Thursday, March 11, 2021

Sticks and data science

 Father and Son Build ‘Stick Library’ for Local Dogs To “Borrow” Sticks My Modern Met 



Out today: Walter Isaacson's The Code Breaker, the story of how Nobel-winner Jennifer Doudna & her colleagues developed the Crispr gene editing technique.



 The Commonwealth Bank has embedded data science people in almost every part of the group’s operations, hoping their domain knowledge will lead to more AI-powered optimisations.

Chief data scientist Dan Jermyn told the AI Australia by Eliiza podcast that the bank had split its AI and data science efforts - which come under a broader “decision science” effort internally - between embedded capabilities and a more centralised AI Labs teamWe 



Your Indifferent Cat Won’t Choose Your Friend Over Your Enemy, Research Finds Science Alert 


To fight climate change, save the whales, some scientists say MongaBay 


Monarch butterfly population falls in MexicoReuters


In a Momentous Discovery, Scientists Show Neanderthals Could Produce Human-Like SpeechScienceAlert 


Scientists describe ‘hidden biodiversity crisis’ as variation within species is lost PhysOrg 


A 1990s iMac Processor Powers NASA’s Perseverance Rover Gizmodo 


Deep Nostalgia: ‘creepy’ new service uses AI to animate old family photos Guardian 


Mysterious sea beast that weighs four tonnes and stretches more than 23ft in length washes up on beach in Wales Daily Mail


Long-Lost Babbler Bird Documented in Borneo for the First Time in Over 170 Years Smithsonian


Big data and machine learning in central bankingBank of International Settlements


We must clean up global finance to ‘build back better’ FT


Talking (and reading) about Bitcoin Adam Tooze, Chartbook. Link-heavy, and quite a good read.


Twitter Worked With Amazon to Block Payday, Labeling Payday & Other Labor Reporters as “Suspicious Content” Payday Report

 

Amazon closes North Las Vegas warehouse for day after employee suicide Las Vegas Review-Journal

As coal dies, the US has no plan to help the communities left behind Grist

 

Disposable People Econoblog

 

The death of American dignity Unherd

 

How Law Made Neoliberalism Boston Review

 

Mars: Nasa’s Perseverance rover sends stunning images BBC


All Of Humanity’s Problems Are Caused By A Lack Of Awareness Caitlin Johnstone


Do conversations end when people want them to?PNA

The Judgment of Paris The Baffler


Yoga influencers have stretched themselves FT


In Nogales, joy endures High Country News


Japan’s tsunami survivors call lost loves on the phone of the wind Reuters