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Mapping Happiness With Twitter Natural Language Processingmedium.com
What data science and NLP tell us about happiness in the U.S. - joelbrandt.org
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The little-told story of how the U.S. government poisoned alcohol during Prohibition.slate.com
It was Christmas Eve 1926, the streets aglitter with snow and lights, when the man afraid of Santa Claus stumbled into the emergency room at New York City's Bellevue Hospital. He was flushed, gasping with fear: Santa Claus, he kept telling the nurses, ... -
Announcing UberPoolblog.uber.com
UberPool: a bold new experiment from the Uber Garage. Share a ride and split the cost with another person traveling along a similar route. - tools.ietf.org
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UNSEALED: The US Sought Permission To Change The Historical Record Of A Public Court Proceedingeff.org
A few weeks ago we fought a battle for transparency in our flagship NSA spying case, Jewel v. NSA. But, ironically, we weren't able to tell you anything about it until now. -
Anthropology: The sad truth about uncontacted tribesbbc.com
One of the world’s last isolated tribes has ‘emerged’ from the forest. Is it to make contact, or have darker reasons forced them out? Rachel Nuwer investigates. -
The Minds & Algorithms That Make Hollywood Spectacle - Facts So Romantic - Nautilusnautil.us
We may not have realized it at the time, but during the 1990s, Hollywood movies were infiltrated by a new presence that outshined… -
Mysterious Siberian crater attributed to methanenature.com
Build-up and release of gas from thawing permafrost most probable explanation, says Russian team. -
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Sliced Investing Launches To Bring Hedge Fund Access To The Common Investor | TechCrunchtechcrunch.com
Sliced Investing today launched a tool to connect accredited investors who previously couldn't meet the required minimum investment, to hedge funds. You.. -
Recommending music on Spotify with deep learningbenanne.github.io
An overview of what I've been doing as part of my internship at Spotify in NYC this summer: using convolutional neural networks for audio-based music recommendation. -
Rebooting YouTubefastcompany.com
Susan Wojcicki built Google into a $55 billion advertising giant. Now shes running YouTube. Her job: Do it again. -
The case against time zones: They're impractical & outdatedvox.com
Railroad time was fine for the Victorian Era but the internet age needs universal time.