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Mathematicians becoming data scientists

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Re: Mathematicians becoming data scientists

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Post by nrdwavexe »

Look, this is evil. I don't want to hear any complaints about my calling a spade a spade. The Nazis did it: evil. Google does it, and it is evil, and they go out of their way to say WE ARE NOT EVIL and guess what: it is evil.

Why is it evil? You have a bunch of people in corporate america who are FORCING an information technology posture on the American people that the American people HATE because it is HORRIBLE and EVIL. Next, these EVIL people go around saying what they are doing is "data science" and start blaming mathematicians.

This is absolutely 100% evil. Mathematicians have zero interest in this. Pointing the finger at mathematicians and calling them "data scientists" is intolerable stupidity and the people who do it should expect to get their fingers cut off by mathematicians who don't like to be pointed at by IDIOTS.

Re: Mathematicians becoming data scientists

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Post by ianai »

nrdwavexe wrote: post #2

Look, this is evil. I don't want to hear any complaints about my calling a spade a spade. The Nazis did it: evil. Google does it, and it is evil, and they go out of their way to say WE ARE NOT EVIL and guess what: it is evil. Why is it evil? You have a bunch of people in corporate america who are FORCING an information technology posture on the American people that the American people HATE because it is HORRIBLE and…

Care to elaborate on specific points that you consider evil? There's a lot to discuss and I think you make an interesting claim.

Re: Mathematicians becoming data scientists

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Post by M_Grey »

nrdwavexe wrote: post #2

Look, this is evil. I don't want to hear any complaints about my calling a spade a spade. The Nazis did it: evil. Google does it, and it is evil, and they go out of their way to say WE ARE NOT EVIL and guess what: it is evil. Why is it evil? You have a bunch of people in corporate america who are FORCING an information technology posture on the American people that the American people HATE because it is HORRIBLE and…

...You said "evil" a lot, but what exactly is the evil part? That's a hell of a claim to make, and then only support with hyperbole and bluster.

Re: Mathematicians becoming data scientists

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Post by M_Grey »

•Can you walk away from a problem when the solution is “good enough,” are you able to switch between tasks or problems with relative ease? Are you OK with simple solutions to problems that could have more complicated solutions, but only with rapidly diminishing returns?

Translation: Can you be a good assembly line worker, devoid of pride or curiosity and just do the damned job? If so, great, we can use you! If not, please return to academia.

Lovely stuff.

Re: Mathematicians becoming data scientists

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Post by denzil_correa »

M_Grey wrote: post #7

•Can you walk away from a problem when the solution is “good enough,” are you able to switch between tasks or problems with relative ease? Are you OK with simple solutions to problems that could have more complicated solutions, but only with rapidly diminishing returns? Translation: Can you be a good assembly line worker, devoid of pride or curiosity and just do the damned job? If so, great, we can use you! If not, p…

A lot of things in the industry are built via hacks where good enough is good enough. The goal is not to satiate curiosity but to generate business value. This does not equate to lack of pride, just a different goal.
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