Author: Sander Timmer

PhD student in computational genetics at Cambridge University and EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute
So if you ban scientist from doing the, according to them, most accurate way of predictions…

So if you ban scientist from doing the, according to them, most accurate way of predictions…

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So if you ban scientist from doing the, according to them, most accurate way of predictions by introducing a ban on exponential models this helps society in what way?! Since when are law makers capable to determine what the best models for scientist should be? 

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Research from the US Geological Survey (USGS) shows that sea levels are rising much faster between North Carolina and Massachusetts than anywhere else in the world. The news comes less than two weeks after North Carolina's Senate passed a bill banning state agencies from reporting predictions of increasing rates of sea-level rise.

US northeast coast is hotspot for rising sea levels
Report comes after North Carolina senate proposes bill to ban predictions of increase in rates of sea-level rise.

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A Science paper about facebook network dynamics… let's take a look at their abstract

A Science paper about facebook network dynamics… let's take a look at their abstract

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Kinda cool study about facebook influence dynamics!

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A Science paper about facebook network dynamics… let's take a look at their abstract.

"Estimation in a representative sample of 1.3 million Facebook users showed that younger users are more susceptible than older users, men are more influential than women, women influence men more than they influence other women, and married individuals are the least susceptible to influence in the decision to adopt the product we studied".

Yup. Reading techcrunch on a daily basis could have told you this. However, their method of testing using "in vivio randomized" experiments isn't a bad idea and probably does a good job of testing their "influentials" hypothesis. Essentially a random set of people were sent a message to repost a like. As expected, influential people will share the post and the post would spread though their influential friends acting as nodes. Nothing really surprising but a nice way to statistically validate that hypothesis.

[Report] Identifying Influential and Susceptible Members of Social Networks
A randomized experiment based on product adoption among Facebook friends identified trend setters and followers. Authors: Sinan Aral, Dylan Walker

Kinda cool study about facebook influence dynamics! 

Kinda cool study about facebook influence dynamics! 

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Kinda cool study about facebook influence dynamics! 

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A Science paper about facebook network dynamics… let's take a look at their abstract.

"Estimation in a representative sample of 1.3 million Facebook users showed that younger users are more susceptible than older users, men are more influential than women, women influence men more than they influence other women, and married individuals are the least susceptible to influence in the decision to adopt the product we studied".

Yup. Reading techcrunch on a daily basis could have told you this. However, their method of testing using "in vivio randomized" experiments isn't a bad idea and probably does a good job of testing their "influentials" hypothesis. Essentially a random set of people were sent a message to repost a like. As expected, influential people will share the post and the post would spread though their influential friends acting as nodes. Nothing really surprising but a nice way to statistically validate that hypothesis.

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[Report] Identifying Influential and Susceptible Members of Social Networks
A randomized experiment based on product adoption among Facebook friends identified trend setters and followers. Authors: Sinan Aral, Dylan Walker

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Any Android users around here that use +Google Play Music apps and use the offline sync functionality?

Any Android users around here that use +Google Play Music apps and use the offline sync functionality?

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I want to clean up my SD card but haven't found an easy way yet to unselect my offline synced music quickly. Especially songs added from playlists have to be found one-by-one and then deselected. Tips/Suggestions?



Google Play Music quickly removed pinned offline music
When starting with the Google Music (or Play Music) app I’ve selected quite a few albums for offline syncing over time. Is there a way to quickly get an overview of my offline music and remove it? Whe…

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