“Last month, a Russian software developer named Andrey Mima announced that he had been able to track down two women he’d taken a photo of in 2010, with nothing more than their faces.”
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“Sometimes the only way to beat a troll is to troll even harder.”
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“HERE’S an understatement: It isn’t easy being an Asian-American actor in Hollywood.”
“My first close mom friend was Sarah. We met at the Y, and I loved her at first sight because she was wearing flip-flops in 50-degree weather, her toenails painted metallic blue.”
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“Silicon Valley has a problem when it comes to diversity — and everybody knows it.”
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“One of the lauded myths of Silicon Valley culture is that anyone can be a tech superstar if they have the talent. That if you just work hard enough, you too can grow up to be a lauded developer. Take game publisher and former Microsoft developer Alex St.”
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“Diversity isn’t just a hallmark of big cities anymore. The U.S. as a whole is rapidly becoming a majority-minority country, starting with our youngest citizens: Last summer, the U.S. Census Bureau published a report on the changing demographics of the country and found that, as of 2014, 50.”
“Google uses machine learning across a wide range of its products. In order to continually improve our models, it’s crucial that the training process be as fast as possible.”
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“Jennifer Null’s husband had warned her before they got married that taking his name could lead to occasional frustrations in everyday life. She knew the sort of thing to expect – his family joked about it now and again, after all. And sure enough, right after the wedding, problems began.”