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Comment · 11 years ago
Visualizations like this are always awesome, but it would also be interesting to see the inverse of this chart.

Where do countries import arms from?

Comment · 12 years ago
I love the effort, it is absolutely worth praise. That being said, this is one of the last things I expected to show up on the internet.
Comment · 12 years ago
What is more interesting is that I can see anyone who has had their accounts breached.

I now know that I can collect one of my friend's cell number from the snapchat breach or that an other famous person had his info leaked by Gawker.

(edit - punctuation)

Comment · 12 years ago
Is it possible to include him on some sort of design / architecture meeting with your team? That might give him enough to think about and learn from while keeping him engaged.
Comment · 13 years ago
27 would be correct if each side were independent random variables rather than the cube of a random variable. The way the problem is set up you are suppose to solve for E[a^3] (the third moment of the random variable) rather than (E[a])^3.
Comment · 13 years ago
It is important to note the sample set of the survey: "The researchers surveyed 655 students entering Berea College, a private liberal arts college located in Kentucky, in the falls of 2000 and 2001."

I have a feeling that the results of the survey would be different at a public university with strong science and engineering programs.

My personal experience has been that many people will change their intended degrees, but rarely have I seen someone completely withdraw from science or engineering programs

Comment · 13 years ago
I can understand google trying to protect their revenue source, but actions like this undermine the openness of the platforms that they are trying to promote.

Open and free platforms need to allow people to say no.

Comment · 13 years ago
This is a very cool use of html as a medium to tell a story and keep the player involved. Defiantly want to see more games in a similar style!
Comment · 13 years ago
It was really only a matter of time before this happened, regulation of trade (and the taxation thereof) is one of the main tasks of a government.
Comment · 13 years ago
Pretty cool project, but I feel kind of dirty having js and html being so tightly bound to each other. Do you have a specific use case where pithy would perform faster or be more cleanly implemented than standard templates?
Comment · 13 years ago
Awesome idea to help make capturing data more easy, but how will you deal with the problem of the curse of dimensionality? As you start to capture more variables you data begins to appear far apart leading to less meaningful results.

Also, while 'capturing everything' sounds like an awesome idea it can lead to worse performance if you don't take into account that your data now has more variables that can each introduce noise.

Comment · 13 years ago
I have not read this book, but I can say that javascript powerful when you ask the question: what can I do with a closure?
Comment · 13 years ago
Be careful to not get caught up in making something too pretty. It might help get some initial sign ups, but people will leave quickly if the app is not useful.

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