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The Upshot
Algorithms and Bias: Q. and A. With Cynthia Dwork
Preventing discriminatory algorithms is an issue being taken up by computer scientists as well as policy makers, ethicists and legal experts.An algorithm is a device.
It does as it is told uncritically.
"Garbage in implies garbage out."
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Times Insider
1947: Flying Saucers Land in The Times
The term “flying saucer” appeared in The Times years before the infamous Roswell incident. Mark Bulik looks at those first mentions.I looked at the literature and found fiction.
It is hard to kill a fantasy.
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Food
Cold Sesame Noodles: Without the Wait for Takeout
Cold and fiery, meant to combat the lazy, brutal humidity of a Chinese summer, the noodles are soft and luxurious.http://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/9558-takeout-style-sesame-noodles
Can do.
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N.Y. / Region
Delays for N.J. Transit Train Riders May Become ‘Norm,’ Amtrak Official Warns
The proposed Gateway project would create a new tunnel and allow for the projected doubling in the number of train commuters, Stephen Gardner told New Jersey legislators.The fight between the Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York Central continues.
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Business Day
F.D.A.’s ‘Off-Label’ Drug Policy Leads to Free-Speech Fight
A judge’s decision sets up a likely court battle to determine just how far the government can go to punish speech that is truthful.The fight is about licensing.
The F.D.A. approval is for a use of a drug.
It does not cover all possible uses of a drug.
The drug companies will lose this fight.
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U.S.
Anger Rises as E.P.A. Increases Estimate of Toxic Water Spill at Colorado Mine
The agency, typically charged with responding to toxic disasters, has claimed responsibility for the episode, which unleashed a chemical brew into the Animas River.Anger should be directed toward the mine operators.
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Business Day
Vice Media Staff Latest to Choose Unionizing
The writers will join Writers Guild of America, East, the union that the websites Gawker and Salon recently chose for their unionization efforts.Management and labor are still divided.
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Opinion
Suicide on Campus
Responses to an Education Life article about pressure on students and the rising rate of suicide on college campuses.Academic advisors are necessary.
They do not do the job they are assigned.
"You can send a boy to Harvard but you can't make him think."
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U.S.
Video: #BlackTwitter After #Ferguson
On the anniversary of Michael Brown’s death, three prominent activists read their tweets from the past year and reflect on the challenges and legacy of the Black Lives Matter movement.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Douglass
Reconstruction is a failure.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconstruction_Era
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Health
Catching Up With a Childhood Killer, Diarrhea
A movement is afoot to update outdated standards for treating childhood diarrhea.Let us not consider doing nothing at this time.
Another time will do as well for that line of reasoning.
What appears to be needed is a quick cheap diagnostic tool for bacterial causes of diarrhea.
That may be easy.
There are a limited number of chemicals that block the action of the walls of the gut.
We can test for those, specifically the bacterial components, with antibodies.
The results can be quantitative.
There is an idea.
There is a long project to a product.
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World
Indonesian Court Rejects Sex Abuse Suit Against International School
The plaintiffs had claimed that janitors and educators repeatedly abused a 6-year-old boy at a prestigious private school popular with expatriates.Facts may have overpowered faith.
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N.Y. / Region
Police Investigating Death of Baby Found in Queens Apartment Courtyard
A 1-month-old infant was found outside a building in Richmond Hill on Friday; a police official said the child might have fallen from a window.One month infants are not famously mobile.
They do squirm.
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World
German Prosecutors Drop Inquiry of 2 Journalists Suspected of Treason
The investigation of Markus Beckedahl and André Meister for publishing secret government plans for Internet surveillance had stoked a public uproar.I applaud sanity where it is found.
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Technology
Farhad and Mike’s Week in Review: Netflix’s Not So ‘Unlimited’ Benefits
Two technology journalists from The New York Times discuss the week’s developments, including parental-leave policies in Silicon Valley.To Netflix looking good is everything.
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U.S.
#BlackTwitter Leaders Arrested in Ferguson Protests
Two high-profile activists were among 56 people arrested during a civil disobedience protest.Putting themselves behind their opinions.
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U.S.
Video: Jury Reads Holmes Verdict
James Holmes was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in a Colorado courtroom Friday. The jury was unable to reach the unanimous verdict required for the death penalty.Enough of that for now.
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Science
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to articles in Science Times.Solitary confinement is cruel for humans and other social animals
We have been listening to the sky for less than a hundred years.
There is no requirement that aliens do better.
The nearest habitable planet is about a thousand years away.
A message and reply will take two thousand years.
The noises we have found in the sky are natural.
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Sports
Rory McIlroy Appears Likely to Play in P.G.A.
McIlroy, the world’s No. 1-ranked golfer, has not played since July 4, when he injured an ankle in a pickup soccer game.Interleague
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Opinion
Failing Patients With Heart Failure
Doctors still aren’t very good at easing an end that can be very difficult.We did what should be done.
She died at home among her family.
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Technology
Twisting Words to Make ‘Sharing’ Apps Seem Selfless
The “sharing economy” and similar terms suggest that technology-enabled transactions are altruistic endeavors and not commercial interactions.Investors including me must be responsible for their investments.
I may be able to dodge liability by limiting it to the investment.
Investors are not guaranteed any return.
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