(From March)

Ping +Kaj Sotala "Our release includes all the code needed to train new SyntaxNet models on your own data, as well as Parsey McParseface, an English parser that we have trained for you and that you can use to analyze English text."

"In Matthews’ experiments, the most dominant mice — those that win in fights against their cage mates and have priority access to food and other resources — show the strongest reaction to having their loneliness neurons stimulated. At those times, the highest ranking animals search out companionship more fervently than animals on the lowest rungs of the social ladder. These mice also avoid stimulation of the loneliness neurons more avidly than the lower ranking members, suggesting that the dominant mice find it more unpleasant. The lowest ranked mice, in contrast, didn’t seem to mind being alone. Perhaps they enjoyed isolation, being free of their harassers."

New Evidence for the Necessity of Loneliness | Quanta Magazine

"So unless you are eating a competitive bodybuilder — and in fact, not even eating him, but putting a sample of his muscle tissue under your skin as an implant — there is no plausible way that you can suffer any kind of an endocrine problem from eating normally produced beef. […]

There are fine fact-based reasons why we should look seriously into moving away from beef from cattle, and these are ones that the anti-beef lobby should focus on. Claiming harm to human consumers from drugs given to beef cattle simply doesn't stand up to scrutiny as a valid argument."

via Kaj Sotala

> Australian entrepreneur Craig Wright has publicly identified himself as Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto. […]

> Mr Wright has provided technical proof to back up his claim using coins known to be owned by Bitcoin's creator.

> Prominent members of the Bitcoin community and its core development team have also confirmed Mr Wright's claim. […]

> "There are lots of stories out there that have been made up and I don't like it hurting those people I care about," he said. "I don't want any of them to be impacted by this."

> "I have not done this because it is what I wanted. It's not because of my choice," he said, adding that he had no plans to become the figurehead for bitcoins.

> "I really do not want to be the public face of anything," he said, expressing regret that he had been forced to reveal his identity.

Fascinating quote from Cleckley about psychopaths' lack of insight.

A new study suggests those with psychopathic tendencies are often very creative, suggesting the ability to think boldly and ruthlessly can help with the development of great ideas. • /r/science