & @MatthewGranade now posit that “Models Will Run the World” https://www.WSJ.com/articles/models-will-run-the-world-1534716720 Illustrates the transition from computer science to #DataScience HT @WillMeyerson

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The software revolution has transformed business. What’s next? Processes that constantly improve themselves without need of human intervention.

By Steven A. Cohen and Matthew W. Granade
Aug. 19, 2018 6:12 p.m. ET

Marc Andreessen’s essay “Why Software is Eating the World” appeared in this newspaper Aug. 20, 2011. Mr. Andreessen’s analysis was prescient. The companies he identified—Netflix, Amazon, Spotify—did eat their industries. Newer software companies—Didi, Airbnb, Stripe—are also at the table, digging in.
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A nice commentary on the role of data science in industry.

https://giving.yale.edu/priorities/faculty-and-research-support

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