octonion

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   by octonion 13y ago

   I'm scraping the CBSE now. It'll take about a day. I'll upload it and post here when it's done.
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   by octonion 13y ago

   I've forked the GitHub and rewritten the scraper in Ruby. Full ICSE and ICS results are already there, plus a PostgreSQL loader and a script to determine the "true" all-India topper accounting for exam difficulty. I've also written a prelim
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   by octonion 14y ago

   I contacted KA months and months ago volunteering to help with the analytics, but never heard back.
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   by octonion 14y ago

   This is a followup to my earlier article - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5243029
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   by octonion 14y ago

   The results of mining the first 3.5 million records - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5255962
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   Mining the First 3.5 Million California Unclaimed Property Records(angrystatistician.blogspot.com)

   34 points by octonion 14y ago|7 comments
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   by octonion 14y ago

   I'm scraping the entire database. The largest amount I've found so far is $1.4m - I've sent her a message on Facebook.
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   by octonion 14y ago

   I just found someone who has over $50000 coming to them. Unusual name, so they were easy to locate on LinkedIn and Facebook.
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   by octonion 14y ago

   Netzero owes OJ Simpson $10: http://scoweb.sco.ca.gov/UCP/PropertyDetails.aspx?propertyRe...
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    by octonion 14y ago

    Linus Torvalds is owed about $250, e.g. http://scoweb.sco.ca.gov/UCP/PropertyDetails.aspx?propertyRe...
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    by octonion 14y ago

    I'm guessing this person doesn't want the money back: http://scoweb.sco.ca.gov/UCP/PropertyDetails.aspx?propertyRe...
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    by octonion 14y ago

    Wow, that's insane. Spending $50m/year to notify people and process these claims could easily be justified given the sheer size of the assets being held.
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    by octonion 14y ago

    My new employer was owed nearly $23000. Hopefully that gains me some good karma.
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    by octonion 14y ago

    The state of California is holding over $6 billion in unclaimed property. The search engine doesn't even do fuzzy string matching.
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    Sergey Brin, Please Pick up your Paychecks(angrystatistician.blogspot.com)

    220 points by octonion 14y ago|84 comments
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    by octonion 14y ago

    There appears to be a culture of bullying among a certain segment of the Ivy League. See, for example, this piece on Evan O'Dorney: http://verynoice.com/2011/09/the-fresh-five-part-two/