Data whisperer. Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.
St.Croix, VI and other points
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Nerdy @workato @precisely happy hour talking process automation and data governance tonight... resources.workato.com/custom…
Before: "You are an uninformed idiot."
After: "That is an excellent example of the Dunning-Kruger Effect."
I see great practical applications for this.
"Data are a photograph, not a window". Brilliant article. theatlantic.com/science/arch…
Today was a bat-fax kind of day. Thank you @HC_Richardson for the reminder of how awesome it can be when the government governs. heathercoxrichardson.substac…
Dave Shuman retweeted
"In today’s positive-sum economy your own economic well-being depends on the well-being of others and it is in your own self-interest that others are healthy and well."
Breaking out of the Malthusian trap: How pandemics allow us to understand why our ancestors lived in poverty
@MaxCRoser's new post on Our World in Data:
ourworldindata.org/breaking-…
Listen to the sentient frozen meat.
you can find experts, studies, or any other forms of content to affirm any belief. you can find phd's who believe earth is flat or scientists who believe the moon landings were faked. just because you found a fringe outlier doesn't mean it's weighted the same as expert consensus
Very cool visualization of the path of Hurricane Zeta.
1.7 million electric customers remain without power across the USA. 1.4 million remain out from #HurricaneZeta, and 260k remaining out from an winter/ice storm. Check out poweroutage.us for #PowerOutage info!
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Great framing of white privilege from @JohnAmaechi. It isn’t the presence of obvious benefit, but the absence of obstacles and hardship based on race. bbc.in/3gyhMGH
pajiba.com/miscellaneous/law… There is so much to love, but her closing paragraph is epic: "In conclusion, I believe that every moment in life... ... can be an occasion for teaching and learning. Thank you for creating an opportunity for me to put this deeply held belief into practice
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I remember during the dot com era being hyper-focused on which browsers users coming to our site were using (and how we could optimize the experience for each). reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful…
Dave Shuman retweeted
Patrick Moorhead sits down with Cloudera's Cindy Maike, VP of Industry Solutions, to learn more about how Cloudera is bridging the chasm opened up by Covid-19 via @Forbes bit.ly/38Wkxyv
It is a sad world when @Steak_umm gives better advice than POTUS. (No disrespect to Steak-umm.)
friendly reminder in times of uncertainty and misinformation: anecdotes are not data. (good) data is carefully measured and collected information based on a range of subject-dependent factors, including, but not limited to, controlled variables, meta-analysis, and randomization
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Great video conference tips from my sis: sarashuman.com/video-confere… Have to admit I'm going to be playing video conference bingo from here on out.
Great article. Thank you Mr. President.
Here’s a useful overview of the likely scenarios that the world will be facing in the coming months while managing this pandemic. So much depends on our ability to make good decisions going forward along with our ability to remain resilient. theatlantic.com/health/archi…
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