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[Tony Lin 林東尼 @tony_zy]

Obsessed with Taiwan’s “down-to-earth” Halloween party, where you ONLY dress up as normal people in everyday situations. This is “the woman looking for a seat at food court”:

[🖤devon🖤 @devonbl]

I didn't change my last name when I got married bc i've been in enough incident reviews to know you should never change your primary key.

[Olia Gavrysh @oliagavrysh]

When a new hire dev asks how do you deploy to prod and you show it:

[Nick HK @nickchk]

I feel like this is often not made clear enough in metrics

[Alex @Alex_Analytics]

@byubinch In terms of looting in Mornmon history, Joseph Smith order a mob to destroy a printing press because he felt like the newspaper articles posed a risk to the lives of the Mormons. Seems like there's a lot of parallels to be drawn

[Alex @Alex_Analytics]

Estimates aren't perfect, but I found this approach that @nytimes took to estimating COVID and COVID related deaths really interesting. I've seen a lot of reporting on deaths but I've yet to see someone compare recent death counts to historical averages. https://t.co/K7kXSbIWSB

[Seth Rosen @sethrosen]

Them: Can you just quickly pull this data for me?

Me: Sure, let me just:

SELECT * FROM some_ideal_clean_and_pristine.table_that_you_think_exists

[Alex @Alex_Analytics]

With everything going on right now, I'm finding this mindset more important than ever:
"In a world where information is abundant and easy to access, the real advantage is knowing where to focus."

-@JamesClear

[Steve Crowley @SteveCrowley]

Performance artist generates virtual traffic jams in Google Maps by pulling a wagon full of smartphones
https://t.co/ZOICiqYWKW

[Alex @Alex_Analytics]

Aka How to Lie with Data

[Alli Torban @AlliTorban]

"There is always a gap between our #data and the real world."

e.g. "...It’s not crime, it’s reported crime."

Important point from @DataRemixed's new book Avoiding Data Pitfalls👀👀👀
https://t.co/rweTnR4Z2t

[Alex @Alex_Analytics]

I didn't work with @JessViceUX for very long, but she always had a confident presence about her. Her thoughts on the power of words really resonated with me today https://t.co/xGfM45BPfy

[Fermat's Library @fermatslibrary]

John Von Neumann once claimed that "with 4 parameters I can fit an elephant, and with 5 I can make him wiggle his trunk"

This paper proves that John's claim is true! https://t.co/K4K2NKGhr4

[Alex @Alex_Analytics]

Really enjoyed diving into @juliasilge's analysis of pay differences by gender for coders. If you're looking for something nuanced (different models, acknowledgement of how their data cleaning choices, etc.) I would HIGHLY recommend it https://t.co/sFzavVPfE2

[✨ Jean Yang ✨ @jeanqasaur]

Two important lessons I learned in my twenties:
- If you think everyone hates you, you probably need to sleep.
- If you think you hate everyone, you probably need to eat.

[Alex @Alex_Analytics]

With all the crap going on in the world today, this is the last thing we need https://t.co/SEqTlujPSn

[Alex @Alex_Analytics]

I'm always down for more @xkcdComic in my life. Shoutout to @flowingdata for rounding up packages that allow me to bring more XKCD flavor to my plots: https://t.co/XUfGcW8FIH

[Alex @Alex_Analytics]

This is only funny because it's so true

[Caitlin Hudon @beeonaposy]

Data science roles as Hogwarts houses:

Data analyst ---- Hufflepuff (unafraid of toil)

Data engineer -- Gryffindor (brave at heart)

Data scientist --- Slytherin (ambition + Python)

ML engineer ---- Ravenclaw (witty w/ academic streak)

[Rita J. King @RitaJKing]

If you ever feel imposter syndrome creeping in, remind yourself that Michelangelo wasn't a painter when his jealous enemies convinced the Pope to assign him the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel just to keep him from outshining their work with more of his sculptures.