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Some writings worth reading, discovered here and there"Buying Insurance After a Disaster Strikes" http://awealthofcommonsense.com/buying-insurance-disaster-strikes/ … by @awealthofcs see also http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2014/08/25/insurance-coverage-likely-to-get-more-respect-after-the-california-earthquake/?mg=blogs-wsj …"Why Amazon Has No Profits (And Why It Works)" http://ben-evans.com/benedictevans/2014/9/4/why-amazon-has-no-profits-and-why-it-works …in Alabama, President Election Results vs. Public Assistance Income or Food Stamps"Big data and predictive analytics: When is enough data enough?" http://datasciencereport.com/2013/10/10/big-data-and-predictive-analytics-when-is-enough-data-enough/ … by @TT_Nicole ht @data_nerd"DATAcide" https://www.adbusters.org/magazine/115/datacide-total-annihilation-life-we-know-it.html … "I’ve had a complicated relationship with the internet. We all have...""Top 10 Longest Commercial Flights in the World" (via http://thelandofmaps.tumblr.com/post/96682027225/the-top-10-longest-commercial-flights-in-the-world …)"America’s Dangerous Aversion to Conflict" http://online.wsj.com/articles/robert-kagan-why-the-u-s-wants-to-avoid-conflict-1409942201 …"Were We Happier In The Stone Age?" http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/sep/05/were-we-happier-in-the-stone-age …Scotland, a separate country ? blue = yes; red = no (via http://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/ …)"Use Data to Tell the Future: Understanding Machine Learning" http://www.wired.com/2014/03/use-data-tell-future-understanding-machine-learning/ …"Why isn't the rest of the world helping fight the Ebola outbreak?" http://www.pri.org/stories/2014-09-04/why-isnt-rest-world-helping-fight-ebola-outbreak …"4th Down: When to Go for It and Why" http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/05/upshot/4th-down-when-to-go-for-it-and-why.html?rref=upshot&#38;abt=0002&#38;abg=1&#38;_r=0 …"The mythical swing voter" http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/08/20/the-mythical-swing-voter/ …"As the seas rise, a slow-motion disaster gnaws at America’s shores" http://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/waters-edge-the-crisis-of-rising-sea-levels/ …"How your language changes with your power status" http://chrisblattman.com/2014/09/03/language-changes-power-status/ … by @cblatts"Sugar Consumption, UK 1700-1978 and US 1975-2000" http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/86/4/899.full.pdf+html … (ht http://www.businessinsider.com/12-graphs-that-show-why-people-get-fat-2014-9 …)"Measuring Journals" http://www.ams.org/notices/200609/comm-ewing.pdf …"World values lost in translation" http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/09/02/world-values-lost-in-translation/ … ht @recifs"For coders, tests will replace resumes and interviews" http://qz.com/245642/for-coders-tests-will-replace-resumes-and-interviews/ … (I thought it was already the case)"it’s a privilege to teach but should I have to pay for it?" http://www.theguardian.com/teacher-network/teacher-blog/2014/sep/06/secret-teacher-privilege-to-teach-but-should-i-pay … ("it’s a privilege to do some research, but...")"Where Americans Eat, 1889-2009" (via http://www.businessinsider.com/12-graphs-that-show-why-people-get-fat-2014-9 …)"On the optimal size of the financial sector" http://www.bis.org/review/r140903a.pdf … ht @ChrisChavagneux"Do Economists Care?" http://www.overcomingbias.com/2014/09/do-economists-care.htm … by @robinhanson"When Websites Peek into Private Lives " http://m.us.wsj.com/articles/when-websites-peek-into-private-lives-1409851575?mobile=y … "Using personal data for research has vast benefits""number of leaders with an advanced degree, e.g. Master's or Doctorate, or equivalent" http://skyrill.com/leaders/ "10 R Packages to Win Kaggle Competitions" https://fr.slideshare.net/DataRobot/final-10-r-xc-36610234 … by Xavier ConortMT @erinruberry "science""The Significance Test Controversy Revisited" https://books.google.fr/books?id=OvM-BAAAQBAJ&#38;pg=PA48&#38;lpg=PA48&#38;dq=The+Significance+Test+Controversy+Revisited&#38;source=bl&#38;ots=7bWPyo0Hjs&#38;sig=3bfED82qj1XzxL8pz-Obj8pX2cQ&#38;hl=fr&#38;sa=X&#38;ei=JZsJVKGVJtLWaPChgeAL&#38;ved=0CDcQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&#38;q=The%20Significance%20Test%20Controversy%20Revisited&#38;f=false … Bruno Lecoutre and Jacques Poitevineau's book is out"Mathematical citation quotient (MCQ) of probability journals" via http://djalil.chafai.net/blog/2013/12/16/mathematical-citation-quotient-of-probability-journals/ …and "Mathematical Citation Quotient (MCQ) for statistics journals" via http://djalil.chafai.net/blog/2014/08/13/mathematical-citation-quotient-of-statistics-journals/ …"Data science: how is it different to statistics ?" http://bulletin.imstat.org/2014/09/data-science-how-is-it-different-to-statistics … / by @hadleywickham"Parenthood and academia: an impossible balance?" http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/parenthood-and-academia-an-impossible-balance/2015507.article … ht @TotoroInParis"Dear Mona, I Pee In The Shower. Am I Normal?" http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/dear-mona-i-pee-in-the-shower-am-i-normal/ … (yes, more men pee in their own yards than in the sea....) by @MonaChalabi"Senior scientist urges peers to challenge influential figures who misuse science to support preconceived beliefs" http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/sep/04/sir-paul-nurse-criticises-figures-distort-scientific-evidence …"Tales of the Dead Come Back: How Modern Medicine Is Reinventing Death" http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/09/140903-near-death-experiences-bachrach-neurology-booktalk/ …In the U.S., where people born in *** have moved to? http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/08/13/upshot/where-people-in-each-state-were-born.html?_r=0&#38;abt=0002&#38;abg=1#Idaho … e.g. ***=Idaho"How The Simpsons Disproves Everything I Believe About Economics" http://www.forbes.com/sites/modeledbehavior/2012/07/09/how-the-simpsons-disproves-everything-i-believe-about-economics/ … by @ModeledBehavior ht @janzilinsky"Choosing the right estimator" http://scikit-learn.org/stable/tutorial/machine_learning_map/index.html …"Scientific consensus has gotten a bad reputation—and it doesn’t deserve it" http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/09/scientific-consensus-has-gotten-a-bad-reputation-and-it-doesnt-deserve-it/ …"Too Big to Fail vs. Too Handcuffed to Act" http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-09-04/fed-lending-limits-for-zombie-banks-may-hurt-crisis-response#r=lr-sr … by @petercoy"Goldman Sachs Just Says 'Vice President' to Be Polite" http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-09-04/goldman-sachs-just-says-vice-president-to-be-polite … by @matt_levine"Rate of Swearing (Per Word) on Sports Subreddits" http://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/2fgqvv/rate_of_swearing_per_word_on_sports_subreddits_oc/ … #1 Boston Bruins"Privacy, Anonymity, and Big Data in the Social Sciences" http://delivery.acm.org/10.1145/2670000/2661641/p30-daries.pdf?ip=82.67.110.229&#38;id=2661641&#38;acc=OPEN&#38;key=4D4702B0C3E38B35%2E4D4702B0C3E38B35%2E4D4702B0C3E38B35%2E6D218144511F3437&#38;CFID=554024331&#38;CFTOKEN=29547458&#38;__acm__=1409853975_6a01a2c18525ab01eed2f8d9e8089442 …"Busy States of America" http://www.retale.com/info/busy-states-of-america/ …"The skills shortfall that threatens our big data future" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sponsored/technology/4g-mobile/olaf-swantee/11070740/big-data-skills-shortfall.html …"Wall Street and Washington want you to believe the stock market isn't rigged. Guess what? It still is" http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jun/22/wall-street-washington-stock-market-rigged-investors … ht @moorehn"Review: The Village Effect by Susan Pinker" http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/55ca04e0-3297-11e4-93c6-00144feabdc0.html …"How will a stretched spring fall ?" (via http://www.reddit.com/r/physicsgifs/comments/1l3nvr/how_will_a_stretched_spring_fall/ … and @liotier)"In Praise of Efficient Price Gouging" http://www.technologyreview.com/review/529961/in-praise-of-efficient-price-gouging/ …"Online Mapping Tools" http://onlinemaps.blogspot.fr/2014/07/online-mapping-tools.html …"There Are No 'Typical' Families Anymore" http://time.com/3265733/nuclear-family-typical-society-parents-children-households-philip-cohen/ …"Geothermal Map of North America" http://www.smu.edu/Dedman/Academics/Programs/GeothermalLab/DataMaps/GeothermalMapofNorthAmerica …"Emotional dynamics of literary classics" http://hedonometer.org/books.html  via @flowingdata"Social scientist mulls the perks and pitfalls of using personal networks in research" http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/research-ethics-when-friends-become-work/2015400.article …"Incalculable Loss" http://thenewinquiry.com/essays/incalculable-loss/ … "algorithm that make up Big Data distribute complicity for death across populations they surveil""The Data Revolution and Economic Analysis" http://web.stanford.edu/~leinav/pubs/IPE2014.pdf …"Mapping the World’s Rivers" http://dataremixed.com/2014/08/mapping-the-worlds-rivers/ …"Albert Einstein was a genius, but he wasn’t the only one – why has his name come to mean something superhuman?" http://aeon.co/magazine/psychology/why-is-einstein-the-poster-boy-for-genius/?utm_source=Aeon%20newsletter …"More Thoughts on Agent Based Models" http://orderstatistic.wordpress.com/2014/09/03/more-thoughts-on-agent-based-models/ …"Chimpanzee choice rates in competitive games match equilibrium game theory predictions" http://www.nature.com/srep/2014/140605/srep05182/full/srep05182.html …"A Dating Site for Algorithms" http://www.technologyreview.com/news/530406/a-dating-site-for-algorithms/ …"Data: To Own or Not To Own" http://www.forbes.com/sites/johnwebster/2014/09/02/data-to-own-or-not-to-own/ … "Enterprise IT is moving in the direction of ownership of nothing""How Big Data Reveals The Secret Life Of Cities" http://readwrite.com/2014/09/02/streetlight-data-laura-schewel-big-data-tracking-surveillance … by @AlexSalkever"Notes on What’s So Damn Funny" http://www.commentarymagazine.com/article/notes-on-whats-so-damn-funny/ …"Is there a creativity deficit in science?" http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/09/is-there-a-creativity-deficit-in-science/ … "If so, the current funding system shares much of the blame""Languages are being wiped out by economic growth" http://news.sciencemag.org/brain-behavior/2014/09/languages-are-being-wiped-out-economic-growth …"Camouflages of the World" (via http://www.reddit.com/r/Military/comments/2ewj6q/camouflages_of_the_world_prone_to_change/ …)et un peu de lecture en français,"L'école, premier boulet de l'économie française" http://www.lesechos.fr/idees-debats/editos-analyses/0203738710387-lecole-premier-boulet-de-leconomie-francaise-1038131.php … ht @pareto35"Les nouveaux territoires de la matière grise" http://focuscampus.blog.lemonde.fr/2014/09/06/la-nouvelle-mappemonde-de-lenseignement-superieur/ …projet de loi no 2110 http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/14/projets/pl2110.asp … "Présumé-e-s terroristes" http://presumes-terroristes.fr/  explication de texte par @laquadrature"De la parodie au remix : quel équilibre entre droit d’auteur et liberté d’expression ?" http://scinfolex.com/2014/09/03/de-la-parodie-au-remix-quel-equilibre-entre-droit-dauteur-et-liberte-dexpression/ …"les communes avec les plus forts taux d’élèves en retard sont souvent celles où le revenu médian est le plus bas" http://www.localtis.info/cs/ContentServer?pagename=Localtis/LOCActu/ArticleActualite&#38;jid=1250267637575&#38;cid=1250267628722 …"Les infiltrées" http://www.lemonde.fr/le-magazine/article/2014/09/05/les-infiltrees_4481978_1616923.html … le 'placement d'idées', un avatar du classique 'placement de produits' (mais paywall, dommage)"Apparition de taux d’intérêts négatifs = disparition du bon sens" http://la-chronique-agora.com/taux-interets-negatifs/ …"Le système d’études français reste très performant en haut de sa pyramide malgré des résultats préoccupants en moyenne" http://www.lesechos.fr/idees-debats/sciences-prospective/0203734166266-le-fmi-distingue-les-economistes-francais-1037770.php …"Ebola : les soignants, épuisés et en nombre insuffisant, touchés par le virus" http://www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/2014/09/04/ebola-tensions-sur-le-terrain-alors-que-le-personnel-soignant-est-de-plus-en-plus-touche_4481567_3244.html …"Cancer du sein : l'effet Angelina Jolie, objet d'études médicales" http://www.lepoint.fr/editos-du-point/anne-jeanblanc/cancer-du-sein-l-effet-angelina-jolie-objet-d-etudes-medicales-04-09-2014-1860018_57.php …"Pour légaliser le partage, Hadopi cherche le trésor des pirates" http://ecrans.liberation.fr/ecrans/2014/09/04/pour-legaliser-le-partage-hadopi-cherche-le-tresor-des-pirates_1093598 … ht @pareto35"Un marché des algorithmes" http://datanews.levif.be/ict/actualite/un-marche-des-algorithmes/article-4000734838609.htm …le cloud, http://www.slate.fr/story/91703/internet-mot-cloud … par @FradiFrad"84 % des Français sont gênés lorsqu’ils font une faute d’orthographe et pensent que cela ternit leur image" http://www.20minutes.fr/societe/1437215-20140904-orthographe-marqueur-social-donne-image-estime-linguiste-alain-rey …"Faire de la France l’usine du monde des ingénieurs" http://www.lesechos.fr/tech-medias/hightech/0203746685076-axelle-lemaire-faire-de-la-france-lusine-du-monde-des-ingenieurs-1038861.php?xtor=RSS37&#38;qiJ6Fe7mTfQd7oiy.99 … par @nrauline @jdupontcalbo @alexandrecounisDid I miss something interesting?