US Media Lament Internet Censorship—in China, Not US | FAIR
▻https://fair.org/home/us-media-lament-internet-censorship-in-china-not-us
#censure #critique #sélectivité #MSM #Chine #Etats-Unis
US Media Lament Internet Censorship—in China, Not US | FAIR
▻https://fair.org/home/us-media-lament-internet-censorship-in-china-not-us
#censure #critique #sélectivité #MSM #Chine #Etats-Unis
Keeping Self-driving Decisions Simple: Starsky #robotics’ Behavior Planning
▻https://hackernoon.com/keeping-self-driving-decisions-simple-starsky-robotics-behavior-planning
When people ask me what I do for a living, the shortest answer I give is: I help build safe autonomous trucks. I’ve been working on the behavior planning layer of Starsky Robotics’ autonomous driving stack for the last two years. Put simply, I develop software that allows our trucks to make good decisions, and I work with the rest of the team to show that the system is doing the right thing.Starsky Robotics’ Autonomous Truck“Behavior planning” is a bit of an unusual term, even within the industry, so let me first explain what we at Starsky mean by it. The behavior planning layer is responsible for the high level decision making of the truck, which we take to be decisions that have a few seconds or more lead time, like lane changes, taking an off-ramp, or pulling over to the side of the road (...)
Don’t Forget Step Zero
▻https://hackernoon.com/dont-forget-step-zero-48f0463821c5?source=rss----3a8144eabfe3---4
Don’t forget Step ZeroI’m a physicist who works at a YC #startup. The biggest mistake I’ve ever made is that I spent too much time as a physicist. The second biggest mistake I’ve ever made is that I spent too much time working on the wrong startup idea.After I stopped being a physicist and started a startup, I realized I could get more done faster through a startup. After I stopped working on the first startup idea and started working on the second one, I realized I could get more done faster through the second idea.Over the years, I’ve bumped into this pattern a lot. So much so that I gave it a name: I call it forgetting Step Zero.Step ZeroHere’s what I mean by Step Zero. When you have a task, the first thing you do to start working on it what you’d call Step One. But there’s a step before Step (...)
Running #selenium and Headless Chrome on #aws Lambda Layers
▻https://hackernoon.com/running-selenium-and-headless-chrome-on-aws-lambda-layers-python-3-6-bd8
Selenium and Headless Chrome on AWS Lambda LayersAWS has extended the timeout limit for Lambda functions from 5 to 15 minutes, also AWS released new Lambda layers feature at re:Invent 2018, with these new features, we can now move Selenium tests to server-less frameworks without any performance issues!After many attempts of using different version of chrome drivers and binaries — I eventually find a way to get it work — ChromeDriver was able to run and interact with Headless Chrome inside a Lambda Layer.I created #serverless Framework (≥1.34.0) project to publish and use Lambda Layers with Selenium and Headless Chrome, thus team is able to do UI test using Python without running Selenium on server or local machine.Selenium and Headless ChromeIncompatible versions of serverless-chrome, (...)
Technological Advancement vs Morality
▻https://hackernoon.com/technological-advancement-vs-morality-c11125d791ca?source=rss----3a8144e
The biggest challenge the engineering world will face — or rather, is facing — is to incorporate morality and ethical values while both designing an engineered product as well as while engineering a product from scratch.Are #ethics lost in the process of winning the competition?Today’s market is growing very fast and the number of players in the market has increased exponentially over the years, with so many companies and engineers trying to design the same end product, everybody wants to outsmart one another, in this process the ultimate moral values and safety aspects are sometimes ignored and the main focus is shifted towards producing the best goods in the market. A good example of this is Volkswagen’s Dieselgate emission scam, where Volkswagen had cars with “defeat devices” — software that (...)
#future #self-driving-cars #artificial-intelligence #technology
#gdpr and Self-Sovereign Identity: What Lies Ahead
▻https://hackernoon.com/gdpr-and-self-sovereign-identity-what-lies-ahead-56de20055d5c?source=rss
▻https://medium.com/metadium/the-evolution-of-identity-and-metadiums-role-db88e70ba79dGDPR and self-sovereign identity share a lot in common. GDPR regulates “the right to be forgotten” and self-sovereign identity enables it for the decentralized web. So, when and how will these two #privacy functions intersect?Self-sovereign and decentralized identity (DID) solutions like Blockstack, Sovrin or Ethereum’s uPort represent innovative opportunities for data ownership that use blockchains to flip the current model of centralized identity management on its head.Identity management is an important component of online applications. Typically, when users sign up for an online service, a custom identity is created for that application. As a result, we sign up for new services and create new username (...)
Le touriste, l’#émotion et la #mémoire_douloureuse
Les lieux de mémoires douloureuses comptent aujourd’hui parmi les destinations prisées d’un tourisme mondialisé. L’article s’attache aux modalités expérientielles et émotionnelles qui participent de l’agencement de leurs visites, en analysant les #scénographies et les parcours, mais aussi l’expression des émotions par les touristes comme celle de leur convenance et de leur adéquation aux lieux. Les émotions constituent ainsi un opérateur spatialisé de mémoire, fondé sur l’épreuve et l’#expérience_des_lieux de mémoire douloureuse, mais révélant dans le même espace-temps la tension entre les horizons de collectifs à construire et à commémorer.
[Le culte du bonheur créé] de nouvelles hiérarchies émotionnelles où ceux qui râlent, ceux qui sont en colère sont « pathologisés ».
En plus d’être le jour du Printemps, aujourd’hui c’est aussi la Journée Mondiale du Bonheur ! C’est donc l’occasion idéale pour (ré)écouter la sociologue Eva Illouz, co-auteur de « Happycratie : Comment l’industrie du bonheur a pris le contrôle de nos vies »...
Youpee !
►https://www.franceculture.fr/emissions/la-grande-table-2eme-partie/heureux-qui-comme-moi-je
Dans la « happycratie », c’est #big-pharma qui tient les manettes ainsi que tous les gourous du #développement_personnel
(Journée mondiale du #bullshit)
▻http://www.premierparallele.fr/livre/happycratie (12 boules le bouquin en .epub ... je réfléchis jusqu’à la « fin du mois ». Si j’achète et que je trouve ça intéressant, je partage.)
Bon, j’ai pas pu attendre la fin du mois. J’ai commencé la lecture. Très intéressant.
(lien valable 10 jours seulement —> 04/04/2019)
#psychologie_positive #coaching #selfhelp
#management (toxique) #manipulation_mentale #dérive_sectaire
Un prosélyte français en la personne de #Charles_Martin_Krumm :
▻http://charles-martin-krumm-psypos.blogspot.com
En plus, ce con, il donnait une conférence pas loin de chez moi. Je l’ai loupé (merdre !) ...
▻https://www.librairie-richer.com/rencontres/18278/?nl_issue=4228
D’autre membres de la #secte :
▻https://www.positran.fr/categorie-18814-l_equipe_positran.html
10 Great Articles On Data Science And #programming!
▻https://hackernoon.com/10-great-articles-on-data-science-and-programming-eec816941896?source=rs
Data science and programming are two topics that continue to expand and evolve as computation, knowledge bases and best practices continue to improve. This makes it very difficult to keep up with all the new articles and bodies of thought. So We compiled a list of 10 articles we or other people have enjoyed in the past year or so on the topics of programming, data science and machine learning. We hope they provide you new perspective as well as practical advice.1. Why businesses fail at machine learningby Cassie KozyrkovImagine hiring a chef to build you an oven or an electrical engineer to bake bread for you. When it comes to machine learning, that’s the kind of mistake I see businesses making over and over.If you’re opening a bakery, it’s a great idea to hire an experienced baker (...)
Love for self is selfishness – Forthright Magazine
▻http://forthright.net/2019/03/18/love-for-self-is-selfishness
The phrase: “lovers of themselves,” is a single word in the underlying Greek language. It is found only once in the New Testament. It stands here at the head of this list of sins. Perhaps Paul is thinking that all our transgressions flow from it.
How to Sell Your #ipad Online With The Best Offers And Quick Cash
▻https://hackernoon.com/how-to-sell-your-ipad-online-with-the-best-offers-and-quick-cash-22efee5
The modern world tends to buy products, and use them to the point of satisfaction of their wants, then sell them if it they’re in a reusable condition. iPads and other Apple products are pretty expensive, and hence these are often the best products for resale. Used Apple products also have good demand, because some people can’t afford the firsthand products. Through the domain of iGotOffer, you can sell your iPad and get the right amount of money out of it.Process of SaleThere are three simple steps to sell your iPad quickly. These steps are explained below.● Find an Offer for Your Product: This is the first step and is a hassle-free process. You can get great prices for your iPad from the domain of iGotOffer. It will help you have a peace of mind that you have an offer in hand before you (...)
#competition in the Autonomous Vehicle Industry is Heating Up
▻https://hackernoon.com/competition-in-the-autonomous-vehicle-industry-is-heating-up-22524d71ca5
Over the past few years, there has been an increasing amount of news on the topic of self-driving vehicles and the inevitable future of unmanned driving. On February 15th of this year, Amazon announced a $700 million investment in Rivian, a competitor to Tesla, and $530 million in Aurora, an independent automotive startup. This race among the various technology companies with be closely watched, and it should determine the winners in this rapidly growing industry.According to research company Altimeter, the first fully self-driving cars are likely to appear in or around 2021. This is a realistic forecast based on an analysis of existing technologies and their prospects for immediate development, but not on consumer readiness in the market. Partially self-driving and fully self-driving (...)
#self-driving-cars #artificial-intelligence #autonomous-vehicles #ai
#apple and #uber lagging in self-driving car league table
▻https://hackernoon.com/apple-and-uber-lagging-in-self-driving-car-league-table-ac5162e8f43c?sou
Self-driving cars are frequently in the news. The technology has progressed strongly, but we’re nowhere near ‘perfect’ yet. There are a significant number of companies working on test vehicles, especially in California, with the focus on improving safety and the cars’ software capabilities. As Niall McCarthy, a data analyst at Statista writes in Forbes, “Disengagements, and the reasons they occur, are a key part of that test process.” What are ‘disengagements’? A disengagement is what happens when the car’s software detects a problem, or the driver sees some danger coming, and is then able to take control of the car, so it is no longer self-driving.According to data from the California DMV published by website The Last License Holder, test models experience different levels of disengagement. (...)
#cars-market-share #self-driving-cars #automotive-market-share
Elon Musk is not reading articles online about how to become Elon Musk
▻https://hackernoon.com/elon-musk-is-not-reading-articles-online-about-how-to-become-elon-musk-d
If you Google ‘How to become Elon Musk’, you will come across thousands of articles that address that question in one way or another. Either they are answers on Quora to that specific question itself, or they are indirect answers to that question with titles ranging from ‘10 ways to think like Elon Musk’ (Forbes) to ‘8 things that Elon Musk does before 8am’ (Medium).You can substitute Elon Musk with any successful entrepreneur, author, sports person, actor, CEO, musician, politician, nobel laureate and you will see similar results.The Internet is full of literature on how to do things like, how to think like and how to become any of these successful people.The Internet is full of this literature because it attracts clicks.People love short cuts. They want to learn how to become successful in (...)
#life-lessons #progress #success #elon-musk #self-improvement
Introducing City Scale HD Maps
▻https://hackernoon.com/introducing-city-scale-hd-maps-2c70e9774290?source=rss----3a8144eabfe3--
A Very Big Step Forward towards City Scale HD MapsAt CES 2019, we launched a new product called City Scale HD Maps and demonstrated some core functionality of achieving city scale HD mapping operations. Looking back we have accomplished very large milestones since then.A small loop requested by a Car manufacturerAt Civil Maps, we saw a disconnect between the Proof-of-concept HD Maps requirements for R&D teams at car manufacturers and the scalable production requirements from procurement. If Self Driving Vehicles need to go to market, they need a scalable map operation. Upon deciding that we needed to create a city scale map to prove scalability; Civil Maps allocated new resources in a division called Team MapX.Team MapX stands for team map expansion and the focus of Team MapX is to (...)
#self-driving-cars #augmented-reality #autonomous-cars #hd-maps #virtual-reality
Publish0x — Where Writers AND Readers Get Paid
▻https://hackernoon.com/publish0x-if-medium-and-steemit-had-a-baby-d16839cf9a68?source=rss----3a
?? Publish0x — Where Writers AND Readers Get Paid✍? A #self-publishing Platform ReviewI am always on Medium and Steemit. So I am excited to have found another platform where writers get paid for publishing articles. Publish0x is like a mix of the two. What I found unique about Publish0x though is that they consider themselves to be a “crypto agnostic publishing platform”, where both authors and readers are rewarded. It is the only self-publishing platform I have ever seen where you don’t have to be an author to earn. You can earn just by reading. That kind of blew my mind. ?Anyways, the process I went through to get approved to be a writer was pretty easy. I only had to answer a couple questions, include a link to my Steemit/Medium #blog, and I got approved overnight. Since then I have been cross (...)
Solutions to our distraction addiction – Forthright Magazine
▻http://forthright.net/2019/02/19/addicted-distraction
According to Nielsen, the average American adult spends over 11 hours per day consuming media. If the amount of time lost doesn’t shock you, a study from Ofcom shows the average person in the UK checks their cell phone every 12 minutes.
#Venezuela : Bilan du 12F : c’est pour le 23F…
Guaidó: El 23 de febrero ingresará la ayuda humanitaria
▻http://www.el-nacional.com/noticias/politica/guaido-febrero-ingresara-ayuda-humanitaria_270527
Juan Guaidó, presidente interino de Venezuela, informó este martes que el día pautado para el ingreso de la ayuda humantaria a Venezuela es el 23 de febrero.
12F : La foto más espectacular de la marcha desde un drone
▻http://www.el-nacional.com/noticias/sociedad/foto-mas-espectacular-marcha-desde-drone_270528
En las tomas realizadas se aprecia la avenida Francisco de Miranda desbordada de manifestantes que atendieron a la convocatoria de Juan Guaidó, presidente interino de Venezuela.
El momento en que Juan Guaidó se tomó una #selfie en su discurso
▻http://www.el-nacional.com/noticias/sociedad/momento-que-juan-guaido-tomo-una-selfie-discurso_270549
Juan Guaidó, presidente interino de Venezuela, dedicó un momento durante su discuro para tomarse una selfie, junto a todas las personas que asistieron a la concentración de este martes en la avenida Francisco de Miranda en Caracas.
Au moins, ça lui fera des jolis souvenirs…
El inesperado #MaduroChallenge durante el discurso de Juan Guaidó en Chacao
▻http://www.el-nacional.com/noticias/sociedad/inesperado-maduro-challenge-durante-discurso-juan-guaido-chacao_270546
La acción se realizó luego que Guaidó pronunciara el apellido del dirigente oficialista y las personas continuarán la frase
avec vidéo : JG dit l’usurpateur, la foule lui demande de dire le nom, …, et répond par la réponse rituelle.
▻https://twitter.com/myteks/status/1095381320358862849
Nellie A. Izarza ? ?? ??
@myteks
Asi se sintio el #MaduroChallenge
de Juan Guaido @jguaido hoy en #Caracas Venezuela #Feb12
Cuando le dijo #MaduroUsurpador
El Pueblo respondio asi!!
RT masivo
La plate-forme de romans et de nouvelles Wattpad lance sa maison d’édition
▻https://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2019/02/06/la-plate-forme-de-romans-et-de-nouvelles-wattpad-lance-sa-maison-d-edition_5
Wattpad, la plate-forme collaborative consacrée à la publication sur Internet de romans et de nouvelles, a annoncé la création de sa propre maison d’édition. Très populaire, Wattpad se présente pour l’instant sous la forme d’un site et d’une application mobile, et compte une importante communauté qui publie majoritairement des fanfictions, des récits de romance et des romans à destination des jeunes adultes, souvent mis en ligne chapitre par chapitre.
Six premiers titres ont été annoncés par Wattpad, et seront publiés en anglais cet automne. Certains ont déjà connu un important succès en ligne – Cupid’s Match, de Lauren Palphreyman, a déjà été lu plus de 40 millions de fois, selon les chiffres de l’entreprise. En revanche, I’m a Gay Wizard, de V. S. Santon, n’a été lu « que » 400 000 fois.
Algorithme de sélection
Comme le relève le site spécialisé ActuaLitté, Wattpad aura recours à un logiciel développé en interne pour repérer les textes les plus prometteurs parmi les 565 millions publiés sur la plate-forme. Ce programme, baptisé Story DNA, se base sur les technologies d’apprentissage automatique (deep learning), très utilisées pour analyser le contenu de textes et en « comprendre » le sens.
Ce logiciel « déconstruit les histoires pour faire ressortir les composants fondamentaux, comme la structure des phrases, le vocabulaire utilisé, ou la grammaire », explique Ashleigh Gardner, responsable adjointe de Wattpad Studios, dans un entretien au site The Bookseller. Story DNA combine ces éléments aux chiffres d’audience, dont le temps passé par les lecteurs et lectrices sur un titre. « Ces données uniques nous permettent de découvrir en amont les histoires qui seront les best-sellers de demain », affirme Ashleigh Gardner.
How Hyperbolic Discounting Leads to Terrible Life Choices
▻https://hackernoon.com/how-hyperbolic-discounting-leads-to-terrible-life-choices-69cde3c4359?so
Nir’s Note: This guest post is written and illustrated by Lakshmi Mani, a product designer working in San Francisco.Have you ever had a mounting pile of work you know you need to do but for some reason didn’t? There’s an important deadline looming, your boss is breathing down your neck, the pressure is on — all signs are pointing to you getting it done. Yet you put it off, turn on Netflix, and fantasize about how you’re going to crush it tomorrow.Hyperbolic discounting is a cognitive bias, where people choose smaller, immediate rewards rather than larger, later rewards.Nir’s note: I’ve created a handy research-based workbook to help you to overcome hyperbolic discounting and stay productive. Download the free PDF “How to Keep Hyperbolic Discounting from Killing Your Productivity” (...)
The Cult Of Personality And How You Are Harmed
▻https://hackernoon.com/the-cult-of-personality-and-how-you-are-harmed-50bf3939f723?source=rss--
Musk On The Cover Of Ashlee Vance’s BiographyThe cult of personality is waging a war in your mind but you many not even be aware of its existence.The cult of personality is designed to stunt your growth and I’m about to show you how. The cult of personality is best personified by none other than Elon Musk. I never thought I’d be #writing this kind of article because I may be one of the biggest fans of Elon Musk. In fact, three years ago, when I came across one of his videos by accident, it was much like being struck by lightning. My mind went on fire. Last year, I even sent Musk a custom-designed portfolio that contained a proposal for Uber drivers to be paired with Teslas.I have a long tradition of sending things to people I greatly admire and respect. I’ve been doing this since I was a (...)
Will #blockchain Really Disrupt The #self-publishing Industry?
▻https://hackernoon.com/will-blockchain-really-disrupt-the-self-publishing-industry-9c29bb9e89d9
Talk of the blockchain and its disruptive potential is everywhere these days. From finance to gaming, believers champion it as the technology of the future, a revolutionary advancement sure to redefine entire industries.Believe it or not, blockchain fever has hit the world of self-publishing, too.In a way, it makes sense. The blockchain promises a model wherein creators can sell their work straight to consumers — cutting out the middleman, so to speak. And in traditional #publishing, the middleman is notoriously greedy.Many #authors are, as a result, excited about the potential of the blockchain. They want to connect directly with readers and enjoy more total control over their products and the rewards they reap from selling them. They no longer want to wait 90 days for payment from (...)
Working through Sipser, a textbook on Theoretical Computer Science
▻https://hackernoon.com/working-through-sipser-a-textbook-on-theoretical-computer-science-3ded71
— with John K. GibbonsRepresentation of a Turing Machine,My friend John and I have been meeting weekly to workout, have dinner, and in some cases, to study together.Recently, John and I decided to work through a textbook on theoretical computer science together. For John, this was new material, and he wanted to apply to graduate school. For me, it was old hat; I had taken one undergraduate and one graduate course on this, about 30 years ago. Both of us are older than most students, but we are both dedicated to perpetual learning.More importantly, John was fascinated by the famous “P=NP” problem, and I am interested in the edges of “Church’s Thesis” (more on both below.)We chose Introduction to the Theory of Computation (Second Edition) by Michael Sipser. According to the preface, “This book is (...)
#complexity-theory #theoretical-mathematics #education #self-study #computer-science
How to learn design patterns (and pretty much anything else)
▻https://hackernoon.com/how-to-learn-design-patterns-and-pretty-much-anything-else-9c5af6ceaba4?
At one point in my #programming career, I was pretty obsessed with design patterns. I wanted to be a great “software developer,” I wanted to write “perfect code.” And I thought, if only I knew design patterns, I would be able to write perfect code right from the get go.If you are at the point where I was, I know how you feel. You are not alone.Let me set you free.What you are not supposed to doWhen I thought I needed to learn design patterns, I decided to read all the books on design patterns I could find. A lot of people were recommending the “Gang of Four” book, so I put it to the top of my list. And I would love to say that I became a design pattern ninja and lived happily ever after, but the truth is… I didn’t finish any of them.They felt extremely boring, and I didn’t appreciate them.Do you (...)
#learn-anything #design-patterns #learning #self-improvement
Work Day Optimization: Write Code as Early as You Can
▻https://hackernoon.com/work-day-optimization-write-code-as-early-as-you-can-c6da1e57bafd?source
Do you dedicate your first working hour to code, or do you waste it reviewing your to-do list and responding to Slack messages?I often find that the longer it takes me to get to my most important tasks for the day, the less I accomplish by the end of the day.One of my favorite blog posts is “Fire and Motion” — an open admission by Joel Spolsky about days where he felt unproductive as a programmer. In his blog post, Spolsky writes:Once you get into flow it’s not too hard to keep going. Many of my days go like this: (1) get into work (2) check email, read the web, etc. (3) decide that I might as well have lunch before getting to work (4) get back from lunch (5) check email, read the web, etc. (6) finally decide that I’ve got to get started (7) check email, read the web, etc. (8) decide again (...)
#coding #self-improvement #write-code-early-in-day #productivity #software-development