Thomas Packer
@ThomasPacker
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Data scientist; aspiring author, artist, and entrepreneur; PhD in computer science
Utah
Joined February 2010
Better than a court-room drama: big names and key issues appear in this New Yorker piece about "The antitrust trial to block the merger of Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster." But it leaves a lot of loose-ends and unanswered questions.
newyorker.com
The antitrust trial to block the merger of Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster has riveted the industry—and raised larger questions about the business of books.
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Public awareness and harmless practical jokes can be tools against scam callers. Nice work, Mark Rober, BYU grad and former NASA engineer. #markrober.
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This is for all you decision-making math nerds out there. How many times have I seen a decision based on, essentially, a weighted arithmetic mean? Too many to count. Consider ranking items that have been graded on two or more…
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“. the internet treats anything that isn’t new like bad fruit. It encourages people to spend their time on the novel in lieu of the worthwhile, and it discourages creators from investing in things of lasting value.” — @ev
medium.com
How we are building a system for high-quality publishing at scale
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Autonomous technology has the power to unlock entirely new business models via @Lemonade_Inc.
lemonade.com
There’s one area which is still largely ignored by AI innovation, and that is the organization itself.
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The future of personal data: something we need to start thinking about.
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5 of 5 stars to Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
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I am interviewing for a data scientist job at DoorDash. I tried out their delivery service yesterday. It worked better than the other services I have used for daily lunch delivery over the past two years. You can get $10 if you signup through this link
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Interesting situation for vocabulary and airline professionals alike. What does "volunteer" mean?
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