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It was launched in January of 2020, when we made the fly “hemibrain” connectome available on the internet — an online database that provides the morphological structure and synaptic connection of almost half of the brain of a fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster). This database and its related visualisation has redefined the
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1. The A Priori Argument (also, Rationalization; Dogmatism, Proof Texting.): A corrupt argument from logos,starting with a given, pre-set belief, dogma, doctrine, scripture verse, “fact” or conclusion and then searching for any reasonable or reasonable-sounding argument to rationalize, defend or justify it. Certain ideologues and religious fundamentalists are proud
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Welcome! In this post, we’ll be taking a character-by-character look at the source code of the BioNTech/Pfizer SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine. Now, these words may be somewhat jarring – the vaccine is a liquid that gets injected in your arm. How can we talk about source code? This is a
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You should already know how big tech companies like Google or Facebook are using your private data to make revenue from targeted ads (and sometimes maybe sell it under the hood without your knowledge). There is no secret about data being the most valuable asset on earth now – even exceeding
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Author’s note: This article was originally found here. Introduction Much of the work done at Google, and in many organizations, is done collaboratively by teams. The team is the molecular unit where real production happens, where innovative ideas are conceived and tested, and where employees experience most of their
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My working title for this blog post was “Why I’ll Never Fly With easyJet Again”, but that was far too clickbaity. Also it’s probably worth prefixing this post with two things. The first being the caveat that whether or not i ever fly with easyJet again is immaterial
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Part 1: How your user experience changes for the worse as the open web gives way to walled gardens I hang out in two circles. Open web enthusiasts that are lamenting its demise, and regular users who are happy with their fast snappy apps and couldn’t care less. These
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The negotiator entered the chatroom four days after the attack. Hackers had locked down several servers used by the epidemiology and biostatistics department at the University of California at San Francisco, and wanted a $3 million ransom to give them the keys. On Friday, June 5, at 6:50 p.
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This article originally appeared on the-scientist.com; however, I found it quite problematic and intriguing at the same time, so I decided to share. This article highlights the pitfalls of predatory research journals, pseudo-science, and boosted citation counts. The majority of what is presented on this website is my own
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We prove a result that demonstrates RNNs can exactly implement bounded-depth stacks to capture a building block of human language optimally efficiently. Sit back, relax, grab some popcorn. This is a 24 minute banger. The Unreasonable Syntactic Expressivity of RNNs In 2015, Andrej Karpathy posted a now famous blog post
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Edit: 4 November 2020 at 11:01 EST: There is an amended post regarding this matter found here. As the world braced for a long election night that effectively hasn’t ended, someone emptied out one of the most valuable digital wallets in the world. On Tuesday, whoever is in
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Welcome, it’s great to have you here. We know that first impressions are important, so we’ve populated your new site with some initial getting started posts that will help you get familiar with everything in no time. This is the first one! A few things you should know