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Tyler Vigen
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My defining qualities are curious and stubborn. Creator of spurious correlations: tylervigen.com/spurious-corre…
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    Tyler Vigen
    @TylerVigen
    Aug 28, 2023
    I just published a wildly over-researched article about a question that has been plaguing me for months: Why is this bridge here? tylervigen.com/the-mystery-of…
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    Tyler Vigen
    @TylerVigen
    Dec 17, 2015
    He's making a database He's sorting it twice SELECT * from contacts WHERE behavior = 'nice' SQL Clause is coming to town
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    Tyler Vigen
    @TylerVigen
    Jul 3, 2016
    The larger the sample size the more trustworthy the data, because the Ns justify the means.
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    Tyler Vigen
    @TylerVigen
    Aug 28, 2023
    Replying to @TylerVigen
    Article here: tylervigen.com/the-mystery-of…
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    Tyler Vigen
    @TylerVigen
    Mar 4, 2017
    I just watched a movie about databasing. I can't wait for the SQL.
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    Tyler Vigen
    @TylerVigen
    Nov 13, 2020
    For everyone who noticed the Spurious Correlations site is down: my host upgraded its PHP version and deprecated the MySQL calls I wrote when I was 22. ...I am working on it.
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    Tyler Vigen
    @TylerVigen
    Feb 5, 2017
    The radioactive danger of bananas, visualized. xkcd.com/radiation/
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    Tyler Vigen
    @TylerVigen
    Sep 19, 2016
    Using a VPN feels like using The Force. "Pandora is not available in Mexico." *waves hand* "I am in... New Jersey." "Welcome to Pandora."
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    Tyler Vigen
    @TylerVigen
    Nov 13, 2020
    Replying to @TylerVigen
    I have mixed feelings. On the one hand, backwards compatibility is HARD. On the other: I am literally just Ctrl+Fing my code to replace "mysql_connect" with "mysqli_connect."
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    Tyler Vigen
    @TylerVigen
    Mar 23, 2021
    You ever screw up so badly that the error log recording how badly you screwed up is 100GB?
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    Tyler Vigen
    @TylerVigen
    Dec 2, 2016
    How much money do Data Analysts make? Booleans of dollars.
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    Tyler Vigen
    @TylerVigen
    Mar 31, 2017
    Check out @AsapSCIENCE's cool new correlation/causation video! youtu.be/gxSUqr3ouYA
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    Tyler Vigen
    @TylerVigen
    Feb 12, 2017
    "Lines of code" is a metric without a meaning, but it's still fun to visualize billions of them:
    Infographic: How Many Millions of Lines of Code Does It Take?
    From visualcapitalist.com
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    Tyler Vigen
    @TylerVigen
    Nov 30, 2018
    SELECT * FROM reindeer ORDER BY nose_brightness DESC LIMIT 1