https://embed.ted.com/talks/zachary_r_wood_why_it_s_worth_listening_to_people_we_disagree_with We get stronger, not weaker, by engaging with ideas and people we disagree with, says Zachary R. Wood. In an important talk about finding common ground, Wood makes the case that we can build empathy and gain understanding by engaging tactfully and thoughtfully with controversial ideas and unfamiliar perspectives. “Tuning out opposing viewpoints doesn’t make them go away,” Wood says. “To achieve progress in the face of adversity, we need a genuine commitment to gaining a deeper understanding of humanity.” ...

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I am on osx. And for my particular project I am stuck with python 2.7. (I think python 3 is fine at the moment.) Apparently pip has been acting up. If you do a pip install and getting something like this: [code] Collecting alembic==0.9.5 (from -r requirements.txt (line 1)) Could not fetch URL https://pypi.python.org/simple/alembic/: There was a problem confirming the ssl certificate: [SSL: TLSV1_ALERT_PROTOCOL_VERSION] tlsv1 alert protocol version (_ssl.c:590) - skipping Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement alembic==0.9.5 (from -r requirements.txt (line 1)) (from versions: ) No matching distribution found for alembic==0.9.5 (from -r requirements.txt (line 1)) [/code] ...

https://youtu.be/nFzu6CNtqec https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacoma_Narrows_Bridge_(1940)

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This is a very nice tool to help understand how to set up a neural network. Often times I wonder when to use what features, and how many hidden layers should I use in tensorflow, etc. This website lets us play with these params and visually shows us the output. http://playground.tensorflow.org/

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Alcohol - No Almonds - No Apples - Yes (No seeds) Bananas - Yes Bread - Yes (Plain only, no spices and no raisins) Caffeine - No Carrot sticks - Yes Cashews - Yes Cheese - Yes Chocolate - No Cinnamon - No Coconut - Yes Corn - Yes (Not the cod) Cucumber slices - Yes Eggs - Yes (Need to be fully cooked) Fish - Yes (Fully cooked and cooled, No tiny bones) Garlic - No Grapes - No Green beans - Yes Ham - Yes Honey - Yes Ice Cream - No Macadamia nuts - No Milk - No (Many dogs are lactose-intolerant) Onions - No Oranges - Yes (No seeds) Pasta - Yes (Plain and cooked) Peanut butter - Yes Peanuts - Yes Popcorn - Yes (Without salt and butter, just plain) Pork - Yes Potato - Yes (Plain baked only, no raw potatoes or from the garden) Quinoa - Yes Raisins - No Rice - Yes (Cooked white rice is ok) Salmon - Yes Salt - No Shrimp - Yes (Fully cooked, remove the head, tail, and legs) Sugar - No (overweight and teeth issues) Tuna - Yes (For canned tuna, needs to be in water and no spices) Turkey - Yes (No garlic, no bones) Watermelon - Yes (No seeds) Wheat/grains - Yes Yogurt - Yes Zucchini slices - Yes ...