Links for December 2020
Facial recognition to tag photos:
Shotwell, digiKam imgSeek Galapix
face_recognition
Aging Is Reversible—at Least in Human Cells and Live Mice: Changes to gene activity that occur with age can be turned back, a new study shows by Karen Weintraub
“In living mice they activated the four genes (known as “Yamanaka factors,” for researcher Shinya Yamanaka, the Nobelist who discovered their combined potential in 2006). This approach rejuvenated damaged muscles and the pancreas in a middle-aged mouse, and extended by 30 percent the life span of a mouse with a genetic mutation responsible for Hutchinson–Gilford progeria syndrome.”
“A damn stupid thing to do”—the origins of C. Today, C may be a lingua franca among programmers. This is its (abridged) history. by Richard Jensen
Bodycam Video Shows ‘Mob Mentality’ Of Boston Police Who Responded To George Floyd Protests, Lawyer Says by Eoin Higgins
What happened to the Colorado Republican Party? Out of power in a changing state, the GOP is in soul-searching mode. by Conrad Swanson