soodoku
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I also run a South Asia focused bsky handle: @sudasia.bsky.social
"The headline is that they estimate that 10% of 2024 revenue came from ads promoting scams."
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show
Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.
www.reuters.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:34 PM
"The headline is that they estimate that 10% of 2024 revenue came from ads promoting scams."
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
📦 up_polling_center_locations
This repository contains data and information regarding the locations of polling centers in Uttar Pradesh, India.
https://github.com/in-rolls/up_polling_center_locations
This repository contains data and information regarding the locations of polling centers in Uttar Pradesh, India.
https://github.com/in-rolls/up_polling_center_locations
November 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
📦 up_polling_center_locations
This repository contains data and information regarding the locations of polling centers in Uttar Pradesh, India.
https://github.com/in-rolls/up_polling_center_locations
This repository contains data and information regarding the locations of polling centers in Uttar Pradesh, India.
https://github.com/in-rolls/up_polling_center_locations
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THE MEDIAN AGE OF A U.S. HOME BUYER NOW SITS AT A RECORD HIGH OF 61 YEARS, PER NAR.
November 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
THE MEDIAN AGE OF A U.S. HOME BUYER NOW SITS AT A RECORD HIGH OF 61 YEARS, PER NAR.
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BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HAS BEEN A NET SELLER OF STOCKS FOR 12 CONSECUTIVE QUARTERS — THE LONGEST SELLING STREAK ON RECORD.
November 11, 2025 at 3:59 PM
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HAS BEEN A NET SELLER OF STOCKS FOR 12 CONSECUTIVE QUARTERS — THE LONGEST SELLING STREAK ON RECORD.
French for Bread - By Gaurav in Psychology — 14 Feb 2011 French for Bread Pain is an unpleasant sensation. It is generally assumed that pain has two purposes: 1. to stop us from engaging in a behavior that is causing the pain, say, continuing to dip the hand in boiling water, and 2. to…
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November 11, 2025 at 12:47 PM
French for Bread - By Gaurav in Psychology — 14 Feb 2011 French for Bread Pain is an unpleasant sensation. It is generally assumed that pain has two purposes: 1. to stop us from engaging in a behavior that is causing the pain, say, continuing to dip the hand in boiling water, and 2. to…
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I agree with this:
"I also think it’s basically good when people are more exposed to probabilities and they become more normalized ....And while there’s some notion that the public doesn’t “get” probabilities ... I think that’s a significant oversimplification"
"I also think it’s basically good when people are more exposed to probabilities and they become more normalized ....And while there’s some notion that the public doesn’t “get” probabilities ... I think that’s a significant oversimplification"
November 11, 2025 at 9:23 AM
I agree with this:
"I also think it’s basically good when people are more exposed to probabilities and they become more normalized ....And while there’s some notion that the public doesn’t “get” probabilities ... I think that’s a significant oversimplification"
"I also think it’s basically good when people are more exposed to probabilities and they become more normalized ....And while there’s some notion that the public doesn’t “get” probabilities ... I think that’s a significant oversimplification"
"No matter how much of a big shot you get to be, you need time to do original research, reading, and reporting, as well as to expose yourself to new people, ideas, and life experiences. "
www.natesilver.net/p/sbsq-26-do...
www.natesilver.net/p/sbsq-26-do...
SBSQ #26: Do prediction markets make polls useless?
Plus the 2026 Senate map, Joe Burrow versus Joe Flacco, and why you should do creative work until you die.
www.natesilver.net
November 11, 2025 at 3:22 AM
"No matter how much of a big shot you get to be, you need time to do original research, reading, and reporting, as well as to expose yourself to new people, ideas, and life experiences. "
www.natesilver.net/p/sbsq-26-do...
www.natesilver.net/p/sbsq-26-do...
📦 aea_rct_reg
This repository contains code and data for analyzing the American Economic Association's Randomized Control Trials Registry.
https://github.com/soodoku/aea_rct_reg
This repository contains code and data for analyzing the American Economic Association's Randomized Control Trials Registry.
https://github.com/soodoku/aea_rct_reg
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
📦 aea_rct_reg
This repository contains code and data for analyzing the American Economic Association's Randomized Control Trials Registry.
https://github.com/soodoku/aea_rct_reg
This repository contains code and data for analyzing the American Economic Association's Randomized Control Trials Registry.
https://github.com/soodoku/aea_rct_reg
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If he thinks that bad, wait til he sees how few people file claims for auto, fire, and flood insurance.
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
If he thinks that bad, wait til he sees how few people file claims for auto, fire, and flood insurance.
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I can't tell you how many interviews I've done where I've been asked: If Trump's policies are so problematic, why are U.S. stocks rising so rapidly.
A bit of international context illustrates the real issue here.
U.S. stocks have dramatically underperformed other advanced economies.
A bit of international context illustrates the real issue here.
U.S. stocks have dramatically underperformed other advanced economies.
November 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I can't tell you how many interviews I've done where I've been asked: If Trump's policies are so problematic, why are U.S. stocks rising so rapidly.
A bit of international context illustrates the real issue here.
U.S. stocks have dramatically underperformed other advanced economies.
A bit of international context illustrates the real issue here.
U.S. stocks have dramatically underperformed other advanced economies.
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Procurement Sciences, whose AI software helps its customers find and build proposals for government contracts, raised a $30M Series B led by Catalyst Investors (Chris Metinko/Axios)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
November 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Procurement Sciences, whose AI software helps its customers find and build proposals for government contracts, raised a $30M Series B led by Catalyst Investors (Chris Metinko/Axios)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
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📦 up-2023-electoral-rolls
This repository contains data and code related to the electoral rolls for the Uttar Pradesh 2023 elections in India.
https://github.com/in-rolls/up-2023-electoral-rolls
This repository contains data and code related to the electoral rolls for the Uttar Pradesh 2023 elections in India.
https://github.com/in-rolls/up-2023-electoral-rolls
November 9, 2025 at 4:25 PM
📦 up-2023-electoral-rolls
This repository contains data and code related to the electoral rolls for the Uttar Pradesh 2023 elections in India.
https://github.com/in-rolls/up-2023-electoral-rolls
This repository contains data and code related to the electoral rolls for the Uttar Pradesh 2023 elections in India.
https://github.com/in-rolls/up-2023-electoral-rolls
November 9, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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upgraded my eGPU setup over the weekend [RIP ADT rube goldberg machine] and decided to document it for posterity (with some promo for my torch econometrics package included)
apoorvalal.github.io/lalgorithms/...
apoorvalal.github.io/lalgorithms/...
GPU-Accelerated Econometrics on Consumer Hardware
tl;dr: A $200 used GPU plugged into an EGPU can make your research code order-of-magnitude faster.
apoorvalal.github.io
November 9, 2025 at 10:06 PM
upgraded my eGPU setup over the weekend [RIP ADT rube goldberg machine] and decided to document it for posterity (with some promo for my torch econometrics package included)
apoorvalal.github.io/lalgorithms/...
apoorvalal.github.io/lalgorithms/...
📦 up-2023-electoral-rolls
This repository contains data and code related to the electoral rolls for the Uttar Pradesh 2023 elections in India.
https://github.com/in-rolls/up-2023-electoral-rolls
This repository contains data and code related to the electoral rolls for the Uttar Pradesh 2023 elections in India.
https://github.com/in-rolls/up-2023-electoral-rolls
November 9, 2025 at 4:25 PM
📦 up-2023-electoral-rolls
This repository contains data and code related to the electoral rolls for the Uttar Pradesh 2023 elections in India.
https://github.com/in-rolls/up-2023-electoral-rolls
This repository contains data and code related to the electoral rolls for the Uttar Pradesh 2023 elections in India.
https://github.com/in-rolls/up-2023-electoral-rolls
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From the @FT: “US companies’ earnings are growing at the fastest pace in four years…
Median earnings growth year-on-year across the Russell 3000 index — a benchmark for the entire US stock market — hit 11 per cent in …
1 of 2.
Median earnings growth year-on-year across the Russell 3000 index — a benchmark for the entire US stock market — hit 11 per cent in …
1 of 2.
November 8, 2025 at 11:23 PM
From the @FT: “US companies’ earnings are growing at the fastest pace in four years…
Median earnings growth year-on-year across the Russell 3000 index — a benchmark for the entire US stock market — hit 11 per cent in …
1 of 2.
Median earnings growth year-on-year across the Russell 3000 index — a benchmark for the entire US stock market — hit 11 per cent in …
1 of 2.
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If you work at the intersection of CS and economics (or think your work is of interest to those who do!) consider submitting to the ESIF Economics and AI+ML meeting this summer at Cornell: www.econometricsociety.org/regional-act...
2026 ESIF Economics and AI+ML Meeting - The Econometric Society
2026 ESIF Economics and AI+ML Meeting (ESIF-AIML2026) June 16-17, 2026 Cornell University Department...
www.econometricsociety.org
November 8, 2025 at 10:37 PM
If you work at the intersection of CS and economics (or think your work is of interest to those who do!) consider submitting to the ESIF Economics and AI+ML meeting this summer at Cornell: www.econometricsociety.org/regional-act...
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Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
November 07,1949
November 07,1949
November 8, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
November 07,1949
November 07,1949
netflix is the long video version of tiktok ....
November 8, 2025 at 5:55 AM
netflix is the long video version of tiktok ....
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Latino voters swung hard to Democrats this week, largely erasing GOP inroads in '24
Trump first Republican win presidential vote in Passaic, NJ (70% Latino) — on Tuesday, the city flipped back
Nearby Paterson and Prospect Park also saw big swings, giving Sherrill better margins than Biden '20
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Trump first Republican win presidential vote in Passaic, NJ (70% Latino) — on Tuesday, the city flipped back
Nearby Paterson and Prospect Park also saw big swings, giving Sherrill better margins than Biden '20
1/3
November 8, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Latino voters swung hard to Democrats this week, largely erasing GOP inroads in '24
Trump first Republican win presidential vote in Passaic, NJ (70% Latino) — on Tuesday, the city flipped back
Nearby Paterson and Prospect Park also saw big swings, giving Sherrill better margins than Biden '20
1/3
Trump first Republican win presidential vote in Passaic, NJ (70% Latino) — on Tuesday, the city flipped back
Nearby Paterson and Prospect Park also saw big swings, giving Sherrill better margins than Biden '20
1/3
📦 namesexdata
This repository provides a dataset containing international first names and the corresponding gender associated with each name.
https://github.com/appeler/namesexdata
This repository provides a dataset containing international first names and the corresponding gender associated with each name.
https://github.com/appeler/namesexdata
November 7, 2025 at 4:25 PM
📦 namesexdata
This repository provides a dataset containing international first names and the corresponding gender associated with each name.
https://github.com/appeler/namesexdata
This repository provides a dataset containing international first names and the corresponding gender associated with each name.
https://github.com/appeler/namesexdata
The Benefit of Targeting - By Gaurav in Economics — 15 Dec 2018 The Benefit of Targeting What is the benefit of targeting? Why (and when) do we need experiments to estimate the benefits of targeting? And what is the right baseline to compare against? I start with a business casual expl…
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November 7, 2025 at 12:45 PM
The Benefit of Targeting - By Gaurav in Economics — 15 Dec 2018 The Benefit of Targeting What is the benefit of targeting? Why (and when) do we need experiments to estimate the benefits of targeting? And what is the right baseline to compare against? I start with a business casual expl…
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