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Category Archives: Society
Chinese Refugees: People Who Are Fleeing the Chinese Communist Party and Their Journey
The Wall Street Journal has an article tracing the journey of refugees from China. A couple of notable quotes: The United Nations refugee agency counted 116,868 Chinese seeking asylum around the world at a point measured in mid-2022, up from … Continue reading
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Tagged China, Immigration
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Here’s a New Way to Live Forever
The OpenAI user guide(Opens in a new window) warns users: “We are not able to delete specific prompts from your history. Please don’t share any sensitive information in your conversations.” It says the system uses all questions and text submitted to it … Continue reading
The Worst Schools in the U.S.
Herald Weekly gives us a list of the worst colleges in the US. They get low marks for cost versus median salary, for high crime exposure, and for abridgement of free speech. Warning: there are surprises given the criteria used … Continue reading
DeepMind and Machine Learning
By now you have probably seen this: About Watson Watson is a question answering (QA) computing system that IBM built to apply advanced natural language processing, information retrieval, knowledge representation, automated reasoning, and machine learning technologies to the field of … Continue reading
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Limits to the Enterprizes of Civil Authority
“No provision in our constitution ought to be dearer to man than that which protects the rights of conscience against the enterprizes of the civil authority.” -Thos Jefferson
Posted in Government, Politics, Society
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Agreed, it’s a good book
I'm teaching quantum Shannon theory, so reading Mark Wilde's book. It's good! pic.twitter.com/D4OvwdCId8 — John Preskill (@preskill) March 7, 2014
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John Murrell on Writing versus Editing
Today marks the last day for John Murrell as blogger in chief for a wonderful blog called Good Morning Silicon Valley. His explanation of the difference for him between writing and editing: “But for me at least, the process of … Continue reading
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Horsetail Firefall
Horsetail Firefall Originally uploaded by Wiggum03 This is an amazing natural photo that was not retouched with Photoshop. Quoted: “Horsetail Falls is a small seasonal waterfall that only appears in late winter and early spring. It flows over the east … Continue reading