While Model Trains

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The Bitter Lesson

Richard Sutton

"The biggest lesson that can be read from 70 years of AI research is that general methods that leverage computation are ultimately the most effective, and by a large margin."

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One year as a Data Scientist at Stack Overflow

David Robinson

A story about the first year of working at Stack Overflow after transitioning from academia.

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20 ideas for better data visualization

Taras Bakusevych

A list of 20 tips for great data visualization, including "Always start a bar chart at a 0 baseline" and ""Pick a color palette that matches the nature of your data".

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