Douglas Pardoe WilsonRecursive Exhaustion Wipes Out PrivacyThe summary: it is possible to collect very large amounts of social data without anyone’s knowledge or permission. What Cambridge Analytica…May 11, 2018May 11, 2018
Douglas Pardoe WilsonEnormous Value and Use of Anonymously Collected Social DataI don’t want to give the game away, but I have too many technical details on a (hopefully) imaginary conspiracy in the techno-thriller…Mar 27, 2018Mar 27, 2018
Douglas Pardoe WilsonUsing Social Data — Against the WindThis is about the Sailboat Metaphor for social progress in a politicized world. It doesn’t matter which way the wind is blowing, as long as…Mar 26, 2018Mar 26, 2018
Douglas Pardoe WilsonSocial Data via “Seismic Imaging”The original and still most important social network is the low-tech one of person-to-person contacts. It surrounds the Earth. Think of it…Mar 25, 2018Mar 25, 2018
Douglas Pardoe WilsonGrabbing Social Data Too Well ExplainedIf you want a book about this, you could hardly do better than the O’Reilly book:Mar 24, 2018Mar 24, 2018
Douglas Pardoe WilsonIt’s Too Easy to Extract Social Media DataIt’s easy, too easy, to extract social media data. Check out this Python Package: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/extract-social-media/0.4.0Mar 20, 2018Mar 20, 2018
Douglas Pardoe WilsonHealth Care — A Canadian Asks: What is a Deductible?I don’t understand the use of the term ‘deductible’ in all the endless talk about the US health care system. In Ontario and some other…Jul 18, 2017Jul 18, 2017
Douglas Pardoe WilsonEstimates of Electoral InfluenceI love numbers, even if they are only estimates. I think yesterday, January 6th, one US politician of note produced such an estimate…Jan 7, 2017Jan 7, 2017
Douglas Pardoe WilsonGross Net Net ComHow much can we get through our thick skulls?Aug 15, 2016Aug 15, 2016
