Eric Colson

A reminder of how the number of centrifuges in Iran soared after Trump’s 2018 JCPOA withdrawal.

@brendannyhan.bsky.social

Wow - CA and NY pay out a lot more than they get back to the Feds.
usafacts.org/articles/whi...

Compelling visualization showing global temperature over time. It's the last bit that is compelling. Avg is about the same, but variation is increased.
fb.watch/z1Axq0JLi-/?...

Tariffs = Tax = Higher Prices.
I'm getting emails from ecommerce companies warning of price increases.

“It is the maxim of every prudent master of a family, never to attempt to make at home what it will cost him more to make than to buy.”
— Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations
#tariffs

Interesting. How did you obtain this data?

Gaslight me on this:
www.economist.com/graphic-deta...

Fundamental. There are always options for decomposability in just about any system.

I'm also disappointed that people still use X. Tbh, bsky is not quite there yet in terms of network, content and engagement. But, it just takes a few more people to come over till it tips.

helpful. thanks for sharing.

Progress on the elusive sequence-based recommendations.
arxiv.org/pdf/2502.13909
#machinelearning, #MLSky, #DataScience

t-SNE?

What is Solopreneurship?

A shame. he creates a narrative of fraud that is unsubstantiated but will never be held accountable.

Should Data Scientists Care About Quantum Computing? | Towards Data Science I am sure the quantum hype has reached every person in tech (and outside it, most probably). With some over-the-top claims, like “some company has proved quantum supremacy,” “the quantum revolution…

Quantum computing and data science... a match made in tech heaven? Sara A. Metwalli's latest article explores how these 2 fields intersect and why data scientists should care about quantum advancements.

Great use of AI (hope it's sustainable)
#ai

don't leave us in suspense. Do you have an explanation?

Operationalizing Machine Learning: An Interview Study by @joehellerstein.bsky.social, @adityagp.bsky.social, et al. Particularly love the part on "Retrofitting Explanations".
#MachineLearning #MLOps #Datascience.
arxiv.org/pdf/2209.09125

The good part of AI.

🧪 🩺🖥️ #MLSky

Is there a role for statistics in artificial intelligence? - Advances in Data Analysis and Classification The research on and application of artificial intelligence (AI) has triggered a comprehensive scientific, economic, social and political discussion. Here we argue that statistics, as an interdisciplin...

Thoughtful article on the role of statistics in AI by Friedrich, et al. I didn't think there would be any question about it. Causal reasoning, uncertainty, evaluation, etc - all are crucial to AI and come from the school of statistics.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#DataScience #Statistics #AI

You pull 2 eggs. The chances your 1st pull is double yolked is 1/1,000. The chances for your 2nd pull is also 1/1,000. The chances BOTH pulls are double yolked is 1/1,000,000, since both have to happen (1/1,000 * 1/1,000). Beyond 2: (1/1000)^n, where n is the number of double yolked eggs to find.

Hugo Bowne-Anderson on LinkedIn: 🎙️ Why 90% of Data Science Projects Fail—And How to Fix It In the… 🎙️ Why 90% of Data Science Projects Fail—And How to Fix It In the latest High Signal podcast, I spoke with Eric Colson—DS/ML advisor, former Chief…

Always an interesting conversation with @hugobowne.bsky.social. Great topics on the management of data scientists. #Datascience
www.linkedin.com/posts/hugo-b...

1st page of the paper with introduction.

The Secretary Problem. An oldie, but so relevant to many business problems (and personal ... eg. when to stop looking for a parking spot).
www.jstor.org/stable/2243190
#Algorithms #DataScience

This resonates ... for 20+ years, I've embraced ANN only as as a very lose metaphor for how our human brains work. But in the last 2 years I couldn't help but notice more and more similarities.

Thank you for sharing. I think statistics is fundamental to AI.

Really, just 18... they goto college and you get a bunch of time back. But then you miss them and try to stalk them at their college :).

Thank you for protecting our species!

Want Your Company to Get Better at Experimentation? For years, online experimentation has fueled the innovations of leading tech companies, enabling them to rapidly test and refine new ideas, optimize product features, personalize user experiences, and...

Experimentation has become much clearer and more accessible. With better defined roles, steps, and tools, companies are democratizing the process. Let the learnings flow!
Great article by Sven Schmit, Ramesh Johari, David Holtz, Martin Tingley, Iavor Bojinov
#Experimentation
hbr.org/2025/01/want...

Can you render the book you wrote in it?

So elegant!