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How machine learning can be used to identify microplastics

Fast Company Tech

So, an identification method for polymers should provide a measure of uncertainty in its output. Unfortunately, current methods dont usually provide an uncertainty measure. Using this analysis, it adds other plausible identities to the algorithms single output on a particular particles spectrum.

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Google warns of ‘novel social engineering method’ used to hack security researchers

The Verge

Government-backed hackers based in North Korea are targeting individual security researchers through a number of means including a “novel social engineering method,” Google’s Threat Analysis Group is reporting. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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How people secured their secrets before encyption

Fast Company Tech

” Letterlocking: The Hidden History of the Letter , by Jana Dambrogio and Daniel Starza Smith, with the Unlocking History Research Group [Photo: MIT Press] Together, the pair began studying what they came to call letterlocking, reconstructing through close analysis and modeling the many ways historic letters were folded and secured.

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5 Tips for Securing Appealing Nonprofit Auction Items

Greater Giving

Choose the Right Procurement Method for Each Item As you send your committee members out to procure their assigned items, make sure they’re familiar with the three primary ways of doing so. Or, if one of your volunteers works at a local museum, have them ask their boss about contributing an annual museum membership as an auction prize.

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[ASK AN EXPERT] What Are The Pros And Cons Of Public Donor Listings?

Bloomerang

I like to approach conundrums like this one with a mini- SWOT analysis. Its a version of a pro/con analysis, but better because it takes into account threats (bad things that might happen if you do/do not list publicly) and opportunities (good things youll potentially miss out on), depending on your course of action.

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How to Use a SWOT Analysis for Your Nonprofit

CauseVox

A SWOT analysis is a great tool to guide any team through this process. So be glad of your weaknesses now, they are the beginnings of your strength.” – Claire Weekes What is a SWOT Analysis and Why Do One? A SWOT analysis helps to identify opportunities for growth and impact, and anticipate and mitigate potential threats.

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Asking better questions to create more equitable outcomes 

Candid

Asking better questions that center the needs of those most affected The questions are designed to be applied to any research and evaluation method or design, at any point in the process. and “Are methods designed to examine stakeholder, individual, community, and system-level assets?” Will they build community capacity?”