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by Fomite 13y ago
I think this is a big one, and one of the reasons I would be uncomfortable calling myself a "data scientist" despite meeting some of the more tool-oriented definitions - my work has a much larger focus on attempting to infer causality.
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by Fomite 13y ago
One thing that seems to be lost between the article and the comments - it's not just twentysomethings. It's twentysomethings "with cash on hand". That adds a degree of self-indulgence to the description. It's not just twentysomethings solvi
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by Fomite 13y ago
It is relatively straightforward to control for things like "exercise from other activities" and underlying comorbidities in an attempt to compare "like with like" even for non-randomized studies. One should also keep in mind that while cor
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by Fomite 13y ago
Yes, but what does it do ?
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by Fomite 13y ago
Silicon Valley is often quite pleased with itself, and there's more than one "Ignore the complexities of your problem, what would solve this is five guys in San Francisco and a hackathon!" article drifting around out there. I suspect that's
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by Fomite 13y ago
I'd like to - but I doubt ever will - see the full distribution of their 511 valuations.
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by Fomite 13y ago
This has also been seen in studies showing an increase in new business ventures in Americans once they reach the Medicare eligibility age.
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by Fomite 13y ago
"The PhD...a job at the end it’s guaranteed" And this is where I stopped taking the author seriously - they've got a seriously rose colored view of the job market.