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Nathan Cunningham

@nathcun

Data scientist | 3D pie chart aficionado

 Ireland
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According to IMDb ratings, the 'golden age' of The Simpsons ended with S10E11. #rstats #ggplot2 #dataviz Full post: nathancunn.com/2017-10-26-si…
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Boys' names in Ireland are becoming more varied. According to @CSOIreland data: in 1964 50% of boys born shared just ten names; by 2023 it would take 67 names to account for half of boys born. #dataviz #ggplot2
A heatmap showing the cumulative proportion of boys born in a year sharing the most popular names. In 1964 half of boys shared just ten names, this decreases almost every year with half of boys born in 2023 sharing 67 names.

ALT A heatmap showing the cumulative proportion of boys born in a year sharing the most popular names. In 1964 half of boys shared just ten names, this decreases almost every year with half of boys born in 2023 sharing 67 names.

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Since I'm sure some will take this as evidence of an 'invasion', the top ten names in 2023 were: Jack, Noah, James, Rían, Oisín, Fionn, Tadhg, Liam, Cillian, and Daniel.
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Incredible that newspapers will publish such on-the-surface bullshit PR for AI companies. Apparently, this model can identify, with ~90% accuracy, type 2 diabetes from voice recordings. m.independent.ie/life/health…
Now AI can screen your voice and tell you within seconds whether you have diabetes

Now AI can screen your voice and tell you within seconds whether you have diabetes

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Even being charitable and just considering sensitivity---what proportion of people with diabetes did the model correctly identify---they only just exceed 50%; as sensitive as diagnosing by coin toss.
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They also strangely have different models for men and women. Not just different parameters, but entirely different models. Women are modelled with logistic regression, men with naive Bayes, a clear sign that they've overfit to the small sample size they have.
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@IrishTimes22 Jul 2023
Residents and businesses have given some areas of the Donegal town a new look and a fresh start, but there is still plenty of work to be done irishtimes.com/ireland/housi…
In a housing crisis, Letterkenny locals turn to innovative measures

In a housing crisis, Letterkenny locals turn to innovative measures

Residents and businesses have given some areas of the Donegal town a new look and a fresh start, but there is still plenty of work to be done

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Dublin City Council trying to figure out why the footpaths are a state
We're all trying to find the guy who did this meme

ALT We're all trying to find the guy who did this meme

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After digging into the issue at two recent meetings, councillors learned, with surprise, who’s behind many of the ugly tarmac blobs dotting the city’s streets. dublininquirer.com/2023/04/0…
Councillors learn, with surprise, who’s behind the ugly tarmac blobs dotting the city’s streets -...

Councillors learn, with surprise, who’s behind the ugly tarmac blobs dotting the city’s streets -...

At two recent meetings of the council’s South East Area Committee, councillors dug into the issue.

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📢 Mark your calendars! Yocks Scooter Shop is excited to announce our official launch on 20/02/2023. Get ready to ride in style with our top-of-the-range e-scooters. Stay tuned for more updates and exclusive offers. See you soon! 🛴 #YocksScooterShop #EcoFriendlyTransport #Launch
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@jburnmurdoch16 Sep 2022
Oh, and I almost forgot: here is a custom version with Ireland highlighted, to appease the great and powerful @davidmcw 🙏🙇
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HeavensLastAngel@HvnsLstAngel31 May 2022
“A still of Kermit The Frog in Blade Runner 2049 (2017)” #dalle
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Every single time irishtimes.com/news/environm…
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The victims of this article are variously referred to as 'wealthy', 'well-heeled', 'better-heeled', 'spenders', who are 'living in wealthy suburban areas'. So, how do we help this disadvantaged bunch? Make parking free of course! 🙄
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Wealthy shoppers deterred from Dublin city, says business group irishtimes.com/news/consumer…
Wealthy shoppers deterred from Dublin city, says business group

Wealthy shoppers deterred from Dublin city, says business group

Council’s pedestrianisation plan puts independent retailers at risk, group claims

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If you're struggling to organise your office #EURO2020 draw while working from home, I wrote a blog post on how to do it using #RStats nathancunn.com/2018-06-01-wo… #Euro2021
Organising your Euro 2021 sweepstakes using R

Organising your Euro 2021 sweepstakes using R

Updated June 3 2021 Like many others are doing at this time, I’m sure, my friends and I are trying to coordinate a sweepstakes for the upcoming Euro 2021. For anyone unaware, the general format of a...

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[cries in 31-year-old]
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Brenda Fitzsimons@b_fitzsimons26 Jan 2021
Robin in a flap. Great shot by Ciaran Cunningham on front page @IrishTimes @BirdWatchIE
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In the second, @nathcun discusses his study on 'Is Christmas coming earlier every year?'. [If you haven't done so already, check out Nathan's blog at nathancunn.com which answers ALL the important questions definitively using some clever stats].
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How am I meant to work in these conditions
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Kate Petrova Mehta@kate_ptrv27 Nov 2020
I couldn’t just walk past this Tweet, so here is some fun #dataviz Scented candles: An unexpected victim of the COVID-19 pandemic 1/n
3 R-generated graphs: 1) Top 3 unscented candles 2017-2020 reviews: rating (1-5) on the y axis; date on the x axis; the scatterplot shows a relatively flat line across the three years. N = 1,118 2) Top 3 scented candles 2017-2020 reviews: rating (1-5) on the y axis; date on the x axis; the scatterplot shows a relatively flat line that drops off sharply after January 2020. N = 11,404 3) A bar chart with 11 bars (January-November 2020). Proportion of reviews mentioning lack of scent on the y axis; month on the x axis. January = 2%, February = 3.5%, March = 2.8%, April = 4.6%, May = 3.4%, June = 2.4%, July = 3%, August = 3.2%, September = 3.1%, October = 5.8%, November = 5.8%.

ALT 3 R-generated graphs: 1) Top 3 unscented candles 2017-2020 reviews: rating (1-5) on the y axis; date on the x axis; the scatterplot shows a relatively flat line across the three years. N = 1,118 2) Top 3 scented candles 2017-2020 reviews: rating (1-5) on the y axis; date on the x axis; the scatterplot shows a relatively flat line that drops off sharply after January 2020. N = 11,404 3) A bar chart with 11 bars (January-November 2020). Proportion of reviews mentioning lack of scent on the y axis; month on the x axis. January = 2%, February = 3.5%, March = 2.8%, April = 4.6%, May = 3.4%, June = 2.4%, July = 3%, August = 3.2%, September = 3.1%, October = 5.8%, November = 5.8%.

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