How to write good tests in R
Testing is an often overlooked yet critical component of any software system. In some ways this is more true of …
Category Archives: R
Modeling data with functional programming – State based systems
UPDATE: This draft is obsolete. Please see latest draft at I’m pleased to announce the availability of my latest chapter …
Using Occam’s Razor to solve genius math puzzles
Math puzzles always tickle the brain, and this one has tickled quite a few on LinkedIn. Why are these puzzles …
Is deep learning a Markov chain in disguise?
Andrej Karpathy’s post “The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Recurrent Neural Networks” made splashes last year. The basic premise is that you …
7 Ways to Perplex a Data Scientist
On the heels of a report showing the inefficacy of government-run cyber security, it’s imperative to understand the limitations of …
Big data in ranching and animal husbandry
Another big part of the food supply comes from ranches and farms that raise and slaughter various livestock. While ranching …
Big data in agriculture (DDW2.1)
The Data-Driven Weekly is kicking off 2016 by exploring how big data and analytics is powering data-driven business in different …
The Data-Driven Weekly #1.7
It turns out I’m not the only one who thinks AI alarmism is a bit out of hand. The ITIF …
The Data-Driven Weekly #1.6
Right on cue, this past week heralded in an announcement of OpenAI, a new non-profit started by a number of …
The Data-Driven Weekly #1.5
This week, we continue the parallel themes of deep learning and natural language processing. Last week I mentioned some papers …
Cartesian Faith 