TLDR: Daily GTA5 during 2 months has no measurable differences to daily Sims, or no games at all
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41380-018-0031-7
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41380-018-0031-7
Nature
Does playing violent video games cause aggression? A longitudinal intervention study
Molecular Psychiatry - Does playing violent video games cause aggression? A longitudinal intervention study
Watching the Watchers, Testing Tests: The State of Mutation Testing at Google
https://ai.google/research/pubs/pub46584
https://ai.google/research/pubs/pub46584
Google Research
State of Mutation Testing at Google – Google Research
See also the HN discussion of negative side effects for mutation tests:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17515602
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17515602
Also on the offensive side of things: American Fuzzy Lop
http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/afl/
http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/afl/
on color perception, taking DressGate up to 11:
https://twitter.com/NovickProf/status/1019592963259691008?s=04
https://twitter.com/NovickProf/status/1019592963259691008?s=04
Twitter
David Novick
A new Munker illusion, which I call confetti. All the dots in the background are the same color (RGB 250, 219, 172) but are perceived as four different colors. The differences are subtle, though, and depend on the size of the image when it's viewed. cc @AkiyoshiKitaoka
Using Gaussian Boson Sampling to find dense subgraphs. Sweet!
Articles that cross disciplines are always sweet.
https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.10730
Articles that cross disciplines are always sweet.
https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.10730
that's one great story! (also ref: https://arxiv.org/abs/1807.04271 )
https://www.quantamagazine.org/teenager-finds-classical-alternative-to-quantum-recommendation-algorithm-20180731/
https://www.quantamagazine.org/teenager-finds-classical-alternative-to-quantum-recommendation-algorithm-20180731/
Quanta Magazine
Major Quantum Computing Advance Made Obsolete by Teenager
18-year-old Ewin Tang has proven that classical computers can solve the “recommendation problem” nearly as fast as quantum computers. The result eliminates one of the best examples of quantum speedup.
science meets art once again! wonderful
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/meet-the-woman-who-is-preserving-the-smell-of-history
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http://www.heritagescience.ac.uk/Research_Projects/projects/IRG/Gibson
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/meet-the-woman-who-is-preserving-the-smell-of-history
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http://www.heritagescience.ac.uk/Research_Projects/projects/IRG/Gibson
Atlas Obscura
Meet the Woman Who Is Preserving the Smell of History
One scientist's quest to capture old scents.
Awesome large-scale study of human cognitive capabilities via spatial reasoning
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982218307711?via%3Dihub
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982218307711?via%3Dihub
Human-level concept learning through probabilistic program induction
[abs] https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Human-level-concept-learning-through-probabilistic-Changala-Mellau/23078c79c0fc425653aeafcee2ddd01210254658
[pdf] https://cims.nyu.edu/~brenden/LakeEtAl2015Science.pdf
via @senchaid
[abs] https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Human-level-concept-learning-through-probabilistic-Changala-Mellau/23078c79c0fc425653aeafcee2ddd01210254658
[pdf] https://cims.nyu.edu/~brenden/LakeEtAl2015Science.pdf
via @senchaid
www.semanticscholar.org
Human-level concept learning through probabilistic program induction - Semantic Scholar
People learning new concepts can often generalize successfully from just a single example, yet machine learning algorithms typically require tens or hundreds of examples to perform with similar accuracy. People can also use learned concepts in richer ways…
Federated Learning: Training ML models without having to hoard all data from the users in the cloud first
https://florian.github.io/federated-learning/
https://florian.github.io/federated-learning/
It was a long wait, but I'm finally back to writing about my ideas and projects again. Blogging services and social networks come and go, so it's a standalone website this time :)
https://oleksandr.works/2018/08/30/language-engineering/
https://oleksandr.works/2018/08/30/language-engineering/
oleksandr.works
Language Engineering | Understand the World
Let’s talk about self-aware systems. Nah. Let’s start with something simpler. What if we apply the systems engineering approach to the…
Oops, your WiFi/Bluetooth chip can inadvertenly broadcast your encryption keys as electromagnetic noise from the CPU gets amplified and transmitted too
http://s3.eurecom.fr/tools/screaming_channels/
Also, hat tip to them for sharing source code and setup details.
http://s3.eurecom.fr/tools/screaming_channels/
Also, hat tip to them for sharing source code and setup details.
Keys for Pektron keyless entry systems (used in Tesla, McLaren and other high-end cars) are copyable within minutes. Tesla at least acknowledges the issue, unlike other vendors 🤦🏼♂️ (via @atemerev)
https://www.esat.kuleuven.be/cosic/fast-furious-and-insecure-passive-keyless-entry-and-start-in-modern-supercars/
https://www.esat.kuleuven.be/cosic/fast-furious-and-insecure-passive-keyless-entry-and-start-in-modern-supercars/