How Particle Physics Is Improving Recommendation Engines
via New on MIT Technology Review
The same physics that governs the behaviour of photons and electrons may also improve online shopping recommendations, say researchers.
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Arts & Letters Daily – ideas, criticism, debate
For brevity of wit, read cheese labels in New York: “This firm Sardinian sheep has the cool unaffected strut of Mick in his prime”... more
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Dollhouse in a guitar body
via Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow
Lorraine Robinson from Fairy Meadows Miniatures made this dollhouse inside a guitar for her daughter, as a 25th birthday present: “She is a music and travel buff and just about to start a new episode in her life and attend Flinders University.”
Fairy Meadow Miniatures
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Notre Dame de Montreal: 1900
via Shorpy Historical Photo Archive – Vintage Fine Art Prints by Dave
Circa 1900
“Main altar, Church of Notre Dame, Montreal, Quebec”
8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company
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I couldn't find a similar image from for recent times that was as well-focused as this one and was available on a CC licence but there’s some really nice stuff behind this link of the high altar detail.
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Arts & Letters Daily – ideas, criticism, debate
Vocabulary = cognitive ability = economic success, writes E.D. Hirsch. To reduce inequality in America, a good place to start is the language-arts classroom... more
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Why I Am Not an Atheist
via Big Think by Satoshi Kanazawa
“Atheist” used to mean someone who does not believe in the existence of God. Unfortunately, it no longer does.
Thanks to Richard Dawkins and his ilk, “atheist” now means someone who is (and acts as if he is) intellectually superior, and who mocks and derides the deeply held and personal religious beliefs of less intelligent others by pointing out how wrong-headed and stupid they are to believe what they believe.
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1941 : Bomb damage to 23 Queen Victoria Street during the Blitz
via Retronaut by Chris Wild
(c) City of London Police
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Arts & Letters Daily – ideas, criticism, debate
Women in combat: The first defenders of Stalingrad in 1942 were teenage girls, firing anti-aircraft guns to halt German tanks... more
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Can you guess what this historic patent is for?
via Boing Boing by Maggie Koerth-Baker
Here’s an image from a patent filing made in 1931.
Now, what do you think it is?
I’ll give you a hint: It’s a medical device.
Find the answer at Ptak Science Books
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Friday Fun: Tangled
via How-To Geek by Asian Angel
This game is a bit of a mind bender as you attempt to move coloured discs to specific locations on game boards with a very limited amount of manoeuvrability.
Can you successfully move all the discs to their proper locations or will the logic of the game leave you tangled up and frustrated?
You can get some help from Asian Angle’s walk-through or if you think you have a really logical brain then go for it. Dive straight into the game.
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