mistermcgruff

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by mistermcgruff 12y ago
Tufte is only one perspective. And he's irritatingly preachy at times. Hell, this is his favorite website: http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=33.769373434837... Are the folks at NOAA non-poseurs? Is the heigh
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by mistermcgruff 13y ago
I entered college exempted from one year of classes. Rather than graduate in 3, I used those credits to graduate leisurely in 4 with a pure math degree. Math majors had the lowest gpas on campus and by far the hardest workload. Abstract alg
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by mistermcgruff 13y ago
Not seeing HBO Go. That means no GoT on demand :-(
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by mistermcgruff 13y ago
Was wondering the same thing about the Aphex Twin. Is that legal?
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by mistermcgruff 13y ago
I like to think about whether a problem is inherently antagonistic when deciding whether data/models/etc. can automate it well ("eat it" in the words of the article). Not antagonistic -- predicting whether someone will g
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by mistermcgruff 13y ago
That really stinks. I can't imagine how annoying that must get. I work at an email service provider, and I deal with about two billion email addresses from all around the world. Apostrophes are certainly a consideration when working w
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by mistermcgruff 13y ago
Here's a reponse to Tufte in defense of PowerPoint, which was on HN a few weeks ago: http://www.john-foreman.com/1/post/2014/01/defending-powerpo...
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The $30/hr Data Scientist(john-foreman.com)
1 points by mistermcgruff 13y ago|1 comments
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by mistermcgruff 13y ago
The only problem is when you send ships to mine other planets, there may be eggs with face-huggers in them on those other planets.
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by mistermcgruff 13y ago
I'm an R person, but I used SAS in a past life, and I have to say, this is very wrong. SAS is nothing at all like an improved Excel in look, operation, or user-base. It can do much of what R can do (build forecast models, ML models, ev
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Reach vs. Motivation and the Hacker News Bump(john-foreman.com)
1 points by mistermcgruff 13y ago|0 comments
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by mistermcgruff 13y ago
I get it weekly. It's up to date. Very handy too.
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Reach vs. Motivation and the Hacker News Bump(john-foreman.com)
2 points by mistermcgruff 13y ago|0 comments
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AI will destroy humanity(john-foreman.com)
2 points by mistermcgruff 13y ago|0 comments
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AI will not destroy humanity(facebook.com)
2 points by mistermcgruff 13y ago|0 comments
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Yann Lecun defends AI(m.facebook.com)
1 points by mistermcgruff 13y ago|0 comments
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Data Privacy, Machine Learning, and the Destruction of Mysterious Humanity(john-foreman.com)
1 points by mistermcgruff 13y ago|0 comments
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A Look at MailChimp Servers(devs.mailchimp.com)
2 points by mistermcgruff 13y ago|0 comments
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by mistermcgruff 13y ago
This had me crying I was laughing so hard. In an airport bar. People were staring.
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by mistermcgruff 13y ago
It may be obvious, but throughout Tufte's work he ignores that distinction and conflates the two. So it must not be obvious to Tufte.
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Defending PowerPoint Against Tufte(john-foreman.com)
36 points by mistermcgruff 13y ago|21 comments
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Why I'm Betting On Julia(evanmiller.org)
493 points by mistermcgruff 13y ago|252 comments
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You Don't Want Your Privacy: Disney and the Meat Space Data Race(gigaom.com)
2 points by mistermcgruff 13y ago|1 comments
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You Don't Want Your Privacy: Disney and the Meat Space Data Race (gigaom.com)
8 points by mistermcgruff 13y ago|0 comments
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Why Soft Skills Matter in Data Science(data-informed.com)
2 points by mistermcgruff 13y ago|0 comments
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by mistermcgruff 13y ago
I just published a data science book: http://amzn.com/111866146X I went through Wiley, which is a very traditional, large publisher (my editor is the same as Mitnick's and Schneier's). You seriously limit the roya
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by mistermcgruff 13y ago
This is amazing.
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Code Samples and Hiring Developers(devs.mailchimp.com)
2 points by mistermcgruff 13y ago|0 comments
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What does your ISP say about you?(blog.mailchimp.com)
56 points by mistermcgruff 13y ago|20 comments
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by mistermcgruff 13y ago
I agree that the notation is tough. Especially for folks who need to learn to do this stuff as a one-off and not as a career. That's why I wrote a book that teaches the algorithms with nearly no math notation while trying to be very ri

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