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Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) Guidance for Fall 2020 and CMU Impact(s) - Office of International Education - Division of Enrollment Services - Carnegie Mellon University
Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) Guidance for Fall 2020 and CMU Impact(s)
Rogue P. Bigham
CMU has issued "guidance" on the new student visa issues, which basically amounts to "we are definitely required to issue/reissue thousands of I20s by August 4th, yet we don't know the rules because the announcement wasn't clear" …
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Password Safety Reset: If You Do One Thing Do This — Creating A Safe, Strong Password
You want to reduce the risk of getting whacked by ransomware and the other cyber horrors? Do this.
The Mystery of High Stock Prices
Why is the market doing so well when the economy is doing so poorly?
Rogue P. Bigham
i am not an economist, but i had assumed the stock market had been going up as more wealth/control/power was expected to consolidate in the big companies as little ones fail (or are expected to fail) to weather the economic storm
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How We’ve Taught Algorithms to See Identity
Constructing Race and Gender in Image Databases for Facial Analysis
New Episodes Of 'Beavis And Butt-Head' Announced
The two most influential music critics of the '90s are back. The New York Times reports that two new seasons of Beavis And Butt-Head, the beloved and reviled '90s MTV cartoon, are coming to television. Creator Mike Judge has been enlisted to write,...
How America’s Hospitals Survived the First Wave of the Coronavirus
ProPublica deputy managing editor Charles Ornstein wanted to know why experts were wrong when they said U.S. hospitals would be overwhelmed by COVID-19 patients. Here’s what he learned, including what hospitals can do before the next wave.
ACLU News & Commentary
The latest in the fight for our civil liberties.
Biden Takes Dominant Lead as Voters Reject Trump on Virus and Race
A New York Times/Siena College poll finds that Joseph R. Biden Jr. is ahead of the president by 14 points, leading among women and nonwhite voters and cutting into his support with white voters.
Petition to rename Columbus, Ohio, 'Flavortown' to honor Guy Fieri attracts thousands of signatures
A petition seeking to rename Columbus, Ohio, “Flavortown” to honor native Guy Fieri has attracted thousands of signatures.
Abolish the #TechToPrisonPipeline
Crime-prediction technology reproduces injustices & causes real harm
Trump Expected To Suspend H-1B, Other Visas Until End Of Year
The new order, which could be signed as soon as Saturday, comes as the administration wrestles with how to protect unemployed American workers as well as kick-start the economic recovery.
iOS 14 Preview - Features
The latest features and enhancements, app updates, and more in iOS 14 for iPhone.
OpenAI Jukebox begins creating new Elvis and Sinatra songs, with lyrics
"It's Christmas time, and you know what that means," sings Sinatra, "Ohh, it's hot tub time!" A neural net has begun composing entire songs modeled on the prior works of artists in a wide range of genres, including lyrics and vocal performances.
PULSE: Self-Supervised Photo Upsampling via Latent Space Exploration of Generative Models
The primary aim of single-image super-resolution is to construct a
high-resolution (HR) image from a corresponding low-resolution (LR) input. In
previous approaches, which have generally been supervised, the training
objective typically measures a...
Welcome to DRM Water: GE’s Incredibly Dumb Money Grab
Companies have your best interests at heart. That’s why they … block you from drinking water unless you buy their $50 filters?
Defending CMU's integrity (letter with hyperlinks)
This is an open letter to Carnegie Mellon University's administrators from its faculty and staff. We are deeply troubled by a recent appointment to the Institute for Politics and Strategy. Please read the letter below and add your signature by...