April 2020 - luv-talk

Humble Bundle: Mercury: 19 days: App. Math.; Morgan & Claypool: 12 days: Art. Int.
by Rodney Brown 22 Apr '20

22 Apr '20

https://www.humblebundle.com/books/applied-math-productivity-mercury-learni… Humble Book Bundle: Applied Math Productivity by Mercury Learning 19 days AU$1.50 or greater Dimensional Analysis for Unit Conversion Using MATLAB Numerical Methods in Engineering and Science Algebra Essentials Mathematical Physics: An Introduction Foundations of Physics Research Methods for Information Systems Linear Algebra AU$13 or greater Essentials of Modern Algebra 2nd ed. RFModule The Special Theory of Relativity Foundations of Mathematics: Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, & Calculus Mathematical Methods for Physics Microsoft Excel Functions and Formulas with Excel 2019/Office 365 Applied Linear Algebra and Optimization Finite Element Analysis Optimization Using Linear Programming AU$24.50 or greater Multivariable Vector Calculus Structural Steel Design 3rd ed. Mathematics for Computer Graphics and Game Programming Geometry Creation and Import Flight Science Direct Energy Conversion Technologies Cluster Analysis and Data Mining Commutative Algebra COSMOL Heat Transfer Models https://www.humblebundle.com/books/artificial-intelligence-machine-learning… Humble Book Bundle: Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning by Morgan & Claypool 12 days AU$1.50 or greater Human Computation Data-Intensive Text Processing with MapReduce Essentials of Game Theory: A Concise Multidisciplinary Introduction AU$13.50 or greater Introduction to Intelligent Systems in Traffic and Transportation Metric Learning Statistical Relational Artificial Intelligence: Logic, Probability, and Computation Data Management in Machine Learning Systems Natural Language Processing for Social Media, 2nd ed. Covariances in Computer Vision and Machine Learning AU$25 or greater Introduction to Semi-Supervised Learning Algorithms for Reinforcement Learning Active Learning Adversarial Machine Learning Lifelong Machine Learning, 2nd ed. Detecting Fake News on Social Media Sentiment Analysis and Opinion Mining Neural Network Methods for Natural Language Processing Creating Autonomous Vehicle Systems A Guide to Convolutional Neural Networks for Computer Vision

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BOINC Rosetta@home, Sun
by Rodney Brown 12 Apr '20

12 Apr '20

Russell spoke about BOINC ~4 years ago, Rosetta@Home is protein folding - with some jobs relevant to COVID. https://boinc.berkeley.edu/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_Open_Infrastructure_for_Network_Comp… Rosetta@home https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta@home - Biology and Medicine http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/ There is equivocal evidence for Vitamin D decreasing risk of respiratory illnesses, with the suggestion that it may affect mostly people who are deficient in it. So getting some sun in Melbourne's gray days may be worth something for some of us. >From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_D#Synthesis_in_the_skin ... Exposure to light through windows is insufficient because glass almost completely blocks UVB light. Adequate amounts of vitamin D can be produced with moderate sun exposure to the face, arms and legs, averaging 5–30 minutes twice per week, or approximately 25% of the time for minimal sunburn. The darker the skin, and the weaker the sunlight, the more minutes of exposure are needed. Sunscreen <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunscreen> absorbs or reflects ultraviolet light and prevents much of it from reaching the skin. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28202713 BMJ. 2017 Feb 15;356:i6583. doi: 10.1136/bmj.i6583. Vitamin D supplementation to prevent acute respiratory tract infections: systematic review and meta-analysis of individual participant data. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32235600 Nutrients. 2020 Mar 30;12(4). pii: E962. doi: 10.3390/nu12040962. Controversial Effects of Vitamin D and Related Genes on Viral Infections, Pathogenesis, and Treatment Outcomes.

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Free desktop/server
by Russell Coker 07 Apr '20

07 Apr '20

I have a system with 500G HD, 2G RAM (DDR2 I think - it will probably take 4G), and an Atom D510 CPU which is 18*18*26cm in size (26cm is height). It's currently running Windows 7 but needs to be wiped. It's a nice looking small box for someone who wants that sort of thing. It is likely to take mini ATX motherboards or something but I never looked inside the box. I can leave it on my porch for anyone who wants it to collect. Contact me off-list if interested. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/

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Humble Bundle: O'Reilly: 10 days: Software Development
by Rodney Brown 02 Apr '20

02 Apr '20

https://www.humblebundle.com/books/software-development-oreilly-books Humble Book Bundle: Software Development by O'Reilly 10 days AU$1.50 or greater Technology Strategy Patterns Apprenticeship Patterns 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know The Art of Readable Code Algorithms in a Nutshell 2nd ed. AU$12 or greater Test-Driven Development with Python 2nd ed. Introduction to Machine Learning with Python Becoming a Better Programmer Regular Expressions Cookbook 2nd ed. Head First Agile AU$23 or greater Learning CoreDNS Programming Quantum Computing Cloud Native Real-World Software Development Head First Design Patterns ========================= https://www.consumer.org.hk/ws_en/news/specials/2020/mask-diy-tips.html Home made mask from Kitchen paper towel, tissue & rubber bands, face shield https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFmaSNP6_z4 Face Masks for All (using T-Shirt) - maybe a tissue between layers would help https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24229526 Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2013 Aug;7(4):413-8. doi: 10.1017/dmp.2013.43. Testing the efficacy of homemade masks: would they protect in an influenza pandemic? https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258525804_Testing_the_Efficacy_of_…

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