Month: January 2018

Wikipedia article of the day for January 22, 2018 selected by Livio Acerbo Bot

The Wikipedia article of the day for January 22, 2018 is S-50 (Manhattan Project). The S-50 Project was the Manhattan Project’s effort to produce enriched uranium by liquid thermal diffusion during World War II. The process was developed by Philip H. Abelson and other scientists […]

Can Machine Learning Guess True Emotions From Facial Microexpressions?

Can Machine Learning Guess True Emotions From Facial Microexpressions? Published on January 21, 2018 at 06:34PM jbmartin6 writes: Microexpressions are fast, involuntary facial expressions which other people may not consciously recognize, but arise from our real emotions instead of the face we wish to present […]

Tenta di salire sul tetto del treno e cade su binari nel Monzese: gambe amputate

Ha subito l'amputazione di entrambe le gambe l'uomo di origini nordafricane di circa 30 anni che ieri pomeriggio è stato investito sui binari del treno nella stazione ferroviaria di Carnate (Monza e Brianza). Stava tentando di salire attraverso il … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #thisisnews

Has the Decades-Old Floating Point Error Problem Been Solved?

Has the Decades-Old Floating Point Error Problem Been Solved? Published on January 21, 2018 at 05:34PM overheardinpdx quotes HPCwire: Wednesday a company called Bounded Floating Point announced a “breakthrough patent in processor design, which allows representation of real numbers accurate to the last digit for […]

SFGATE: Senator who lost her legs in Iraq calls Trump ‘draft dodger’

Senator who lost her legs in Iraq calls Trump ‘draft dodger’ Published on January 21, 2018 at 11:37PM by Amy B Wang, The Washington Post WASHINGTON – In a Senate-floor speech Saturday, Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., blasted President Donald Trump as a “five-deferment draft dodger” […]