Skyfire Cycle: Brooklyn Nine-Nine gives me a reason to explain the Monty Hall ProblemI’ve been waiting years for this. Full disclosure, this episode(Season 4, Episode 8) aired on 11/29/2016, but I only saw it this last week…Mar 9, 2021Mar 9, 2021
K Nearest Neighbors: an Explanation and TutorialThink back to your high school lunchroom. Or better yet, think about the stereotypical Hollywood vision of a high school lunchroom. Notice…Jun 26, 2020Jun 26, 2020
Machine Learning at the OscarsI really, really love movies. To me, it’s the ultimate creative art-form. A good movie can take us away from our worries for a few hours…Aug 30, 20191Aug 30, 20191
Thoroughly Testing Tipsters, aka, Parsing the Proficiency of PunditsI like the movie “Let It Ride” starring Richard Dreyfus. It’s a fun movie based around a nice man with a gambling problem, and a heart of…Jun 27, 20191Jun 27, 20191
Spurious Relationships: Clickbait & Keeping the Trolls awayFirst, a clarification: I don’t mean rude anonymous people on the internet. I mean Trolls. The large scary beasts of fantasy and science…May 15, 2019May 15, 2019
Deep Blue Beats Kasparov: Why I’m learning data scienceI’m old enough to remember when we thought that no computer would ever truly master the game of chess. We believed that the intricacies of…Apr 25, 2019Apr 25, 2019
