August 7th, 2018

EnglishGibson American pronunciation issue: In the Breaking Bad prequel Better Call Saul, I kept thinking the name of the institution Kim represented was ‘May Severity’. It was only when I saw it written down that I realised it was ‘Mesa Verde’.

9:17 PM, Aug 7th, 2018 via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 10:20 PM, Aug 7th, 2018 via Twitter Web Client)

Thom_Wolf I made a short summary and a map to explore last week's fascinating twitter megathread on Semantics and Meaning in NLP.

You can find it here medium.com/huggingface/le…

(To the participants: please, don't hesitate to tell me if you have remarks on how I report your arguments) pic.twitter.com/bJQzkBkGnX

5:52 PM, Aug 7th, 2018 via Twitter Web Client (retweeted on 6:42 PM, Aug 7th, 2018 via Twitter for Android)

yoavgo Conjecture: Only AI problems that you can simulate and sample endlessly many training samples for can be solved with today's algorithms such as deep and reinforcement learning. twitter.com/richardsocher/…

8:19 AM, Aug 7th, 2018 via Twitter for iPad (retweeted on 6:39 PM, Aug 7th, 2018 via Twitter for Android)

ADFC_Dresden Bei innerstädtischen Wegen bis 5 km ist das Fahrrad schneller als der PKW, wenn man den Weg von Tür zu Tür zugrunde legt. Trotzdem wird das Auto in der breiten Wahrnehmung als schneller empfunden als es eigentlich ist. twitter.com/NeulandQuartie…

11:33 AM, Aug 7th, 2018 via Twitter Lite (retweeted on 6:16 PM, Aug 7th, 2018 via Twitter for Android)

fermatslibrary Here's a curious mathematical shape: a Squircle is an intermediate between a Square and a Circle. It's a special superellipse and not a "rounded square". pic.twitter.com/avGCuVGWjO

2:50 PM, Aug 7th, 2018 via Buffer (retweeted on 3:29 PM, Aug 7th, 2018 via Twitter Web Client)

Schmidtlepp Klimawandel = Elfenbeinturm
Migration = Elfenbeinturm
Vegetarismus und Veganismus = Elfenbeinturm
MeToo = Elfenbeinturm
MeTwo = Elfenbeinturm
Veggie Day = Elfenbeinturm & Hitler
Fachkräftemangel = Elfenbeinturm
Protest gegen Abschiebungen = Elfenbeinturm

7:10 AM, Aug 7th, 2018 via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 1:26 PM, Aug 7th, 2018 via Twitter for Android)

erik_hansson Vous or tu? How to address people in French. Mystery solved! #hilarious #French pic.twitter.com/xal90xvLkG

9:33 AM, Aug 3rd, 2018 via TweetDeck (retweeted on 10:46 AM, Aug 7th, 2018 via Twitter Web Client)

kathrinpassig (strategisch verspäteter Tweet, damit sich alle angesprochen fühlen können und nicht nur die Person, die ihn liest, während ich mich noch auf ihrem Klo aufhalte)

9:58 AM, Aug 7th, 2018 via TweetDeck (retweeted on 10:44 AM, Aug 7th, 2018 via Twitter Web Client)

python_tip Be careful when reversing #unicode strings. You may be surprised…

>>> s = "Welcome in 🇬🇧”
>>> s[::-1]
'🇧🇬 ni emocleW'

(thanks @piskvor for the inspiration!) pic.twitter.com/JKNb0MotzQ

8:30 AM, Aug 6th, 2018 via TweetDeck (retweeted on 9:52 AM, Aug 7th, 2018 via Twitter Web Client)

MeiersKaettche Beim #Sommerinterview ging es 17 Minuten um irgendwas mit Flüchtlingen und 2 Minuten um Wohnen. Mit der Lebenswirklichkeit der meisten Leute haben diese politischen Sendungen längst nichts mehr zu tun und das ist die Schuld der Medien. #Seehofer

8:48 PM, Aug 5th, 2018 via Twitter Web Client (retweeted on 8:04 AM, Aug 7th, 2018 via Twitter for Android)

moss Is that... is that a feature people look for in an HDTV? pic.twitter.com/c0paWU4eTh

4:02 PM, Aug 5th, 2018 via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 7:33 AM, Aug 7th, 2018 via Twitter Web Client)