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Actresses Are on Average 7 Years Younger
The IMDb dataset is a great source for everyone loves movies and numbers. After I had figured out how to import the data into a local SQL database, the first thing I did was to look at the age of the...
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What's the age difference in movies?
In response to my last post about the distribution of ages of actresses and actors, a Reddit user suggested investigating further the age difference between female and male movie stars. In my first...
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Who sells LSD on the Darktnet?
I recently got my hands on Diana S. Dolliver’s paper about drug dealing on the Tor network, a hidden, uncensored network which can only be accessed by special software. I got interested this topic...
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What are the most common words in TV shows?
Nowadays, there are some many great shows on television or available for streaming. After binge-watching the first season of Jessica Jones, I knew that I had to post something about this topic. I have...
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How positive are your tweets?
In this blog post, I would like to present you tweetanalyzer.net, a small project of mine, where you can do a sentiment analysis of your tweets or the ones of any other Twitter user. The goal was to...
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Penny Auctions - How to sell a $180 tablet for $7,264
Unless you use an ad blocker, you probably notice ads for penny auction sites from time to time. They usually advertise with sketchy messages like “iPhone sold for $14.21.” They can sell iPhones such...
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Redditors who commented in /r/X also commented in /r/Y
This blog article is about reddit.com, a website where people can post links to interesting websites and discuss a wide variety of different topics. According to Alexa, a company who analyzes web...
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How The World Sees Hillary Clinton & Donald Trump
For this week’s blog post, I will try to find out how the international news media writes about Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump; the presidential front-runners of both parties. The plan is to check on...
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78% of Reddit Threads With 1,000+ Comments Mention Nazis
Let me start this post by noting that I will not attempt to test Godwin’s Law, which states that:As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler...
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Which illicit drugs do Chicagoans take?
In one of my previous blog articles, I wrote about how drug dealers use the darknet to sell their products. For this post, I will use police reports to show you more about drug possession in the real...
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Using Amazon's X-Ray to Visualize Characters' Screen Time
Today’s blog post is once again about the visualization of movie data. As I already experimented with the IMDb dataset to compare the average age of actors and actresses, I wanted to try something a...
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Chicago pays female employees only 80% of what it pays male employees
While I was browsing through the City of Chicago’s Data Catalog, I came across a dataset of the city’s 32,000 employees which included their full names, position titles, and annual salaries. I thought...
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Conan is The Dirtiest Late-Night Show on YouTube
I had the idea for this blog post while I was watching some interviews on YouTube. The videos of the Conan show stood out to me because many of them seem to be focused on sexual topics. To me, it looks...
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These Are The Most Dangerous PokeStops in NYC
Pokemon GO quickly became one of the most popular mobile games. In cities all around the world, you can see people searching for Pokemon and battling other players in Poke Gyms. While exploring this...
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Almost 80% of Private Day Traders Lose Money
A few months ago, I wrote a blog post about how penny auction sites make you money. As a reaction, some readers sent me links to day trading brokers that promise easy returns. These brokers allow...
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