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Data Science Weekly - Issue 528

Data Science Weekly Newsletter • 799 implied HN points • 05 Jan 24
🕹 Technology Research Data science AI Machine Learning Software Engineering
  1. Data Science Weekly shares curated news and articles each week related to data science, AI, and machine learning. This helps readers stay updated on important trends and topics.
  2. Deepnote emphasizes using its own platform for building data infrastructure, showcasing how versatile tools can simplify data tasks. It highlights the importance of a universal computational medium.
  3. A reliable A/B testing system is essential for businesses to make informed decisions and optimize performance. Companies that use effective experimentation platforms can significantly improve their outcomes and reduce manual work.

Every traditional media outlet is launching a creator division

Simon Owens's Media Newsletter • 499 implied HN points • 12 Aug 25
💼 Business Digital Media Industry Content Creators
  1. Media companies are starting creator divisions to work with independent creators. This means more opportunities for people to share their content and ideas.
  2. TikTok influencers are becoming a new form of news anchor for younger audiences. They deliver news quickly in a way that fits with how younger people consume content.
  3. Creating a successful newsletter doesn't always require a strong personal brand. For example, some people focus on the quality of their content instead of promoting themselves.

Lies, damned lies, and photodiodes

lcamtuf’s thing • 2040 implied HN points • 09 Dec 24
🕹 Technology Measurement Electronics Engineering Optics Sensors
  1. Photodiodes can have a wide range of response speeds, and the advertised specs often don't tell the whole story. It's important to understand how they are tested, as this can affect their performance.
  2. When building precise measurement devices with photodiodes, two types of currents play a role. One is fast, while the other can take much longer to settle down, impacting the overall signal quality.
  3. Using techniques like reverse bias can improve performance, but some effects are inherent to the photodiodes themselves. Understanding these limitations is key for achieving accurate measurements.

How to Look Smart On TV And Dumb in History

QTR’s Fringe Finance • 56 implied HN points • 20 Jan 26
💰 Finance Bonds Markets Investments Macroeconomics Monetary Policy Commodities Financial Media
  1. Financial media often mocks and belittles warnings about structural risk because their incentives favor keeping the party going, so being early on a correct call can look like being wrong.
  2. Persistent central-bank interventions, debt monetization, and yield suppression create market distortions that eventually unwind, with bond markets a likely pressure point when they do.
  3. Gold and miners acted like effective insurance against those distortions, outperforming equities and validating skeptics who warned about asset inflation.
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Proem For All Post-Dark Age Civilizations

Contemplations on the Tree of Woe • 2081 implied HN points • 22 Nov 24
📖 Philosophy Society Future studies Ethics Existentialism Metaphysics
  1. The future of society will face serious challenges due to shrinking populations and an aging workforce. This means there may not be enough young people to do the jobs needed to maintain the economy.
  2. Energy and resources are becoming scarce, making it hard to sustain our current way of living. Fossil fuels are becoming less available, and alternative energy sources like solar and wind have limitations.
  3. Technological advances alone won't solve these problems. A major focus for future societies will be on managing what little energy and resources are left, leading to a more frugal, sustainable lifestyle.

This Week in Marketing: Europe entertains social media bans and Big Tech’s ads vs. AI push

The Social Juice • 29 implied HN points • 08 Feb 26
🕹 Technology Platforms Ad Tech Artificial Intelligence Cloud Computing Streaming Media Social media
  1. Governments are ramping up regulation of social platforms and their recommendation engines. Some countries are even proposing bans for under-16s and opening investigations into AI tools.
  2. Big tech ad businesses are still making record money, with Google, YouTube, Amazon Ads and others reporting big revenue gains. At the same time companies are pouring huge sums into AI and facing slower user growth or rising costs.
  3. AI is rapidly reshaping advertising and product features, from AI-generated Super Bowl ads to agentic ad tools and chat assistants. That surge is creating new safety, legal and measurement headaches around deepfakes, moderation and publisher defenses.

Top Gear's Original Stig & Ex Formula One racer shares his tips for showing up like a champion – 'whatever it takes'

The Green Techpreneur • 28 implied HN points • 30 Jan 26
💼 Business Networking Leadership Fundraising Marketing Strategy Mindset Startups
  1. Be prepared to do whatever it takes — make big sacrifices, work relentlessly, and find ways over, under, or through the barriers in front of you.
  2. Get noticed and build reputation — actively promote your results, seek opportunities, and make small wins visible so others will support you.
  3. Stay resilient and adaptable — learn from setbacks, temper raw talent into consistent performance, and keep tweaking your approach instead of giving up.

LangGraph Agents By LangChain

Cobus Greyling on LLMs, NLU, NLP, chatbots & voicebots • 39 implied HN points • 19 Aug 24
🕹 Technology AI Programming Data Software Engineering
  1. Graph-based representations are becoming popular in AI, making it easier to visualize application flows and manage data relationships. This helps in understanding complex connections between data points.
  2. There are two ways to create graph representations: one is using code to create a visual flow, and the other is using a graphical user interface (GUI) to build the flow directly. This dual approach caters to different needs and levels of user expertise.
  3. Graph data structures allow for both firm control over applications and the flexibility needed for agent-based systems. This is useful for tasks where interactions and decisions must adapt based on inputs or user approvals.

How To Get Internet Feedback Without Going Insane

The Bottom Feeder • 484 implied HN points • 14 Aug 25
🕹 Technology Creativity Gaming Community Feedback Internet
  1. Too much online feedback can be overwhelming and confusing. It's important to filter out negative comments to protect your mental health.
  2. Building a private community of trusted beta testers can help you get useful feedback without the noise of public opinions. These testers should be honest but respectful.
  3. Make sure your testers understand and appreciate the kind of work you do. Feedback is most helpful when it comes from people who are genuinely interested in your specific type of creation.

Weekend thoughts: interest rates and climbing the wall of worry

Yet Another Value Blog • 1218 implied HN points • 21 Oct 23
💰 Finance Valuation Market Sentiment Interest Rates Stock Market Investing
  1. Stock market has had a rough few months with significant declines
  2. Current market climate has a lot of fear and worry, but it might be a good time to consider buying stocks
  3. The rise in interest rates has not led to a significant stock market sell-off, suggesting stocks may still be relatively attractive

Olympics, AI, and some BI

HyperArc • 59 implied HN points • 05 Aug 24
🕹 Technology Machine Learning Analytics Data science Software Development AI
  1. AI can help us learn about the Olympics and analyze different aspects, like who won medals and their physical attributes. It starts with basic questions and gets more complicated over time.
  2. While AI is good at remembering information and summarizing it, it struggles with reasoning about things it hasn't seen before. This means it can't always come up with new insights without the right data.
  3. For businesses, using AI with their private data can lead to smarter insights and faster decisions. It's important to combine human knowledge with AI to make the best use of available information.

What's Next for SAS? (Again)

thomaswdinsmore • 199 implied HN points • 02 Jun 24
💼 Business Growth Finance Leadership IPO Companies
  1. SAS founder Jim Goodnight faces a transition in leadership and ownership as he's 82 with no children engaged in the business.
  2. Options for SAS's future include selling to employees, a corporate buyer, or private equity investors, all of which may lead to restructuring.
  3. Despite initial plans to go public, SAS has faced challenges with growth and profitability, leading to multiple delays in the IPO process.

Crowdstrike: How Not to Do OTA Updates

burkhardstubert • 39 implied HN points • 19 Aug 24
🕹 Technology IT Infrastructure Software Updates System Design Cybersecurity
  1. CrowdStrike made a big mistake by rolling out an untested update to all users at once, causing millions of computers to crash. They need to treat configuration updates like real code and test them properly.
  2. Delta Airlines faced huge losses because it didn’t have backup systems in place when the CrowdStrike update went wrong. Having spare systems or a better contingency plan could have minimized disruptions.
  3. Microsoft should improve its recovery methods after crashes, possibly by adopting an automatic system recovery strategy. Learning from other platforms could help avoid these issues in the future.

The corporate solopreneur

Kenny’s Sub • 159 implied HN points • 18 Jun 24
💼 Business Project management Freelancing Entrepreneurship Consulting Networking
  1. It's important to understand the context of your clients' businesses. Many small businesses don't have complex plans like big corporations do.
  2. Asking detailed project questions can be unhelpful when working with smaller clients. They may only need basic support for their immediate needs.
  3. Using the right tools for each specific job is crucial. If your current skills don’t fit, it's okay to seek help or adapt your approach.

Charting AI's Rise: 2025's Intelligence Breakthroughs Visualized

Maximum Truth • 88 implied HN points • 31 Dec 25
🕹 Technology Industry Trends Benchmarks Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Computer Vision Open Source
  1. AI systems made rapid, large intelligence gains in 2025 on a Mensa-style offline IQ test, with several models reaching scores in the human-intelligence range.
  2. Visual understanding improved significantly, enabling models to read and reason from images directly, which could let them gather new real-world training data beyond online text.
  3. Progress was global and diverse: open-source and Chinese models closed ground and formerly weak systems like Grok rose fast, increasing competition and reducing single-company dominance.

A bear case on Google :)

Enterprise AI Trends • 168 implied HN points • 23 Nov 25
🕹 Technology Machine Learning User Experience AI Product Cloud Developer Tools
  1. Google’s Gemini offerings are fragmented and inconsistently messaged across apps and tools, which creates user confusion and slows adoption.
  2. Google is missing obvious product opportunities — like low‑latency real‑time voice APIs, text‑to‑music, and basic chatbot memory/agent features — that would win enterprise and creator customers.
  3. Google under‑promotes shipped capabilities and developer tools (e.g., Chrome summarization, Gemini CLI) and needs stronger marketing and dev‑rel to capture mindshare.

Is Ariane 6 the last European launcher?

Europe in Space • 727 implied HN points • 17 Jan 24
🕹 Technology Space Exploration
  1. Europe may face challenges in maintaining cooperation for developing future heavy launch vehicles.
  2. New players like The Exploration Company could potentially disrupt the European space industry by offering innovative solutions.
  3. European Space Agency is exploring the idea of a launcher challenge to involve commercial actors in the development of a successor to Ariane 6.

The Enshittification of Google Docs

How the Hell • 184 implied HN points • 18 Nov 25
🕹 Technology Collaboration UX Productivity Software Product AI
  1. Google put its AI buttons right on top of the document, creating a persistent distraction that breaks writers' focus and wastes ideas.
  2. The AI features are poorly integrated: suggestions appear as pop-ups you can’t easily compare, get pasted into docs messily (even breaking formatting), and the experience has become more intrusive instead of better.
  3. A new editor called Owl Editor aims to fix this by letting you write without distractions, run a review that inserts AI feedback as track-changes you can accept or reject, and gather multiple reviewer perspectives to catch factual and reasoning errors.

Bitcoin Mining and the Electricity Grid: A Quiet Savior

QTR’s Fringe Finance • 21 implied HN points • 16 Feb 26
🔮 Crypto Energy Infrastructure Policy Markets Regulation Bitcoin Mining
  1. Bitcoin miners are highly flexible electricity consumers that can quickly shut down when the grid needs power, joining demand-response programs and earning curtailment payments.
  2. They act like distributed batteries by soaking up excess or stranded renewable energy when supply is abundant and giving that capacity back during peak demand to help stabilize the grid.
  3. In storms and other emergencies miners can sharply reduce their computing power (hashrate) to free up gigawatts for homes and critical services, making mining a practical, market-driven grid backstop.

Carl Jung’s Gnostic Revival, Abraxas, and the 20th Century Cult of Mithra (part 5)

Matt Ehret's Insights • 727 implied HN points • 17 Jan 24
📖 Philosophy Religion Cosmology Metaphysics Psychology
  1. Carl Jung saw himself as a Dionysian messiah and initiate of Mithra seeking to create a new religious order.
  2. Jung preferred Mithraism over Christianity for its nature worship and viewed Christianity as antagonistic towards the beauty of the world.
  3. Jung's involvement in promoting gnostic texts and psychedelics, as well as his influence on establishing a new spiritualism, reflects his desire to overthrow Christianity and establish a new gnostic religious order.

What just happened

One Useful Thing • 1936 implied HN points • 19 Dec 24
🕹 Technology Computer Science Innovation Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Tech advancements
  1. There are now many smart AI models available for everyone to use, and some of them are even free. It's easier for companies with tech talent to create powerful AIs, not just big names like OpenAI.
  2. New AI models are getting smarter and can think before answering questions, helping them solve complex problems, even spotting mistakes in research papers. These advancements could change how we use AI in science and other fields.
  3. AI is rapidly improving in understanding video and voice, making it feel more interactive and personal. This creates new possibilities for how we engage with AI in our daily lives.

Data Science Weekly - Issue 554

Data Science Weekly Newsletter • 119 implied HN points • 04 Jul 24
🕹 Technology Data Engineering Visualization Machine Learning AI Data science
  1. Staying updated in data science, AI, and machine learning is essential for improving skills and knowledge. Weekly newsletters provide curated articles and resources that help you keep up with the latest trends.
  2. Effective structuring of data science teams can greatly enhance productivity. Learning from past experiences on team reorganizations can help in clarifying roles and increasing effectiveness.
  3. Building interactive dashboards in Python can make data more accessible. Using tools like PostgreSQL and specific libraries can simplify the process and enhance data visualization.

10 AI Stories That Shaped 2025

Artificial Ignorance • 84 implied HN points • 04 Jan 26
🕹 Technology Artificial Intelligence Workforce Regulation Cloud Infrastructure Semiconductors Hardware Machine Learning
  1. AI leadership is no longer a U.S. monopoly—lean, well-engineered models from other countries proved they can match top performance without massive budgets.
  2. Reasoning models and AI agents improved very quickly and competition shuffled leadership often, and that progress is already reshaping work and creative industries, with entry-level roles hit hardest.
  3. The AI boom is tied up with geopolitics, chip supply, talent wars, and massive infrastructure builds, creating local backlash and hard questions about ROI and inflated valuations.

Issue #8 - Deliver on the Data Needs, not the Data Desires

The Data Ecosystem • 199 implied HN points • 02 Jun 24
💼 Business Data Governance Data Strategy Stakeholder engagement Business Intelligence Analytics
  1. It's important to focus on what the business truly needs from data, not just what they think they want. Conversations should help uncover real goals and challenges.
  2. Data projects often fail because teams don't ask the right questions or fully understand the business context. Engaging stakeholders regularly is key to success.
  3. A clear step-by-step process helps develop effective data solutions. Start with building a strong data foundation before moving on to more complex analytics.

How To Earn From Your Skills In 2024

Day One • 519 implied HN points • 02 Mar 24
💼 Business Entrepreneurship Personal Growth Career development Skills
  1. Quality is greater than quantity when building skills. Focus on depth and excellence in one area before branching out.
  2. Practice and sharing are crucial for skill development. Don't let fear or ego hinder you from showcasing your work and seeking feedback.
  3. Transitioning to high-demand sectors like blockchain or AI requires understanding the sector's culture and history. Put in the work to adapt and excel.

Ticker Take: a weekly newsletter on investing.

Jon’s Newsletter • 179 implied HN points • 09 Jun 24
💰 Finance Financial News Economic Analysis Investing Stocks Market Trends
  1. Coffee stocks might help protect against inflation, according to investor Bob Iaccino. He believes that investing in commodities like coffee is a smart move right now.
  2. Tesla has divided opinions among investors and analysts, making it a complicated stock to assess. While some see great potential in Tesla's future, many analysts remain cautious.
  3. Nvidia's rapid rise in market value highlights the growing importance of AI technology. Analysts suggest sticking with major players like Nvidia and AMD as they are likely to keep gaining traction.

AI is a funny coworker

Sunday Letters • 39 implied HN points • 18 Aug 24
🕹 Technology AI Machine Learning Automation Product Design User Experience
  1. AI tools can be very intelligent and quick, but they also sometimes make things up and can be frustrating to work with.
  2. These AI coworkers are always available and eager to help, but they struggle with remembering context and prefer to start over rather than make small changes.
  3. Improving interaction with AI is important, and with better design and usability, they can become more effective and user-friendly in the workplace.

UV tricks

Bite code! • 1957 implied HN points • 15 Dec 24
🕹 Technology Development Software Python Tools Programming
  1. Using 'uv run' lets you run commands in a temporary environment without cluttering your main setup. This makes it easy to use big tools like Jupyter without installing them every time.
  2. The 'uvx' command works like 'npx', letting you test and run Python utilities quickly. It handles dependencies nicely, so you can focus on your tasks without worrying about setup.
  3. Creating scripts with 'uv init' helps you get started fast. It sets up everything you need, including project files and dependencies, making it easier to organize your Python projects.

The Inconvenient Truths of Self-Service Analytics

SeattleDataGuy’s Newsletter • 506 implied HN points • 08 Aug 25
🕹 Technology Business Intelligence Artificial Intelligence Leadership skills Analytics Tools Data Analysis
  1. Self-service analytics hasn't delivered as promised. Companies still struggle to find basic answers and often just switch tools instead of addressing the real issues.
  2. Dashboard fatigue is a real problem. Many dashboards go unused because they are complicated and not user-friendly, making executives reluctant to engage with them.
  3. AI is not a cure-all for self-service problems. Data needs careful preparation and clear questions from users to be effective, and many still rely heavily on traditional methods like spreadsheets.

Open Thread 352

Astral Codex Ten • 2408 implied HN points • 21 Oct 24
🕹 Technology Conferences Community Networking AI
  1. You can join weekly open threads to discuss anything or ask questions. It's a great way to interact with others.
  2. There are various events and conferences coming up that focus on AI and social skills, which you might find interesting.
  3. If you entered a book review contest, make sure to check if you've received your prize. Email if you think you missed out.

Meta Pivots on Content Moderation

Don't Worry About the Vase • 1702 implied HN points • 17 Jan 25
🕹 Technology Social media Policy Changes Censorship Free speech Content Moderation
  1. Meta, the company behind Facebook, is changing how it moderates content. They want to focus more on free speech and go against past practices of heavy censorship.
  2. Mark Zuckerberg admits that past fact-checking efforts were often biased and sometimes led to the wrongful censorship of innocent posts or accounts.
  3. The new plan includes bringing back voices from the community and updating rules to allow more speech. However, there's a need for transparency about past mistakes and a way to fix them.

The Next Chapter of Axie Governance: The Foundation, The Treasury, and Your Voice

The Lunacian • 552 implied HN points • 08 Aug 25
🔮 Crypto Governance Community Tokenomics DAOs Decentralization
  1. The Axie Infinity community is moving towards a decentralized governance model, giving members a real say in decision-making. This is exciting because it means everyone can help shape the future of the game.
  2. A new Axie Infinity Foundation is being formed to manage community funds and ensure they are used according to votes from the community. This foundation will help keep the community involved in how money is spent.
  3. The Axie Score will track contributions from players, helping to prioritize who gets more influence in decisions. This makes active community members feel valued and encourages more participation.

FOMC Day

Points And Figures • 586 implied HN points • 30 Jul 25
💰 Finance Investing Federal Reserve Interest Rates Economics Markets
  1. Markets may not have much action until the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) makes its announcement. Things could get interesting once they speak.
  2. Tariffs and other economic policies under the current administration seem to be showing positive results, with inflation and gas prices down. Many initial concerns have not materialized.
  3. There are questions about whether the Federal Reserve will keep interest rates steady. Some believe that lowering them could be beneficial for the economy and taxpayers.