Posts Tagged ‘fromemail’
Todo.txt: Future-proof task tracking in a file you control
December 15, 2018free stock images for genomics
November 19, 2018https://www.flickr.com/photos/genomicseducation/
Under CC 2.0 BY license: free to use/share/modify with proper attribution
The 7 Best New York City Coworking Spaces to Use in 2018
November 19, 2018Tea if by sea, cha if by land
November 17, 2018Tea if by sea, cha if by land: Why the world only has two words for
tea https://QZ.com/1176962/map-how-the-word-tea-spread-over-land-and-sea-to-conquer-the-world Both words originated from China; differences stem from whether they were globalized via Dutch sea trade or overland route HT
@gamzeandgursoy
QT:{{
“Both versions come from China. How they spread around the world offers a clear picture of how globalization worked before
“globalization” was a term anybody used. The words that sound like “cha” spread across land, along the Silk Road. The “tea”-like phrasings spread over water, by Dutch traders bringing the novel leaves back to Europe.”
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csquare questions relating to Turkey
November 11, 2018https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4904778/
Turkish Population Structure and Genetic Ancestry Reveal Relatedness among Eurasian Populations
Uğur Hodoğlugil1 and Robert W. Mahley1,2,*
“For example, supervised STRUCTURE (K = 3) illustrates a genetic ancestry for the Turks of 45% Middle Eastern (95% CI, 42–49), 40% European (95% CI, 36–44), and 15% Central Asian (95% CI, 13–16), whereas at K = 4 the genetic ancestry of the Turks was 38% European (95% CI, 35–42), 35% Middle Eastern (95% CI, 33–38), 18% South Asian (95% CI, 16–19), and 9% Central Asian (95% CI, 7–11). …. Thus, this study demonstrates admixture of Turkish people reflecting the population migration patterns.”
Also:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_exchange_between_Greece_and_Turkey
CBC Marketplace piece about DNA Testing
November 2, 2018John Cleese on Creativity
October 20, 2018Tools for gentle introduction to coding
October 14, 2018Swift Playgrounds (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/swift-playgrounds/id908519492?mt=8)
- Drag simple blocks of code
- Very gentle introduction to coding
- Begin with controlling a video game character
- iPad only
Scratch Jr (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/scratchjr/id895485086?mt=8)
- Drag icons that represent code blocks
- Tablet only (iPad & Android)
Blockly (https://blockly-games.appspot.com/)
- Similar to Swift Playgrounds in its introduction
- Begin with controlling a video game character
- Gentle introduction to coding
- Exposure to basic programming syntax
- Runs in browser
- Tablet version in beta
Scratch (https://scratch.mit.edu/)
- More complex desktop version
- Exposure to basic programming syntax
- Also runs in browser
Hopscotch (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hopscotch-learn-to-code-creatively-and-make-games/id617098629?mt=8)
- Nice video tutorials
- Considers a broader range of applications than the other ones
- Slightly less gentle introduction to coding
- Tablet only (iPad & Android)
R Datacamp (https://www.datacamp.com/courses/free-introduction-to-r)
- Browser-based introduction to R
- Video tutorials
- Guided interactive coding exercises
- Full programming syntax
Harari’s New Book Review in The Economist
October 11, 2018In the kingdom of cyborgs
Big data is reshaping humanity, says Yuval Noah Harari
Uneven and easy to mock, his new book contains provocative and profound ideas
Aug 30th 2018
