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Dean Abbott on analytics education
Here’s one of the masters of analytics talking about education in the field Regarding MS degrees, let me first write that I am very encouraged that data mining and predictive analytics are being taught in specific class and programs rather than as just an add-on to an advanced statistics or business class. That stated, I Read more
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Surgeon, suture self
Looks like these guys weren’t as good at their job as some folks thought. I see some of them are moving from one bullshit HR job to another, to some bullshit NGO job. Doesn’t anybody make anything anymore? Tip from the Drudge Report, where permalinks fear to tread. Read more
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To compute or not compute, that is the question…
There’s a time for hand calculation and simple models and a (later) time for computation and more complex models. Read more
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You can’t make this stuff up
I expect fans will soon discover that the Silver Scorpion is also a transgendered environmentalist with a learning disability, recovering from substance abuse brought on by living in a dysfunctional family from a city oppressed by Republicans. Too bad the name was already taken back in 1941. (Back then SS was female, so maybe I’m Read more
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The Evolution of Data
Check out this timeline from the Wolfram Data Summit. Where’s it going? Stephen Wolfram has some big ideas. Read more
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College is a No-Brainer?
Yes, but maybe not the way you think. David French outlines the case against a college education. "I want my child to go deeply in debt to become lazy, anxious, boozy, unthinking, and ignorant." Tip from Phi Beta Cons. Read more
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None dare call it taxes
Peyton Miller calls out state lotteries for what they really are, a regressive tax on the poor. Here in Texas, 27¢ of every lootery lottery dollar is taken by the state, off the top. Tip from the Corner. Read more
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I vote EU to GFO
This sounded pretty good until they threw in net neutrality. Nothing but frustrated little dictator chaps running the EU, I’m afraid. Bugger off. Read more
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