Ten from the weekend 07/24: A few interesting reads that I came across

Gopi Vikranth
1 min readJul 24, 2022

Focus areas: Blockchain| ML-AI| Data science/Analytics applications |eSports| CRISPR| Design thinking

1. The Design of Everyday Things — Book Summary & Notes: https://elvischidera.com/2022-06-24-design-everyday-things

2. Apple Argues It’s Now a Major Force in the Health-Care World: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/pdfs/Health-Report-July-2022.pdf || https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-20/apple-argues-it-s-now-a-major-force-in-the-health-care-world

3. US Factory Boom Heats Up as CEOs Yank Production Out of China: The pandemic forced companies to rethink their supply chains: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-05/us-factory-boom-heats-up-as-ceos-yank-production-out-of-china#xj4y7vzkg

4. The FED Released A Study Of The Lightning Network. These Are Their Conclusions: The Lightning Network: Turning Bitcoin into Money: https://www.clevelandfed.org/~/media/content/newsroom%20and%20events/publications/working%20papers/2022/wp2219.pdf

5. Every investor wants to know whether central banks are prepared to cause a recession in order to force inflation down: https://blogs.tslombard.com/the-nightmare-scenario-for-central-banks

6. 20 years of payment processing problems: https://kaimi.io/en/2022/07/20-years-of-payment-processing-problems-en/

7. Is Data Scientist Still the Sexiest Job of the 21st Century? https://hbr.org/2022/07/is-data-scientist-still-the-sexiest-job-of-the-21st-century

8. Introduction to Transformers: https://dair-ai.notion.site/Introduction-to-Transformers-4b869c9595b74f72b088e5f2793ece80

9. Autonomous boats are now crossing oceans: https://www.vox.com/recode/23270179/sea-machines-mayflower-self-driving-boats-autonomous-ai

10. https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7gv33/robot-dog-not-so-cute-with-submachine-gun-strapped-to-its-back

On the Opportunities and Risks of Foundation Models: https://arxiv.org/abs/2108.07258

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