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Scientists may have found a way to measure your risk of death. A new study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine posits that a 10-second balance test could help measure your overall risk of dying. A 10-second test may be able to measure your risk of death Balance can play a key part in your overall health. Image source: AmazonThe study was conducted by several scientists using a pool of 1,702 people aged between 51 to 75 years. They examined data about the participants taken between 2008 and…

Measure the execution time of your code in Python the right wayImage by author.Measuring code execution time is a crucial endeavor, whether for algorithm selection in a data science project or optimizing for speed in software development. Whatever the case, measuring time in Python has its subtleties, and we better get it right.In this story, we will go through many ways to measure time in Python. Our aim, time the execution of a block of code.You may be as baffled as I am to learn that there are not many pythonic ways of…

“I see clients, again and again, having to evaluate the value of making this change over that change at the ticket level,” said Jessica Bowman, enterprise SEO consultant and author of Executive SEO Playbook, in her presentation at SMX Advanced. While all SEO tasks are important for the success of your site, there’s a key distinction that should be drawn: those that have the potential to increase revenue, and those that are designed to prevent revenue decreases. SEOs who fail to…

Understanding the model’s output plays a major role in business-driven projects, and Sobol can helpPhoto by Martin Sanchez on UnsplashEvery data projects include naturally an initial stage of pre-processing to get:Data in an appropriate format allowing the next stages of the project to function properly.High-quality data to ensure the best performance.This second point includes two well-known steps from Data Scientists: feature selection and feature engineering.Feature Selection is the process of discarding relatively…

Of all the elementary particles in the universe, neutrinos may be the strangest. Sometimes known as “ghost particles,” these mysterious little packets of energy have no electrical charge, have almost no mass and come in at least three distinct varieties. New research is bringing science closer than ever to understanding the nature of neutrinos, from their size to their fundamental properties. Neutrinos are mind-bogglingly tiny. With a mass of less than 0.8 electron volt each, they are “hundreds of thousands of times…

The top court in Massachusetts blocked a ballot measure Tuesday that would have asked voters to classify gig workers as independent contractors rather than employees, saying the measure overreached by limiting gig companies’ liability in some situations. The decision is a setback for companies such as Uber Technologies Inc. UBER -2.23% and Lyft Inc. LYFT -0.91% that rely on such…

The New York Times reports Massachusetts' Supreme Judicial Court has rejected a proposed ballot measure that would have enshrined Uber and Lyft's business model in law. The court said the measure violated the Massachusetts constitution by including two unrelated policy decisions, including one hidden by "obscure language." The bulk of the proposed ballot measure outlined limited benefits for rideshare drivers. However, the offending provision would have said that drivers couldn't be treated as an "employee or agent" of…

Lisa Stiffler / GeekWire: Submittable, whose software helps organizations launch, manage, and measure social impact programs, raised a $47M Series C led by Accel-KKR — New funding: Submittable, a company that helps corporations, governments and nonprofits manage their programs focused on social good, today announced $47 million in new venture capital. Lisa Stiffler / GeekWire: Submittable, whose software helps organizations launch, manage, and measure social impact programs, raised a $47M Series C…

Electronics is an amazing subject, there’s a lot to learn, and many fascinating projects to create. To do this you would think that you need thousands of dollars of equipment, but you can do a lot with very little. All you really need are the tools to get you started. a Raspberry Pi Pico, side cutters, pliers and a soldering iron are some of the most versatile tools for the budding electronics enthusiast. But no matter what level of maker you may be, we all need a Digital Multimeter. A multimeter enables us to make…

Parts of Kashmir observed a shutdown on Friday over the controversial remarks by two now-suspended BJP leaders against Prophet Mohammad while the authorities snapped mobile Internet as a precautionary measure, officials said. Security forces have been deployed in strength at sensitive places in the city and elsewhere in the Valley for maintaining law and order, they said.The old city popularly known as Downtown Srinagar, witnessed a complete shutdown with public transport off the roads.However, traffic was going along the…