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by rrherr 9y ago
FrameWorks Institute is an interesting nonprofit organization — they "empirically identify the most effective ways of reframing social and scientific topics." In other words, replace the misleading metaphors with better ones. htt
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by rrherr 9y ago
Reminds me of this: "Data Scientist (n.): Person who is better at statistics than any software engineer and better at software engineering than any statistician." https://twitter.com/josh_wills/status/198
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Assisted Writing: Reimagining Word Processing(medium.com)
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Think Your Credentials Are Ignored Because You're a Woman? It Could Be(npr.org)
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How some people stay motivated at work when they don’t love their jobs(qz.com)
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Save Yourself from Tedious Small Talk(wsj.com)
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You’re Not Going to Change Your Mind(mobile.nytimes.com)
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Want to Be Happier and More Successful? Learn to Like Other People(fastcompany.com)
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Teachers must ditch 'neuromyth' of learning styles, say scientists(theguardian.com)
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Boredom Is Good for You(theatlantic.com)
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Your Team Is Brainstorming All Wrong(hbr.org)
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We Aren’t Built to Live in the Moment(nytimes.com)
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by rrherr 9y ago
I've also found these to be helpful: The Language and Grammar of Mathematics, from The Princeton Companion to Mathematics, by Timothy Gowers: http://press.princeton.edu/chapters/gowers/gowers_I_2.pdf Reading
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by rrherr 9y ago
"I buried the lede. It’s an in-browser reactive JavaScript notebook for exploratory analysis, visualization, and explanation." https://twitter.com/mbostock/status/858018259907620865
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Some good “Statistics for programmers” resources(jvns.ca)
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by rrherr 9y ago
Fascinating topic. I wish I knew how to interpret Coltrane's diagram. Any ideas?
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I recommend reading "Do machines actually beat doctors?" by Dr. Luke Oakden-Rayner, who is both a radiology doctor and deep learning researcher. https://lukeoakdenrayner.wordpress.com/2016/11/27/do-c
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by rrherr 10y ago
Fascinating and educational to see all those variations! Reminds me a little of 99 Ways to Tell a Story by Matt Madden: http://mattmadden.com/comics/99x/
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Mark Cuban learning machine learning with Python(twitter.com)
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Yes, if you're insincere, it's patronizing. So it requires empathy and curiosity. If done right, it's just like the old Dale Carnegie quote: You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than
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by rrherr 10y ago
Yes! My favorite tactic to get people talking about themselves comes from Paul Ford: Just ask the other person what they do, and right after they tell you, say: “Wow. That sounds hard.” Because nearly everyone in the world believes their j
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by rrherr 10y ago
- Advertorials. When it does work well: The Onion? https://contently.com/strategist/2016/05/23/dont-make-a-comm...
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My bad, thank you for the correction!
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This is what I'm most excited about: "LOOPY lets you have a conversation with simulations! You can go from thinking in systems, to talking in systems." Thread: https://twitter.com/worrydream/status&#x
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by rrherr 10y ago
I've also found these to be helpful: The Language and Grammar of Mathematics, from The Princeton Companion to Mathematics, by James Gowers: http://press.princeton.edu/chapters/gowers/gowers_I_2.pdf Reading Ma
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by rrherr 10y ago
Additional resources I'm finding helpful: https://betterexplained.com/articles/an-interactive-guide-to... http://jackschaedler.github.io/circles-sines-signals/ https://books.google
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http://www.dougengelbart.org/firsts/1968-demo-interactive.ht...
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Christina Engelbart and Bret Victor Made a Video Digest of the Mother of All Demos(twitter.com)
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by rrherr 10y ago
"Audio is assumed to be spoken: not suitable for song captioning" Can anyone recommend alternative approaches for music lyrics alignment?
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by rrherr 10y ago
So your concern isn't just with anecdotes, but with observational data in general? I agree that experimental data is preferred, but sometimes observational data is all we've got, right?

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