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What the hell is reinforcement learning and how does it work? Reinforcement learning challenges Reinforcement learning’s key challenge is to plan the simulation environment, which relies heavily on the task to be performed. When trained in Chess, Go, or Atari games, the simulation environment preparation is relatively easy. Building a model capable of driving an autonomous car is key to creating a realistic prototype before letting the car ride the street....

Not far from the center of the Milky Way galaxy, astronomers have recently witnessed a mysterious flashing of radio waves. Many (in fact, most) objects give off radio waves —this is not unusual. What caught the eyes of astronomers is that this target does not seem to fit any category of known radio sources. The source of this signal, ASKAP J173608.2-’321635, does not seem to behave like an other known body which produces such radiation....

This article wasoriginally publishedon .cult by Nate Rosidi..cultis a Berlin-based community platform for developers. We write about all things career-related, make original documentaries and share heaps of other untold developer stories from around the world. You’re a fresh graduate and you’re thinking of starting your career in a data-related role, but on the LinkedIn Jobs portal, you come across so many different job descriptions for data analyst, data scientist, business analyst, data engineer, machine learning engineer, the list goes on and on....

What the hell is the Pomodoro Technique and why is it good for productivity? What’s up with the tomatoes? “What the hell does it have to do with tomatoes?!” When I first brought this to my editor, he seemed very confused. As we are both working from home, he from Amsterdam and me from London, I had to make do with staring at his slightly bemused expression during one of our video calls....

Fundraising appeals are part of everyday life, both online and off. Requests for financial donations arrive by snail mail, email,social mediaandtext messages.Cashiers at chain storesand supermarkets ask if you want to chip in for charitable causes. If you’re in the U.S., you might also be getting nearly constant texts asking you tocontribute to political campaigns. In my book “How We Give Now,” I explore how acts of giving extend beyond donating money to nonprofits, including an interesting trend on the rise that I call “dataraising....