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The field is so crowded it’s hard to see who is making progress.
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A host of tools to combat intentional deception in news.
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Thursday's hearing featuring Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and his accuser Christine Blasey Ford is likely to generate more heat than light. But the situation is not as murky as it might seen. Here's what sexual assault experts say you should keep in mind as you watch the proceedings.
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This is a nice example of how science and objective and detailed analyses of phenomena is a valuable life skill, one you can apply to many areas of your life. Science is not just for ESRM topics.
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A remarkably detailed look at America’s social lives online
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Great example of a cool visualization/mapping effort that would be more or less impossible with traditional graphing approaches.
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Most faculty in our second annual Teaching with Technology Survey said they employ a mix of online and face-to-face instruction, and many are using the flipped model in their courses. Via Peter Mellow
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There are many facets to the art of composition, but one you may not have thought about much is aspect ratio. Aspect ratio is is a term used to describe the ration between the width and th
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Ahhhhh...the Golden Rectangle.
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New luxury services offer to whisk families on a private jet outfitted with college regalia and staffed with a personal college admissions counselor.
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This is not our world...and I hope to God it never will be!.
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Isabella Lario was among thousands of commuters stuck on the 105 Freeway in Hawthorne early Friday after a deadly collision shut down the road in both directions for several hours. So she opened up her food truck and took breakfast orders.
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This goes in the "roll with it" category. Great example of making a decision on the fly. Lots of times we need to do this in our career planning. It doesn't always end up well, but more often than not you are better off making such decisions sooner rather than later. In this case it was opening a food truck while stopped on the freeway. in your case it might be switching projects, systems, or questions.
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A technician job can become a satisfying career — or act as a solid stepping stone.
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A very mainstream view of "technicians" but still some good nuggets in here.
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"One result of this rapid change is that the vast majority of my guests tell us that the key skills for data scientists are not the abilities to build and use deep-learning infrastructures. Instead they are the abilities to learn on the fly and to communicate well in order to answer business questions, explaining complex results to nontechnical stakeholders. Aspiring data scientists, then, should focus less on techniques than on questions. New techniques come and go, but critical thinking and quantitative, domain-specific skills will remain in demand."
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After losing cases in Detroit and California, lawyers take a different approach.
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It’s becoming routine: The New York Times hires someone for its opinion section who’s not a usual suspect, and someone starts a flame war. The latest target: Sarah Jeong.
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The perils of social media use and the potential to weaponize your tweets, posts, and messages out of context is only growing larger. While we shouldn't cower in the corner, it is important to realize your comments may one day be used against you in unfair, unethical ways.
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There is a problem with free speech...my it is left-leaning folks that take the biggest hit.
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The future’s vital, and only, constituency is the conscience of the present.
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30 Storytelling Tips For Teachers: How To Capture Your Student’s Attention
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According to our 2018 Teaching with Technology Survey, while some faculty still see technology as a hindrance, most think it has had a positive impact on teaching and learning. Via Peter Mellow
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In the cinema and on TV there are different formats of image; by choosing a projection screen, one should consider one's preferable format.
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Learn how you can design your PowerPoint presentation in the best resolution possible on your display. Understand the inches and the pixels.
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Shows are scrambling to hire more minorities, but the pipeline of experienced writers is thin, a problem of the industry’s own making.
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"The Pipeline" problem is a real issue in many industries. But so is not opening doors to folks in the first place and setting the rule of game such that only some are able to win (or even compete) on the playing field.
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Hacking. Interference. Campaign finance.
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This is a nice example of taking a complex topic/explanation and putting it in graphical form
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This is an excellent summary of why we need to hold the line on terminology and it actually matters that we use the correct terms. In your job interviews, using "alternative facts" and the like won't serve you well...unless you are going down the route to a career on the illicit side of the tracks.
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Gareth Neal is a furniture designer and maker who rose to prominence for his traditional furniture with contemporary exteriors. He discusses his career and reflects on the furniture making industry.
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Spreadsheets, like Excel, have a difficult time opening large CSVs. This post will outline tools to open big CSV Files.
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Design thinking is a popular concept in design. This article explains basic ideas of design thinking, and lists design thinking tools and various resource collections. In the article “What Is Design…
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