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Spotlight on Green News & Views: Bundy lied, Earth Day 2014, Nate Silver and climate change
2014-04-24 14:02:12| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Many of the dozens of environmentally related posts that appear at Daily Kos each week don't attract the attention they deserve.
Nate Silver Promises Run Rebuttal To Heavily Criticized Climate Change Piece
2014-03-28 10:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
TPM: FiveThirtyEight founder Nate Silver said Friday that his newly re-launched site will commission a response to an article on disasters and climate change that has come under widespread scrutiny. The piece, written by Roger Pielke Jr. under the headline "Disasters Cost More Than Ever -- But Not Because of Climate Change," has drawn negative responses from The Guardian, ThinkProgress and Paul Krugman. "When you read that the cost of disasters is increasing, its tempting to think that it must...
Nate Silver Admits Climate Change Piece Wasn't Liked By Very Many People
2014-03-28 06:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: Statistician Nate Silver acknowledged to Jon Stewart Thursday night that a climate change piece on his new site FiveThirtyEight was facing some serious backlash. The data-driven news site launched just over a week ago, and, as Stewart put it: "You are taking a rash of sh*t in a week and a half like nobody I've seen in a long time." The climate story, by Roger Pielke Jr., argues that natural disasters are costing more, but not due to climate change. Numerous scientists quickly refuted points...
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Lessons from numbers guru Nate Silver about working with big data
2013-09-12 14:05:03| InfoWorld: Top News
There's a big misconception about big data, renowned statistician and blogger Nate Silver says. It's not enough to just have access to massive amounts of data: You need to know how to use it and what to do with it.It may seem obvious, but it's a problem many organizations struggle with, Silver said during an interview with Silicon Angle's "The Cube" after his keynote speech at data management company Tableau's user conference.
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Wireless Industry Pioneer to Deliver Keynote Address at Nate Unite 2014
2013-07-17 19:58:03| Wireless - Topix.net
Wireless communications pioneer Martin Cooper will be a keynote speaker at the National Association of Tower Erector's NATE UNITE 2014 Conference.
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