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How CoComelon captures our children’s attention
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Visa Onchain Analytics Dashboard
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A new AI model can predict human lifespan, researchers say. They want to make sure it’s used for good.
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RB contract value and labor rights
I've been keeping a finger on the pulse of analytics & contract valuation in the NFL for the last few years (as a fan, not related to my profession). Anyone else who has been of fan of this is...
I've been keeping a finger on the pulse of analytics & contract valuation in the NFL for the last few years (as a fan, not related to my profession). Anyone else who has been of fan of this is probably aware that we hit a pretty serious breaking point yesterday, as a handful of top-end RBs failed to reach deals with their respective teams resulting in them being franchise tagged. I was wondering what others thought about this whole fiasco.
My thoughts:
In one sense, this is simply effective roster management: RBs add little win probability by themselves (i.e., their production is largely a result of the offensive line and passing game), their age curve is poor (i.e., they're typically out of highly productive years by the end of their rookie deals), and they're easily replaced by rookie talent.
On the other hand, these guys take a beating to produce a product we all love. They spend some of their best years in the college system, where they do seem to add a lot of win probability, being totally uncompensated. They get to the NFL only to have their potential earnings suppressed by the rookie wage scale, then get franchise tagged guaranteeing they'll be SOL with respect to a deal with big fully-guaranteed cash.
What's the solution here? Assuming the draft is an efficient(-ish) market, adjusting the rookie pay scale for them will just cause teams to adjust their drafting behavior. Letting RBs arrive to the NFL sooner than everyone is something that the NCAA almost certainly won't allow without a vicious fight. Is there any hope for these guys?
edit: typos
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Stop using Google Analytics, warns Sweden’s privacy watchdog, as it issues over $1M in fines
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Simple, small, awk analytics HTTP log parsers
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The unnerving rise of video games that spy on you
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Ring's doorbell app for Android sends sensitive user data to multiple analytics and marketing companies
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The last tracker was just removed from Basecamp.com
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Dissecting racial bias in an algorithm used to manage the health of populations
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Brainwave helmets and algorithmic copilots: A Black Mirror episode or just modern performance assessment?
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Tumblr suffers 150 million drop in traffic after porn ban
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Use Fathom for site analytics?
https://usefathom.com/ https://github.com/usefathom/fathom Fathom is a new no nosense analytics platform that is thereby fully GDPR compliant and stores no identifiable user information. It's...
https://usefathom.com/
https://github.com/usefathom/fathomFathom is a new no nosense analytics platform that is thereby fully GDPR compliant and stores no identifiable user information. It's fully open source, with self-hostable and paid options, and shows great overviews of page views and top referrers.
They have a live demo running the stats for their main site available at https://stats.usefathom.com/#!last-7-days
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This is what filter bubbles actually look like
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How the Chinese government fabricates social media posts for strategic distraction, not engaged argument
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The price of Google's new conveniences? Your data
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Cambridge Analytica: How did it turn clicks into votes?
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