@Mantzarlis @IrregularVerbal The famous places mode for Geoguessr tends to be easier than the normal mode (and there's usually something interesting to look at rather than an empty road).
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Gautam Hathi
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Gautam Hathi
@gautamhathi
Software Engineer @google. Previously doing software engineering and/or journalism @nytimes, @dukechronicle, @facebook he/him https://t.co/Zinu31s5yx
New York, NY Katılım Ekim 2011
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@IrregularVerbal For sure. Especially if I don’t get a bunch of totally empty country roads in a row!
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People talk about "the algorithm" as a singular thing with a particular behavior. We have a strong tendency to model a system with complex behavior as something singular that acts with intentionality. But to make these systems work better we have to know this isn't entirely true.
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🧵 245 years ago today, leaders representing 13 British colonies signed a document to declare independence.
It says "that all men are created equal" — but women, enslaved people, Indigenous people and many others were not held as equal at the time. n.pr/2SJ3Y5v
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Data shows that Duke’s demographic makeup of tenured professors along is similar to those of its academic peers, with a significantly higher amount of men and white faculty members being tenured: dukechronicle.com/article/2021/0…
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this was a hard one to write, but i’m super excited to take @dukechronicle in this direction and find new innovative ways to establish ourselves beyond a print paper. here’s to a year that will be anything but ordinary 🥂 dukechronicle.com/article/2021/0…
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Indian police apparently raiding Twitter offices for not removing a ‘manipulated media’ label on demand. Bleak
Aseem Manchanda@aseemmanchanda
Delhi Police special cell is raiding offices of @TwitterIndia in Delhi and Gurgaon in connection with the Toolkit probe. @CNBC_Awaaz
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India ordered Facebook, Instagram and Twitter to take down dozens of social media posts critical of its handling of the pandemic. A devastating second wave of Covid-19 is sweeping across India, and oxygen is in short supply. nyti.ms/3njHh2G
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Crematoriums have been running day and night in several cities, and people have to wait for hours to get the deceased cremated or buried.
Experts say this shows that the actual number of deaths could be much higher.
bbc.in/3elkwra
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As colleges shift toward test-optional admissions, essays will become more important.
This computational analysis of 60,000 applications to UC finds essay characteristics correlate even more closely with family income than SAT scores. (via @mitchellatedf) cepa.stanford.edu/content/essay-…
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Report: Indian government is planning outright ban on cryptocurrency arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20… by @binarybits
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someone spoke to NPR under an assumed name but shared her age, wedding date, occupation, location, and pet's name. this is a pretty solid example of why pseudonymous doesn't mean anonymous if the associated data is rich enough (article: npr.org/2021/03/09/974…)
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"This is a new low, even for India," environmentalist Nityanand Jayarman told the BBC. "These are the kinds of young people we should be celebrating, and not jailing."
bbc.com/news/world-asi…
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Google announces expansion of its election security work: support (incl. free security keys) for state, not just federal, campaigns; training sessions for campaign workers; and a help desk to support use of products being offered through @DefendCampaigns. blog.google/technology/saf…
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India is threatening put Twitter employees in jail for *seven years* just for letting journalists tweet about protests. It’s a worrisome omen for our splinternet battles yet to come. platformer.news/p/will-india-b…
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The students at @DukeChronicle are doing some really great work with their student surveys, check it out here: dukechronicle.com/article/2021/0…
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Stand-up comic Munawar Faruqui has been jailed in India and refused bail - all for jokes he didn't make. What happened?
@soutikBBC
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Periodic reminder: 5 year median earnings for an NFL football player, are *lower* than the 5 year median earnings for a Silicon valley software engineer. 🤯
Plus, we get the same or better perks! And no guaranteed CTE 🤷🏿♂️
Mekka 💉x7 @[email protected]@mekkaokerekebye
Anyway, as NFL season is upon us, this is as good a time as any to remind folks that the 5 year median earnings for a Silicon Valley software engineer is *higher* than the 5 year median earnings for an NFL football player. Stay in school kids.
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