Many modern NLP systems rely on word embeddings, previously trained in an unsupervised manner on large corpora, as base features. Efforts to obtain embeddings for larger chunks of text, such as sentences, have however not been so successful. Several attempts at learning unsupervised...
The Simple and Misleading Analytics of a Corporate Tax Cut (More Wonkery)
A minor error, a revealing moment. Source: https://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/10/24/the-simple-and-misleading-analytics-of-a-corporate-tax-cut-more-wonkery/
Senate’s Bipartisan Budget Agreement Will Assure FEMA Assistance For Houses of Worship
The Bipartisan Budget Agreement (full text) which will be voted on today by the Senate (CNN report) includes provisions assuring that houses of worship will be able to receive disaster assistance from FEMA. The Stafford Act, Sec. 42 USC Sec. 5172 allows federal assistance for repair or...
Pakistani Court Sentences 31 In Lynching of Student Falsely Accused of Blashpemy
Agence France-Presse today reports that a court in Pakistan has sentenced one person to death, five others to life in prison and 25 to three years in prison in the lynching of a student who was falsely accused of blasphemy. 26 others were acquitted. According to the report:Mashal Khan, 23, was...
Louisiana School District Sued Over Prayers and Proselytizing
Four parents yesterday filed a federal lawsuit against the Bossier Parish, Louisiana school board alleging widespread Establishment Clause violations. The complaint (full text) in Does 1-4 v. Bossier Parish School Board, (WD LA, Feb. 7, 2018) alleges in part:3. School officials throughout the...
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