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		jmount on Jan 31, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: What journals and blogs should I be readin... I like that. Even worse would be "an actuary who lives in SF."

Bootvis on Jan 31, 2014 [–]

What would that be?

Am I being dense?

pessimizer on Jan 31, 2014 | [–]

I'm guessing it's saying that the new 'data scientist' is more an actuary than a statistician. Just a bunch of predictive models trying to enhance a bottom line more than anything else.

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