Richard Careaga
Boomer (there's that). Lawyer (ouch!). Polymath (i.e., attention disorder). Big Thinker™️. Data science dilettante. Post-patriarchal.
Greater Seattle, Washington, US
Specificity and recall—which is which, again?
Specificity and recall are two important metrics used in the field of machine learning and statistics, particularly in classification problems. They are used to evaluate the performance of a classification model, such as a binary classifier.
Classical Gas
During some point in their driving career many drivers form an opinion of what gas should cost and when the implacable trio of supply, demand and greed conspire to push prices above that baseline, the higher facilities begin to dissolve.
Words, words, words
Magritte was right—Ceci n'est pas une pipe. Yes, words matter, but the context in which they are used matters more.
Form over substance
Sometimes "believe the science" is indistinguishable from "believe in your dreams"
A Discourse on Economic Inequalities
James Carville was right in 1992, and he's still right—it's always the economy
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Potty training: further to platform [im]moderation
This is what comes of free speech absolutism. Yes it's elementary-school grade harmless scatological fixation. Mozart had a fondness for this kind of humor, but he gets a pass for compensating factors. This juvenile delinquent doesn't. But it's not like Nazigate here recently. So,
Review of R Cookbook, 2nd Ed.
A recipe can encapsulate a cusine. This R Cookbook sneaks in the mindset needed to exploit the unsurpassed statistical functions of R.
Row collapsing
It’s not always possible to store everything in a tidy but hugmongous data store.
The Lost Gospel of Art
"These who claim to know My will and My plan, they are filled with pride and risk their eternal souls. Though they profess to be redeemed by the blood of My only begotten Son, they understand not My will
2024: The Chicago Way
Call to the colors—we have to fight the enemy in the sewers. Legally, yes. But by whatever means necessary. Foulness.