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by datageek 16y ago
Bustaname.com has some neat functionality, whereas Bruteforcenaming.com is super simple.
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Use brute force to find an available domain name for Web 2.0 projects(bruteforcenaming.com)
57 points by datageek 16y ago|17 comments
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Tourism forecasting competition - winner invited to publish in leading journal(kaggle.com)
1 points by datageek 16y ago|0 comments
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Chessmetrics developer, Jeff Sonas, on how he became interested in chess ratings(kaggle.com)
1 points by datageek 16y ago|0 comments
35.
by datageek 16y ago
at 50 years old - it's probably due for an upgrade!
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Move over Elo - crowdsourcing a new chess rating system(kaggle.com)
21 points by datageek 16y ago|17 comments
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by datageek 16y ago
Benford's Law is really simple and neat. Worth reading about in isolation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benford%27s_law
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Benford's Law (a neat fraud detection technique) applied to Wikileaks data(drewconway.com)
2 points by datageek 16y ago|1 comments
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by datageek 16y ago
Possibly the start of an arms race between fraudsters and data miners?
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Data Mining is a new weapon in the fight against Medicaid fraud(dataminingblog.com)
2 points by datageek 16y ago|1 comments
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by datageek 16y ago
I wonder if there's a business model in this?
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Introducing Gruen Tenders - a simple way to induce an unbiased prognosis(kaggle.com)
3 points by datageek 16y ago|1 comments
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New website allows scientists to post a synopsis of their work(researchsynopsis.net)
1 points by datageek 16y ago|0 comments
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Predicting entrepreneurial success: Got what it takes?(money.cnn.com)
3 points by datageek 16y ago|0 comments
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Memphis uses predictive analytics to help cut crime by 31%(informationweek.com)
2 points by datageek 16y ago|0 comments
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Machine learning competitions and real-life projects(kaggle.com)
5 points by datageek 16y ago|1 comments
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Investment banks' World Cup forecasts - how they fared(kaggle.com)
3 points by datageek 16y ago|0 comments
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Data modeling competitions facilitate real time science(kaggle.com)
2 points by datageek 16y ago|0 comments
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by datageek 16y ago
The best case study I've ever heard is Tescos. Apparently they were a downmarket British retailer in the early 1990s. They teamed up wit a statistical consultancy called dunnhumby and now they're the third biggest retailer in the world. App
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by datageek 16y ago
I'm told the 2012 comp will involve predicting the predictions of predictions.
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2010 INFORMS Data Mining Contest: participants predict stock price movements(kaggle.com)
11 points by datageek 16y ago|5 comments
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Data-driven property valuations(kaggle.com)
3 points by datageek 16y ago|0 comments
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What has bioinformatics ever done for us?(kaggle.com)
1 points by datageek 16y ago|0 comments
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X Prize Foundation wants a data-driven physician on every smartphone(singularityhub.com)
2 points by datageek 16y ago|0 comments
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by datageek 16y ago
Cool site!
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by datageek 16y ago
Good point on the 30 international games.
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by datageek 16y ago
From what I gather, these people aren't using Elo rating alone - it's just an "ingredient" in their model. Out of interest, did you enter the competition?
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Chess rating system provides the best predictor of World Cup success(kaggle.com)
35 points by datageek 16y ago|29 comments