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Playmates exec #1: (bursts into office) I never got to tell you the fourth Wacky Wild West Turtle!Playmates exec #2: (silence)Playmates exec #1: Are you ready for it?Playmates exec #2: (silence)Playmates exec #1: I saved it for last because I wasn’t sure you’d like it.Playmates exec #2: (silence)Playmates exec #1: Chief Leo! Playmates exec #2: (long silence)Playmates exec #1: Whew! Okay, let me read you the official bio because I’m really pleased with myself for this. (clears throat) “Those smoke signals mean war when…

X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST - Official Trailer (2014)When giant, mutant-killing robots called Sentinels have nearly annihilated mutantkind (and all those that help them), Professor X (Patrick Stewart) and Kitty Pryde (Elliot Page) cobble together a plan to send Wolverine’s (Hugh Jackman) mind back in time to prevent Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence) from assassinating the Sentinels’ creator, Bolivar Trask (Peter Dinklage), in 1973. It works, and per their older selves’ instructions, Logan finds the younger versions of Xavier…

Image: Peekskill ProductionsThe current state of Star Trek movies may be uncertain, but the sci-fi franchise is thriving on TV—and is soon to conquer the stage, thanks to Khan!!! The Musical! A Parody Trek-Tacular, which io9 can exclusively announce is premiering at Off-Broadway at New York City’s Players Theatre in May.Khan!!! The Musical! is co-written, composed by, and has lyrics by Brent Black; it was co-conceived by and features additional materials by Alina Morgan, and will be directed by John Lampe. You can tell…

Ah, Kitty Mario. Never has anything ever been more cursed than Chris Pratt saying “meow” while his character is in a yellow catsuit. Scarring stuff. Besides furry animated plumbers, we’ve got some info on Disney’s The Mysterious Benedict Society and a couple of episode trailers from Velma and The Last of Us. Let’s a-go, spoilers!ThunderboltsDeadline also has word Ayo Edebiri (Big Mouth, The Bear) has joined the cast of Marvel’s Thunderbolts in a undisclosed role.House/Wife and The Inheritance According to THR, Netflix has…

Screenshot: ParamountJadzia finds herself on trial for a murder she didn’t commit—but that her Trill symbiont’s former host, Curzon, might have—leading to an ethical quandary over whether or not she can be held accountable for his actions.Star Trek loves itself a “trial for a wrongly accused Starfleet officer” episode, and this is a solid one of those, but Deep Space Nine elevates the trope with this early exploration of Jadzia’s relationship with her past selves, not just on the ethical level of the premise but…

Making AI not only explainable but also robustPhoto from Michael Dziedzic on UnsplashIntroductionIn many situations, machine learning models are preferred over traditional linear models because of their superior predictive performance and their ability to handle complex nonlinear data. However, a common criticism of machine learning models is their lack of interpretability. For example, ensemble methods such as XGBoost and Random Forest, combine the results of many individual learners to generate their results. Although…

Image: Marvel StudiosThe Marvel Cinematic Universe has managed to catapult several actors to stardom, and Chris Hemsworth is one of its best poster boys. Previously best known for playing Kirk’s dad in the opening minutes of Star Trek’s 2009 reboot, the first Thor movie from 2011 supercharged his career like a bolt of lightning, to the point where he’s got a new action franchise in the form of Netflix’s Extraction and the recent Disney+ series, Limitless.Limitless recently premiered, and it’s during the fourth episode…

Image: HallmarkThese two ornaments are distinctly sexual, but kudos to Hallmark for being so forthright with their carnal pleasures. The first is the hall-of-famer “Let’s Get It On,” named after the Marvin Gaye sex anthem, confirming that this gingerbread man and glass of milk will unquestionably fuck in the very near future. Pity the poor squirrel, who sits alone, with no partner in sight. It appears that whatever gift he thought he had received doesn’t contain the pornography or sex toys he was hoping for. Still, he’s…

Last Updated on October 21, 2022 Sponsored Post    Apply now to join Dr. Kirk Borne’s live interactive course, starting on November 28.  Explore Machine Learning Live with hands-on labs and real world applications with Dr. Kirk Borne, ex-NASA Scientist and former Principal Data Scientist at Booz Allen Hamilton. He was also a professor of Astrophysics and Computational Science at George Mason University where he designed one of the first Data Science programs. Over the course of 4 two-hour live sessions with Dr. Kirk…

The transportation of matter has always been a curate’s egg for the sci-fi writer. Kurt Neumann’s 1958 film The Fly conjured up terrible images of horror when its protagonist found his sub-atomic particles sliced and diced with those of an insect after meddling with the untried technology. But it also featured an awful plot hole: why did the machine split our scientist into a tiny man-fly and a huge fly-man, with both parts of the hybrid suitably scaled to match, if it was just swapping over a few atoms?David Cronenberg…