An Interview with an Anonymous Data Scientistlogicmag.io9 points·by wfisher·8 tahun yang lalu·0 comments
wfisher·9 tahun yang lalu·discussI'm pretty sure they turned on Instant Search in 2010 in order to serve more ads not fewer.The extra load due to this feature was not insignificant. I heard it was the equivalent of an entire datacenter.
wfisher·9 tahun yang lalu·discussWhy is CPA for bottom feeders. What do you mean by that? Seems like the perfect way to optimize the funnel if you know exactly what you're after (an "acquisition").
wfisher·9 tahun yang lalu·discusswww.njtwizard.comWe do this for NJ Transit with about 90% accuracy. We spent at least two months figuring out how it all works, though. It's non-trivial to do right.
wfisher·9 tahun yang lalu·discussAmazing. I couldn't agree more this is obviously a useless way to learn baking at first.
The extra load due to this feature was not insignificant. I heard it was the equivalent of an entire datacenter.