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FDA bans antibacterial soaps; “No scientific evidence” they’re safe, effective
In a final ruling announced Friday, the Food and Drug Administration is pulling from the market a wide range of antimicrobial soaps after manufacturers failed to show that the soaps are both safe and...
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Want to end mass incarceration? Stop blindly reelecting your local prosecutor
The "tough on crime" prosecutor's days may be numbered.Over the past few days, news has trickled out that liberal billionaire George Soros has poured millions of dollars into local election campaigns...
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Introduction to Mean Shift Algorithm
Its been quite some time since I wrote a Data Mining post . Today, I intend to post on Mean Shift – a really cool but not very well known algorithm. The basic idea is quite simple but the results are...
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FDA Orders Antibacterials Removed from Consumer Soaps
Say goodbye to those "antibacterial" soaps. The Food and Drug Administration says they do little or nothing to make soap work any better and said the industry has failed to prove they're safe....
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Neural Network Architectures
Deep neural networks and Deep Learning are powerful and popular algorithms. And a lot of their success lays in the careful design of the neural network architecture.I wanted to revisit the history of...
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Contemplating the possible retirement of Apache OpenOffice
Outgoing Apache OpenOffice project management committee (PMC) chair Dennis Hamilton has begun the discussion of a possible (note possible at this point) shutdown of the project. "In the case of Apache...
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Thinking at the Margin: It's Revolutionary
TweetHere’s a letter to a first-time correspondent:Ms. Katie MontgomeryMs. Montgomery:I regret that you’re offended by my claim that “Only by thinking at the margin can we correctly understand why the...
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Chrome is warning users about insecure pages
It's happened. Today Chrome's stable channel was updated with a new HTTPS UI. The changes in these versions of Chrome (Chrome 53 for Windows, Mac users got them in Chrome 52) complete 'transition 1' in...
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Git 2.10 has been released
The open source Git project has just released Git 2.10.0, with features and bugfixes from over 70 contributors. Here's our look at some of the most interesting new features:Progress reporting for...
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Amazon and Starbucks pay less tax than sausage stall, says Austria
2 September 2016From the section BusinessShareShare this withEmailShare this with EmailFacebookShare this with FacebookTwitterShare this with TwitterPinterestShare this with PinterestWhatsAppShare this...
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Think You Bought Red Snapper? Don’t Be So Sure
Updated Aug. 5, 2016 4:25 p.m. ETEating fresh fish is a rite of summer, especially for those of us who want lean, nutritious protein. But fish-lovers beware: What you find at stores and restaurants...
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Everykey
Freeze a Lost or Stolen EverykeyIf your Everykey is lost or stolen, you can freeze it through the Everykey App, or by calling us. No one will be able to use your frozen Everykey, so you don't have to...
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Solutions to Integer Overflow
Humans are typically not very good at reasoning about integers with limited range, whereas computers fundamentally work with limited-range numbers. This impedance mismatch has been the source of a lot...
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Startups turning to a funding tactic used by oil and gas companies in the 1900s
Software-as-service companies have a great business model. Instead of one-off payments for software, these companies charge subscriptions, monthly or annual payments for delivering software through the...
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Latest Intel, AMD chips won't support Windows versions earlier than Windows 10
Water coolerI read an article this week headlined: "The latest Kaby Lake, Zen chips will support only Windows 10." It claimed Intel and AMD's new processors are "officially supported only by...
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LoweBot
This fall, Lowe’s is introducing LoweBot, aNAVii autonomous retail service robot by Fellow Robots, in eleven Lowe’s Stores throughout the San Francisco Bay area. After a successful two-year pilot of...
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Great Trail FAQ
Explore the Trail: Use our interactive map to find the Trail closest to you. You’ll also find printable maps and downloadable GPS coordinates for all operational Trail sections.?You can download a map...
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Waud.js: Web audio library
Waud is a simple and powerful web audio library that allows you to go beyond HTML5's <audio> tag and easily take advantage of Web Audio API.The Web Audio API provides a powerful and versatile...
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Memento at the W3C
The W3C Wiki and the W3C specifications are now accessible using the Memento “Time Travel for the Web” protocol. This is the result of a collaboration between the W3C, the Prototyping Team of the Los...
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A computer engineer has tracked down the first Apollo guidance computer
Flight AS-202 lifts off on 25 August 1966.It’s not often that a YouTube video on a technical topic gives one goosebumps. And it’s not often that someone unpacking a computer makes history.Francois...
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