The Ultimate Python Seaborn Tutorial: Gotta Catch 'Em All
In this step-by-step Python Seaborn tutorial, you'll learn how to use one of Python's most convenient libraries for data visualization.
Can American soil be brought back to life?
A new idea: If we revive the tiny creatures that make dirt healthy, we can bring back the great American topsoil. But farming culture — and government — aren't making it easy.
Locking A Loophole
The Biden administration’s push to close an obscure loophole on imports highlights just how disruptive the Temu model really is.
Did Frank Sinatra Really Perform at My Grandma's High School?
Because sometimes you have to fact-check your grandmother
The Dumb Domain Store : Weird Domains Quick
The place you go when you need a cheap domain and you’re lazy.
The Double Irish Dutch Sandwich: End of a Tax Evasion Strategy
I wrote a decade ago about the Double Irish Dutch Sandwich, a strategy for corporations to evade taxes that was widespread and large-scale enough to come to the attention of the International Monetary Fund. But due to various changes in national and international tax agreements…
The Fever Called Living by Evan Malmgren
On the plight of environmental-illness refugees
Memory Fundamentals For Engineers
eBook: Nearly everything you need to know about memory, including detailed explanations of the different types of memory; how and where these are used today; what's changing, which memories are successful and which ones might be in the future; and the limitations of each memory…
caret Cheatsheet
It can be found on the RStudio cheatsheet page. Suggestions and pull requests are always welcome.
How Not To Sort By Average Rating – Evan Miller
Users are rating items on your website. How do you know what the highest-rated items are?
The Tater Tot Is American Ingenuity at Its Finest
The genius move that turned potato scraps into a frozen-food empire
Complete Guide to Delegation for Leaders
My earliest memories of delegation involve elementary school group projects in which my classmates didn’t take the assignment seriously. More often than not, this left me in the undesirable position…
The economics of GPUs: How to train your AI model without going broke
AI won't replace you, but someone using AI will — so it’s time to embrace AI, and it’s possible to do so even on a low budget.
12 Terminal Commands Every Web Developer Should Know About - Tutorialzine
A collection of Unix commands that will greatly improve your web dev workflow.
The End of Season Tickets
The great unbundling is upon us, thanks to an aggressive rise in the secondary market. So why do fans still shell out for their annual fees?
11 Important Model Evaluation Techniques Everyone Should Know - Data Scienc
Model evaluation metrics are used to assess goodness of fit between model and data, to compare different models, in the context of model selection, and to predict how predictions (associated with a specific model and data set) are expected to be accurate. Confidence Interval…
Bash-Snippets: A collection of small bash scripts for heavy terminal users
A collection of small bash scripts for heavy terminal users - alexanderepstein/Bash-Snippets
Bulletproof Confidence: The Secrets of a Professional Poker Player
Why Marketers Need to Invest in Authentic Long-Form Storytelling
In the wake of the Pepsi debacle, brands should turn up the authenticity in their marketing budgets with more long-form films and documentaries.
Design the Team You Need to Succeed
Part One: Types of Teams Written to sort out my thoughts for my UXDC keynote. If you’d like me to speak at your conference on high performing teams, check out cwodtke.com “High Performing Team” is …
Designing High Performing Teams
This is Part 2 of a three part series on high performing teams. Part one is of Design the Team You Need to Succeed Now you’ve decided you want more than a workgroup, what should you do? What does i…
A Free 700-Page Chess Manual Explains 1,000 Chess Tactics in Plain English
In 2011, Ward Farnsworth published a two-volume collection called Predator At The Chessboard: A Field Guide To Chess Tactics (Volume 1 - Volume 2) where he explains countless chess tactics in plain English.
In photos: India’s colonial coffee houses in an era of Starbucks and hipster cafes
A photographer captures time standing still inside the iconic joints.
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Reference Design Library | DigiKey Electronics
Easily search references designs and schematics based on circuit performance in DigiKey’s Reference Design Library. New designs added weekly.
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The most cited deep learning papers.
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How to Make Almost Anything
This course provides a hands-on introduction to the resources for designing and fabricating smart systems, including CAD/CAM/CAE; NC machining, 3-D printing, injection molding, laser cutting; PCB layout and fabrication; sensors and actuators; analog instrumentation; embedded…
City & County Information, Town & Community Information - ePodunk
Relative error distributions, without the heavy tail theatrics
Nina Zumel prepared an excellent article on the consequences of working with relative error distributed quantities (such as wealth, income, sales, and many more) called “Living in A Lognormal…
Be Wrong the Right Number of Times
Update, Dec 12, 2016: There is a follow up post discussing the outcome of all of this after the election results were known.
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Memory is the Next Platform
A new crop of applications is driving the market along some unexpected routes, in some cases bypassing the processor as the landmark for performance and
AirBnB's Pricing Algorithm
The sharing economy needs machine intelligence to set prices
9ish Low Latency Strategies for SaaS Companies - High Scalability -
Achieving very low latencies takes special engineering, but if you are a SaaS company latencies of a few hundred milliseconds are possible for complex business logic using standard technologies like load balancers, queues, JVMs, and rest APIs. Itai Frenkel, a software engineer…
Data Structures With JavaScript: Singly-Linked List and Doubly-Linked List
Two of the most commonly taught data structures in computer science are the singly-linked list and doubly-linked list.
“Shrinking bull’s-eye” algorithm speeds up complex modeling from days to ho
A new “shrinking bull’s-eye” algorithm from researchers at MIT speeds up complex modeling from days to hours.
Confidence Through Feedback, or Why Imposter Syndrome is the Wrong Metaphor
Imposter syndrome is often presented as a personal failing. A lack of confidence, our wrong-headed beliefs not matching the reality of how competent we are, or worst of a flaw of our gender. Just...
Behavioral Profiling: The password you can't change
You can be identified by how you type, even behind proxies and Tor. Protect yourself with KeyboardPrivacy.
What to Do When Satisfied B2B Customers Refuse to Recommend You
To build word of mouth, try these strategies.
The Psychological Difference Between $12.00 and $11.67 - The Atlantic
Consumers are primed to see ".99," but prices that deviate from that format can affect the way they interpret the cost.
5 mistakes we all make with product feedback
It rarely makes sense to take product feedback from all users and it never makes sense to get it all at once. Five fixes feedback for your product.
The Dreaded Weekly Status Email
I remember the first time I had to write one of these puppies. I had just been promoted to manager at Yahoo back in 2000, and was running a small team. I was told to “write a status email covering …
How Google got away with charging publishers more than anyone else
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The DOJ wants to show Google can do this because it has a monopoly.
The CIA Sent Him Deep Undercover to Spy on Islamic Radicals. It Cost Him Everything
How one man infiltrated Al Qaeda and the broader jihadist world — and how his double life likely led to PTSD, depression, and ultimately his death.
The French Perfumer Behind the Internet’s Favorite Fragrance Baccarat Rouge 540
Francis Kurkdjian had a runaway hit with Baccarat Rouge 540. Now, at Parfums Christian Dior, he’s trying to make his mark on a storied fashion house.
HNSW Flat or Inverted Index: Which Should You Choose for Your Search? This AI Paper Offers Operati
A significant challenge in information retrieval today is determining the most efficient method for nearest-neighbor vector search, especially with the growing complexity of dense and sparse retrieval models. Practitioners must navigate a wide range of options for indexing and…
The Viral Paleontologist Who Unearths Pathogens’ Deep Histories
Sébastien Calvignac-Spencer searches museum jars for genetic traces of flu, measles and other viruses. Their evolutionary stories can help treat modern outbreaks and prepare for future ones.
Breaking Down OnlyFans’ Stunning Economics — MatthewBall.co
Due to UK disclosure requirements, it's possible to examine the P&L of the privately owned/controlled OnlyFans. And the results are shocking.