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- Why aren't headphone jack shaped plugs used for data? https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/105116/why-arent-headphone-jack-shaped-plugs-used-for-data 9 comments hardware
- The shape of data https://www.scattered-thoughts.net/writing/the-shape-of-data/ 4 comments clojure
- Tutorial: how to shape your data in R with dplyr http://sharpsightlabs.com/dplyr-intro-data-manipulation-with-r/ 14 comments rstats
- Solar System is "bullet-shaped," and travels as fast as one, according to Voyager data http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/05/070510-solar-system.html 57 comments science
- Census Bureau data out today will shape the redistricting fight of this decade | Census https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/aug/12/census-bureau-data-redistricting-fight-to-vote 3 comments politics
- With hours until polls close, here are the data that will shape the night https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/11/03/with-hours-until-polls-close-here-are-data-that-will-shape-night/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=iwar2nghfs2n2bropqto36f2sroocudzaktm2mcmbdsnkbqmnqq5tb00cq8la 21 comments politics
- Trump Says African-Americans Are In Their 'Worst Shape' Ever. The Data Disagrees http://www.npr.org/2016/09/21/494883725/trump-says-african-americans-are-in-their-worst-shape-ever-the-data-disagrees 51 comments politics
- How to Filter Data by Map Shape (Using PostgreSQL and Elasticsearch) https://blog.elpassion.com/how-to-filter-data-by-map-shape-5cb6e5d18b33 4 comments programming
- Tutorial: rapid data exploration and data shaping in R with dplyr http://www.sharpsightlabs.com/dplyr-intro-data-manipulation-with-r/ 15 comments statistics
- The GDPR effect: How data privacy regulation shaped firm performance globally https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/gdpr-effect-how-data-privacy-regulation-shaped-firm-performance-globally 16 comments europe
- Data from over 350,000 people suggest "the so-called J-shaped curve of the cardiovascular disease-alcohol consumption relationship suggesting health benefits from low to moderate alcohol consumption is the biggest myth since we were told smoking was good for us." https://www.clinicalnutritionjournal.com/article/S0261-5614(21)00559-8/fulltext 565 comments science
- [Question] Using Hidden Markov Models to Cluster Shape of Time Series, Detrend Data? https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/11/3/2741 6 comments statistics
- Accelerometer data (available to iOS/Android apps without user permission) can be used to spy on people’s health, body shape, tobacco and alcohol consumption, driving style, location, and to infer text typed on the touchscreen. https://dl.acm.org/doi/epdf/10.1145/3309074.3309076 18 comments degoogle
- F1's data revolution: how fan opinions & stats will shape future circuits - Motor Sport Magazine https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/single-seaters/f1/f1s-data-revolution-how-fan-opinions-stats-will-shape-future-circuits 18 comments formula1
- After roles for data engineers, architects and vizualization experts, the role of anayltics translators is now being shaped by organizations looking to/have already become data-driven/AI-augmented. https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6372729423271120897?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A6372676859582304257%2C6372714098647449600%29 8 comments datascience
- Latest Gartner data shows iOS vs Android battle shaping up much like Mac vs Windows https://9to5mac.com/2016/08/18/android-ios-smartphone-market-share/ 6 comments apple
- [QPR FC] sign Lucas Andersen after he left Aalborg. QPR CEO Nourry: "He performed above the median as a line-breaking 10 specifically for our possession-based 4-3-3 conceptual shape in data screening and was crucially [...] available on a free transfer owing to his former club’s relegation." https://x.com/QPR/status/1754528557169090563?s=20 11 comments soccer
- Pharmacies share medical data with police without a warrant, inquiry finds | The revelation could shape the debate over Americans’ health privacy as states move to criminalize abortion and drugs related to reproductive health https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/12/12/pharmacy-records-police-privacy-abortion/ 19 comments politics
- Data & Model: When a SCOTUS Justice is the pivotal vote on a case, s/he tends to more closely vote along party lines, especially when the choice unambiguously establishes legal precedent. This is evidence of strategic voting: justices trade off a case's merits with their own want to shape precedent. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0047272722001281?dgcid=raven_sd_via_email 19 comments science
- A soft sheet has been constructed that can be driven by electromagnetic forces to continuously change its shape, mimicking the behaviour of soft tissues in living organisms. The control system uses imaging data and an optimization algorithm to enhance the material’s morphing ability. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05061-w 2 comments science
- Social connections shape economic prospects. Data on 21 billion Facebook connections reveal that a new measure of social capital — childhood friendships between people of high and low socio-economic status — is linked to economic mobility later in life. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-01843-4 8 comments science
- We move along the surface of a doughnut: Researchers have gained a first insight into how the brain structures higher-level information. By extracting and analysing data from a neural network of grid cells, they found that the collective neural activity is shaped like the surface of a doughnut. https://norwegianscitechnews.com/2022/01/we-move-along-the-surface-of-a-doughnut/ 77 comments science
- Analysis of Google search data indicates politics played a major role in shaping COVID-19 fears in the United States https://www.psypost.org/2021/11/analysis-of-google-search-data-indicates-politics-played-a-major-role-in-shaping-covid-19-fears-in-the-united-states-62083?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook 15 comments science
- New research provides the first evidence that culture can shape the endorsement of conspiracy theories. Researchers analyzed data from multiple countries and found that the cultural values of masculinity and collectivism were consistent predictors of conspiracy belief. https://www.psypost.org/2021/05/multi-country-study-finds-cultural-values-of-collectivism-and-masculinity-are-tied-to-belief-in-conspiracy-theories-60745 35 comments science
- New evolutionary data suggests that the ancestor of all bacteria was a rod-shaped organism with two membranes, able to swim, with a replication machinery similar to extant bacteria, and able to fend off genetic parasites like viruses using CRISPR https://science.sciencemag.org/content/372/6542/eabe0511 5 comments science
- Someone had a vague request for help building a thing. I honestly have no idea what the use case is… or you know, why. But, it seemed like a fun challenge, so this is what I came up with. You can adjust the shape size/density by adjusting the data-attributes on the <option> elements https://codepen.io/chadd/full/vwpgrxq 10 comments javascript
- Discredited Gun Researcher’s Justice Department Post Raises Alarms About Future of Crime Statistics | John Lott has a mysterious new federal job that may allow him to shape the crime data that is released to the public. https://www.thetrace.org/2020/12/economist-lott-department-justice-ojp-more-guns-less-crime/ 3 comments politics
- This month in Dimforge #2 (October 2020) - New collider shapes, collision filters, restitution, user-defined data, and work-in-progress coupling with fluids https://www.dimforge.com/blog/2020/11/01/this-month-in-dimforge 4 comments rust
- As Cars Get Smarter, Massachusetts Voters May Shape Their Future - Question 1 would amend the state's right-to-repair law and expand access to car data. But big automakers are pushing back. https://www.wired.com/story/right-to-repair-massachusetts-question-1-election-2020/ 9 comments technology
- Congress wary on future aid as well-connected businesses rake in millions The numerous anecdotes and controversies pouring out of the Paycheck Protection Program loan data are shaping lobbying efforts around the next economic relief package. https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/07/congress-wary-future-ppp-aid-351481 3 comments politics
- Pace of economic recovery could shape races in swing states - Federal data suggests the economic impact of the pandemic may last through November https://www.rollcall.com/2020/05/28/pace-of-economic-recovery-could-shape-swing-state-races/ 5 comments politics
- A publication in Science shows nano-funnels that direct electrons purely using shape. This could unlock the ability to process data 100x faster than wifi and wirelessly charge things like smartwatches without ever leaving a person's wrist. https://science.sciencemag.org/content/368/6487/177 38 comments science
- Americans' moral values are more likely the products of their political orientations rather than the other way around, new research finds. The large panel data modeling study suggests that ideology might be shaping everyday social life much more than previously thought. https://ajps.org/2019/07/31/ideology-justifies-morality/ 103 comments science
- UK’s economy still strong and stable despite political turmoil. John Hawksworth, chief economist at PwC, said: “Today’s data confirm that the public finances are back in decent shape after nine years of austerity.” https://www.ft.com/content/bb088be2-7c70-11e9-81d2-f785092ab560 3 comments worldnews
- As a result of repressive regimes over the centuries, the EU has determined that privacy and security over personal data protection are fundamental rights. The U.S., by contrast, has opted to allow market forces to shape privacy policy https://ponderwall.com/index.php/2018/07/25/privacy-shield-framework-europe-usa/ 11 comments business
- New research shows how “clickbait” caught on in the modern newsroom and how data metrics have changed journalism. The study by Stanford University in the American Journal of Sociology examines how metrics shape newsroom dynamics in the United States and France. https://www.futurity.org/clickbait-news-audience-metrics-1710452/ 7 comments science
- Are Google, Amazon and others getting too big? - US regulators have long lagged Europe when it comes to cracking down on anti-competitive behaviour but Jonathan Kanter believes attitudes may be changing - These firms gain power as they amass user data and shape the flow of information http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39875417 44 comments privacy
- The most comprehensive data set on the distribution of Neanderthals finds abiotic (climate & topography) drivers played an important role in shaping Neanderthals distribution during the Last Interglacial, and challenges the notion of Neanderthals as a species with preference for colder environments. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jbi.12845/full 3 comments science
- China’s unexpected cut in interest rates – the second in less than a month – suggests that the world’s second-biggest economy is in worse shape than it appears and the government is getting worried about growth prospects ahead of the release of key economic data next week. http://www.cnbc.com/id/48088860 36 comments worldnews
- The shape of the Universe is an informal name for a subject of investigation within physical cosmology which describes the geometry of the universe. The most popular shape of the Universe found to fit observational data according to cosmologists is the infinite flat mode. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/curvature_of_the_universe 65 comments science