Congress Just Passed NASA’s $19.5 Billion Budget https://futurism.com/congress-just-passed-nasas-19-5-billion-budget/?utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=tumblr&utm_medium=futurismnews&utm_content=Congress%20Just%20Passed%20NASA%27s%20%2419.5%20Billion%20Budget
I’ll take every little bit of good news.
If I do end up having to go to S.A., I am now completely torn between missing L at his best, and the excitement and trepidation of a completely new place I know nothing about (even if I would spend most of my time there at the office). And it would be in a suburb better known for golfing than anything actually interesting.
Can’t stop reading about it.
via Space Exploration News – Space News, Space Exploration, Space Science, Earth Sciences
It would be pretty great if potatoes (engineered if need be) would be one of the first crops that Martian colonists would grow.
I wouldn’t be the person I am today without the exceptional women who guided me and inspired me. We need to provide them unwavering support and solidarity. Everyday should be #InternationalWomensDay . #IWD2017 http://ift.tt/2mY9a4b
Intense lobbying by an old friend to move to London.
If I can barely afford NY, I certainly can’t afford that place. It sucks because it would be nice to have them around.
Do I have any South African followers who could tell me what to do in Cape Town?
Can artificial intelligence do the work of high-powered consultants?
A Munich-based startup founded by a math major is doing just that. His fast-growing software startup offers companies like 3M, Cisco, and General Electric better results at a fraction of the cost – and he’s grabbing market share in a $15 billion market from consulting powerhouses like IBM and Accenture.
Munich Startup Triples As It Takes Share From IBM, Accenture In $15 Billion Market
The program, called COIN, for Contract Intelligence, does the mind-numbing job of interpreting commercial-loan agreements that, until the project went online in June, consumed 360,000 hours of work each year by lawyers and loan officers. The software reviews documents in seconds, is less error-prone and never asks for vacation.
“JPMorgan Software Does in Seconds What Took Lawyers 360,000 Hours”
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