This Week I Learned - Week #184

This Week I Learned -

* You can use temporal tables to track the full history of data changes directly in Azure SQL Database, without the need for custom coding.

* The insurance company ICICI Lombard uses Azure for its key applications

* Visual Studio Code is a source code editor developed by Microsoft for Windows, Linux and macOS. It is free and open-source, although the official download is under a proprietary license. Visual Studio Code is based on Electron, a framework which is used to deploy Node.js applications for the desktop running on Blink layout engine.

* Presentations including Data Science Summit 2016 Data Science for Absolutely Everybody from the inaugural edition of Microsoft Machine Learning & Data Science Summit 2016 are on Channel 9

* You can leverage 20 Cognitive Services APIs services in conjunction with the Microsoft Bot Framework to build an intelligent assistant.

* R and ML are built into SQL Server 2016

* The Data Science VM is pre-loaded with deep learning toolkits

* The course schedule for Microsoft Professional Program Certificate in Data Science is now available

* It is possible to embed just the Amazon book reviews in a web page

* Airport-data.com has a JSON API offering aircraft thumbnails & airport info

* In fine dining, a Michelin star is commonly seen as the ultimate certification that a restaurant meets a particular standard of excellence...chefs complain that Michelin prioritizes “consistency,” which means that Michelin-starred chefs must forgo the opportunity to experiment. In addition, Michelin expects restaurants to maintain certain standards of decor, a long menu, a well-stocked wine cellar, and a large staff, all of which can be ruinously expensive. As a result, restaurants can feel that the increased demand attracted by Michelin stars is not worth the additional expenses and constraints, and some have even gone as far as returning their stars - HBR.org

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