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Some posts and articles worth reading, published somewhere elseOn the Shoulders of Giants: The Growing Impact of Older Articles (interesting article on the impact of electronic publishing) http://arxiv.org/pdf/1411.0275v1  via https://medium.com/the-physics-arxiv-blog/the-extraordinary-growing-impact-of-the-history-of-science-642022a39d67 …"Why 'Six Degrees of Separation' Breaks Down Inside Cities" http://www.citylab.com/tech/2014/11/can-twitter-prove-six-degrees-of-separation/382698/ … by @mslaurabliss, see also http://www.plosone.org/article/info.0111973…"Unintended Effects of Anonymous Resumes" http://ftp.iza.org/dp8517.pdf "Air Traffic Monthly Passenger Volume" https://vida.io/documents/PvHa5qzgEv2nL8THf … (dropped after 9/11, not after Eyjafjöll's eruption)"The Effect of the Internet on Newspaper Readability" http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2506422 …"Obese people could eat salad all day and still be fat" http://www.reddit.com/r/fatlogic/comments/2d8a8x/obese_people_could_eat_salad_all_day_and_still_be/ … see also http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayFulltext?type=1&#38;fid=8824430&#38;jid= …"R Programming Language Rides Crest of Big Data Wave" http://adtmag.com/articles/2014/11/12/r-gains-popularity.aspx … (see also http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2014/06/13/language-rankings-6-14/ …)via @EconBizFin "French economists: Toulouse v Paris" http://econ.st/1xwuFF7RT @davdittrich "As the cost of education grows, so does the cheating" http://www.smh.com.au/comment/as-the-cost-of-education-grows-so-does-the-cheating-20141112-11l4fy.html …"Streets of Paris Colored by Orientation" http://datagistips.blogspot.fr/2014/11/streets-of-paris-colored-by-orientation.html … (in R) by @datagistips"I, like many of my colleagues, are deeply concerned by the minimization and politicization of our work" http://chronicle.com/blogs/conversation/2014/11/13/how-a-47-shrimp-treadmill-became-a-3-million-political-plaything/ … #science"Barely half of americans know the political party of their representative" http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/07/24/barely-half-of-americans-know-the-political-party-of-their-representative/ … ht @nholzschuch"Are You Down With L.A.V?" http://asbcllc.com/blog/2014/november/loop_analyze_visualize/ … by @abresler via @hadleywickham"Terence Tao on prime numbers on the Colbert Report" http://thecolbertreport.cc.com/full-episodes/5jgxlk/november-12--2014---terence-tao … ht @J_P_Boucher[read online] "The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs" http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/full-text/book/book.html …"Adversarial Risk Analysis" http://seconomicsproject.eu/sites/default/files/content-files/downloads/Adversarial_Risk_Analysis_Concepts,_Applications_and_Challenges.pdf …"Political Subreddit Discussion Similarity (Force Directed Network)" http://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/2m91a5/oc_political_subreddit_discussion_similarity/ …"What Book Changed Your Mind?" http://chronicle.com/article/What-Book-Changed-Your-Mind-/149839/ … ht @temptoetiam indeed, a good question"Men may get older but they don’t really grow up" http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/sep/28/seven-secrets-of-dating-from-the-experts-at-okcupid …"The Myth Of Artificial Intelligence" http://edge.org/conversation/the-myth-of-ai …"Ask Dan! What is the true story about data mining, beer and diapers?" http://www.dssresources.com/newsletters/66.php …"A Statistical Analysis That Reveals Why Aspiring Screenwriters Fail" http://io9.com/a-statistical-analysis-that-reveals-why-science-fiction-1658853852 …"Can post-publication peer review endure?" http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/can-post-publication-peer-review-endure/2016895.article … "The process may mean greater scrutiny but is it legally viable?"The productivity of PhDs http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2014/11/productivity-phds … "Lazy graduate students?"Marathon http://www.arrs.net/SA_Mara.htm  (don't ask me how they got a 6 year old running a marathon!)classification tree https://www.salford-systems.com/resources/whitepapers/114-do-splitting-rules-really-matter … "Do Splitting Rules Really Matter?"Curiosityet un peu de lecture en français"des pigeons de Rothschild à la guerre de la milliseconde" http://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2014/11/15/internet-des-pigeons-de-rothschild-a-la-guerre-de-la-milliseconde_4524134_3234.html …"Science : l’Europe fait le grand écart" http://blogues.lapresse.ca/sciences/2014/11/13/science%C2%A0-leurope-fait-le-grand-ecart/ … par @clicjf ht @marc_rr"La révolution tranquille des enfants de hippies" http://www.lemonde.fr/m-perso/article/2014/11/14/la-revolution-tranquille-des-enfants-de-hippies_4523783_4497916.html …"La place des femmes dans l'art et la culture : le temps est venu de passer aux actes" http://www.senat.fr/rap/r12-704/r12-704_mono.html#toc57 …"quelle catégorie de personnes est «trop nombreuse» en France", via http://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2014/11/14/selon-une-enquete-l-antisemitisme-s-etend_4524020_3224.html … via @martin_anota (je n'y connais rien aux sondages, mais je trouve que le principe même de poser les questions biaise l'analyse)"L’opinion publique n’existe pas" http://www.acrimed.org/article3938.html … (ça ne peut pas faire de mal de relire un classique)les sociétés d’assurance bénéficieront d’une déclaration simplifiée auprès de la Cnil pour les données personnelles http://www.cnil.fr/fileadmin/documents/Vos_responsabilites/Packs/Assurance/PACK_ASSURANCE_complet.pdf …"Cet article captera-t-il votre attention ?" http://www.nonfiction.fr/article-7252-cet_article_captera_t_il_votre_attention.htm … (je pense qu'il devrait) via @ericdarmon"Base d'Adresses Nationale Ouverte - BANO" https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/base-d-adresses-nationale-ouverte-bano/ … (toujours utile) via http://www.lagazettedescommunes.com/293759/donnees-geographiques-ils-se-fiancerent-et-eurent-beaucoup-dadresses-libres/ … et @schignard"Faut-il bannir le mot « nègre » ?" http://www.courrierinternational.com/article/2014/11/14/faut-il-bannir-le-mot-negre … cf http://www.washingtonpost.com/posttv/national/the-n-word-through-history/2014/11/09/0c3b6a08-669a-11e4-ab86-46000e1d0035_video.html … "The n-word through history""Serions-nous plus malheureux sans droit de propriété?" http://blogs.mediapart.fr/blog/pierre-cretois/121114/serions-nous-plus-malheureux-sans-droit-de-propriete … cf Weil (1943) http://classiques.uqac.ca/classiques/weil_simone/enracinement/weil_Enracinement.pdf …"Le numérique nous empêche-t-il de penser ?" https://www.franceculture.fr/emission-la-grande-table-2eme-partie-le-numerique-nous-empeche-t-il-de-penser-en-partenariat-avec-le … cf aussi http://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2014/11/13/le-stylo-n-a-pas-dit-son-dernier-mot_4523185_3224.html … et http://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2014/11/13/il-existe-une-memoire-du-geste_4523174_3224.html …"Hipster ou djihadiste ?" http://www.vanityfair.fr/monde-de-vf/articles/hipster-ou-djihadiste-la-police-libanaise-sy-perd/16499 …"Quand les aides au logement poussent les prix des loyers à la hausse" http://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2014/11/14/quand-les-aides-au-logement-poussent-les-prix-des-loyers-a-la-hausse_4523524_3234.html …"Comment repenser l'enseignement de l'économie" http://www.challenges.fr/economie/20141114.CHA0259/comment-repenser-l-enseignement-de-l-economie.html … par François Bourguignon https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2a5mah_comment-repenser-l-enseignement-de-l-economie_news#from=embediframe …RIP Alexandre Grothendieck http://www.liberation.fr/sciences/2014/11/13/alexandre-grothendieck-ou-la-mort-d-un-genie-qui-voulait-se-faire-oublier_1142614 … ou encore  "Les travaux de Alexander Grothendieck" http://www.mathunion.org/ICM/ICM1966.1/Main/icm1966.1.0021.0024.ocr.pdf … par Jean Dieudonné. Voir aussi @lemondefr "Le mathématicien Alexandre Grothendieck est mort" http://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2014/11/14/le-mathematicien-alexandre-grothendieck-est-mort_4523482_3382.html …"Scandale universitaire, Elsevier s'abreuve d'argent public" https://www.actualitte.com/les-maisons/scandale-universitaire-elsevier-s-abreuve-d-argent-public-53760.htm … j'aurais du investir http://bourse.latribune.fr/actions/nyse-euronext-amsterdam/reed-elsevier/cours-nl0006144495--20980276.html … 3 ans +100%Did I miss something interesting?