@grammargirl I've always enjoyed the fact that normally "affect" is a verb and "effect" is a noun -- but "affect" is a noun in psychology and "effect" is a verb meaning "cause" (while the noun "cause" means the opposite of the noun "effect").
RT @fioraesoterica@twitter.com
scientists train neural net to generate maps from aerial photos, then photos back from the maps.
turns out it isn't actually doing the latter step; it's steganographically hiding the data to recover the original image https://arxiv.org/pdf/1712.02950.pdf
RT @Nick__Bentley@twitter.com
The case for “conditional optimism” on climate change - Vox https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2018/12/28/18156094/conditional-optimism-climate-change
O dear, the rabbit hole goes even deeper: https://www.reddit.com/r/farscape/comments/79hes9/harvey_briefly_belonged_to_andy_from_toy_story/
Some class notes on analysis of algorithms. https://github.com/PeterDrake/drakepedia/blob/master/algorithms/analysis.md
RT @PIGSquad@twitter.com
Get psyched for Global Game Jam 2019! We'll be hosting at the University of Portland in January :)
For full details about the site, visit our registration page! Tickets go on sale on the 7th.
http://bit.ly/pigsquadggj2019
Right there with you. I think I'm recovering, because I can no longer hear it when I blink.
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RT @ntcomplete@twitter.com
I'm ready to not have a cold any more.
https://twitter.com/ntcomplete/status/1078503692393828352
RT @eatliver@twitter.com
When Was The Last Time You Flossed? https://www.eatliver.com/flossing/
@pesh Out of curiosity, how does this (unfinished) page look for accessibility?
https://github.com/PeterDrake/drakepedia/blob/master/algorithms/analysis.md
RT @_cingraham@twitter.com
So, a shipment of crickets for the lizard arrived via FedEx today. It was my first time ordering bulk crickets off the internet, and I naively assumed that they would be in like, a bag or some other contraption to facilitate easy transfer to another container. They were not.
Students often don't like curricular innovation or tech tools, but I got specific, positive feedback about interactive / self-grading materials I used this term (OpenDSA, http://rosalind.info).
CS professor, game designer, and fire dancer ordinaire.