Published in DataComics·Aug 27, 2021A little more sustainable SingamEarlier this month IPCC — Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change published an in-depth report on climate change and how human activities have accelerated it. …Data6 min read
Published in DataComics·Mar 4, 2021Let me sing a George Kutty story..Pay attention to listen to me. Okay. I’ll stop. So, yes I saw Drishyam 2 on the weekend it was released. Loved the film. The fact they were able to spin off a sequel given the way the first one ended is just amazing. For those who haven’t watched the…9 min read
Published in DataComics·Oct 27, 2020CSK’s Scene ContraOkay.. before delving into analysing what happened to CSK in 2020, a year which just won't stop giving, I just wanted to share something personal. Its been five years since I started curating this blog and I am so happy that this blog has stood up to the initial idea…6 min read
Aug 30, 2020Introducing Wengr.aiif (you are in a hurry) { Wengr.ai Your artificially, "somewhat" intelligent fantasy football managing assistant!raghoonandh.github.io } else { Okay! No points for guessing whom it is named after. After dabbling a couple of years trying to model FPL in order to predict player performance and pick a captain for each upcoming Game Week, understood that it's very hard…8 min read
Published in DataComics·Jun 30, 2020Bias and BabasSometime around the end of March this year, when the whole world was starting to feel the wrath of the pandemic, a video of a bunch of fortune-tellers and astrologers making a prediction for the year 2020 for a tv program on a new years eve was making rounds in…Cognitive Bias8 min read
Published in DataComics·Apr 18, 2020Digging Out Some Drama from IPLI am not a big fan of cricket but a huge fan of IPL. This might look like a self-contradicting statement, but it is how it is. I am all in for the drama it provides and the story it narrates summer after summer, season after season. I am a…Data Analysis6 min read
Published in DataComics·Feb 27, 2020Venting out the vanity metricsAs a data scientist working closely with the product team in my company a lot of my work revolves around metrics and numbers. I spend a good chunk of time every week curating metrics which describes an underlying behaviour or phenomenon clearly. It is easy to pull out a lot…Data Science9 min read
Published in DataComics·Dec 23, 2019Decision Trees Demystified for Simbu movie DirectorsOh Don’t worry about the gun in his hand, he won’t shoot. Imagine you are directing a movie with STR as a lead in it, I know it feels stressful but try. You wake up early in the morning, brush your teeth, take bath, pray to god to make your…Machine Learning9 min read
Published in DataComics·Oct 22, 2019Cine GiniWhenever I feel low, I see some Swami Nithyanandha’s video. No no, I am not talking about the ones that were taken without his knowledge. I am talking about the ones where he addresses huge gatherings about some concepts in physics like relativity, subjectivity mixed with cosmic energy and psychology…Inequality6 min read
Published in DataComics·Aug 20, 2019FPL Classifier 2.0For people wondering WTF is 2.0? Here is some back story: Building an FPL Captain Classifier Last year building the captain classifier model was a basic start on trying to pick captains for the upcoming game week. Even though the model did not manage to finish in top 4 it…Machine Learning7 min read
