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[–] luchuan@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 1 month ago

A data scientist can tell most of someone’s life story given their zip code, and we try not to think too hard about why that’s always the most predictive feature in the model.

Hmmmmm

[–] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 13 points 1 month ago

I enjoyed this article thank you for posting

[–] AlbigensianGhoul@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 1 month ago

Like most American executives - especially CFOs - he most likely viewed his business through the abstract lenses of Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. And like most American executives, he increasingly expected his success to come from data scientists who view the business through their own abstractions - data warehouses, notebooks, python, and scikit.

Great article, thank you for sharing.