Brian Danielak @capbri@qoto.org
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This morning I'm speaking at Harford Community College's 2023 STEM day. https://www.harford.edu/about/get-to-know-harford/news/2023/01-january/stem-day.php The slides for my talk, Data Science as a Superpower, are here: http://amelia.mn/presentations/DataScienceAsASuperPower2023.pdf
Brian Danielak
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#2731 K-Means Clustering
According to my especially unsupervised K-means clustering algorithm, there are currently about 8 billion types of people in the world.
https://xkcd.com/2731/
Brian Danielak
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Brian Danielak
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It's taken me over a decade to realize how significant a problem this is, but comparing GPAs between students with significantly divergent course history is idiotic.
At least in programs with a lot of course choice, a GPA largely measures a student's ability to pick courses in which they will achieve high marks, and punishes students who challenge themselves.
@kjhealy you mean "the material?" I once got chastised by a department chair for not keeping my class in sync with the other sections. "We need to ensure a consistent product," they said. All I could think about was the hot dog scene from Koyaanisqatsi.
@Cmastication "The new Dyson Sphere vacuum: a tool for cleaning up planetary-sized messes. We guarantee it will never lose suction or radiate any of the energy of its enclosed star."
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While I’m on about nice software, the @Iconfactory’s just-right iPad/iOS sketching app Linea was updated today. I like it. https://blog.iconfactory.com/2023/01/announcing-linea-sketch-4-2/
@Cmastication Eh, I'll just doodle a sad looking Jolly Roger, label it "James D. Long", forget about it on my desk, then call it a day 😇
@williamdoane YOUR SALUTATION HAS BEEN LOGGED AND ENTERED INTO THE MAIN HALL OF RECORDS.
print("Hello, World!")
