Monthly Archive July 2019
1984 is 70 years old yet still feels current
Did Orwell prove a better techno-prophet than Huxley did in Brave New World?In 1949, Huxley thought he was closer to the mark than his former student Orwell was. Later generations have tussled over the question, with revealing results.
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Why You Can’t Just Ask Social Media To Forget You
While we now have a clear picture of the challenges current social media pose to peoples and cultures, what to do is unclearStan Horaczek explains how you can download what social media and information brokers know about you but, he cautions, “Set aside lots of time and extra hard-drive space.”
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Machine Learning Tip: Set Boundaries for the Problems
We cannot take a giant pile of unorganized data, shove it into a machine, and expect useful resultsHumans intrinsically understand causation and, therefore know which pieces of data likely have some correlation. Therefore, when we select data for computers to analyze, we are drastically reducing the size of the problem for computers.
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