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We all love movies, but let’s be honest: television is where most of the best storytelling is happening these days. And today, nominations for the 2023 Primetime Emmys were announced, showcasing what voters think are the best of the best. And those voters apparentlylove genre.Sci-fi and fantasy shows had a very strong presence in the nominations, including three such shows for Best Drama: Andor, House of the Dragon, and The Last of Us. Fellow Star Wars show Obi-Wan Kenobi got a somewhat surprising nod for Best Limited…

An alternative to traditional hyperparameter tuning methodsVisualization of TPE for 2-dimensional hyperparameter tuning. Image by Alexander Elvers via Wikipedia Commons.The way a machine learning model fits itself to data is governed by a set of initial conditions called hyperparameters. Hyperparameters help to restrict the learning behavior of a model so that it will (hopefully) be able to fit the data well and within a reasonable amount of time. Finding the best set of hyperparameters (often called “tuning”) is one of…

On 17 October, the winner will be announced for this year’s Booker prize, the UK’s most prestigious prize for long-form fiction. Ahead of the announcement, you can watch video readings from each shortlisted title below. The excerpts are read by a variety of performers – from TV star David Harewood and actor and writer Prasanna Puwanarajah to musician Jarvis Cocker and actor and writer Sharon Horgan. The films have been directed by Kevin Thomas, and produced by Mermade, the digital sister company to Horgan and Clelia…