Recent comments in /f/dataisbeautiful

rackelhuhn t1_jdut32m wrote

I don't know why you're getting downvotes, maybe the statement is expressed a a bit too absolutely, but with large datasets and few dimensions there are almost no downsides to flexible regression approaches (LOESS, splines etc.) There is no reason to fit an exponential regression with this much data.

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threecrazycats t1_jdupulm wrote

Is there a geographic angle or is it random? I.e. when I'm looking at Scotland, are those the words most commonly used by businesses in that region or are they just randomly there?

I ask because there are some puzzling things, like "Kent" in NI and "Scotland" in Kent.

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PavelPod t1_jdunpdo wrote

All who live outside US believe:

  • 95% of US population own multiple guns
  • 95% of US population live in a mix of Texas, Alabama and Florida
  • Americans eat only cheap and ugly burgers and drink cola
  • newborns get a car (and a gun) right in a hospital
  • no one has medical insurance and people go bankrupt right after first visit to hospital
  • everyone has a lawyer
  • doctors and dentists fly their own jets and own mansions
  • IT folks (developers, engineers) work from beaches 2 hours a day and have 7 digit salary
  • there is no vacation
  • everybody work 80 hours week
  • police randomly shoot people. Each cop needs to shoot at least 5 citizens every day

,and so on and so forth… I’ve heard so much nonsense from folks abroad about US…

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9InTheMorning t1_jduly63 wrote

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I have a question about what I can do to create/start my portfolio as a data analyst/data designer. Currently, I'm a front-end developer + data analyst and I'm struggling to think/find a project to do.

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st4n13l t1_jdukomk wrote

Reply to comment by istubbedallmytoes in Single Parents by dwaxe

All of them have English speakers. But even if they didn't, the article being in English isn't a clue as to the origin of the data. There are plenty of things on the internet written in English about countries that aren't the US.

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