15 Aug 2016

Pairplots FTW! Links: August 15

Instalment 2 of the "sharing links" thingy. Shorter too.


On Software:

I recently subscribed to the Dataquest newsletter, and today got this post emailed to me:

Python vs R: head to head data analysis

Make pairwise scatterplots: One common way to explore a dataset is to see how different columns …

14 Aug 2016

Links: August 14

I promised previously to use this space for link sharing as well, so here goes the first instalment.


On Software:

Gender disparity in computer science is an often discussed topic, and the following is one of my favourite graphs on the topic:

Women in CompSci

This week, I read about another study that …

11 Aug 2016

Status Update: Mid-August

We are bound by all the rest

Like the same phone number

All the same friends

And the same address

Today, I watched Casey Neistat repair a chair to get over the boredom of jury duty and having nothing productive to do all day. He got a 90 minute lunch …

09 Aug 2016

Allegory

I have good friends who are drinkers. I have good friends who are social drinkers, but aren't really drinkers. I have good friends who aren't drinkers. I have good friends who are drinkers, and also want all the non-drinkers to drink too. I have good friends who aren't drinkers and …

09 Aug 2016

Some Quick Thoughts: The Mind

The mind is a fascinating thing that is little understood and often ignored.

We believe we have mastered it like we've mastered walking, or playing an instrument, or typing, or speech. But it is fundamentally uncontrollable and has a "mind of its own". Har har.

Making the fundamental error of …


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