IT links (12. - 18.12.2016)

Machine Learning & AI:

• The four eras of data
• Data Science Basics: What Types of Patterns Can Be Mined From Data?
• What You Are Too Afraid to Ask About Artificial Intelligence (Part II): Neuroscience
• Just How Smart Are Smart Machines?
• Deep Learning Works Great Because the Universe, Physics and the Game of Go are Vastly Simpler than Prior Models and Have Exploitable Patterns

Nice infographics showing output of different classification algorithms used on two example sets: Machine Learning classifier comparison

Intro to models merging - how to get better results when combining models of different machine learning approaches: Guide to Model Stacking (i.e. Meta Ensembling)

Really nice intro to neural networks: A Visual and Interactive Guide to the Basics of Neural Networks

SW Development:

The Single Responsibility Principle Explained

Equals again: Compare Exactly in Java Equals Methods

Career:

• 9 signs you should quit your programming job
• Preemptively Identifying Dead Seas

Epsilon Mu Manipulators and Space-Altering

Devices developed at Hefaistos Defense Systems' Shadow Labs have various applications, all based on the principle of altering the fabric of space-time. These vacuum manipulators can modify the properties of the surrounding vacuum, specifically permittivity and permeability (physical quantities that measure a material's ability to support the formation of magnetic and electric fields). These properties are represented by the Greek letters ε (epsilon) and µ (mu), which inspired the name.

By altering these properties, vacuum manipulators can dynamically change the index of refraction in a specific region of space, enabling them to bend beams of light and other electromagnetic radiation.

Currently, vacuum manipulators offer a wide range of functionalities, such as:

• protection against cosmic radiation
• shielding from short-wavelength radiation caused by the relativistic Doppler effect at speeds approaching the speed of light
• invisibility to various detectors based on electromagnetic radiation (radars, IR cameras, human eye)
• defense against beam weapons
• manipulation of matter through direct or indirect effects of localized changes

Ongoing research aims to further explore significant space/vacuum alterations, allowing for experiments investigating the behavior of various particles under the influence of more fundamental changes in space-time. This understanding could help scientists comprehend how different universes with distinct initial setups function.

The results of these experiments may also contribute to advancements in superluminal speed engines, primarily in terms of energy efficiency.

This approach can be succinctly described as creating an "altered space-time" bubble that envelops a spaceship. The bubble, with its modified space-time, enables particles (and energy in general) inside it to travel at speeds exceeding the speed of light within our universe.

An analogy for this approach can be drawn from underwater torpedoes surrounded by an air bubble, which helps reduce water drag. In this case, the bubble lowers the "drag" of the surrounding space-time, decreasing the energy required to accelerate a particle at increasingly higher speeds.

IT links (5. - 11.12.2016)

Machine Learning & AI:

Really nice description of consciousness from Prof. Schmidhuber: Prof. Schmidhuber - The Problems of AI Consciousness and Unsupervised Learning Are Already Solved

Who has to be blamed for job losses? China didn't steal your job—I did

OpenAI has released Universe software platform with various environments for AI's general intelligence training: Universe

And:
Ultimate Guide to Leveraging NLP & Machine Learning for your Chatbot


Java:

• Is Inheritance Dead? A Detailed Look Into the Decorator Pattern
• Clean Code: what is it?
• Rewrite or Refactor?
• Bad, Bad Code! (And Tips to Avoid It)

SW Development:

• On Properly Using Volatile and Synchronized
• The $1 Solution to Avoid the Null Pointer Exception
• IntelliJ IDEA Inspection Settings for Java 8 Refactoring
• Important one: Prevent SQL Injection with SQL Builders Like jOOQ
• Reflection vs Encapsulation – Stand Off in the Java Module System
• This can be useful one day: How to merge git repositories into one keeping history