Recently I saw the movie about Brexit (the uncivil war), which links data mining to campaign, and to votes and the referendum.
That was also used in the US 2008 presidential election. Below is a lecture from Stanford on this topic.
Recently I saw the movie about Brexit (the uncivil war), which links data mining to campaign, and to votes and the referendum.
That was also used in the US 2008 presidential election. Below is a lecture from Stanford on this topic.
Following up on yesterday’s post – added Delta and United to the little python program.
Wrote a little python… to extract the monthly operation results from airlines, and calculated load factor change, RPM change and ASM change.
I did Alaska and Southwest tonight and will add more…
Data Download:
Anti-aging is a centuries-long problem and we don’t have an answer.
Here is a summary of current notable efforts that might provide some sort of solution.
Somehow, reminded me of Theranos… also an area that might not be reguated by FDA… (Ageing is not a disease by FDA’s definition) and some are backed by non-traditional biotech VC firms… But most seemed to be more experienced and sophisticated in biology and medicine (than Theranos’ average).
An introductory estimation of use of EV battery materials and reserves on earth.
Conclusion in the video may not be right but is useful as basic assumptions.
Planting trees seems to be one of the most common and economic solution to reduce CO2 and is well-recognized around the globe. It is also one of the “negative-emissions technologies” to help meet Paris Agreement targets – afforestation and reforestation.
However, climate changes are not that simple and global temperature won’t be restored just by planting trees.
Clearly, we have omitted some “negative impacts” of trees since the beginning. More efforts are definitely needed to plant trees more effective.
One of the problems is “albedo effect”. Tree leaves absorb more sunlight than do other types of land cover. Forests can reduce Earth’s surface albedo, meaning that the planet reflects less incoming sunlight back into space, leading to warming. (Nature)
Also, trees themselves are emitting CH4 and N2O, greenhouse gases.
The question, raised on New York Times with Prof. Unger at Yale in 2014, had previously attracted lots of debates.
I think it is more or less similar to companies’ earnings projection. Before launching a new product, earnings projection looks great. But it is often overestimated. Other cost items will appear, leaving the product a thinner margin.
Trees are the same. Simply planting trees probably won’t give us the estimated benefits. While I believe the “net effect” is good, we do need more sophisticated understanding and solutions regarding trees.
【推荐读物】Recommending this insightful and objective article by Benedict Evans from a16z – 5G: if you build it, we will fill it.
Below is an excerpt of his comments on slicing…
One of the cooler features of 5G is that it lets you split out dedicated capacity for particular use cases – so-called ‘network slicing’. Today (to simplify hugely), although network operators try to do traffic management, all traffic in the cell is fundamentally using the same capacity. 5G lets you create dedicated private capacity in the radios network with specific characteristics. So, you could sell a truck operator dedicated capacity on the two miles between a specific freeway exit and a specific warehouse. Or, you could offer an IoT operator (or alarm company) much lower bandwidth but over a wider area.
On Jan 10, Fed Chair Jerome Powell commented at the Economic Club about government shutdown…
In the short term, if government shutdowns don’t last very long, they have typically not left much of a mark on the economy… A longer shutdown is something we haven’t had. If we have an extended shutdown, and I do think that that would show up in the data pretty clearly,… we would have a less clear picture into the economy if it were to go on much longer.
Here is an incomplete list of effects in business…
Saudi Arabia’s financial situation has been closely linked to oil prices.
The majority of the revenue is from oil exports. Its oil revenue has decreased more than 50% due to the oil price slump in 2014.
Oil comprises 30-40 percent of the real GDP of Saudi Arabia.
Saudi understood the need to diversify decades ago. It became more serious after the 2014 oil price shock. But that means more expenditure and efforts to push for the economic reform.
A “Vision 2030” was announced in 2016. (original English copy)
While expenditure kept increasing, Saudi government has quickly generated its deficits since 2014. Deficit in 2015 is at a similar level of its surplus in 2012 – a SAR 740 billion difference in 3 years. And debts are accumulated quickly.
Saudi has planned to eliminate its deficit by 2023, which could be easily done if oil price maintains.
In Dec 2018, Saudi released its budget of 2019, which includes an expenditure of over SAR 1 trillion and a deficit of SAR 131 billion.
While the sixth straight deficit is not something to worry about, the real question is to what level Saudi can diversify its economy and becomes a sustainable nation even without oil. (the contribution of non-oil revenues to total revenues up from 12% in 2014 to 32% in 2018)