While Model Trains

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In Praise of Small Data

Evan Miller

Unless you are training a model with thousands of parameters, big data should not be seen as a source of value, but rather as a source of cost.

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Your Floor Is the Most Dangerous Thing In Your House

Julia Silge

An analysis of consumer product-related injuries occurring in the United States from 2009 to 2014, including toilet-related injuries and injuries to children while skiing.

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Do data scientists spend 80% of their time cleaning data? Turns out, no?

Leigh Dodds

"Data scientists do a whole range of different types of task. If you arbitrary label some of these as analysis and others not, then you can make them add up to 80%."

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