#Algorithms

Details on @GoogleAI's DNN supercomputer based on TPUv3. Nice writeup released while first numbers of TPUv4 show up as mlperf results (2.5-3.7x faster)! Some key points and comments below. Including
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I wanted to write a short issue of my Product Ideas newsletter. But then I remembered this tweet, started thinking about how many amazing content producers don’t get the attention
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Today @nytimes, @ashishkjha & I make the case for a more straightforward, less-gameable & (we think) more equitable way to roll out vaccines: older people first, then use a lottery.
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Thread on Twitter's suspension of my account (@faytuks)---On Election Day, November 3rd, Faytuks (among other accounts) were suddenly suspended by Twitter. Some of these accounts include FJNewsReporter, Crisis_Intel, SVnews &
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Multiple friends have been reaching out lately, asking some version of "how did people get radicalized to such an extent?" and, more importantly, "why not us? why was I immune."
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Most #gamedev are familiar with A*, the most used pathfinding algorithm in games. But did you know that there's a very common scenario in which A* DOES NOT find the
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Glad to announce the publication of the @globalriskfs/@evolutionQinc 2020 Quantum Threat Timeline Report, which I co-authored with Michele Mosca. This is an update of the 2019 report, and includes the
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NRMP Match TweetorialHey #MedStudentTwitter! It’s February—time for rank order lists! I’ve seen misconceptions about the Match, so here’s a #tweetorial about the Match & ROLs, including history, algorithms, and applicant
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1) Dreaded thread on why I think the response to postcritique is so vitriolic. Short version: Because literary studies is a discipline in search of an application. 2) Before I
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So the rightwing chatter on this predictably is that this proves Twitter has an anti-conservative bias.The reality remains: they coddle conservatives so much that by the time they're forced to
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Hey folks - hope everyone is enjoying their weekend. Wanted to share another DD I did on an interesting company in the buy now pay later industry, $FSRV - more
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Okay, so here's what I've learned from asking Twitter for help re: HireVue....Thread! - Many companies only use HireVue for the live video interviews- Many companies only use HV
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Facebook has blocked Australian users from sharing and viewing news content on its popular social media platform, escalating a dispute with the government over paying media publishers for content https://reut.rs/3pzZxV0 
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Kick Ass Thread about China, the Social Credit System, Discourse Power, NBA, Hollywood, Culture, Human Rights, "the virus" and South Park. You’ll know so much, it'll make you high. Let’s
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Today, let's talk about the impact of algorithms for social benefits. In France, an unemployment advisor has been fired because he was helping unemployed people bypass the algorithm to get
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READ & COMMENT PLEASE.I'm interested if you think this is possible.(1)I have a theory that I brought to my anon brothers this evening:I suspect every News Network (Fox, too) was
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