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Mark Virag

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My interests are Automotive F&I (both), Machine Learning, and Digital Retail. #DigitalTransformation #AI

North Dallas
Joined August 2015
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You know how, when you're training a binary classifier, you get a good ROC score but then you still have to set the threshold value?. Well, I wrote a handy dashboard for doing that, and I've released the code. Instructions are on my blog. #MachineLearning
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RT @ViragConsulting: F&I drives "unprecedented" drop in CSAT, says CDK survey .
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RT @ViragConsulting: Sentimental photo of Michele at the old Dealertrack facility in Long Island ..
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Some of you aren’t following the style sheet. Trump’s Trade War™ is supposed to be title case.
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RT @XVanFleet: @NuryVittachi BYD is built on stolen Tesla tech—and its quality is notoriously poor. Faulty batteries have caused so many fi….
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Congrats to startup DealerLytics connecting inventory API (I think) to GenAI .
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Transform your dealership with AI-powered vehicle sales analytics and profit optimization insights.
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Ford takes on the affordability crisis with new midsize pickup. Forecast to sell below $30,000 the new EV will be powered by 100 D-cell flashlight batteries.
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Jim Farley, Ford's CEO, has touted this as a "Model T moment" -- but the first of these new EVs won't come out until 2027.
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It's weird how OEMs think electric vehicles are immune from auto franchise laws. I guess when these vehicles were getting special treatment from the government, they felt they had some leverage.
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As part of the letter, NADA CEO Mike Stanton requested a meeting to discuss alternatives to Scout's direct sales.
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RT @bravosresearch: ALERT: Berkshire Hathaway’s cash position is now 30% of their total assets. Let that sink in.
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Asbury completes acquisition of Herb Chambers group: "Signed on Feb. 14, the mega-acquisition marks the largest this year tracked by Automotive News and gives Asbury New England roots in Massachusetts and Rhode Island with 33 dealerships and three collision centers.".
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Broadcom survey finds companies now just as likely (50/50) to choose private cloud infrastructure as public. Law firms, I am told, prefer to keep their GenAI work private. "Real-world public cloud experiences, the rapid rise of GenAI workloads, and increasing demands for.
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“As borrowers contend with high vehicle prices and elevated interest rates, many are opting for short-term leases over long-term loans" .
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The Federal Reserve didn't trim rates July 30, but it has three more Federal Open Market Committee meetings left this year and officials in June thought federal funds rate cuts would happen in 2025.
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EPA proposes to eliminate the "much hated" start-stop feature. "If finalized, this proposal would remove . which includes the much hated start-stop feature on most new cars.".
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin released the agency’s proposal to rescind the 2009 Endangerment Finding, which has been used to justify over $1 trillion in...
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RT @NecktieSalvage: We were so free once before
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In science fiction, aliens show up in time to prevent us destroying ourselves. But real aliens would only arrive when we start posing a danger to them.
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What are the chances that once we build super intelligence, aliens appear to intervene?. The thinking is aliens had no reason to appear since we didn't have the technology to pose a threat to the galaxy. Once ASI is here, all bets are off.
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