Jorge Nunez is an entrepreneur, investor and as Forbes puts it, an “idea man”.  He shares his story of starting his company Remote Reactivation, from early days in event promotions to becoming a player in the world of dentistry. Entrepreneurship has no roadmap and Jorge combines technology, data, and his perseverance to succeed in an otherwise neglected field. Read More ...

Stories about ATMs Spitting Cash, Crypto Paradise in Puerto Rico and Uber Making Deals Antonio reminisces about his high school days and attending 2600 meetings at the Citi Corp building while discussing the ATM hacks or jackpotting. Did you know the “whistle” provided in the Captain Crunch cereals could be used to make phone calls? Read More ...

Stories about ATMs Spitting Cash, Crypto Paradise in Puerto Rico and Uber Making Deals Antonio reminisces about his high school days and attending 2600 meetings at the Citi Corp building while discussing the ATM hacks or jackpotting. Did you know the “whistle” provided in the Captain Crunch cereals could be used to make phone calls? Read More ...

Microsoft outscores Alibaba which outscores humans in reading and answering questions!  Well, the truth is that humans also outscore Microsoft and Alibaba.  It depends if you are using the Exact Match (EM) or F1-score scoring methodology.  While we discuss some of the technical aspects of this, we do not lose sight of the socio-economic impact Read More ...

Microsoft outscores Alibaba which outscores humans in reading and answering questions!  Well, the truth is that humans also outscore Microsoft and Alibaba.  It depends if you are using the Exact Match (EM) or F1-score scoring methodology.  While we discuss some of the technical aspects of this, we do not lose sight of the socio-economic impact Read More ...

We start the new year with a book review of Peter Thiel’s Zero to One.  As always, we add some levity by reading the 1-start reviews on Goodreads. We ask ourselves if there’s a Zero to One idea within Data Science.  We come up short.  Antonio loves libraries and defends them as one of the Read More ...

We start the new year with a book review of Peter Thiel’s Zero to One.  As always, we add some levity by reading the 1-start reviews on Goodreads. We ask ourselves if there’s a Zero to One idea within Data Science.  We come up short.  Antonio loves libraries and defends them as one of the Read More ...

We finish the year the only way we know how – talking about different topics and having a good time. We start with our review of Weapons of Math Destruction.  We review the book and as always have some fun reading some of the bad reviews on goodreads.  During this we revisit the question whether Read More ...

Imagine that you go into a sportswear store to buy a snowboard to join your friends for a trip in Vermont.  You see a used snowboard for $100 and you know the salesperson from high school and they tell you that you can find the exact same thing 15 minutes down the road for $30 Read More ...

Imagine that you go into a sportswear store to buy a snowboard to join your friends for a trip in Vermont.  You see a used snowboard for $100 and you know the salesperson from high school and they tell you that you can find the exact same thing 15 minutes down the road for $30 Read More ...