tshauck

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by tshauck 14y ago
Agreed, but it's really a short-term win. Long term, python will need to (and I think it will) get better statistical libraries, that make R so great. Statsmodels is a step in the right direction.
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by tshauck 14y ago
I'm well aware. It comes down to the right combination of an algorithm and heuristics. And it's the heuristics part that is rarely transferable from problem to problem, the part you laid out in bullet points for your hired gun. I'm just i
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by tshauck 15y ago
I wish they would try politics next.
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by tshauck 15y ago
I worked on a similar project while an undergrad at KU. ( http://www.oread.ku.edu/2008/october/20/fraank.shtml ) I like the idea, a lot. This seems to be well executed, but I wonder how much of a future this thing has with XBRL becoming a
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by tshauck 15y ago
I'd like to see the war on drugs added.
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by tshauck 15y ago
I would like to echo dougk7's comments regarding statistics for ML. The fundamentals of ML would be of great interest - moreso with ML becoming more en vouge. Cheers!
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by tshauck 15y ago
really want to do this, I'm gonna get in the IRC chat
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by tshauck 15y ago
The majority of my math education came from my sister who was a few years ahead of me in school. She'd learn w/e they were teaching, then would teach it to me at night. I'm forever in debt for this early education as it'd helped me in so
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by tshauck 15y ago
Don't feel too bad, this probably considers all accountants... had they stayed in school an extra year for the CPA, they probably make twice that.
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by tshauck 15y ago
If I'm not wrong he had to get out of his Goldman preferred shares earlier than he wanted... wonder if his comments are a backhanded dig at Goldman.
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by tshauck 16y ago
If you could find some way to model the price vs demand you could then figure out how elastic the price is ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_elasticity_of_demand ) then that would tell you which price is better.