Oversimplified: Volume 109
Rule-based data products, committing to the right things, and Habbo Hotel
Hey there đ
Hope your week is off to a great start. Iâm starting to get the feeling that this summer is going to be over before we know it, so do your best to enjoy it while itâs still here! Letâs get to my favorite links I found on the internet this week.
âď¸ Building Rule-Based Data Products
Conor Dewey | Growth | 2021-06-11
For most problems, you don't need a full-fledged machine learning solution. You can get 80-90% of the way there with rules. In this post, I cover a short framework for thinking through these scenarios. Inspired by Neal Lathiaâs excellent write-up that I linked to in the last issue.
đ We Never Learn
Bookbear Express | Life | 2021-06-07
Iâve been trying to come to terms with several of the points in this post. Timely is an understatement: âWe build beautiful rituals and abandon them. We construct full and satisfying lives and burn them down. We never learn, but we keep trying to learn. Thatâs the cycle we never escape.â
đ Good Data Scientist, Bad Data Scientist
Ian Whitestone | Data Science | 2021-05-09
âThereâs a wide array of work a data scientist can be involved with. This post aims to address the common elements that will make a great DS, or a bad one, no matter what part of the stack you are working on.â
đ My Favorite Tyler Cowen Posts and Ideas
Daniel Frank | Mental Models | 2021-05-14
This collection of ideas from Tyler Cowenâs Marginal Revolution has lots of gold in it. I found âPushing the Buttonâ and âHow Public Intellectuals Can Extend Their Shelf Livesâ to be the most provocative for me.
đ How to Commit to the Few Right Things
Linus Lee | Career | 2020-05-24
I generally operate under the principle that being somewhat uncomfortable is a good thing, and this post from Linus definitely supports that idea. In particular, I love the visualization in here for thinking about opportunities.
đ The Rise and Fall of Habbo Hotel
Olive Mae | Gaming | 2021-04-29
I remember playing this game as a kid so it was fun to see this video pop up on my feed. Itâs crazy to look back on how much of an afterthought content moderation was for some of the early social gaming successes.
đ 42 Quotes for Your Heroâs Journey
Eric Brown | Life | N/A
Skim through and see if anything resonates: âSo if youâre ready, read along with us, as we have 42 quotes to give you your own Ph.D. in heroic drama and equip you with the weapons you need to go out and slay your dragons.â
Food for Thought
"Instead of feeling that youâve blown the day and thinking, "I'll get back on track tomorrow," try thinking of each day as a set of four quarters: morning, midday, afternoon, evening. If you blow one quarter, you get back on track for the next quarter. â Gretchen Rubin
Until next time
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Until next time,
Conor