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The Mathematical Shape of Big Science Data | Quanta Magazine

Scientific data sets are becoming more dynamic, requiring new mathematical techniques on par with the invention of calculus.

quantamagazine.org/the-mathema?

RT @GinettePT@twitter.com
Les vaccins fonctionnent et ils sauvent des vies.

Les faits ici: ow.ly/UrgD50lv0yK

Life Without the Tech Giants

Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Apple collectively make products that we love, products that we hate (but can’t stop using), and products that dictate how we communicate and how we are seen. Their devices and services make our lives easier than they’ve ever been before, yet more complicated in unforeseen ways. They are so ubiquitous and fundamental to our lives that their offerings have replaced core functions of our brains. We’re now realizing it’s as possible to get addicted to these buttons, clicks, screens, and scrolls as it is to get hooked on nicotine or heroin. Who, after all, can deny the high that comes from an Instagram like?

gizmodo.com/life-without-the-t

Outrage after Brazil ministry asks students to recite Bolsonaro slogan

New education minister admits ‘mistake’ after asking schools to film students singing the national anthem and reading the slogan

amp.theguardian.com/world/2019

RT @agenciabrasil@twitter.com
Em carta enviada a escolas, MEC pede execução do Hino Nacional bit.ly/2EwZRQ4 📷Marcelo Horn/GERJ/CC

Conjunto de Mandelbrot que fiz alguns anos atrás em c++

Esse conjunto é conexo ao conjunto de Julia. Por tanto vou fazê-lo na linguagem Julia :)

pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conjunto

Bolsonaro proposes pension overhaul for Brazil

Reforming Brazil's retirement system is considered critical to the country's economy.

bbc.co.uk/news/amp/business-47

RT @_JSpain@twitter.com

ive just learned @lastfm@twitter.com has a "top listeners" feature and needless to say you will all be shocked to see the results

RT @kdecommunity@twitter.com

The KDE community is moving its instant messaging communication infrastructure to @matrixdotorg@twitter.com . Join our server, get your exclusive KDE handle and become part of the KDE conversation.

dot.kde.org/2019/02/20/kde-mig

For a Black Mathematician, What It’s Like to Be the ‘Only One’

Fewer than 1 percent of doctorates in math are awarded to African-Americans. Edray Goins, who earned one of them, found the upper reaches of the math world a challenging place.

nytimes.com/2019/02/18/us/edra

New AI fake text generator may be too dangerous to release, say creators

The Elon Musk-backed nonprofit company OpenAI declines to release research publicly for fear of misuse

amp.theguardian.com/technology

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