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...as I know that http://flowingdata.com/2018/03... this simple algorithm classifies my twitter feed as distinctly a 'bot'.

No, I don't use it much - I've used it to subscribe to a WWI history feed and the Onion, that's it.

In the years since Twitter started, I've posted a grand total of 123 tweets.

Agreed.

Someone else made an insightful comment about netflix a while back.

When the movie studios realized Netflix was giving the consumer what they wanted, they demanded a bigger piece of the pie and the Netflix catalog dried up.

Ever since, Netflix they've been filling it with junk documentaries and B-movies.

Netflix abandoned their fancy recommendation algorithm because it was simpler to just recommend based on popular and trending titles. And there's no point recommending something isn't in the catalog. Would you like to see a B-movie that tries to pass itself off as an A movie with cover art?

https://www.techdirt.com/blog/...

https://flowingdata.com/2012/0...

All that said, Netflix is the best out there. $7.99 for netflix, or $11.99 for hulu without ads.

I am not aware of any other mainstream competitors for flat-fee all-you-can-view offerings.

Lisa addressed this.

You forgot to mention that the growth rate is slowing, particularly as two certain countries (admittedly, slowly) uplift themselves, with the most common studies expecting a plateau to begin appearing around 10-11 billion.

No it doesnt help that 1/3 of american corn is diverted to ethanol (but thats another issue).
But the problem (as has been stated millions of times) isnt food production, its food distribution.

I love this page: http://flowingdata.com/2011/07/27/if-the-world-lived-in-a-single-city/
Houston is pretty spread out, ~3700 people per sq mile. that's ~5.7 people per acre.

Living in cities amplifies the food thing cause people aren't growing their own, and so are dependent on a few people to supply them. Thats called civilization and specialization and a buncha other things. But even so, it still comes down to distrubution. Ever work in a grocery? You see how much stuff we throw away due to rules about experiation and what not in a typical grocery store?

Again. Not a quantity problem, its a distribution problem.

So the doom and gloom? Not warranted.

That would explain dumb blondes.

This one is pretty neat too. Shows all of the missions. (Not just the failed ones) http://flowingdata.com/2009/10/26/failed-space-missions-to-mars/

The other companies that made cellphones had occasional hissing matches with each other, as companies seem to like to do, but it would get resolved since they realized it was in their best interests. While they'd all like to be the one and only phone provider in the world, they know that isn't going to happen so they'll settle for cross licensing and so on.

Um. No.

http://flowingdata.com/2010/10/11/mobile-patent-lawsuits/

I really hate those infographics because they dumb down the scenarios so badly.

Plus that one is wrong, it doesn't even include Apple v Samsung or Apple v Motorola, both Motorola and Samsung's suits against Apple are counter suits.

The graphic lower down on that page explains that the majority of Nokia's suits are over LCD price fixing (so no shit they are suing multiple companies, it's part of the same fucking suit). But as I said, it does not even include the Apple v Samsung case that has garnered a lot of attention.

And, for the record, it seems that Nokia is the most aggressive company out there, not Apple.

For the record, that is bullshit.

If you bothered tor read the incorrect article you linked to, three out of the five Nokia suits are in relation to LCD price fixing, the same suit for three different companies. One of the remaining two is a counter suit against Apple. So that leaves the suit between Nokia and Qualcomm. The original Nokia V Apple was resolved with Apple paying Nokia license fees mid last year, license fees which Nokia had been chasing Apple for since it released the Iphone and Apple had been refusing to pay.

The big difference between Apple and other companies is that Apple is suing it's competitors to prevent them from competing. They aren't asking for reasonable license fees, chances are HTC, Samsung et al. would have paid the danegled to make Apple go away (it worked for Microsoft didn't it), but Apple didn't want this, Apple asked the courts for injunctions, not license fees, so dont act all butt hurt that now everyone else is doing that to Apple.

The other companies that made cellphones had occasional hissing matches with each other, as companies seem to like to do, but it would get resolved since they realized it was in their best interests. While they'd all like to be the one and only phone provider in the world, they know that isn't going to happen so they'll settle for cross licensing and so on.

Um. No.

http://flowingdata.com/2010/10/11/mobile-patent-lawsuits/

The _ENTIRE MOBILE INDUSTRY_ is suing each other like crazy right now. Stop pretending this is just Apple getting all up in everyone's faces and everyone pushing back valiantly against Apple - this is _THE ENTIRE MOBILE INDUSTRY_ going to war with each other.

And, for the record, it seems that Nokia is the most aggressive company out there, not Apple.

Please, for the love of gawd, if you're going to hate on Apple, at least base it on fact rather than made up garbage. Seriously.

If companies suing each other over patent issues leaves a bad taste in your mouth, you might want to just abstain from using cellphones at all.

This is a year old (I had seen a more recent one, but can't find it now): http://flowingdata.com/2010/10/11/mobile-patent-lawsuits/

http://flowingdata.com/2009/11/26/fox-news-makes-the-best-pie-chart-ever/

I love Fox news. I'm so sad I cannot receive it here in the UK!

I think it's unfair to pin this on Apple, everyone is suing everyone else because all major players realize this is a large part of the future of computing and they need to be contenders. I'm not saying Apple won't pull some dirty tricks, but they very painfully learned back in the early 90's when similar lawsuits were exploding around GUI based systems that being the runner up doesn't pay (they almost went out of business following their unsuccessful battle with Microsoft.) But then again, the other companies won't be holding back either, as has been proven time and again now, and most fighting will be done in the courts through patent litigation because that's how the game is played these days.

"if you had to choose, would you rather be smart or happy?" After having given that some thought, I'm convinced smarts has a negative impact on happiness. :-(

Lisa Simpson on Happiness vs Intelligence

In itself it is not a scandal. But taken as an indication of the behavior of the company, along with all the other stuff that has been released and leaked, it's just another indication that they still don't fucking get it. They screwed up, and they still haven't materially changed ANYTHING that indicates that they are fixing what CAUSED the issue, instead of just the issue at hand. Sure, they have an oil spill they're cleaning up. But this ongoing loose association with the truth proves that they haven't done anything substantial.

the guy has made a vector based copy, you can check it out at http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/3843/temp2j.jpg
check the site http://flowingdata.com/2010/01/22/engineers-guide-to-drinks/ for updates.

FiveThirtyEight provides fantastic political coverage, largely based upon statistical analyses. Although the site became a bit more editorialized after the 2008 election, Nate Silver acknowledges his biases up front, and almost always provides rock-solid data to back them up. He's also been responsible for bringing down a few fraudulent pollsters.

Speaking of political commentary, Andrew Sullivan is certainly an interesting beast. His tangents about Sarah Palin are a bit silly, although his general political commentary tends to be spot-on.

Bad Astronomy is an all-around fantastic science blog.

Jason Kottke's blog has very little original content, although his content selections are impeccable, reminding me of what Slashdot used to be. He's good at his job in the same way that NPR is good at what it does.

There are more excellent music blogs than I can even possibly begin to enumerate. These have helped launch a mini revolution in the music industry. Although mainstream pop is still the same recycled garbage as it always was, the alternative music community is thriving, and occasionally some of the good stuff does trickle up into the mainstream.

BLDGBLOG is a great read for armchair architects. Infrastructurist is a great read for armchair civil engineers.

FlowingData is a fascinating read about data visualization.

Want to look good at work? Read this.

I'm sure I'm forgetting a few good ones. Google solicited the reading lists of a few experts. Their recommendations are generally quite good.

Already had this figured out.

http://flowingdata.com/2008/09/19/pie-i-have-eaten-and-pie-i-have-not-eaten/