Or why Apple pays 8% taxes on foreign profits and accumulates due tax payments offshore indefinitely. The release of the Paradise Papers has again put Apple in the spotlight for tax avoidance, showing that Apple has shifted their profits from Ireland to Jersey. Apple has since replied with the tax…

Or why political parties don’t make sense anymore. — I have to recognize that the first time I heard the question “Why do we have political parties?” I started babbling “bec… bec… because it has always been like that” (this is almost invariably a stupid answer). …

The Bayes Theorem describes the probability of an event happening, taking into consideration the conditions that can affect it. For example: the number of HIV+ people are 1 in 250, the probability of testing positive if you are healthy is around 1%. Then the probability of being actually HIV+ if…

Resumen España: Más precariedad (15% de los españoles cobrando menos que el salario mínimo). Más productividad que la media europea. Los sectores pujantes son la industria manufacturera, construcción y hostelería. Evolución del número de horas trabajadas al año Efectivamente, el número de horas trabajadas está aumentando. Empleo en el último año por sector El top 3 de sectores: Industria manufacturera, construcción y hostelería.

Para las comunicaciones hemos calculado el tiempo en transporte público (bus, metro, tren) usando google Maps [1] entre todos los puntos de Madrid a los 10 puntos dónde más gente se desplaza [2]. Para filtrar en función de la densidad de población extrajimos los datos de oferta de vivienda de…

Una visualización sobre las comunicaciones, precio y oferta de vivienda en Madrid. Para las comunicaciones hemos calculado el tiempo en transporte público (bus, metro, tren) usando google maps [1] entre todos los puntos de Madrid a los 10 puntos dónde más gente se desplaza [2]. Extrajimos los datos de precio…

My mental scheme. In Spanish, letters “b” and “v” are both pronounced identically, with an English equivalent — the “b”. However, the English “v” is different. To learn to pronounce it, I mixed a “b” and “f” and I was happy. When I was in the Netherlands, I realized they are even more complicated. Dutch “b” and “f” are pronounced like in English, but Dutch “w” is pronounced like a mix of English “b” and “v” and Dutch “v” is pronounced like a mixed of English “v” and “f”.

Machine Learning to compare and join heterogeneous data from heterogeneous sources. You can get the code clicking here. Merging databases is a complicated business, names are sometimes different, even when they refer to the same thing (see examples below). This is caused by spelling mistakes, different conventions, etc. Here I…

Análisis de sentimiento en las noticias de ELPAIS. Vamos a estudiar el giro en el tono de las noticias que han sido publicadas por ELPAIS sobre cuatro partidos políticos (PP, PSOE, Cs y Podemos) en los últimos cuatro años. Para ello voy a usar “análisis de sentimiento”. Básicamente asignamos un…