WHAT'S IN A NAME?
Once Again, a Neural Net Tries to Name Cats
Start off your Monday morning with a good chuckle. - Janelle Shane

THAT'S ALOTTA DATA
Using AWK and R to parse 25tb
Check out these lessons a PhD candidate learned by setting up a query system for some big data his lab generated. He sped up queries by 4,800 times using old-school techniques. - Live Free or Dichotomize

YOU SURE ABOUT THAT?
Uncertainty + Visualization, Explained
What do we mean when we talk about uncertainty in data viz? And what techniques can we employ to communicate uncertainty effectively? - Multiple Views

MISPLACED HYSTERIA
Deepfake Propaganda Is Not a Real Problem
There’s real damage being done by deepfake techniques, but it’s happening in pornography, not politics. - The Verge

NOT MY JOB
“Oh, You’re a Data… Something?”: The Misunderstood Role of a Data Engineer
This one goes out to every data engineer who's been mis-introduced as a data scientist. - ssense-tech