On a Google blog, Kaz Sato describes how a Japanese farmer uses TensorFlow to classify cucumbers. Very good. Perhaps now Google can set TensorFlow to work figuring out how to comply with EU regulations. Good Reads Adrian Colyer returns for the Fall semester with daily papers. Superlative Reads Dez Blanchfield heaps praise on obscure blogger’s new book. HPE Holds a Fire Sale
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Jim Kyung-Soo Liew and Tamas Budavari of Johns Hopkins ask whether Tweet sentiments still predict the stock market. Short Version: they do, but the market has arbitraged away any advantage from trading on the information. So there you have it: the stock market is efficient with respect to fundamental information, technical information, and Tweets. Enterra’s Stephen DeAngelis celebrates the “Algorithmic
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HPE wins the internet this week by announcing the re-re-release of Haven, this time on Azure. The other big story this week: Flink announces Release 1.0. Third Time’s a Charm Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) announces Haven on Demand on Microsoft Azure; PR firestorm ensues. Haven is a loose bundle of software assets salvaged from the train wreck of Autonomy, Vertica, ArcSight
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