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2018-02-01 · mikedashhistory.com

An abandoned lifeboat at world’s end

Breaking news: a credible solution to the Bouvet Island lifeboat mystery has been found. See comments for 22-27 May 2011, 12 November 2011, 17-20 March & 9 April 2016, and 28 December 2023. The…

2018-02-01 · beta.observablehq.com

Observable

The end-to-end solution for creating expressive data apps, dashboards, and reports. Discover richer insights in your data today.

2018-01-24 · practicalecommerce.com

Comparing A/B and Multivariate Testing

A/B tests are controlled experiments of two attributes, to measure which one was most popular with users. You can apply A/B testing to just about anything that you can measure. Multivariate testing allows you to measure multiple variables simultaneously.

2018-01-24 · raptitude.com

If It’s Important, Learn It Repeatedly

A little more than a year ago, a friend took me for lunch in downtown Toronto, and we talked mostly about what we’d been reading. Immediately afterward she marched me to a nearby bookstore and insisted I buy Cal Newport’s Deep Work. She was the second person that week to…

2018-01-23 · code.tutsplus.com

Introduction to Python Generators

Generators make it easy to create iterations in Python and in return write less code. This tutorial will introduce you to Python generators, their benefits, and how they work. Basics A generator...

2018-01-23 · t.co

HDFS vs. HBase : All you need to know - DataScienceCentral.com

The sudden increase in the volume of data from the order of gigabytes to zettabytes has created the need for a more organized file system for storage and processing of data. The demand stemming from the data market has brought Hadoop in the limelight making it one of biggest…

2018-01-14 · longform.org

The Encyclopedia of the Missing

She keeps watch over one of the largest databases of missing persons in the country. For Meaghan Good, the disappeared are still out here, you just have to know where to look.

2018-01-10 · quora.com

What are some things soldiers aren’t allowed to do?

James Palmer's answer: What are some things soldiers aren’t allowed to do? This question allows me to post one of my favorite things from the Army: 213 Things Skippy is not Allowed to do in the Army. As the story goes, a soldier, nicknamed “Skippy” recorded a list of things his…

2017-12-31 · hbr.org

To Find Meaning in Your Work, Change How You Think About It

For most people, purpose at work is built not found. Working with a sense of purpose day-in and day-out is an act of will that takes thoughtfulness and practice. How do you consciously endow your work with purpose? First, connect work to service. Ask yourself, who do I serve?…

2017-12-28 · hypebot.com

Best Social Media Image Size Chart 2018

It's impossible to remember the required size of images uploaded to Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites. To end your confusion, we offer the Best Social Media Size Chart. Continue reading

2017-12-28 · benfrederickson.com

Approximate Nearest Neighbours for Recommender Systems

This post is about evaluating a couple of different approximate nearest neighbours libraries to speed up making recommendations made by matrix factorization models. In particular, the libraries I'm looking at are Annoy, NMSLib and Faiss.

2017-12-28 · multithreaded.stitchfix.com

Word Tensors

Counting and tensor decompositions are elegant and straightforward techniques. But these methods are grossly underepresented in business contexts. In this p...

2017-12-27 · opendatascience.com

Data Wrangling Cheatsheet

Stay up-to-date on the latest data science and AI news in the worlds of artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, implementation, and more.

2017-12-27 · dev.to

The what and how of Web Push

Native apps have had the privilege of being able to send engaging and timely content to their users for a while. The web is closely following.