ariel-faigon

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   What's your real internet speed? (hint: not the one your ISP shows you)(github.com)

   1 points by ariel-faigon 7y ago|0 comments
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   Some real data on Comcast and Net neutrailty(github.com)

   2 points by ariel-faigon 7y ago|0 comments
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   by ariel-faigon 7y ago

   If you quote "Veryfi" in the search box, it is not considered a misspelling by google, and top results seems to work as expected :)
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   by ariel-faigon 10y ago

   Good eye. May be random noise since most daily deltas in the data-set are so small. See comments about over-fitting and noise elsewhere in the thread. Also may be a veggie-style (without the bun) burger. It was over 2 years ago, so I don&#
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   by ariel-faigon 10y ago

   This is pretty hilarious. Thanks for sharing. It may be showing how much noise there is in a random data-set with too few data-points to draw statistically significant conclusions. It might also mean that you're on the right track and
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   by ariel-faigon 10y ago

   Thanks so much. Your comments are really helpful. I realized early on that the data is hopelessly noisy, due to the small daily changes and the scales resolution so rather than trying to build a perfect model to gauge the variable importanc
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   by ariel-faigon 10y ago

   Wow. This is a beautiful and data-rich chart. Thanks for sharing. Would be great if you could put this on github as well, and add some explanations to all the details in README.md.
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   by ariel-faigon 10y ago

   "He" is me :) Sorry, I've never read that book so rest assured, I'm not promoting it. Please note that the link is not to the book, it is a just a google search for the term "the truth about statins". Perhaps
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   by ariel-faigon 10y ago

   Thanks so much for all the excellent comments. There was definitely an over-fit with 4-passes. No more. I've updated the Makefile to run only one pass, changed the options so it runs with older-version vw, Fixed misspellings of 'g
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    by ariel-faigon 10y ago

    Thanks for the comment. You're absolutely right. I stand corrected and updated the README accordingly.
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    by ariel-faigon 10y ago

    Thanks mbrundle. I'm the person behind that git repository and honestly am in a bit of a shock that this is making hacker-news. As I say in the README.md: please ignore the noise, the scales I used had 0.2 pound resolution, and my data