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Sounds as a Search Query

Hearing is one of the most important evolutionary adaptations organisms have developed. Predators depend on sound to catch their prey while the prey use noise to avoid the predators, but sound is just compressed air waves, so how can creatures know which sounds are indicative of predators and which are wind and rain? New research […]

Websites to help select a Netflix movie

Netflix, Hulu, and similar websites have put a plethora of movies and television shows at our fingertips. Now, with such a large selection to choose from, we have the problem of abundance. We have access to so many movies and shows that we do not know which to watch! For each show and movie, we […]

Neural network in predictive text software

Using predictive text on smartphones is sometimes a great way to cut down on time spent typing words or sentences that are particularly common and/or long. One of the early predictive text companies to work on predictive text since 2010, SwiftKey just this early October announced their new software, SwiftKey Neural Alpha – the first […]

PageRanking Countries in the Migrant Crisis

This past year, Europe has seen the greatest influx of migrants in decades. Close to 600,000 people have arrived from war-torn countries or places of oppression in hope of a safer housing situation as well as job opportunities and a future for their children. However, countries of the European Union, especially so-called frontline states, so […]

Power of Social Media Networks

Many say that while Hillary Clinton may have “won” the Democratic debate last week, Bernie Sanders may have gained the biggest advantage. Throughout the 24 hours surrounding the debate, Sanders dominated all social media, including Twitter, Facebook, and even Google searches. He has been losing to Clinton by a large margin in most polls leading […]

Teens Expand Network Through Social Media Diversification

With new social media platforms emerging, users are able to expand their network by “not putting all their eggs in one basket” but diversifying their outlets for potential new connections. When considering that social media adoption rates are growing, the network effect becomes evident as the more people that use each platform, the more valuable the company/service […]

The Illusion of the Majority

Link:  http://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/business/wonkblog/majority-illusion/ This article focuses on what it calls the ‘majority illusion’, which is the idea that if a person sees that the majority of their friends are either for or against an issue, then they think that this group is representative of the general population.  However, this does not mean that the majority of […]

Social Media’s Effect on Our Viewpoints

Reference: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/megan-anderle/how-facebook-and-googles-_b_8282612.html Our society today is highly dependent on social media like Facebook and Google. Facebook has 1.49 billion monthly active users while Google processes over 3.5 billion searches per day. These two platforms have been integrated so well into our daily lives that we do not realize the power these companies hold. The majority […]

Will outbound links reduce the PageRank?

essays: http://www.dailyblogtips.com/linking-out-google-pagerank/ https://prchecker.net/what-are-the-effects-of-outbound-links-on-your-pagerank.html Both two essays I read are talking about the effect of outbound links for PageRank of a website. Some people may have the misunderstanding of PageRank and think about it as a bucket with water. They treat PageRank as the water, inbound links as streaming of water, and outbound links as the […]

Sororities as Markets

Cornell’s Greek life makes up a large portion of the social scene on campus, as it has for most of Cornell’s creation. Every fall and spring, both male and female students rush, hoping to become a part of the tradition. Like in many other universities in America, the rush process for sororities and fraternities are […]

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