Interesting discussion on the impact of COVID-19 in EDs on ABC News, featuring data we have been collecting since October aleph-zero-heroes @ACEMathStats. Significant drop in occupancy as COVID-19 cases rise in SA. Thanks casey briggs You can watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=sRjwpO…

When they made Alan Rickman they broke the mold.

Read "DataFrame to Dictionary " by aleph-zero-heroes at aleph-zero-heroes.netlify.com/posts/datafram… to find out how to convert a DataFrame into a Dictionary #Julialang The Julia Language

Read "Rating the Discworld Books" by aleph-zero-heroes at aleph-zero-heroes.netlify.com/posts/pratchet… #Discworld, #TerryPratchett, The Pratchett Project

Senate inquiry into rebuilding the Australian university system - Sign the Petition! chng.it/SCpy4YL9 via Change.org Australia

Random Sample, Episode 42: Bubbles, Maths & a World Record: acems.org.au/podcast/episod… #BubbleMath

Read "Julia, Julia, Julia, ... " by aleph-zero-heroes at aleph-zero-heroes.netlify.com/posts/julia_it… and learn about iterators in Julia.

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You have all waited so patiently, so here you go. It's time to announce things. It's time to name the Dream Lord. And several other people... (You might want to go and follow @NXOnNetflix for the lowdown.)

Having fun at our new Julia users group JuLiase. See sites.google.com/view/juliase/h…

🚨🚨🚨We are hiring!!!🚨🚨🚨 A postdoc in social networks and information flow. Data science, machine learning, and mathematical modelling (oh my!). All at the beautiful, COVID-free Uni of Adelaide! Contact me for more info. Please RT. careers.adelaide.edu.au/cw/en/job/5050…

🎉Excited to announce our first event! We invite anyone whose gender is underrepresented in the Julia community to come hangout virtually. You are welcome to join even if you've never used Julia but have been curious about it. More details about the event ⤵️.

The title says it all... and it’s so true. lnkd.in/guuih2K

Just had #vaccine dose 1. Woo hoo!

Shouldn’t the phrase be, “correlation mightn’t imply causation”, rather than, “correlation doesn’t imply causation”?

On the other hand, reviewers too often hide behind anonymity when writing incompetent or vindictive reviews. It would be nice if there was a balancing point somewhere. Ideas welcome!

Checkout Institute of Neuroscience, Trinity College (TCIN) researchers: Matthew McAuslan; Prof. Rhodri Cusack and Prof. Louise Serpell University of Sussex presenting at @CultureNightDublin on Alzheimer’s Disease research and connecting The Pratchett Project, brain health and neuroscience. eventbrite.ie/e/terry-pratch…

Lewis in the news: Covid-19 antivax hysteria reflects poor maths literacy adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-aus… via The Advertiser

There's only one month to go before #WorldPangolinDay on Saturday 19 February! 😊🐜💚 What will you do to celebrate and help pangolins? More ideas here 👇 rachellshaw.com/2021/02/20/how…

“In many industries where giant data sets simply don’t exist, I think the focus has to shift from big data to good data. Having 50 thoughtfully engineered examples can be sufficient to explain to the neural network what you want it to learn.” —Andrew Ng spectrum.ieee.org/andrew-ng-data…