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Randy Olson

@randal_olson

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Full stack #DataScience. AI and #MachineLearning researcher. #DataViz aficionado. Consultant. Community leader for @DataIsBeautiful. He/him.

Vancouver, WA
Joined June 2009
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A dot density map of population by race and ethnicity in #NYC. This is a neat one to zoom in on because of the fine details of the #dataviz: Source:
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The price of computer storage has fallen exponentially since the 1950s. #dataviz source:
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Alexa, what happened to all the Alexas? Oh wait…. #dataviz source:
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1 out of 3 webpages from a decade ago are no longer accessible. Thank goodness for projects like the @internetarchive. #dataviz source:
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Americans have a lower life expectancy than people in other wealthy countries despite paying much more for healthcare. Why? #dataviz. Read more:
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Words spoken by each character throughout #TheOffice episodes. @EdwardTufte would be proud!. #dataviz source:
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The most common 4-digit PINs from an analysis of 3.4 million leaked PINs. #dataviz source:
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Looking at U.S. #inflation, where are prices still rising?. #dataviz source:
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Obesity rate by country from 1990 to today, for selected countries. Time to study what France is doing right!. #dataviz source:
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How Amazon made its money in Q1 2024. #dataviz. Source:
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An Austrian political party used AI to make their candidate (right) look more “manly” (left) and now they’re being called out for it.
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How much it rained during the wettest single day of 2023. (Red = lots, blue = very little). Interesting to zoom in and see those rain shadows near Seattle!. #dataviz source:
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How @Tesla made its money in Q1 2024. Source:
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Will young Americans ever get married? Increasingly, for about half the population the answer seems to be ‘no’. #dataviz based on this post:
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Someone on Reddit is using ChatGPT to generate memes that only AI would understand. This one is my favorite. I like to imagine that “algomillims” and “that’s so cache” is AI youth slang.
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Did you know that the most common starting hole in triangular peg solitaire -- the middle of the 3rd row -- is actually one of the WORST starts for the puzzle? #dataviz #puzzles . More on how to beat the Original IQ Tester puzzle here:
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My first blog post in a long time: Using #Python to solve the Original I.Q. Tester puzzle.
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#Walmart's 2022 earnings statement, visualized. #dataviz. Source:
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Makes sense to me. #Python #programming
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