I’m more worried about the dangers of quantum computing than nuclear weapons. Scientists should agree to not pursue this. Proof that a quantum computer can outperform a classical one from The Economist economist.com/science-and-te…

Oliver shares his ideas and cookies at the 2019 Legislative Data and Transparency Conference. #LDTC2019

NOT THAT ANYBODY ASKED, BUT… Pull any five random cards from a deck, and lay them out in front of you. The chances of being dealt a Royal Straight Flush of any suit in Poker are four times higher than ever being dealt those five cards.

Very engaging #GovDATAx conference today. Jose Arrieta really impresses. Great job Nick Hart! Nick Hart, PhD

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“Do you use R?” is an inquiry about statistical computing “Do, you use R!” is reminding your friend Do that (s)he uses R “Do you, use R!” is encouraging a loved one to be themselves and use R “Do you use, R?” is asking someone named R if they have a drug habit #rstats

I just noticed that the BEA API now provides county level GDP. So, using 50 lines of R-code, I made this "GDP Growth by County 2002-2018" animation. BEA News RStudio Joseph Rickert #Statistics #BEA #R #rstudioconf2020 #RStudio

People born in 1980 are the only humans alive with the distinction of ever being x years old in the year x²: they will be 45 in the year 45² = 2025

When Isaac Newton stayed at home to avoid the 1665 plague, he discovered the laws of gravity, optics, and he invented calculus. It’s rumored that there was a strict “No TV” rule in his household.

Anyone have tips on banning laptops in a Zoom class?

I created an AI bot of Zvi S. Rosen with huggingtweets! Play with my model or create your own! Made by Boris Dayma 🖍️ using Hugging Face and Weights & Biases huggingface.co/huggingtweets/…

I forced a bot to watch over 1,000 hours of startup pitch meetings and then asked it to re-create a startup pitch meeting of its own. Here is the first page.

We really need to normalize boredom. Some of your most creative moments come during periods of boredom. In the shower, on a walk, at a dinner by yourself. You’re bored, your mind wanders, your thoughts mingle. Bam! Creative insight strikes. Schedule boredom into your weeks.

If you are a Student, open this it's important 👇

Anyone read this: arxiv.org/abs/2201.02177 ? I just read it, and immediately it is my favorite academic article. AI researchers live in such a fascinating world, which is something I didn’t understand until I understood this paper about understanding.

R Gov 2024 is underway! #rstatsai

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