Month: November 2019

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The NewsWorthy - Impeachment Hearings, Dem Debate & Solar Breakthrough – Wednesday, November 20th, 2019

The news to know for Wednesday, November 20th, 2019!

We're breaking down a few of the key moments from the impeachment hearings, and what to expect from tonight's Democratic debate.

Plus: what all Android users need to know, a solar energy 'breakthrough' backed by Bill Gates, and how a selfie can get you free stuff...

Those stories and many more in less than 10 minutes!

Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you. 

Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com to read more about any of the stories mentioned under the section titled 'Episodes' or see sources below...

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Sources:

Impeachment Hearing Highlights: AP, NYT, WSJ, The Hill, The Washington Post, ABC News

Dem Debate #5: NPR, Vox, Washington Post

Doctors’ Group Wants Vaping Ban: CNBC, Time, AMA

Android Vulnerability: Forbes, Ars Technica

Solar Breakthrough: Cnet, CNN, TechCrunch

Bill Gates Richest Man: MarketWatch, Bloomberg

First Net-Zero Carbon Flights: CNN, USA Today, AP

Helmets + Free Scooter Rides: Engadget, The Verge

Work Wednesday - Older Workers Hide Age: WSJ

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The Daily Signal - Doctor Turned Lawmaker Discusses How to Improve Health Care

 Health care continues to be a top issue for Americans -- but it’s not getting much attention from Congress. Rep. Greg Murphy, a urologist and House member, brings a unique perspective to the health care debate.


We also cover the following stories:

  • Why Chick-fil-A's surrender in the culture wars is so depressing.
  • What happened during Tuesday's impeachment hearings.
  • Colleges students protest economist Art Laffer.


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Python Bytes - #157 Oh hai Pandas, hold my hand?

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Philosophers In Space - 0G81: HBO’s Watchmen and Reparations

An excerpt from Rorschach's rebooted journal:

Viewers are afraid of HBO, for it has seen their true faces. The shows are extended gutters and the gutters are full of blood and boobies and when the drains finally scab over, all the bingers will drown. The accumulated filth of high budget, high concept sex and murder will foam up about their waists, and all the millennials and the boomers who's log ins they use will look up and shout "can't you make less compelling content", and HBO will look down and whisper "no."

We're doing the first episode of Watchmen (with some minor references to the second episode)! The HBO version for the main show, and the movie version for NASA this month, so definitely get on that if you want to here Thomas complain about three hours of Zach Snyder. For the main show we'll be discussing the arguments for and against reparations.

The case for reparations: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/06/the-case-for-reparations/361631/

The case against reparations: https://www.nationalreview.com/2014/05/case-against-reparations-kevin-d-williamson/

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The Gist - Another Day, Another Impeachment Hearing

On The Gist, the MSNBC and The Washington Post Democratic debate.

In the interview, Mike talks to actor June Diane Raphael of Grace and Frankie about her call to activism after the 2016 election, working with Emily’s List, and encouraging more women to run for office. Her new book is Represent: The Woman’s Guide to Running for Office and Changing the World.

In the Spiel, the impeachment saga. 

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Money Girl - 615 – 6 Retirement Account Changes for 2020 You Should Know

2020 will bring a variety of beneficial tax changes to retirement accounts. Find out six ways to take advantage of them and start making plans to save more for retirement.

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Ologies with Alie Ward - Lupinology (WOLVES) with Bridgett vonHoldt

Wolf howls, wolf packs, wolf pups and more! As the holiday Wolfenoot approaches, lupinologist and Princeton professor Dr. Brigette vonHoldt sits down to talk about her research looking at everything from wolf populations to modern dog behavior, canine family dynamics, Game of Thrones direwolves, Yellowstone wolfies, the ecological impact of predators, if wolves howl at the moon, myths and truths about alphas, the wolf movie she refuses to see, how dog and human genetics are similar, and how you can help our lupine friends. Also: how social media is howling for humans.

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Lex Fridman Podcast - Michael Kearns: Algorithmic Fairness, Bias, Privacy, and Ethics in Machine Learning

Michael Kearns is a professor at University of Pennsylvania and a co-author of the new book Ethical Algorithm that is the focus of much of our conversation, including algorithmic fairness, bias, privacy, and ethics in general. But, that is just one of many fields that Michael is a world-class researcher in, some of which we touch on quickly including learning theory or theoretical foundations of machine learning, game theory, algorithmic trading, quantitative finance, computational social science, and more.

This conversation is part of the Artificial Intelligence podcast. If you would like to get more information about this podcast go to https://lexfridman.com/ai or connect with @lexfridman on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Medium, or YouTube where you can watch the video versions of these conversations. If you enjoy the podcast, please rate it 5 stars on Apple Podcasts or support it on Patreon. This episode is sponsored by Pessimists Archive podcast. Here’s the outline with timestamps for this episode (on some players you can click on the timestamp to jump to that point in the episode):

00:00 – Introduction
02:45 – Influence from literature and journalism
07:39 – Are most people good?
13:05 – Ethical algorithm
24:28 – Algorithmic fairness of groups vs individuals
33:36 – Fairness tradeoffs
46:29 – Facebook, social networks, and algorithmic ethics
58:04 – Machine learning
58:05 – Machine learning
59:19 – Algorithm that determines what is fair
1:01:25 – Computer scientists should think about ethics
1:05:59 – Algorithmic privacy
1:11:50 – Differential privacy
1:19:10 – Privacy by misinformation
1:22:31 – Privacy of data in society
1:27:49 – Game theory
1:29:40 – Nash equilibrium
1:30:35 – Machine learning and game theory
1:34:52 – Mutual assured destruction
1:36:56 – Algorithmic trading
1:44:09 – Pivotal moment in graduate school