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X : Code execution is insignificant compared to storing, extracting and deriving value from data.
Me : Have you ever tried storing, extracting and deriving value from data without executing code? What did you use? Stone tablets? Pen and paper?
Me : Let assume you used stone tablets, did that "data" just smack you over the head with its truthiness? Did you have to translate it? A model of understanding by chance? And pray tell me, what is code other than a mathematical model.
Me : Data on its own is meaningless. To have value it needs to be expressed as meaning. That expression is code - it doesn't matter what the model of expression is i.e. what language is used. Meaning is not inherent to the data itself. There is no absolute truth.
Me : I don't care whether it's biology (I'm a former genetic engineer) or computer science. I can always build more data with a means of expression, without that means of expression then I have nothing.
Me : Do not tell me that "I know nothing" or that "I have a serious misunderstanding of my field" just because I don't agree with your quite frankly limited view that data is more important than code. Argue the point not the person or ...
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The most popular option every time - backed on average by just over a quarter - has been to leave without a deal at all - bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi… ... well, I'd prefer GE followed by Corbyn + Brexit (preferably WTO but EEA docked to EFTA is fine) but that's a bit specialised.
... what I do find amazing is that "no deal" still tops the options after years of continuous campaigning both online and offline to overturn the referendum against no effective opposition. That is fairly spectacular, almost unprecedented.
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Populus had Remain 10% ahead
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YouGov had Remain 4%+
Ipsos Mori had Remain 4%+
... One of the few dissenting voices was Opinium, who produced that recent poll.
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X : Who created Wardley Maps?
Me : Err ... the clue is in the name?
X : Are they new?
Me : In terms of historical scales - yes. It's only 14 years old.
X : Why haven't I heard of them before?
Me : Because the world is large and techniques take time to diffuse?
X : Could you create me a map of my organisation?
Me : I could but it wouldn't help you.
X : Why?
Me : Because you wouldn't know what to do with it. You really need to learn to map for yourself.
X : How do I do that?
Me : Start here - medium.com/wardleymaps - just add practice.
X : How long will it take?
Me : To become really good at mapping, for it to become natural .. many years.
X : I don't have the time, how do I speed it up?
Me : Well, you could decide to actually start and use it i.e. practice. There is no shortcut for practice.
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+1 -> "our ancestor chiefs understood bows, horses, and agriculture, our contemporary chiefs (and those in the media responsible for scrutiny) generally do not understand their equivalents, and are often less experienced in managing complex organisations than their predecessors"
+100 -> "We do not have a problem with ‘too much cynicism’ - we
have a problem with too much trust in people and institutions that are not fit to control so much."
+∞ -> "Most politicians, officials, and advisers operate with fragments of philosophy, little knowledge of maths or science and little experience in well-managed complex organisations."
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1/ I hear confusion about difference between systematic VC and data driven VC.
a) Systematic VC will find/evaluate co's algorithmically. Decisions based on set of rules.
b) Data driven VC has typical investment committee making decisions informed (not instructed) by data
2/ Because of the lack of data historically in VC decision making, 2b sounds novel. 2a I’ve talked about before.
3) ~25 venture firms right now are saying publicly they are leaning into data in “meaningful” ways -i.e. hiring inhouse engineers, data scientists, etc. Another 50-75 are doing it privately.
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1) This is my #Qanon thread for Aust 31, 2018.

Q posts (with research tools) can be found here: qmap.pub

Android apps:
bit.ly/Q_Alerts
bit.ly/Q_Drops

My theme: We Are Q
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There are 4 Youtube links below.
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For those claiming MFA doesn't impact organizational productivity, stop looking at it from your view. Look at it from the organization's view. People lose MFA tokens and can't log in. People have to change MFA devices (new phone, new token, etc). Helpdesk handles "issues." 1/n
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Tutorial on how to make a map using QGIS. I'll turn @SenhorRaposa's 2000 Vermont town data into a map showing by how much Gore outran Senator Jeffords (or vice versa) in every town.
Step 1: Download QGIS for your computer, which is available here:
qgis.org/en/site/foruse…
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census.gov/cgi-bin/geo/sh…

A direct link to the 2017 VT county sub shapefile is here: ftp://ftp2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TIGER2017/COUSUB/tl_2017_50_cousub.zip
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0s and 1s commonly create speech that courts use -- that means precedence is set. #Code is speech -- they're languages made of bits! Point being, ISPs shouldn't be allowed to deny computer speech from being seen by others. #NetNeutrality

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