2019-12 Aston Zhang, Zack C. Lipton, Mu Li, Alex J. Smola
An interactive deep learning book with code, math, and discussions, based on the NumPy interface.
Author: David
How the 1% Scrubs Its Image Online
-12-13 Rachael Levy
Prominent figures from Jacob Gottlieb to Betsy DeVos got help from a reputation management firm that can bury image-sensitive Google results by placing flattering content on websites that masquerade as news outlets
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-the-1-scrubs-its-image-online-11576233000
Low-Cost VPS Testing
2019-10-10 Rasmus’ Toy Blog
Simple reviews of 22 low cost virtual private server providers.
Google Colaboratory Notebook and Repository Gallery
2019-11-25 firmai / Derek Snow
“A curated list of repositories with fully functional click-and-run colab notebooks with data, code and description. The code in these repositories are in Python unless otherwise stated.”
Some of the Google Colaboratory Notebooks listed use artificial neural networks. Google Colaboratory Notebooks are Jupyter notebooks that run Python or other code on Google’s cloud for free.
Collection of Software Bugs
2019-05-03 Prof. Thomas Huckle
fxpodcast#320: Dr. Alvy Ray Smith, the Godfather of CGI
An interview with Dr. Alvy Ray Smith, a legend in VFX and CGI, who has worked closely with Ed Catmull, George Lucas, Steve Jobs, and Bill Gates.
https://www.fxguide.com/fxpodcasts/fxpodcast320-dr-alvy-ray-smith-the-godfather-of-cgi/
https://www.fxguide.com/fxpodcasts/fxpodcast320-dr-alvy-ray-smith-the-godfather-of-cgi/
Money Stuff: Playing the Game of Infinite Leverage
2019-05-11 Matt Levine
[A] Reddit user called MoonYachts who claims to have gotten 250x leverage, putting in $4,000 and turning it into a $1,000,000 stock position. You are not supposed to be able to do this; normal stock market games do not allow you to bet a million dollars by putting up only $4,000 of your own. (“We’re aware of the isolated situations and communicating directly with customers,” said a Robinhood spokesperson.)
How Deep Sleep May Help The Brain Clear Alzheimer’s Toxins
2019-10-31 All Things Considered, Jon Hamilton
The brain waves generated during deep sleep appear to trigger a cleaning system in the brain that protects it against Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases.
A History of Pizza
2018-07-07 Alexander Lee
The world’s most popular fast food has ancient roots, but it was a royal seal of approval that set it on the path to global domination.
San Francisco, Hostage to the Homeless
2019 Autumn, Heather Mac Donald
Failure to enforce basic standards of public behavior has made one of America’s great cities increasingly unlivable.