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Re: The Data Science Handbook

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I'm going to sound very aggressive, but I don't understand the point of this book. They say > The material in this book is too valuable not to share. and after reading the sample I feel their definition of valuable doesn't align with mine. It's a "handbook" but the chapters are interviews that don't go in depth into anything. Here's a sample "question" > Compassion is also critical for designing beautiful and intuiti…

As a data scientist, I draw inspiration from the infinite depths of understanding. Life is merely the unfolding of a series of recursive recommendation engines, each one AB testing the local gradients of human emotion. You think you are just buying a pair of socks online. Foolish mortal. That transaction was a multi-armed map-reduce set into motion long before the internet existed. Data science is the internet of thi…

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Re: The Data Science Handbook

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I'm going to sound very aggressive, but I don't understand the point of this book. They say > The material in this book is too valuable not to share. and after reading the sample I feel their definition of valuable doesn't align with mine. It's a "handbook" but the chapters are interviews that don't go in depth into anything. Here's a sample "question" > Compassion is also critical for designing beautiful and intuiti…

As a data scientist, I draw inspiration from the infinite depths of understanding. Life is merely the unfolding of a series of recursive recommendation engines, each one AB testing the local gradients of human emotion. You think you are just buying a pair of socks online. Foolish mortal. That transaction was a multi-armed map-reduce set into motion long before the internet existed. Data science is the internet of thi…

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Re: The Data Science Handbook

#44

I'm going to sound very aggressive, but I don't understand the point of this book. They say > The material in this book is too valuable not to share. and after reading the sample I feel their definition of valuable doesn't align with mine. It's a "handbook" but the chapters are interviews that don't go in depth into anything. Here's a sample "question" > Compassion is also critical for designing beautiful and intuiti…

In what way does that read like an onion article? Is thinking about users to determine what data product to build in what way laughable in any way to you?

Re: The Data Science Handbook

#45

I'm going to sound very aggressive, but I don't understand the point of this book. They say > The material in this book is too valuable not to share. and after reading the sample I feel their definition of valuable doesn't align with mine. It's a "handbook" but the chapters are interviews that don't go in depth into anything. Here's a sample "question" > Compassion is also critical for designing beautiful and intuiti…

I think this passage actually addresses the context of that question:

>The difference between empathy and compassion is big. Empathy is understanding the pain. Compassion is about taking away the pain away from others, it’s about solving the problem. That small subtle shift is the difference between a data scientist that can tell you what the graph is doing versus telling you what action you need to do from the insight. That’s a force multiplier by definition.

Re: The Data Science Handbook

#46

Flashy website, but a quick background check of the contributors reveals that they've barely been working at their respective positions for over a year. In any event, kudos on providing an interesting narrative.

That's probably why they put together the content in the form of a collection of interviews. They don't establish authority of knowledge. They establish authority of intelligent curiosity.

Re: The Data Science Handbook

#47

I'm going to sound very aggressive, but I don't understand the point of this book. They say > The material in this book is too valuable not to share. and after reading the sample I feel their definition of valuable doesn't align with mine. It's a "handbook" but the chapters are interviews that don't go in depth into anything. Here's a sample "question" > Compassion is also critical for designing beautiful and intuiti…

As a data scientist, I draw inspiration from the infinite depths of understanding. Life is merely the unfolding of a series of recursive recommendation engines, each one AB testing the local gradients of human emotion. You think you are just buying a pair of socks online. Foolish mortal. That transaction was a multi-armed map-reduce set into motion long before the internet existed. Data science is the internet of thi…

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Re: The Data Science Handbook

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I'm going to sound very aggressive, but I don't understand the point of this book. They say > The material in this book is too valuable not to share. and after reading the sample I feel their definition of valuable doesn't align with mine. It's a "handbook" but the chapters are interviews that don't go in depth into anything. Here's a sample "question" > Compassion is also critical for designing beautiful and intuiti…

Agree, this seems like a collection of interviews with some famous folks who are in the field of 'data science' (can we just call it stats please). A handbook is a poor description indeed.

For folks interested in learning about this topic there are tons of online courses/videos on the real stuff. The stanford islr course is a great place to start

Re: The Data Science Handbook

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Sample chapter: https://gumroad.com/l/wzchen.com/s/the_data_science_handbook...

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