Empfehlenswert! Gute Übersicht und Zusammefassung!
Asien – ein Kontinent der brodelnden Konflikte
Saturday, February 29, 2020
Howard Goodalls Twentieth Century Greats Cole Porter
Very recommendable! Howard Goodall has a very unique talent to present the history of music! Enjoy!
Why Don't Pro-Tax Millionaires Just Pay More Tax Voluntarily?
The headline speaks loud and clear for itself! Yes, those millionaires and billionaires who want to impose higher taxes on affluent taxpayers are free to voluntarily pay more taxes above and beyond what they must if they wish to do so and set an example for all of us taxpayers!
Will they do it? I doubt it, they are hypocrites!
Why Don't Pro-Tax Millionaires Just Pay More Tax Voluntarily? | Mises Wire: One need not look far for evidence that many Americans want to help the poor. One obvious piece of that evidence is that many give substantial amounts of time, effort, and money to do so.
Will they do it? I doubt it, they are hypocrites!
Why Don't Pro-Tax Millionaires Just Pay More Tax Voluntarily? | Mises Wire: One need not look far for evidence that many Americans want to help the poor. One obvious piece of that evidence is that many give substantial amounts of time, effort, and money to do so.
Friday, February 28, 2020
The Sons of Sinbad | Setting Sail
Very recommendable! Did you know that Arab/Muslim sailors traded with India and China?
Navy SEALS: America's Secret Warriors: Urban Combat
Very recommendable! This is the real stuff! There is little in this episode about Chris Kyle. Did you know that Navy Seals carry a 20 pound sledge hammer with them on a mission as equipment?
Blexit Leader: The Democrat Party Has Done Nothing in Return for Black Vote
One of the Dimocrats worst nightmare is that black Americans in large numbers come out in November to vote for Trump! The other nightmare is Jews!
Abolish Government Schools
Food for thought! However, the article is lousily written! Too many things omitted or not addressed!
There is no good reason why government in many Western countries has almost an exclusive monopoly on/control of primary education and the production of it!
Abolish Government Schools | Mises Wire: The thought of abolishing government schools is reflexively appalling to many, but it shouldn’t be.
There is no good reason why government in many Western countries has almost an exclusive monopoly on/control of primary education and the production of it!
Abolish Government Schools | Mises Wire: The thought of abolishing government schools is reflexively appalling to many, but it shouldn’t be.
Why Chinese Communism Could Be the Final Casualty of the Coronavirus
Let's hope the headline is correct! I would replace "final" with "ultimate"!
Why Chinese Communism Could Be the Final Casualty of the Coronavirus | Cato Institute: Handling a medical crisis of this nature will never be easy, but the authoritarian and deceptive response of the Chinese government to the COVID-19 virus threatens the Chinese Communist Party’s hold on power.
Why Chinese Communism Could Be the Final Casualty of the Coronavirus | Cato Institute: Handling a medical crisis of this nature will never be easy, but the authoritarian and deceptive response of the Chinese government to the COVID-19 virus threatens the Chinese Communist Party’s hold on power.
London auf Kollisionskurs mit Brüssel
Good news! Bravo Johnson! Vier Monate sollten mehr als ausreichen fuer diese Verhandlungen!
London auf Kollisionskurs mit Brüssel | NZZ: Die britische Regierung hat das Mandat für die Verhandlungen über ein Handels- und Kooperationsabkommen mit der EU verabschiedet. Premierminister Johnson will Brüssel bloss vier Monate Zeit geben, um die Grundlinien eines bilateralen Vertrags festzulegen.
London auf Kollisionskurs mit Brüssel | NZZ: Die britische Regierung hat das Mandat für die Verhandlungen über ein Handels- und Kooperationsabkommen mit der EU verabschiedet. Premierminister Johnson will Brüssel bloss vier Monate Zeit geben, um die Grundlinien eines bilateralen Vertrags festzulegen.
Thursday, February 27, 2020
The Toughest Woman in the West | Stagecoach Mary
What a lady! What a life! What a story!
"Mary Fields, the first African American Mail star route mail carrier in the United States"
"Mary Fields, the first African American Mail star route mail carrier in the United States"
CYPRUS, the IRELAND of the MEDITERRANEAN?
Recommendable!
Israel as a producer of offshore fossil fuels and Cyprus
Israel as a producer of offshore fossil fuels and Cyprus
Nationalist Populist Janez Jansa Becomes New Prime Minister of Slovenia!!!
This latest event may have indeed an impact on the EU!
Rote Memorization In Computer Science At UC Berkeley Still Required
This is quite appalling to me! To require such rote memorization from students to pass an exam in the 20th year of the 21st century is incredible!
The irony of this should not be lost here. Pieter Abbeel is one of the leading AI researchers in robotics and reinforcement learning!
The introduction of this handout written by Pieter Abbeel reads:
"CS 287 Advanced Robotics – Fundamental Knowledge
Pieter Abbeel, Laura Smith, Ignasi Clavera, Harry Xu
November 9, 2019
This document contains all the possible exam questions and the answers for CS287 Fall 2019. The exam will be closed-book. There will be no clarification questions during the exam, because this handout already clarifies everything and is yours to study.
Happy studying"
cs287-fa19-exam-study-handout.pdf
The irony of this should not be lost here. Pieter Abbeel is one of the leading AI researchers in robotics and reinforcement learning!
The introduction of this handout written by Pieter Abbeel reads:
"CS 287 Advanced Robotics – Fundamental Knowledge
Pieter Abbeel, Laura Smith, Ignasi Clavera, Harry Xu
November 9, 2019
This document contains all the possible exam questions and the answers for CS287 Fall 2019. The exam will be closed-book. There will be no clarification questions during the exam, because this handout already clarifies everything and is yours to study.
Happy studying"
cs287-fa19-exam-study-handout.pdf
Yoshua Bengio's blog - first words
Even one of the most celebrated and accomplished research in artificial intelligence (AI) is not necessarily very smart outside the area of his expertise! YB is ideologically biased as if medieval superstition was his preoccupation!
Apparently, YB has created his own blog now and in his presumably first blog post he addresses:
"... If we don’t self-destruct in the meantime. What do I mean and why would we self-destruct? I mean that our society is built on fragile foundations, and most importantly that we are constructing and using tools we invented without the sufficient wisdom required to deploy them in a way that captures well the consequences of our actions."
Professor Bengio humanity has not self destructed in over 2 million years of existence! Ah this elitist pretense of knowledge again!
"... I believe that our current political-social-economic structures are not appropriate to manage the increased power which science and technology is putting in our hands, endangering the natural equilibrium of this planet"
The socialist in him comes out!
"I have the impression that collectively we are like children playing with nuclear bombs"
His reasoning is infantile and so naive!
"That is why I have decided to devote some of my energy to thinking about the climate crisis, because I believe it is one of the most serious threats to humanity and the planet that our generation and coming generations will have to deal with."
So much for medieval superstition from a Turing Award winner! No, men like him are rather the most serious threat to humanity! And his first blog post goes on and on like this!
I have previously blogged about Yoshua Bengio here:
P.S. Apart from YB's political views, I have great respect and admiration for his work as an AI researcher!
Yoshua Bengio's blog - first words - Yoshua Bengio: I often write comments and posts on social media but these tend to be only temporarily visible, so I thought I needed a place to…
Apparently, YB has created his own blog now and in his presumably first blog post he addresses:
"... If we don’t self-destruct in the meantime. What do I mean and why would we self-destruct? I mean that our society is built on fragile foundations, and most importantly that we are constructing and using tools we invented without the sufficient wisdom required to deploy them in a way that captures well the consequences of our actions."
Professor Bengio humanity has not self destructed in over 2 million years of existence! Ah this elitist pretense of knowledge again!
"... I believe that our current political-social-economic structures are not appropriate to manage the increased power which science and technology is putting in our hands, endangering the natural equilibrium of this planet"
The socialist in him comes out!
"I have the impression that collectively we are like children playing with nuclear bombs"
His reasoning is infantile and so naive!
"That is why I have decided to devote some of my energy to thinking about the climate crisis, because I believe it is one of the most serious threats to humanity and the planet that our generation and coming generations will have to deal with."
So much for medieval superstition from a Turing Award winner! No, men like him are rather the most serious threat to humanity! And his first blog post goes on and on like this!
I have previously blogged about Yoshua Bengio here:
P.S. Apart from YB's political views, I have great respect and admiration for his work as an AI researcher!
Yoshua Bengio's blog - first words - Yoshua Bengio: I often write comments and posts on social media but these tend to be only temporarily visible, so I thought I needed a place to…
Chinese firm BGI Group says it can sequence a genome for just $100
Great news!
"The announcement: Using technology originally acquired in the US, the Chinese gene-giant BGI Group says it will make genome sequencing cheaper than ever, breaking the $100 barrier for the first time. It says the low cost is possible thanks to a robotic DNA sequencing system it plans to offer that is capable of decoding the genomes of 100,000 people a year.
Is it for real?: It would be several-fold cheaper than what’s on the market now. Since the first human genome was decoded in 2003, costs have dropped precipitously. A decade ago, decoding one person's genome cost around $50,000. Today, the cost (mostly for chemicals) ranges around $600 for the largest sequencing centers.
China rivalry: The $100 claim could resurface concerns that the US may have fumbled a technological lead by letting the Chinese firm acquire Complete Genomics in 2012"
MIT Technology Review. The Download. Your daily dose of what’s up in emerging technology (2/27/2020)
"The announcement: Using technology originally acquired in the US, the Chinese gene-giant BGI Group says it will make genome sequencing cheaper than ever, breaking the $100 barrier for the first time. It says the low cost is possible thanks to a robotic DNA sequencing system it plans to offer that is capable of decoding the genomes of 100,000 people a year.
Is it for real?: It would be several-fold cheaper than what’s on the market now. Since the first human genome was decoded in 2003, costs have dropped precipitously. A decade ago, decoding one person's genome cost around $50,000. Today, the cost (mostly for chemicals) ranges around $600 for the largest sequencing centers.
China rivalry: The $100 claim could resurface concerns that the US may have fumbled a technological lead by letting the Chinese firm acquire Complete Genomics in 2012"
MIT Technology Review. The Download. Your daily dose of what’s up in emerging technology (2/27/2020)
Climate change is slowly drying up the Colorado River (scaremongering & demagoguery)
This junk science article does not mention once that between 1905 and 1970 at least 14 dams were built by humans along the Colorado River system. There were also several tunnels build in the first half of the 20th century to divert water from the Colorado River
Climate change is slowly drying up the Colorado River | Science News: Annual water flow in the Colorado River decreased by over 11 percent due to warming in the 20th century, a new study estimates.
Western Water—and Power
Climate change is slowly drying up the Colorado River | Science News: Annual water flow in the Colorado River decreased by over 11 percent due to warming in the 20th century, a new study estimates.
Western Water—and Power
Engineered yeast can remove heavy metals from wastewater
Good news! Unfortunately, article is behind paywall!
Engineered yeast can remove heavy metals from wastewater | Research | Chemistry World: Easy storage and rapid growth could see yeast compete with bacterial and chemical remediation
Engineered yeast can remove heavy metals from wastewater | Research | Chemistry World: Easy storage and rapid growth could see yeast compete with bacterial and chemical remediation
Bulgarien gilt als Russlands trojanisches Pferd. Doch jetzt bockt es
Putin the Terrible laesst auch in Bulgarien unliebsame Leute toeten!
Bulgarien gilt als Russlands trojanisches Pferd. Doch jetzt bockt es. | NZZ: Südosteuropa ist für die Destabilisierungspolitik des Kremls ein wichtiger Schauplatz. Obwohl viele Länder der Region traditionell russlandfreundlich sind, lässt man sich nicht alles bieten. Das zeigt Bulgarien.
Bulgarien gilt als Russlands trojanisches Pferd. Doch jetzt bockt es. | NZZ: Südosteuropa ist für die Destabilisierungspolitik des Kremls ein wichtiger Schauplatz. Obwohl viele Länder der Region traditionell russlandfreundlich sind, lässt man sich nicht alles bieten. Das zeigt Bulgarien.
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
Saved in America: A group of volunteers finds missing children before they are sold into trafficking
Kudos! Private individuals in a free civil society at its best!
What Can We Learn From Bees? A lot!
Very recommendable!
Did you know that bees use about 50 different pheromones, some of which may also influence human behavior?
Bees have only four dopamine receptors and respond to dopamine in similar fashion as humans. The circadian cycle of bees is also similar to that of humans.
Did you know that bees use about 50 different pheromones, some of which may also influence human behavior?
Bees have only four dopamine receptors and respond to dopamine in similar fashion as humans. The circadian cycle of bees is also similar to that of humans.
In China, wearing a mask won’t stop facial recognition anymore - The coronavirus is prompting facial recognition companies to develop solutions for those with partially covered faces
I am glad that facial recognition appears to be in much wider use for every day convenience than e.g. in the U.S.. To unlock phones or gates or home/office doors are very convenient.
The fear of facial recognition in the West is quite exaggerated!
Wearing a mask won’t stop facial recognition anymore - The coronavirus is prompting facial recognition companies to develop solutions for those with partially covered faces | Abacus
The fear of facial recognition in the West is quite exaggerated!
Wearing a mask won’t stop facial recognition anymore - The coronavirus is prompting facial recognition companies to develop solutions for those with partially covered faces | Abacus
Gladbach in Israel: Wie ein Fußballspiel die israelisch-deutschen Beziehungen verändert hat
Empfehlenswert! Manchmal ist Sport, das was Menschen ueber Grenzen hinweg zusammenbringt in Frieden und Freundschaft!
Günter Netzer feiert seinen 75. Geburtstag! Member of the German dream team winning the FIFA World Soccer Cup 1974!
Gladbach in Israel: Wie ein Fußballspiel die israelisch-deutschen Beziehungen verändert hat | Sport | DW | 25.02.2020: Vor einem halben Jahrhundert spielte Borussia Mönchengladbach in Tel Aviv gegen Israel. Für DW-Reporter Felix Tamsut, einen Israeli, ist dieses Spiel von persönlicher Bedeutung.
Günter Netzer (l.) und Schmuel Rosenthal, 1970 Nationalspieler und 1972 der erste israelische Profi in der Bundesliga
Günter Netzer feiert seinen 75. Geburtstag! Member of the German dream team winning the FIFA World Soccer Cup 1974!
Gladbach in Israel: Wie ein Fußballspiel die israelisch-deutschen Beziehungen verändert hat | Sport | DW | 25.02.2020: Vor einem halben Jahrhundert spielte Borussia Mönchengladbach in Tel Aviv gegen Israel. Für DW-Reporter Felix Tamsut, einen Israeli, ist dieses Spiel von persönlicher Bedeutung.
Günter Netzer (l.) und Schmuel Rosenthal, 1970 Nationalspieler und 1972 der erste israelische Profi in der Bundesliga
"Uber for Everything" Is Revolutionizing Africa’s Economy
Very recommendable! Cutting edge technology fuels economic prosperity in Africa! Free markets and free enterprise raise living standards! The speed of adaptation of new technologies in Africa is mind boggling!
"Destinations across Africa have emerged as some of the fastest-growing Airbnb markets in the world. Of the eight fastest-growing countries in the world for Airbnb guest arrivals, three are located in Africa: Nigeria, Ghana, and Mozambique. ... For instance, ... an app dubbed "Uber for Cows" (Movr) which helps connect truck drivers with farmers in remote areas who want to get their cattle to market. The most famous development has to be the Hello Tractor App ("Uber for Tractors"), which allows farmers to get ahold of unused tractors in their locality."
"Uber for Everything" Is Revolutionizing Africa’s Economy - Foundation for Economic Education: Students have developed an app dubbed "Uber for Cows" (Movr) which helps connect truck drivers with farmers in remote areas who want to get their cattle to market.Hello Tractor App ("Uber for Tractors") allows farmers to get ahold of unused tractors in their locality.
Other services like Little (a ride-hailing app), Flare (Uber for Ambulances), and GetMyBoat (peer-to-peer boat lending) are closing service gaps that exist in healthcare, tourism, and day-to-day transportation.
"Destinations across Africa have emerged as some of the fastest-growing Airbnb markets in the world. Of the eight fastest-growing countries in the world for Airbnb guest arrivals, three are located in Africa: Nigeria, Ghana, and Mozambique. ... For instance, ... an app dubbed "Uber for Cows" (Movr) which helps connect truck drivers with farmers in remote areas who want to get their cattle to market. The most famous development has to be the Hello Tractor App ("Uber for Tractors"), which allows farmers to get ahold of unused tractors in their locality."
"Uber for Everything" Is Revolutionizing Africa’s Economy - Foundation for Economic Education: Students have developed an app dubbed "Uber for Cows" (Movr) which helps connect truck drivers with farmers in remote areas who want to get their cattle to market.Hello Tractor App ("Uber for Tractors") allows farmers to get ahold of unused tractors in their locality.
Other services like Little (a ride-hailing app), Flare (Uber for Ambulances), and GetMyBoat (peer-to-peer boat lending) are closing service gaps that exist in healthcare, tourism, and day-to-day transportation.
Novel perfusion machine can keep livers alive for a week
Great news!
"The machine provides pulsing blood through an artery of the liver, mimicking natural blood supply. This pulsing of the blood flow is essential to prevent red blood cells from bursting, which can damage the liver. Through the blood, the machine delivers nutrients and controls glucose levels and oxygenation, monitoring their levels using a series of sensors.
To remove the waste products produced, the team incorporated a dialysis unit to the machine, which uses an algorithm to automatically adjust the flow and control the concentration of red blood cells.
Finally, in addition to nutrients, the liver also needs to be kept constantly moving to prevent tissue death. To simulate the movement caused by the diaphragm, the team placed a balloon below the liver to create automated movement."
Novel perfusion machine can keep livers alive for a week – Physics World: A team from Zurich has developed a new perfusion machine that can keep donor livers alive outside of the body for seven days
"The machine provides pulsing blood through an artery of the liver, mimicking natural blood supply. This pulsing of the blood flow is essential to prevent red blood cells from bursting, which can damage the liver. Through the blood, the machine delivers nutrients and controls glucose levels and oxygenation, monitoring their levels using a series of sensors.
To remove the waste products produced, the team incorporated a dialysis unit to the machine, which uses an algorithm to automatically adjust the flow and control the concentration of red blood cells.
Finally, in addition to nutrients, the liver also needs to be kept constantly moving to prevent tissue death. To simulate the movement caused by the diaphragm, the team placed a balloon below the liver to create automated movement."
Novel perfusion machine can keep livers alive for a week – Physics World: A team from Zurich has developed a new perfusion machine that can keep donor livers alive outside of the body for seven days
Only 3 Senate Democrats Vote to Protect Babies Who Survive Abortion
Shame on the many Dimocrats in the U.S. Senate! Two sensible laws to protect the unborn or just born life and only three Democrat Senators voted for them!
Three presidential candidates proved to be cowards! None of them is fit to be president!
"Sens. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn.; Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.; and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass.; did not vote on either bill."
Only 3 Senate Democrats Vote to Protect Babies Who Survive Abortion: "This body ought to be able to stand 100 to zero against that barbarism,” Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., says of allowing babies who survive abortion to die.
Three presidential candidates proved to be cowards! None of them is fit to be president!
"Sens. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn.; Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.; and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass.; did not vote on either bill."
Only 3 Senate Democrats Vote to Protect Babies Who Survive Abortion: "This body ought to be able to stand 100 to zero against that barbarism,” Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., says of allowing babies who survive abortion to die.
Scottish parliament approves free sanitary products for all women
Scottish politicians are obviously loosing their common sense! As usual, free is not free, but this free stuff will be paid for by all taxpayers and tax paying businesses!
Will men now get free shavers for their daily face care or free baldness care?
What will be next? Free diapers for babies? Free toothbrushes?
Scottish parliament approves free sanitary products for all women - Reuters: The Scottish parliament approved plans on Tuesday to make sanitary products freely available to all women, the first nation in the world to do so.
Will men now get free shavers for their daily face care or free baldness care?
What will be next? Free diapers for babies? Free toothbrushes?
Scottish parliament approves free sanitary products for all women - Reuters: The Scottish parliament approved plans on Tuesday to make sanitary products freely available to all women, the first nation in the world to do so.
The Dragon at Sea | Setting Sail
Very recommendable! Discover the oldest shipyard every unearthed and much more ...
Tuesday, February 25, 2020
Trump FLIPS Liberal 9th Circuit Court as Leftists In TOTAL PANIC Mode!!!
Recommendable! President Trump is reshaping the judiciary by his many appointments!
Was bleibt, ist Merkel: Sie ist nicht die Ursache, sondern die Folge des Problems
Sehr empfehlenswert! Ein sehr zutreffende Analyse der CDU!
Merkel muss weg!
Merkel muss weg!
NeurIPS requires AI researchers to account for societal impact and financial conflicts of interest
The socialist ideologues governing this largest AI conference of the world again are hard at work trying to ruin its reputation! Under these circumstances, as a researcher, I would probably not attend or present anymore at this conference!
By the way, if you want to know why the prestigious, long standing NIPS conference was renamed to NeurIPS in 2018, see my blog post here.
NeurIPS requires AI researchers to account for societal impact and financial conflicts of interest | VentureBeat: NeurIPS will now require AI researchers to state the impact their work has on society and disclose any financial conflict of interest.
By the way, if you want to know why the prestigious, long standing NIPS conference was renamed to NeurIPS in 2018, see my blog post here.
NeurIPS requires AI researchers to account for societal impact and financial conflicts of interest | VentureBeat: NeurIPS will now require AI researchers to state the impact their work has on society and disclose any financial conflict of interest.
Amazon opens its first cashierless grocery store
Good news! From testing in convenience store, now maturing in grocery stores!
Cash is destined for the dustbin of history in the 21st century!
Amazon opens its first cashierless grocery store | TechCrunch: Today Amazon is opening its first grocery store to pilot the use of the retailer’s cashierless “Just Walk Out” technology that has previously powered 25 Amazon Go convenience stores in a handful of major U.S. metros. Based in Amazon’s hometown of Seattle, the new Amazon Go G…
Cash is destined for the dustbin of history in the 21st century!
Amazon opens its first cashierless grocery store | TechCrunch: Today Amazon is opening its first grocery store to pilot the use of the retailer’s cashierless “Just Walk Out” technology that has previously powered 25 Amazon Go convenience stores in a handful of major U.S. metros. Based in Amazon’s hometown of Seattle, the new Amazon Go G…
Cambridge-based Moderna's coronavirus vaccine shipped to NIH for testing
Great news! The speed of advances in medicine is breath taking!
If we can beat the coronavirus, we can also finally beat the influenza virus!
Cambridge-based Moderna's coronavirus vaccine shipped to NIH for testing: A Cambridge company has shipped a batch of potential coronavirus vaccine for testing just two months after an outbreak of the infectious virus that started in China has killed 2,500 across the globe.
If we can beat the coronavirus, we can also finally beat the influenza virus!
Cambridge-based Moderna's coronavirus vaccine shipped to NIH for testing: A Cambridge company has shipped a batch of potential coronavirus vaccine for testing just two months after an outbreak of the infectious virus that started in China has killed 2,500 across the globe.
SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
Good news! SciPy 1.0 is officially released!
SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python | Nature Methods: SciPy is an open-source scientific computing library for the Python programming language. Since its initial release in 2001, SciPy has become a de facto standard for leveraging scientific algorithms in Python, with over 600 unique code contributors, thousands of dependent packages, over 100,000 dependent repositories and millions of downloads per year. In this work, we provide an overview of the capabilities and development practices of SciPy 1.0 and highlight some recent technical developments. This Perspective describes the development and capabilities of SciPy 1.0, an open source scientific computing library for the Python programming language.
SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python | Nature Methods: SciPy is an open-source scientific computing library for the Python programming language. Since its initial release in 2001, SciPy has become a de facto standard for leveraging scientific algorithms in Python, with over 600 unique code contributors, thousands of dependent packages, over 100,000 dependent repositories and millions of downloads per year. In this work, we provide an overview of the capabilities and development practices of SciPy 1.0 and highlight some recent technical developments. This Perspective describes the development and capabilities of SciPy 1.0, an open source scientific computing library for the Python programming language.
"Those worrying about privacy have things to hide" An Interview With Eyal Waldman
Recommendable! Very interesting interview!
"Waldman cites law as an example. "In the future, it will be possible to develop an algorithm that will tell you how to win cases being heard in court. The computer will analyze the judges' rulings and be able to say which arguments lawyers should make before the judges in order to persuade them. Instead of interns working late at night, a computer will do it in a minute or two."
This is probably already happening at big law firms!
"Mellanox has employees in centers around Israel ... It also employs 150 Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip"
Bravo! Promoting peace in the Middle East from the bottom up by free markets and free enterprise!
"Those worrying about privacy have things to hide" - Globes: Mellanox founder and CEO Eyal Waldman doesn't care if tech companies know everything about him.
The image of a peacemaker you probably have never heard of before
"Waldman cites law as an example. "In the future, it will be possible to develop an algorithm that will tell you how to win cases being heard in court. The computer will analyze the judges' rulings and be able to say which arguments lawyers should make before the judges in order to persuade them. Instead of interns working late at night, a computer will do it in a minute or two."
This is probably already happening at big law firms!
"Mellanox has employees in centers around Israel ... It also employs 150 Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip"
Bravo! Promoting peace in the Middle East from the bottom up by free markets and free enterprise!
"Those worrying about privacy have things to hide" - Globes: Mellanox founder and CEO Eyal Waldman doesn't care if tech companies know everything about him.
The image of a peacemaker you probably have never heard of before
University of Utah’s South Korea campus in Incheon takes precautions against coronavirus spread
Did you know that the University of Utah has a campus in Incheon, South Korea?
Incheon of all places, where the famous Battle of Inchon during the Korean War (1950-53) took place!
University of Utah’s South Korea campus takes precautions against coronavirus spread - The Salt Lake Tribune
Incheon of all places, where the famous Battle of Inchon during the Korean War (1950-53) took place!
University of Utah’s South Korea campus takes precautions against coronavirus spread - The Salt Lake Tribune
Is Voter Fraud In the U.S. Real? All Too Real For Too Long!
Very recommendable! This is a huge scandal that deserves a lot more attention!
There are too many tight election races where a small number of votes make all the difference!
There are too many tight election races where a small number of votes make all the difference!
Should the UK copy Hong Kong post-Brexit?
Yes, the UK needs a Trump like tax reduction and a significant reduction in tax code!
"At over 22,000 pages, the UK tax code is the longest in the world"
"At over 22,000 pages, the UK tax code is the longest in the world"
Monday, February 24, 2020
Social Justice and the Fight Against Climate Change (propaganda & demagoguery)
What a garbage produced by the University of California!
Michael Faraday: The Father of Electricity
Very recommendable! From humble beginnings and remaining humble to the very end! Humphrey Davy his mentor at the Royal Institution was also of humble origins. Apparently, Davy and Humphrey were were very religious men.
Possibly, Simon Whistler made a mistake when he attributed the Davy Lamp to to Michael Fraday!
Possibly, Simon Whistler made a mistake when he attributed the Davy Lamp to to Michael Fraday!
Reasons Why Obama Should Have Been Impeached
Today (3/23/2020), I discovered that the video below was "This video has been removed by the user"! Too bad! Sorry, I tried to find it again using the YouTube search function, but it was not found!
Recommendable! However, this video misses a lot of President Obama's transgressions! E.g. How about using the IRS to go after political opponents? The Obama administration was also found in contempt of court etc. Eric Holder was a racist AG etc.
No doubt, President Obama ranks among the worst presidents since World War II, unlawful and extremely business averse! I have blogged here about him several times!
Recommendable! However, this video misses a lot of President Obama's transgressions! E.g. How about using the IRS to go after political opponents? The Obama administration was also found in contempt of court etc. Eric Holder was a racist AG etc.
No doubt, President Obama ranks among the worst presidents since World War II, unlawful and extremely business averse! I have blogged here about him several times!
Donald Trump Addresses Roaring Crowd of over 100,000 People in India
Bravo Trump! Trump is making history! Like Nixon in China, Like Kennedy and Reagan in Berlin!
Trump's tryst with destiny!
Reportedly, Trump is only the 7th U.S. president to visit India! May his visit ring in a new era of U.S.-India relations!
“The First Lady and I have just traveled 8,000 miles around the globe to deliver a message to every citizen across this nation: America loves India, America respects India, and America will always be faithful and loyal friends to the Indian people,”
“In America and in India, we know that we are all born for a higher purpose: to reach toward our fullest potential, to work toward excellence and perfection, and to give all glory to God,” President Trump said.
Donald Trump Addresses Roaring Crowd of over 100,000 People in India: President Donald Trump addressed an enormous cheering crowd with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in India on Monday.
Trump Draws 100K+ Crowd at Stadium for Massive India Rally
Trump's tryst with destiny!
Reportedly, Trump is only the 7th U.S. president to visit India! May his visit ring in a new era of U.S.-India relations!
“The First Lady and I have just traveled 8,000 miles around the globe to deliver a message to every citizen across this nation: America loves India, America respects India, and America will always be faithful and loyal friends to the Indian people,”
“In America and in India, we know that we are all born for a higher purpose: to reach toward our fullest potential, to work toward excellence and perfection, and to give all glory to God,” President Trump said.
Donald Trump Addresses Roaring Crowd of over 100,000 People in India: President Donald Trump addressed an enormous cheering crowd with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in India on Monday.
Trump Draws 100K+ Crowd at Stadium for Massive India Rally
Are Machine Learning Models Really Overparameterized?
Posted: 2/24/2020
As I am just reading this 2017 paper by Mikhail Belkin and other authors, I stumble about sentences like “The ability to achieve near-zero loss is provided by overparametrization. The number of parameters for most deep architectures is very large and often exceeds by far the size of the datasets used for training” (S1; emphasis added)
Overparameterization in deep learning is a much debated subject in artificial intelligence literature.
However, in my opinion, it is not the size of the dataset (i.e. the number of items (e.g. images, text samples) in the dataset) that really matters, but the number of relevant features each item in the dataset may expose to deep learning. From this perspective, the so called overparameterization is probably a misspecified issue or not really an issue at all for machine learning.
Sources (S):
The Campaign Against Plastic Is Harming the Planet and the Public.
Very recommendable! Soundly debunks many of the myth surrounding plastic use!
The Campaign Against Plastic Is Harming the Planet and the Public.: The campaign against disposable bags and other products is harming the planet and the public.
The Campaign Against Plastic Is Harming the Planet and the Public.: The campaign against disposable bags and other products is harming the planet and the public.
Die Iraner erteilen den Mächtigen einen Denkzettel
Bravo an die Iranischen Buerger!
"Am Ende ging die Mehrheit der Iranerinnen und Iraner indes nicht zur Wahl, wie Innenminister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli am Sonntag bestätigte. Laut dem Minister betrug die landesweite Wahlbeteiligung 42,57 Prozent. In Teheran, wo es die meisten Sitze zu holen gab, erreichte sie sogar nur magere 26,2 Prozent. Der Revolutionsführer Ayatollah Ali Khamenei machte die «Propaganda ausländischer Medien» über das Coronavirus für die niedrige Wahlbeteiligung verantwortlich. "
Coronavirus? Da Lachen ja alle Huehner!
Die Iraner erteilen den Mächtigen einen Denkzettel | NZZ: Hardliner und Konservativen haben die iranischen Parlamentswahlen gewonnen. Doch noch nie war die Wahlbeteiligung so niedrig wie in diesem Jahr.
"Am Ende ging die Mehrheit der Iranerinnen und Iraner indes nicht zur Wahl, wie Innenminister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli am Sonntag bestätigte. Laut dem Minister betrug die landesweite Wahlbeteiligung 42,57 Prozent. In Teheran, wo es die meisten Sitze zu holen gab, erreichte sie sogar nur magere 26,2 Prozent. Der Revolutionsführer Ayatollah Ali Khamenei machte die «Propaganda ausländischer Medien» über das Coronavirus für die niedrige Wahlbeteiligung verantwortlich. "
Coronavirus? Da Lachen ja alle Huehner!
Die Iraner erteilen den Mächtigen einen Denkzettel | NZZ: Hardliner und Konservativen haben die iranischen Parlamentswahlen gewonnen. Doch noch nie war die Wahlbeteiligung so niedrig wie in diesem Jahr.
ICE Should Deport George Soros as a Nazi Collaborator (seriously tendentious journalism)
Interesting proposal by "Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the Freedom Center, is an investigative journalist and writer focusing on the radical Left and Islamic terrorism."
Just one little flaw: George Soros was born in 1930 (if the information is correct) and thus was only 15 years old by the end of World War II. A fact this journalist concealed from (failed to report) his readers! This is not investigative journalism, this is very shoddy journalism!
ICE Should Deport George Soros as a Nazi Collaborator | Frontpage Mag
It’s time for the Shadow Party's Godfather to face justice.
Just one little flaw: George Soros was born in 1930 (if the information is correct) and thus was only 15 years old by the end of World War II. A fact this journalist concealed from (failed to report) his readers! This is not investigative journalism, this is very shoddy journalism!
ICE Should Deport George Soros as a Nazi Collaborator | Frontpage Mag
It’s time for the Shadow Party's Godfather to face justice.
Israel's Enlivex reports drug could help COVID-19 patients
Amazing stuff! A sepsis treatment for severe coronavirus patients!
Sepsis is a major killer of hospitalized patients. "Each year, at least 1.7 million adults in America develop sepsis. Nearly 270,000 Americans die as a result of sepsis. 1 in 3 patients who die in a hospital have sepsis." (CDC)
"Hyperactivity of the immune system, referred to as a cytokine storm or Cytokine Release Syndrome (CRS), is a systemic inflammatory response in which cytokine release spirals out of control, leading to severe immune attacks on multiple healthy organs, which may result in organ damage, multiple organ failure, and mortality
A cytokine storm can be triggered by factors such as viral, bacterial and fungal infections, i.e. sepsis – as well as by complications following bone-marrow transplantations, i.e., GvHD.
Allocetra is an innovative immunotherapy that is being developed to rebalance a life-threatening unbalanced immune system, using the immune system’s own natural regulation mechanisms. By intelligently engaging macrophages and dendritic cells, Allocetra is designed to avert cytokine storms and restore safe immune balance – without suppressing the immune system."
Israel's Enlivex reports drug could help COVID-19 patients - Globes: Enlivex Therapeutics is increasing production of Allocetra, for treating patients with multisystem failure.
Here is the company link to this new medication Allocetra:
https://www.enlivex.com/allocetra/
Sepsis is a major killer of hospitalized patients. "Each year, at least 1.7 million adults in America develop sepsis. Nearly 270,000 Americans die as a result of sepsis. 1 in 3 patients who die in a hospital have sepsis." (CDC)
"Hyperactivity of the immune system, referred to as a cytokine storm or Cytokine Release Syndrome (CRS), is a systemic inflammatory response in which cytokine release spirals out of control, leading to severe immune attacks on multiple healthy organs, which may result in organ damage, multiple organ failure, and mortality
A cytokine storm can be triggered by factors such as viral, bacterial and fungal infections, i.e. sepsis – as well as by complications following bone-marrow transplantations, i.e., GvHD.
Allocetra is an innovative immunotherapy that is being developed to rebalance a life-threatening unbalanced immune system, using the immune system’s own natural regulation mechanisms. By intelligently engaging macrophages and dendritic cells, Allocetra is designed to avert cytokine storms and restore safe immune balance – without suppressing the immune system."
Israel's Enlivex reports drug could help COVID-19 patients - Globes: Enlivex Therapeutics is increasing production of Allocetra, for treating patients with multisystem failure.
Here is the company link to this new medication Allocetra:
https://www.enlivex.com/allocetra/
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