December 2011
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Middle-aged borrowers piling on student debt →
Both Weiss and Lin noted that this government-backed debt, unlike most other debt, cannot be discharged in a bankruptcy, so it is an albatross for those who can’t make enough money after going back to school.
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Watchrodica:
laplacian growth via Nervous System, a design studio that works at the intersection of science, art, and technology.
this particular rendering took 2.5 days on a high cpu Amazon EC2 machine. pretty neat! :)
you can shop their bio-inspired jewelry and other items at http://n-e-r-v-o-u-s.com/shop/
“Uh… hello. Where’s my right-click? Why can’t Apple provide me with a mouse that...”
– If you look for enough reasons, I’m sure you’ll find them. Old post, but good for a few laughs.
Best part? The comments - the author chimes in this gem in the comments, a few years later:
Since writing this (3 years ago) I’ve since switched to Mac’s full time (I bought a Mac Pro) and I agree that...
Codes from the Underground - Why I Hate Ruby →
wekeroad:
Read the comment stream. Priceless.
I cannot stop laughing.
He is right. The comment stream is hilarious.
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Coal mining of the information age →
via medriscoll:
ETL is a mess, and is a precursor for any fancy uses of data.
- @jaykreps
ETL is the coal mining of the information age: Dirty, important work that fuels the economy.
- @peteskomoroch
ETL = Extract, Transform and Load
ETL refers to data flow between different formats, standards, environments, systems, etc. It is a messy matter distinctly lacking in glamour. I spent my least...
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Clarity
djmasterweb:
Clarity makes me happy.
I like to know all the facts all the time.
It’s my personality.
Me too.
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Internet threats statistics →
Interactive!
I love these things. Every anti-malware provider has them. But they are so fun. Always.
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Otherwise known as plagiarism →
Simply Statistics:
I would like to define a new term: Reverse scooping is when someone publishes your idea after you, and doesn’t cite you. It has happened to me a few times. What does one do?
I usually send a polite message to the authors with a link to my related paper(s). These emails are usually ignored, but…
In my opinion, the trio of mild-mannered Ph.D.’s running the...
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HTTP/1.1: Status Code Definitions →
Such a nice reference page!
Do not cite bad papers →
Citing bad papers encourages bad papers.
This may be difficult to implement, but it is worth trying.
It also makes a convincing case for avoiding the tendency to evaluate papers based on the author’s citation count history.
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Stanford University: 2011-2012 →
Stanford University
Common Data Set, 2011-12
General information
Enrollment and persistence
First-time, first-year freshman admission
Academic offerings and policies
Student life
Annual expenses
Financial aid
Instructional faculty and class size
Degrees conferred
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Firewall uptime and security with iptables →
Firewalls for Linux tutorial from IBM.
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risqeme asked: can I get your opinion on forex and online currency trading?
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A New Tool for Correlation Analysis →
The Correlation Tool
It seems to be a good-faith effort from The Department of Numbers.
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Security of Statistical Databases
A statistical database (SDB) is a database that is used to return statistical information derived from the records to user queries for statistical data analysis.
Sometimes, by correlating enough statistics, confidential data (stored in an SDB) about an individual can be inferred. Examples of confidential information stored in an SDB might be salaries or data concerning the medical history of...
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Painless cross~browser testing and debugging →
This is amazing. You receive 20 minutes, free, on a virtual machine with Internet Explorer 8 for as many websites as you want to view. Not just static images: It is just like having a session of IE 8 running in the middle of Chrome browser!
Sauce Labs is best suited for UI or acceptance testing, not load tests.
Testing from within a corporate firewall? No problem!
The free version is named...
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Foreign exchange strategies in periods of distress →
via alea:
[This is] an overview of widely practised short-term multicurrency investment strategies such as carry trade, momentum and term spread strategies. We provide evidence of downside risk … their performance over historical episodes of financial market turmoil. We show that the strategies exhibit substantial tail risks and do not perform uniformly during distress periods....
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McGraw-Hill Updates Growth and Value Plan
mcgrawhillcompanies:
The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP) today provided an update on its Growth and Value Plan which includes the creation of two independent companies: McGraw-Hill Financial, a world leader in content and analytics for financial markets, and McGraw-Hill Education… This update includes several significant actions to facilitate the Corporation’s successful separation and...
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Reversal of fortune?
No. Not yet. It isn’t time to toll the bell for hedge funds and private equity investors. (I don’t know anything about the context for this letter, merely found it on Scribd). But it doesn’t bode well for the hedge fund crowd.
chase2hedgefunds dropdead
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I Know What You Downloaded on BitTorrent →
Via TorrentFreak.
Russian service says they created this surveillance web site YouHaveDownloaded in order to raise awareness about privacy.
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Posthumous publication
shitmystudentswrite:
Plato wrote the last days of Socrates, and describes within that document how Socrates comes to accept his death is 399 B.C.
The text was written the years following his death but wasn’t officially published by Penguin Classics until 1954.
I am laughing so much. This is the 3rd time I’ve read this!
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“…experimental research on charity tends to support the notion that...”
– Fascinating review of studies on why we give to charity, one of psychology’s most enduring mysteries. Related, the story of George Price and his quest for the origins of altruism. (via)
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GDP per Capita at Current Prices
Via alea:
Source: Eurostat
N.B. GNP in Ireland is a lot lower than GDP
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“And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the...”
– Genesis (via stygiandepths)
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Protesters Appear in S.E.C. Filings →
Occupy Wall Street appeared in two Securities and Exchange Commission filings, reports FootNoted.com. The CME Group warned that the protesters and a group of computer hackers who call themselves Anonymous are targeting the financial sector. Meanwhile, Strategic Hotels & Resorts assured investors that the protesters have not impacted business travel spending.
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Announcing SOCL Social Media Index ETF →
This is a slightly odd sounding offering by Global X Funds, although it isn’t really that strange when one reads the fund description:
The social media industry continues to grow rapidly, providing new ways for people to connect, share, shop, create and network. The Global X Social Media Index ETF seeks to capture this global industry in a single ETF, and includes companies from all over...
