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LONDON — The controversy over genetically modified crops has long focused on largely unsubstantiated fears that they are unsafe to eat. via Pocket

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Idit Harel posted an essay last month, American schools are teaching our kids how to code all wrong (see link here). She decried "pop computing" which doesn't get to the "heart of computer science." via Pocket

Editorial Note: I originally wrote this post for the Infragistics blog.  Head over to their site and check out the original.  While you’re there, have a look at the other blog authors and their product offering. via Pocket

A friend of mine, you may know him, you certainly know ‘of’ him, has called for the return of a couple of economics Nobel Prizes. It’s Nassim Nicholas Taleb, in case you didn’t know. via Pocket

"Moderna Y Theus Mago - Asesino Psicotico (Lumière Erion)" by thumpmx

In 2015, I wrote my first book, Learning React Native, and published it with O’Reilly Media. The book has been out in print for about a month now, and I’m really happy with the reception thus far. via Pocket

Todo parece reducirse a un tema de dinero. Al menos es lo único sobre lo que han hablado los funcionarios públicos en días recientes. via Pocket

Probabilistic algorithms are all around us. Not only are they acceptable, but some programmers actually seek out chances to use them. Tyler McMullen, Fastly Probabilistic algorithms exist to solve problems that are either impossible or unrealistic (too expensive, too time-consuming, etc. via Pocket

A startling report by an international team of scientists suggests that processed meats like hotdogs and bacon are a definite cause of cancer, while red meat is a probable cause. Here’s what this means to your health and why you have no reason to panic. via Pocket

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Hey folks. The code is here, and requires an installation of python3 to run. No additional modules are used outside of the standard library. via Pocket

This is the seventh part in Francisco Goldman’s series on the missing students from the Ayotzinapa Normal School. via Pocket

How can I raise an exception in Python so that it can later be caught via an except block? Use the most specific Exception constructor that semantically fits your issue. Be specific in your message. via Pocket

I'm trying to initialize a data.frame without any rows. Basically, I want to specify the data types for each column and name them, but not have any rows created as a result. Which creates a data. via Pocket

If you work in software development, sooner or later you learn that code is a liability — all things being equal, the less code you have, the better off you are. This is because code slows you down. Code equals complexity, and complexity makes it hard to change things and move forward. via Pocket

A lot of people complain about the math in economics. Economists tend to quietly dismiss such complaints as the sour-grapes protests of literary types who lack the talent or training to hack their way through systems of equations. But it isn't just the mathematically illiterate who grouse. via Pocket