[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":492},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-26253281":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":28,"sentiment":29,"stance_mix":30,"scored_comments":34,"aspects":35,"strip":44,"post_text":48,"what":49,"said":101,"maker_in_thread":202,"shape":213,"grid":217,"attempts":456,"same_week":457,"maker_shows":18,"maker_hidden":485,"reader_version":486,"card":487},"26253281","Everyday Data Science","A book about using data science to solve “everyday” problems","title","Show HN: I wrote a book about using data science to solve “everyday” problems","https:\u002F\u002Fandrewnc.github.io\u002Fblog\u002Feveryday_data_science.html","andrewnc.github.io","andrewnc",1614189892,2021,632,96,29,2533,2,"legend","learning_science","data science book","other",[24,25,26,27],"data science","personal data","machine learning","everyday problems","debated",0.18,{"positive":31,"neutral":31,"mixed":32,"critical":33},20,1,14,55,{"idea":36,"pricing":39,"execution":40,"design":41,"docs":43},{"positive":37,"critical":38},9,0,{"positive":38,"critical":18},{"positive":38,"critical":38},{"positive":18,"critical":42},6,{"positive":32,"critical":38},[45,45,45,45,46,45,46,45,38,46,32,46,45,32,38,32,46,32,46,32,38,45,46,45,32,38,46,47,32,45,32,38,32,45,32,38,45,46,45,45],5,3,4,null,{"problem":50,"audience":61,"pricing":73,"motivation":87,"time_to_build":48,"stack":91,"openness":98,"stage":99,"team_size":100},{"value":51,"source":52,"evidence":53},"Teaching data science through everyday problems instead of dry intro stats","maker",[54,57],{"id":55,"by":11,"text":56},"26253322","I've always wanted to write a book. I have helped write 3 different deeply technical books (and one solutions manual), but I wanted something fun, interesting, and valuable. So I…",{"id":58,"by":59,"text":60},"26254227","michaericalribo","Nice! Real-world problems like these are what spurred my interest in statistics\u002Fdata science, and I agree with your sentiment that intro stats books are a terrible way to…",{"value":62,"source":63,"evidence":64},"Non-technical readers as well as applied scientists","commenter",[65,69],{"id":66,"by":67,"text":68},"26259052","dr_kiszonka","@andrewnc The book looks very intriguing! Before buying it, I wish I could read a bit more about what one could expect from the book. Let me explain :) > This book is for people…",{"id":70,"by":71,"text":72},"26254200","NearAP","It looks interesting. Since you say the book is for folks 'as untechnical as my Mom', I'll get a copy for my young niece that is trying to get into programming. 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My goal was a $12 book, but that was infeasible…",{"value":88,"source":52,"evidence":89},"Wanted to write something fun and valuable, and to take up the make $100 online challenge",[90],{"id":55,"by":11,"text":56},[92],{"value":93,"source":52,"evidence":94},"LaTeX (Tufte-book template)",[95],{"id":96,"by":11,"text":97},"26253767","I tried a number of hours to get a kindle version. But since I wrote the whole book in Latex and every converter from PDF -> Mobi\u002FEpub mangled the book, I wasn't able to get a…","paid","launched","solo",{"praise":102,"objections":125,"requests":163,"questions":178,"alternatives":190},[103,118],{"value":104,"source":63,"evidence":105},"Fun, approachable and readable",[106,110,114],{"id":107,"by":108,"text":109},"26254194","matsemann","I've read \"Algorithms to live by\" and liked it. This looks like a data science variant of that same idea, very cool. I think books like these can be a great eye opener. 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I’d love to be able to point a tool at an equation and get an explanation like that.",[126,141,149],{"value":127,"source":63,"evidence":128},"Line spacing is too large, inflating page count",[129,133,137],{"id":130,"by":131,"text":132},"26255315","ornornor","That’s my personal opinion but I prefer when line spacing isn’t so massive to stretch the page count. I’d rather have smaller line spacing with less pages overall than thinking…",{"id":134,"by":135,"text":136},"26258151","audiometry","I just bought the pdf book. My first two immediate impressions: 1) The handdrawn illustration thing is cutesy and cloy. 2) I've no idea why the line spacing is so massive. The…",{"id":138,"by":139,"text":140},"26258102","pugio","The book looks like exactly something I'd like to read... except that line height is a huge turnoff. It runs counter to most readability guidelines, and makes it feel like the…",{"value":142,"source":63,"evidence":143},"Paperback price is too high",[144,145],{"id":81,"by":82,"text":83},{"id":146,"by":147,"text":148},"26257638","bigiain","> I think the paperback is too expensive for a book that is only 114 pages. I find that a quite strange way of thinking... I don't judge a restaurant's \"value for money\" based on…",{"value":150,"source":63,"evidence":151},"No epub or Kindle version at launch",[152,155,159],{"id":153,"by":131,"text":154},"26255275","Do you sell an epub version? I’d rather read this on my kobo but PDFs don’t do well on it, and I’d rather not feed Amazon for the hard copy.",{"id":156,"by":157,"text":158},"26253708","simonbarker87","This looks great but.... I’m not going to buy the paperback and I hate reading extended stuff on tablet\u002Fphone\u002Flaptop - I read books on kindle, kind to my eyes, distraction free,…",{"id":160,"by":161,"text":162},"26262155","donnythecroc","I will buy if you put up a kindle version on Amazon.",[164,170],{"value":165,"source":63,"evidence":166},"Kindle or epub version",[167,168,169],{"id":153,"by":131,"text":154},{"id":156,"by":157,"text":158},{"id":160,"by":161,"text":162},{"value":171,"source":63,"evidence":172},"Sample pages or chapters",[173,177],{"id":174,"by":175,"text":176},"26253990","bradford","I'd love to see a few sample pages from the book (in addition to the snippets that were on the page you linked to).",{"id":66,"by":67,"text":68},[179,183],{"value":180,"source":63,"evidence":181},"Whether the book includes code samples",[182],{"id":66,"by":67,"text":68},{"value":184,"source":63,"evidence":185},"Whether the maker earns more margin on digital or print copies",[186],{"id":187,"by":188,"text":189},"26254958","mholt","Hey Andrew, it's Matt from our graduate research lab. This is exciting, congrats! You always did make me thirst for more understanding of ML... guess I'll have to buy this book.…",[191,195],{"value":192,"source":63,"evidence":193},"Algorithms to Live By",[194],{"id":107,"by":108,"text":109},{"value":196,"source":63,"evidence":197},"Data Smart",[198],{"id":199,"by":200,"text":201},"26255781","rememberlenny","Congrats! This book resonates with me. This reminds me of the \"data science\" book was from Data Smart, from the Mailchimp CDO, talking how to keep orange juice tasting the same…",{"comments":203,"answered":204,"key":205},27,12,[206,207,210],{"id":55,"text":56},{"id":208,"text":209},"26254994","I have higher margin on digital copies :) Amazon loves to take their share. Those are kind words coming from maybe the single greatest programmer I know. Thanks for your support…",{"id":211,"text":212},"26255548","Yes. I officially launched the book at the end of January. 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