Sunday, December 27, 2020

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Making a CSS Flashlight Effect Using Conic-gradients

This is just a quick tutorial of conic-gradients showing a flashlight effect with very little code.
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Friday, December 11, 2020

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What Are the Most Impressive NFL Combine Performances Ever?

If you combine the major tests and adjust for weight and height, which NFL player had the most impressive combine performance?
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Friday, December 4, 2020

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Split Violin Plots in plotly.js

Split violins are a cool way to compare distributions, and plotly makes them simple.
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Tuesday, November 17, 2020

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How Long Until My Investments Start Making Money?

Say you invest some fixed amount of money every year. How long does it take for the investments to grow faster than the amount you're putting into them?

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Sunday, November 1, 2020

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How Do American Betting Odds Convert to Percent Chance?

If you've looked at betting odds, you've probably seen something like +140 and -175. What % chance does that imply for each participant?
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Saturday, October 17, 2020

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How Does Deal or No Deal Determine the Offers?

If you've ever watched 'Deal or No Deal', you've likely wondered how the 'banker' determines his offers.
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Friday, October 9, 2020

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What Are the Most Common Scores in the NFL?

My guess going into this is that both teams score around 30, a field goal is the most common separation, and it's some combination of 7 and 3. Taking a guess then, I think 27 - 24 is going to be most common.
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Sunday, September 27, 2020

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Austin, TX Growth Measured by Tall Building Construction

Austin has grown a lot lately...
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Wednesday, September 23, 2020

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Where Do Football Plays Occur?

Simple question...where does each play start in the NFL?
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Saturday, September 5, 2020

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Interesting Statistical Paradoxes You Might See With COVID-19

Some trends might appear baffling but have really simple explanations. Here's my guess on two that we might see. They are both examples of sampling bias.

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Sunday, August 16, 2020

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Why Are Tax Rates So Low for Rich People?

This is an enormous topic, so I'll just focus on investments, cover some basics here, and provide simple examples. A major reason that the tax rates are so low for rich people is that investments are often taxed lower than normal income and rich people make a lot of money from their investments.
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Friday, August 7, 2020

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When Do NFL Players Peak?

Aging is brutal. It is particularly bad for top athletes. I wanted to see at what age NFL players peak.
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Sunday, August 2, 2020

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Simple, Runnable Demo Comparing Sequential and Parallel Python (using concurrent.futures)

I wanted a really simple example explaining this for my wife so I'm going ahead and posting it here.
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Thursday, July 23, 2020

Published July 23, 2020 by with 7 comments

NFL Running Back Comparison Tool

Here's a tool that I wanted for comparing NFL RB careers. Click on the checkbox next to any running back to add their data to the plots, and choose what's being plotted using the dropdown.
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Tuesday, July 21, 2020

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How Bad Were Jameis Winston's 30 Interceptions in 2019?

In 2019, Jameis Winston threw 30 interceptions. That seems extremely high for a modern starting quarterback, so I wanted to see if it was the largest outlier ever.
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Friday, July 10, 2020

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How to Turn off 1-Click Ordering on Amazon

I noticed recently that Amazon removed the ability to turn off 1-click purchasing of apps...

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Tuesday, June 30, 2020

Published June 30, 2020 by with 3 comments

US Excess Deaths Over Time

I was curious how the initial COVID-19 spike affected death rates, so here you go:

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Saturday, June 27, 2020

Published June 27, 2020 by with 3 comments

Why is the COVID-19 Death Rate So Low in Texas?

Texas has massive COVID-19 infection numbers but relatively low death rates. Why is that?
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Tuesday, June 23, 2020

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How Do I Sleep for a Specific Time in JavaScript?

For a more general question, how do you use async and await with nearly anything in JavaScript?
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Monday, May 18, 2020

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Plotly Slow? Try Decimating Your Data

This is a quick tutorial on decimating plots using plotly as the framework.
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Sunday, May 10, 2020

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How Do Enchroma Colorblind Glasses Work?

You might have seen clips of people putting on glasses and seeing color with them. How is it possible to cure colorblindness simply by wearing glasses?
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Thursday, April 23, 2020

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Why Are Errors in Exponential Projections so Large?

You've likely seen huge errors or uncertainty ranges in exponential projections...
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Sunday, April 5, 2020

Published April 05, 2020 by with 3 comments

Subtle Ways to Make Misleading Plots

Quick overview of some common ways people (often intentionally) make misleading plots.
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Friday, March 27, 2020

Published March 27, 2020 by with 1 comment

How to Link Plotly Events Between Plots

Wouldn't it be cool if you could hover over one plot, and have it automatically trigger the hover on another plot?
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Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Published March 24, 2020 by with 3 comments

How to Work With Log Scales

Log scales come up often and can be confusing. Here's a quick guide.
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Thursday, March 12, 2020

Published March 12, 2020 by with 2 comments

Improving Plotly Performance - Coloring Plots

When doing colored marker plots in plotly, is it faster to pass an array of colors for the markers, or do 1 trace per color?
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Wednesday, February 19, 2020

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Should You Invest All at Once or Dollar Cost Average?

When you have money that you could invest, should you invest it all immediately, or invest some percentage of it each month over the course of many months?
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Wednesday, February 5, 2020

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Is Investing Worth It?

I tried to capture how I think about money in a simple tool.
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Sunday, January 26, 2020

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Who Were the Best Football Programs of the 2010's?

Recent dominant teams like Alabama and Clemson come to mind. Who were best overall from 2010-2019 though?
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Thursday, January 16, 2020

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Comparing College Football Conferences

Who is the #3 team in each conference and how do they compare? What about the #4 team?comparing college football conferences
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