This week we have more insight into Spark 2.0, scheduled for release just before Spark Summit 2016. (Yes, I’m going.) Also, kudos to BI-on-Hadoop startup AtScale for a new round of funding; Amazon releases YADLF (Yet Another Deep Learning Framework); and there are a number of new faces at H2O.ai. Plus, we have an extended review of the Palantir story. Buzzfeed on
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Minimal hard news this week, but some interesting survey results, analysis, articles, explainers and perspectives. — On his personal blog, Will Kurt describes Bayesian reasoning in the Twilight Zone. I tried to learn Bayesian reasoning a few years ago, but it conflicted with my prior beliefs. — Stack Overflow shares results from its 2016 Developer Survey. (h/t Thomas Ott) Key bits:
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If you’re wondering about the picture, it’s a 1958 Edsel Roundup. In an O’Reilly video, mad scientist Paco Nathan introduces advanced math for business people. The team at startup.ml launches a newsfeed called Deep Learning News, which aggregates blog posts, articles and other related content. VentureBeat writes it up. In an excellent roundup on LinkedIn Pulse, PayPal’s Anil Madan captures 100
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