Baghard

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by Baghard 10y ago
He interned at the DoD when he was a college student. Maybe you are thinking of the NSA? Though the NSA is part of DoD, I don't think it was ever confirmed that Matt worked for the NSA.
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Logic by Machine: The Computer and the Mind of Men (1962)(youtube.com)
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by Baghard 10y ago
http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~robins/YouAndYourResearch.html Another trait, it took me a while to notice. I noticed the following facts about people who work with the door open or the door closed. I notice that if you h
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by Baghard 10y ago
> Over the weekend, he sent some messages that were inappropriate ... on Whatsapp So, not during working hours, not using work-related tools, he send some inappropriate messages. It's not a big deal. > these things aren't a
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by Baghard 10y ago
It takes a while for the eco-system around TF to get settled. I feel Google wants companies to spring up around TF, and use it in every industry. I'd say now is the time to start a niche company on top of TF. You'll be acquired fa
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by Baghard 10y ago
> They did not compare it to the news cycle Such as the April 2013 Boston Marathon bombings. Or the rise of ISIL and Boko Haram in early 2013. I still think the study was well executed, but the instant effect seems to disappear when you
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by Baghard 11y ago
The marketing industry is moving beyond trackers and cookies. Hastened by the mobile/tablet revolution (users switch devices way more often) and the stricter privacy laws in Europe (anti-cookie laws). Now they either require you to log
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by Baghard 11y ago
> Both of these are easily biased. Indeed. But remedies exist. Statisticians can examine the validity of the data, analysts and detectives can be trained to interpret the results correctly, and social scientists can point out the dangers
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by Baghard 11y ago
Now is this an example of predictive analytics or of human prejudice? :)
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by Baghard 11y ago
Apophenia is the _human_ tendency to see patterns in random _data_. Predictive _analytics_ is a machine that pulls non-random patterns out of data and presents this as _information_. To say that other tools have a bad track record may count
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by Baghard 11y ago
They probably needed the software for this indeed. My local police department did not even cooperate with other local police departments. Profiles and reports for a criminal vanished, once they settled somewhere else. That is just throwing
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by Baghard 11y ago
There may both be some cognitive dissonance and a difference between open government data (funded with tax money) and closed company data (funded with revenues).
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by Baghard 11y ago
Preventing discussion may be illegal. Yet: - It is not required for a company to facilitate it. - It is not a priori allowed to use company resources to discuss your salary. - As a company you do not have to reward that unprofessional and i
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by Baghard 11y ago
I am all for positive discrimination. For instance I do not think it is a bad idea to have all-women hackathons -- I do not think that's unfair. I furthermore wish you all the best with the business and I get the pitch: Besides the mai
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by Baghard 11y ago
It is not racism. It is (positive) discrimination. If we keep everything the same, but target a different demographic this service could be called: WhiteStream, a Netflix for whites and white-culture movies. "The persuit of happiness&q
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by Baghard 11y ago
I firmly believe this business model can work. I know of a local business that is going into its 6th year of operations. Cleaning houses is a large part of their revenues. They match house cleaners, handymen, grocery shoppers, cooks and ass
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by Baghard 11y ago
I've had complete opposite experience. Do the people who hire for this kind of work often bet on non-PhD candidates? Do they trust themselves to separate the wheat from the chaff? Don't you want a colleague who is able to mention
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by Baghard 11y ago
I think you are right in that it sells many people short, but then again having no good academic credentials is selling yourself short. Data science is not like security. There it is more accepted that good engineers/researchers do not
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by Baghard 11y ago
As a developer is it a good or a bad thing to have a high Truck Factor? There seems to be a trade-off. Management and business wants low Truck Factors, but talented developers do not want to be replaceable code monkeys. Do projects with a l