Seemingly trivial things that cheer you up
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This is meant to be the "things that cheer you up" thread, not tour spoilers and chart arguments.
- Genesis Croix de Fer
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No it's not!
Arguments cheer me up. 😉
The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Are you having a bit of a crisis?
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
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I think I've made a perfectly fair review.
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Ouch.
How did you get into data journalism?
I never really thought about journalism until the third year of my undergraduate geography degree. I was a bit disillusioned with the course, and needed to do something extra-curricular. I started working on the student paper and really enjoyed it. I didn’t even know data journalism was a thing then. My first taste of professional journalism was doing some work experience at The Guardian during the London riots, because they were suddenly looking for lots of people to come in and do some research. That was inherently data-related work. Then I started a Master’s in Data Science [the first in the UK] at Dundee University, but I only did the first term of that because it was impossible to fit in, since I was working full time. It was distance learning, but there was also a four week period of intense sessions in Dundee. I absolutely loved it, but it proved too much of a struggle with time.
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I just pissed myself laughing.
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Hopefully that means it is a trivial thing that has cheered you up. If so, it's back on topic and the scaly anteater can be cheered up too.
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😀
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
It's the last Tory government day for a while.
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So that was an interview 8 and a half years ago and he's been working in that field continuously since. Probably got the hang of it by now.
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Geography is a good background, because you need crayons to study it. Short step to data visualisation.
Besides, we've had enough of experts.
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Do you think he has?
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Bean is cheering me up, the rest of you need to try harder
- Genesis Croix de Fer
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The data journalist who's gone on to win a journalist of the year, and also awards from the Royal Statistical Society for his work? Probably on balance I'd say yes.
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Dunno, I've been doing my job for nearly 35 years now...
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Nah, FA knows more because he had to plot a few charts when looking at electromagnetic spectra.
Royal Statistical Society don't have sh!t over Spectroscopists.
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I think we should all stop asking questions and take things at face value.
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No, I've just got a natural curiosity that lead me to two scientific theses, about 10 peer reviewed publications, a masters and a PhD. This skill set has helped me evaluate and argue both for and against the evidentiary weight of experimental data in legal hearings and many hundreds of patent prosecutions.
I'm not on twitter though. Nor did I study geography.
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Commuting up the hill to work this morning realising I was in one gear harder than usual only when I got to the top.
Stronger. Fitter. Better. (sounds like a political slogan)
Sometimes. Maybe. Possibly.
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Sounds like a highly qualified journalist to me and a sad indictment of the competition. Also, sounds like quite a long way from, say, a professor of statistics.
For what it is worth, I value your statistical skills far more highly.
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Yeah, the tailwind is strong today.
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Probably one for the intriguing thread, but there are days when you just go faster for some reason.
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Yeah, I face a 20mph headwind for about 3.5 miles on the way home tonight. Can't wait. Maybe this should now be in the thread of things that annoy me...
Sometimes. Maybe. Possibly.
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Sorry to piss on your chips 😂
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Ive come to conclude that the more often you do a segment, the more likely tailwind was the key factor in setting a new pb.
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I don't think any amount of tailwind helps with a 1 mile hill at ave 7% and ramps of 14% !!
Sometimes. Maybe. Possibly.
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I miss www.segmentninja.com , it pointed out segments with favourable winds.
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