Alvaro C.
alvarobdx.bsky.social
Alvaro C.
@alvarobdx.bsky.social
Economist PhD Management Sciences
Research | social sciences | AI adoption
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Please do no forget "the weight of evidence for an extraordinary claim must be proportioned to its strangeness" Pierre-Simon Laplace, in essays (1810 and 1814)
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Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence - Wikipedia
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Excited to present at the Latin R conference about forecasting with linear regression with R!

Registration: www.eventbrite.cl/e/forecastin...

#rstats #datascience #forecasting #timeseries
Forecasting with regression models
This workshop focuses on the foundation of feature-based forecasting with linear regression using R.
www.eventbrite.cl
November 8, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Scoop: Starbucks baristas plan to strike on Red Cup Day next week if demands aren’t met, and to mount what the union says would grow to be their biggest and longest work stoppage yet www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Fed-Up Starbucks Baristas Prep 'Biggest Strike We've Ever Been On’
The coffee chain’s US employees began unionizing four years ago and are still trying to secure a contract.
www.bloomberg.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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“Je ne m’interdis aucun sujet” par l’humoriste qui fait des blagues sur la raclette www.legorafi.fr/2025/10/31/j...
“Je ne m’interdis aucun sujet” par l’humoriste qui fait des blagues sur la raclette
Anatole Gontrand, stand-upper depuis 2017, a bien voulu revenir pour nous sur sa conception de l’humour et les limites de cet art.
www.legorafi.fr
October 31, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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41% d'invités RN et Reconquête sur CNews et Europe 1, 4% issus de la gauche. La loi de 1986 est violée tous les jours par Bolloré, dans une parfaite impunité. Pourquoi l'Arcom a-t-elle durci la convention de CNews en 2024 puisqu'elle a renoncé à la faire appliquer?
www.marianne.net/societe/medi...
Sondage : le pluralisme se porte bien… sauf dans les médias Bolloré
Une étude de l’institut Hexagone pour « Marianne » permet de vérifier que les médias audiovisuels, en particulier ceux du service public, s’appliquent à représenter l’ensemble du spectre politique sur...
www.marianne.net
October 25, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the Nobel memorial prize in economics Monday for their research on how technological innovation fuels economic growth and creative destruction. n.pr/4oh42lZ
3 share Nobel Prize in Economics for work on technology, growth and creative destruction
Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the Nobel memorial prize in economics Monday for their research on how technological innovation fuels economic growth and creative destruction.
n.pr
October 13, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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🎖️ The Prize in Economic Sciences is awarded to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt!

Over the last two centuries the world has seen sustained economic growth. This year’s laureates explain how innovation provides the impetus for further progress.

#PrizeinEconomicSciences #NobelPrize
October 13, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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Breaking Nobel news!🏅

Congratulations to Philippe Aghion, Joel Mokyr and Peter Howitt on winning the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economics in Memory of Alfred Nobel.

The European Research Council is proud to have backed Philippe Aghion with two ERC Advanced Grants.
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October 13, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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Breaking News: The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics was awarded to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt for their work on how technology drives growth.
Three Share Nobel in Economics for Work on How Technology Drives Growth
Joel Mokyr was awarded half of the prize, and Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt shared the other half.
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October 13, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Fatigué de la polarisation
October 7, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded jointly to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi “for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance.” This Collection celebrates the award and recognizes the winners’ achievements. #medsky 🧪
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025
The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded jointly to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi “for their discoveries ...
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October 6, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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A paper in Nature Communication reports on a new method to produce strong, biodegradable plastic from bamboo. The bioplastic resembles oil-based plastics in strength, shapeability, and thermal stability but can biodegrade in soil within 50 days. go.nature.com/4h1xv0X 🧪
October 7, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Three phrases that capture some of the tidyverse team culture:

Everybody takes out the trash

We suffer so users don’t have to

If it hurts, do it more often
October 3, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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Larry Ellison’s quest to run the world
TikTok is just another tool in Larry Ellison’s quest to run the world.
TikTok is the latest prize in the Silicon Valley billionaire’s second act as a media mogul.
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September 28, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Editorial | "Ni se puede ni se debe normalizar lo que es, en efecto, una súplica a Trump para que no abandone a Europa. El continente, que sigue siendo el mayor bastión de la democracia y el orden internacional, necesita su independencia estratégica"
Europa suplica a Trump | Editorial
La urgencia para influir en la cumbre de Alaska responde al miedo a que la Casa Blanca acepte de Putin una solución indigna para Ucrania
elpais.com
August 14, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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U.N. officials say many people in Gaza are experiencing "famine-like conditions." Health experts who have studied past famines warn that the fallout can reverberate across generations.
As Gaza starves, the next generation may also endure the consequences
U.N. officials say many people in Gaza are experiencing "famine-like conditions." Health experts who have studied past famines warn that the fallout can reverberate across generations.
n.pr
July 29, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Los investigadores de Anthropic demostraron que los sistemas incurrían en comportamientos no éticos, hacían chantaje o filtraban secretos corporativos. Se trata de escenarios preparados, pero revelan la incapacidad para dotar de valores éticos a la IA
Cómo es posible que una IA chantajee a su supervisor humano
La empresa Anthropic ha comprobado en un experimento que varias inteligencias artificiales generativas son capaces de amenazar a una persona para evitar que las desconecte
elpais.com
July 23, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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Trump invoked emergency powers more times in his first 100 days than any other modern president has in that time. Experts worry it could lead to an upending of the constitutional balance of power.
Trump is invoking emergency powers at a record rate. Here's what that means
Trump invoked emergency powers more times in his first 100 days than any other modern president has in that time. Experts worry it could lead to an upending of the constitutional balance of power.
n.pr
June 10, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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"Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past." A history professor explains how Orwell's warnings about historical revisionism are all–too-relevant today: buff.ly/VD8VFRO #1984
By @fieryparticle.bsky.social, American University 🗃️📚#booksky
‘Who controls the present controls the past’: What Orwell’s ‘1984’ explains about the twisting of history to control the public
Donald Trump aims to rewrite America’s official history. George Orwell − who wrote, ‘Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.“ − would recognize that…
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June 10, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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«Le fantasme fou d’un président dictatorial» : Donald Trump a décidé lundi d’envoyer à Los Angeles 700 Marines et 2 000 membres supplémentaires de la Garde nationale qui s’ajoutent aux quelque 2 100 déjà mobilisés, provoquant colère et incompréhension.

➡️ bit.ly/43Y42iw
June 10, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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✍️ Edouard Philippe, enfin une droite pas démago

L’ancien Premier ministre exprime sa «colère» dans un ouvrage où il se concentre davantage sur les enjeux économiques et sociaux que sur l’immigration et la sécurité. Pour le plus grand bien du débat public.

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Edouard Philippe, enfin une droite pas démago
L’ancien Premier ministre exprime sa «colère» dans un court ouvrage où il se concentre davantage sur les enjeux économiques et sociaux que sur l’immigration et la sécurité. Pour le plus grand bien du débat public.
www.liberation.fr
June 5, 2025 at 5:21 AM