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Rob McDiarmid

@RobIanMcd

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 Toronto
Joined December 2013
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Bill Gates
@BillGates15 Apr 2020
Halting funding for the World Health Organization during a world health crisis is as dangerous as it sounds. Their work is slowing the spread of COVID-19 and if that work is stopped no other organization can replace them. The world needs @WHO now more than ever.
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Ok, according to "Ben" we are live and ready to go. As always: "hope it doesn't suck". (It's Hardcore History Day!) Thanks for everything everyone. dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3…
Show 64 - Supernova in the East III

Show 64 - Supernova in the East III

Japan's rising sun goes supernova and engulfs a huge area of Asia and the Pacific. A war without mercy begins to develop infusing the whole conflict with a savage vibe.

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@HardcoreHistory9 Oct 2019
Also, if you happen to be in Toronto when I am please feel free to come by and say hi. boxoffice.hotdocs.ca/websale…
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Arthur Maltson@amaltson8 Oct 2019
If you’re voting strategically (you kind of have to in a first-past-the-post system), then this riding breakdown should help you decide: 338canada.com/districts/dist…. Go to your specific riding and vote accordingly. For me, as much as I want to vote NDP, it’s two horse race here 😞
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Good morning! First up today, a Canadian exclusive interview with whistleblower Edward Snowden @Snowden about his new book, and the whistleblower in the Trump-Ukraine scandal roiling the U.S. You can read and listen here: cbc.ca/1.5297327
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This is what Earth looks like from 1.5 billion kilometers away; the Cassini spacecraft spots a pale blue dot beneath Saturn's rings.
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Survived my first earthquake in Costa Rica. Hope everyone is OK
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Moving to Costa Rica: Our Process in Making the Move window2ourworld.com/moving-t…
Since *all* @eggheadio content is temporarily free 👀, a few recommendations for the weekend 🍿 @ahandvanish 's Natural Language Processing: egghead.io/courses/natural-l… @brindelle 's Grep Course: egghead.io/courses/use-grep-… @marcysutton 's Accessibility Course: egghead.io/courses/start-bui…
Natural Language Processing in JavaScript with Natural

Natural Language Processing in JavaScript with Natural

In this course we’ll work through Natural’s API for natural language processing in JavaScript. We’ll look at how to process text: learning how to break ...

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Marek Vacek@VacekMarek7 May 2019
Replying to @Google
@Google OAuth verification for Gmail is a terrible. The process is tedious and after several appeals we can't provide our users with e-mail preview on @seznam_cz because "it's not a full e-mail client". If you liked this feature, sorry, we'll have to take it down :'-(
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Gone@cvodb19 Jan 2018
Google: "You need to verify your app's API oauth access". We send in the form. Google: "You need to add this scope." We add the scope. Google: "Scope names provided by you do not need approval and thus inapplicable for the verification process." ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Dima Malenko@dmalenko9 Apr 2018
5 months ago we went through OAuth Developer Verification with Google and today all of a sudden users get “This application is not verified”. No heads up or warning of any sort. Nothing changed on our end. Submitted verification form again. Sigh…
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Today I released github.com/robianmcd/keras-m… . It's a tool for visualizing neural networks built with #keras and @TensorFlow. It's still pretty bare bones so let me know what features you would find useful in the future
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As a web developer trying to learn ML, @distillpub's post on "Research Debt" really rings true. Hope these ideas catch on! distill.pub/2017/research-de…
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Part 2 is now live.Thanks for being so patient.Lots to unpack in this one. War is only part of this story (until it becomes the WHOLE story). Let us know if you run into any issues @benatdancarlin dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3…
Show 63 - Supernova in the East II

Show 63 - Supernova in the East II

Deep themes run through this show, with allegations of Japanese war crimes and atrocities in China at the start leading to eerily familiar, almost modern questions over how the world should respond....

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FITC@FITC18 Aug 2018
Machine Learning is an important and growing essential piece of many modern web apps - in this talk @RobIanMcd will teach you how to predict the future with @scikit_learn We predict you'll learn a lot. #WEBU18 fitc.ca/presentation/machine…
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Don’t miss @FITC’s Web Unleashed 2018 - October 1-2 in Toronto! With 50+ talks from #frontend experts, plus networking events to meet your code heros, old and new! Plus you can save 20% with code #YOURESPEAKINGMYLANGUAGE goo.gl/er7M6L #WEBU18
FITC Presents Web Unleashed 2018

FITC Presents Web Unleashed 2018

Web Unleashed, the front-end developer event, will help developers learn the skills they need to push them ahead in their careers. October 1-2, 2018 // Toronto.

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Ok here it is. We called it "Supernova in the East". It's a part 1 set-up show kicking off a series. I hope you like it. Thanks for being so patient! dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3…
Show 62 - Supernova in the East I

Show 62 - Supernova in the East I

The Asia-Pacific War of 1937-1945 has deep roots. It also involves a Japanese society that's been called one of the most distinctive on Earth. If there were a Japanese version of Captain America,...

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Edward Snowden
@Snowden25 Jun 2018
The most important surveillance story you will see for years just went online, revealing how @ATT became the internet's biggest enemy, secretly collaborating against its customers and partners to destroy your privacy. xitter.gq/rj_gallagher/status/10…
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Revealing eight buildings across the US, hidden in plain sight, that documents & sources indicate are central to one of NSA's largest & most controversial internet surveillance programs: theintercept.com/2018/06/25/…
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With the Ontario election fast approaching, we look at how some of Doug Ford's key promises don't add up. Watch: youtu.be/J9VbOyLRbeA
Why Doug Ford's platform won't actually save Ontarians money

Why Doug Ford's platform won't actually save Ontarians money

Many of Ontario PC leader Doug Ford's key promises on health care, ...

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