Matt Cowgill
@MattCowgill
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one thing I’ve been really disappointed to learn is true: sometimes it’s easiest to get on the blower and sort things out
Whatever you think of Krugman, it's insane the NYT drove him away paulkrugman.substack.com/p/a-newsletter…
I forgot I made an R package that scrapes the full text of RBA decisions and minutes - nice reminder from @insteconomics stephenkirchner.substack.com/p/measuring-un…
no software product I regularly use is more exasperating and disappointing than Siri, and I use Microsoft Teams
EVIL (headphone-less phone noise in public) TRIUMPHS WHEN GOOD PEOPLE DO NOTHING
@MattCowgill I’ve finally been exposed to and radicalised by these mobile phone sound players you have told us about, who seem more able to afford a set of headphones than anyone else on this crowded plane. Just abhorrent. I think they are Sydney people.
society if Microsoft made the default meeting length in Outlook/Teams 15 minutes
He’s insufferable at times but generally an A++ colleague
if you’re an Australian economist interested in public policy and the labour market, come work with me! dewr.nga.net.au/cp/index.cfm?e…
if you’re an Australian economist interested in public policy and the labour market, come work with me! dewr.nga.net.au/cp/index.cfm?e…
can people pls stop calling Millennials “young” I am a Millennial and I am very old
it’s 11:53am on election day. I have had four (4) sausages and I’m just getting started
YES
One thing economists bring to the table besides any specific finding from the literature is explicitly using models to think through stuff, which can be both usefully constraining (cut down on BS) and quite generative (see problems in new ways)
see, sometimes people use my little R projects
Big thanks to @MattCowgill whose cash rate scrapper formed the foundation for much of this code!
Me coming back to R after bravely venturing into Python.
Imagine if the menswear guy did a post just to point out that you’re a tasteful, well-dressed person. Life highlight right there
the outfit @DKThomp has been wearing to promote his book is very nice. the jacket has a nice shape, the shirt collar points reach the lapels, and the knit tie is a very tasteful, sophisticated choice.
Some helpful terminology here. A “Type III error” is when you call a “Type I error” a “Type II error”. A “Type IV error” is when you call a “Type II error” a “Type I error”.
I will never understand why statisticians say “Type I error” and Type II error” when false positive and false negative are the same number of syllables and self-defining
