R, Python, and Julia

Good posting and lots of excellent comments here!

The intelligence paradox

The Intelligence Paradox: Why the Intelligent Choice Isn't Always the Smart One is an interesting book. One one hand, it proposes a number of very important research questions; on the other hand, the statistical analysis tends to be overly simplistic (e.g., relying on regression analysis of observational data) and the substantive conclusions are sometimes not as solid as they could have been.

The Atom editor is getting really amazing!

Running Python, Go, and Julia code above (with the script package). I wish its LaTeX capacity can be improved to match the functionality provided by the AucTeX package for Emacs.

Will it Python?

Will It Python provides Python translation of the R code used in Machine Learning for Hackers.

Python Tools for Machine Learning

Useful resources.

Not So Swift

A reaction to Apple's new programming language.