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Causal Inference for the Brave and True

Posted by romain_g on Monday May 12, 2025 @04:38AM
from the matheusfacure.github.io dept.

https://matheusfacure.github.io/python-causality-handbook/landing-page.html

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A Brief History of Leverage and Power

Posted by romain_g on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @05:50AM
from the salon.thefamily.co dept.

https://salon.thefamily.co/a-brief-history-of-leverage-and-power-8d1a55ecdd8b

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What I’ve learned about SEO (2018)

Posted by romain_g on Sunday October 06, 2019 @01:56PM
from the salon.thefamily.co dept.

https://salon.thefamily.co/the-google-seo-bible-everything-a-startup-needs-to-know-a60dbac2d060

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You Can Load a Die, but You Can't Bias a Coin [pdf]

Posted by romain_g on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @04:34AM
from the stat.columbia.edu dept.

http://www.stat.columbia.edu/~gelman/research/published/diceRev2.pdf

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This Is Water – David Foster Wallace

Posted by romain_g on Friday October 21, 2016 @08:13AM
from the bulletin.kenyon.edu dept.

http://bulletin.kenyon.edu/x4280.html

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The Arndt-Schulz Rule

Posted by romain_g on Friday May 06, 2016 @09:43AM
from the en.wikipedia.org dept.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arndt%E2%80%93Schulz_rule

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Eustress

Posted by romain_g on Friday May 06, 2016 @04:37AM
from the en.wikipedia.org dept.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eustress

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Sharing data to learn about homelessness

Posted by romain_g on Thursday February 19, 2015 @07:36AM
from the datakind.org dept.

http://www.datakind.org/projects/sharing-data-to-learn-about-homelessness/

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Billion Laughs Attack

Posted by romain_g on Monday February 16, 2015 @05:45AM
from the en.wikipedia.org dept.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billion_laughs

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Raspberry Pi project lets you experience Parkinson’s disease

Posted by romain_g on Monday November 24, 2014 @11:57AM
from the raspberrypi.org dept.

http://www.raspberrypi.org/parkinsons-disease-body-illusion/

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Why Python?

Posted by romain_g on Friday July 25, 2014 @04:40AM
from the linuxjournal.com dept.

http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3882

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Save $400M printing cost from font change? Not so fast…

Posted by romain_g on Sunday July 20, 2014 @01:00PM
from the thomasphinney.com dept.

http://www.thomasphinney.com/2014/03/saving-400m-font/

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Fatberg

Posted by romain_g on Friday July 18, 2014 @09:59AM
from the en.wikipedia.org dept.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatberg

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D3.js is Not a Graphing Library, Let's Design a Line Graph

Posted by romain_g on Saturday June 14, 2014 @11:39AM
from the dealloc.me dept.

http://dealloc.me/2011/06/24/d3-is-not-a-graphing-library/

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Predicting Stock Swings with PsychSignal, Quandl and BigML

Posted by romain_g on Thursday May 15, 2014 @07:38AM
from the blog.bigml.com dept.

http://blog.bigml.com/2014/05/09/predicting-stock-swings/

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Koan

Posted by romain_g on Tuesday May 13, 2014 @07:11AM
from the en.wikipedia.org dept.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dan

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RudeVC: Asking one VC for a referral to another

Posted by romain_g on Monday May 05, 2014 @04:58AM
from the rudebaguette.com dept.

http://www.rudebaguette.com/2014/04/29/rudevc-vc-referrals/

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The inexplicable rise of open floor plans in tech companies

Posted by romain_g on Tuesday April 01, 2014 @07:13AM
from the nathanmarz.com dept.

http://nathanmarz.com/blog/the-inexplicable-rise-of-open-floor-plans-in-tech-companies.html

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How can I kill puppies without consequences?

Posted by romain_g on Monday March 10, 2014 @06:26AM
from the gaming.stackexchange.com dept.

http://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/159144/how-can-i-kill-puppies-without-consequences

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Coursera: Creative, Serious and Playful Science of Android Apps

Posted by romain_g on Monday November 25, 2013 @04:44PM
from the coursera.org dept.

https://www.coursera.org/course/androidapps101

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Re:How Money Moves Around The Banking System on Monday November 25, 2013 @04:29AM (#6793207)

Interesting ! An excellent introduction is also available as a coursera class (by Perry Mehrling from Columbia U) at https://www.coursera.org/course/money and https://www.coursera.org/course/money2 !

Apple vs Google

Posted by romain_g on Friday November 22, 2013 @04:54AM
from the visual.ly dept.

http://visual.ly/apple-vs-google

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ReVision: Automated Classification, Analysis and Redesign of Chart Images

Posted by romain_g on Friday November 08, 2013 @09:46AM
from the vis.stanford.edu dept.

http://vis.stanford.edu/papers/revision

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The 10x developer is Not a myth

Posted by romain_g on Thursday November 07, 2013 @07:33AM
from the brikis98.blogspot.fr dept.

http://brikis98.blogspot.fr/2013/09/the-10x-developer-is-not-myth.html

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Taking the road less traveled

Posted by romain_g on Wednesday November 06, 2013 @09:20AM
from the en.wikipedia.org dept.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Taking_the_road_less_traveled

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Why Face-To-Face Meetings Are Overrated

Posted by romain_g on Monday November 04, 2013 @10:48AM
from the inc.com dept.

http://www.inc.com/jason-fried/excerpt-face-to-face-is-overrated.html

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Want to Work for a Startup? Start Something First

Posted by romain_g on Thursday October 17, 2013 @07:23AM
from the mashable.com dept.

http://mashable.com/2013/10/17/startup-job-tips/

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Re:What is the best way to programatically detect porn images? (2009) on Wednesday October 16, 2013 @09:28AM (#6559497)

Would it be this one? http://www.buzzfeed.com/reyhan/tech-confessional-the-googler...

What is the best way to programatically detect porn images? (2009)

Posted by romain_g on Wednesday October 16, 2013 @07:55AM
from the stackoverflow.com dept.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/713247/what-is-the-best-way-to-programatically-detect-porn-images/713414

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How to Reverse a String in Place in C?

Posted by romain_g on Tuesday October 15, 2013 @04:30PM
from the stackoverflow.com dept.

http://stackoverflow.com/a/198264

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