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Electricity markets: States reassert authority over power generation

https://www.utilitydive.com/news/electricity-markets-states-reassert-authority-over-power-generation/539658/     In his report, Electricity Markets: States Re-assert Authority over Power Generation, Gavin Bade analyzes how federal regulators are trying to find a balance between market and state by maximizing the benefits of electricity markets but also dictating their outcomes.   Originally, power generation was de-regulated to let the market’s supply and demand […]

~ Spooky Fall Dates with Noah Centineo ~

https://medium.com/@kbnoswag/fall-is-here-e083423c6f68 In this article, the writer KB addresses the stupidity of the type of content that’s going viral on Twitter lately. This is an example of an information cascade. Tweets are considered viral when they reach about over 2,000 retweets or likes. Retweets are the equivalent of sharing something on Facebook. A  user shares a […]

TrustRank

Preliminary source: https://dailymemphian.com/article/242/Stalled-out-in-search-ranking-Consider-your-PageRank-and-TrustRank When Google made public their use of PageRank in their search results, it unfortunately led to a flurry of people trying to game the system and artificially boost their PageRanking. As a PageRank is based on how many other websites have links to the page, spam websites popped up that people could pay […]

How Netflix’s Recommended Movies are (Page)Ranked

Similar to Google’s PageRank algorithm used to determine the order of a query’s search results, Netflix also has an algorithm that utilizes a method known as collaborative filtering to determine each users’ recommend movies. The Coursera lesson referenced below from a Princeton University entitled “Networks: Friends, Money, and Bytes” provides insightful commentary on the way […]

Game Theory in International Relations with North Korea

Article Link: https://theconversation.com/what-game-theory-says-about-dealing-with-north-korea-78195 Over the course of the last few years, North Korea has been gradually but surely increasing their nuclear arsenal and capabilities. As of this month, they are believed to have around 60 nuclear weapons and have been conducting tests on their equipment for quite some time. Global leaders have agreed that stemming North […]

Grad Union, Harvard Head to the Bargaining Table

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/10/16/hgsu-first-bargaining-session/ Harvard and their graduate students are sitting on a landmark case with the formation of a bargaining deal. With 5000 people joining the union in the fight and lots of ambitious goals to accomplish, it seems that graduate students at Harvard are really trying to set a new precedent with these negotiations. Universities have […]

Page Rank and Bias Concerns

In September, President Donald Trump accused Google of abusing their dominating “online search” power and showing bias again his administration and republican media by suppressing good stories about his administration and promoting news sources that go against his administration in their search engine. The NY Times Article, “Trump Says Google Is Rigged, Despite Its Denials. […]

U.S. Tariffs and Hog Market Clearing Prices

https://www.wallacesfarmer.com/livestock/kill-capacity-exports-sway-hog-market This year, the U.S. has enacted trade tariffs between both Mexico and China, some of which have affected U.S. pork exports. Mexican duty rates pork entering from the U.S. jumped from 0% to 20% by July, and in just 2 months, duty rates for U.S. pork entering China rose by 50%, going from 12% […]

YouTube’s Advertising Issues

YouTube is a video sharing platform that was originally developed for free users to upload content and share it with friends, family, or anyone else on the internet. Since its founding in the early 2000s, YouTube has grown in popularity and influence, and has changed how it interacts with its creators. YouTube creators were given […]

The online network of Twitter and bots

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-45918826 Social media provides an excellent way to keep up with the latest news and to join in on conversations about current events. But the problem is that these conversations and news can be artificial. Twitter recently released data about twitter bots and troll farms, revealing many of the techniques they use to manipulate public […]

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