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Posted on December 4, 2019 by jjn1

• Slow-Reading is the New Deep Learning If you want to understand (and retain) something, read slowly.
• China is researching methods of linking DNA to facial recognition Remarkable reporting ny the New York Times. Basically, it’s DNA phenotyping. “The Chinese government is building “essentially technologies used for hunting people,” said Mark Munsterhjelm, an assistant professor at the University of Windsor in Ontario who tracks Chinese interest in the technology.
• Bestiality, Stabbings, and Child Porn: Why Facebook Moderators Are Suing the Company for Trauma The human costs of making Zuckerberg even richer and keeping the rest of us complacent about social media.