PinnedInTDS ArchivebyTuan Doan·Mar 15, 2019‘Making big bucks’ with a data-driven sports betting strategyor how to beat the bookies at their own numbersA response icon23A response icon23
InAI AdvancesbyTuan Doan·Feb 10Love, Strategically: the Game Theory of modern datingThe math behind why everyone ghosts, noone commits, and we all put up with the bare minimumsA response icon22A response icon22
InData Science CollectivebyTuan Doan·Apr 16, 2025Parking Problems? Don’t blame the drivers, blame the StatisticsParallel parking is always so cursed and it’s not because of those terrible driversA response icon3A response icon3
InTDS ArchivebyTuan Doan·Oct 1, 2024Expectedly Unexpected: The Mathematical Art of Measuring SurpriseThe statistical reasons behind why Taylor Swift and Lionel Messi are so GOATEDA response icon2A response icon2
InTDS ArchivebyTuan Doan·Dec 28, 2023The statistical theory behind why your Instagram posts have so few likesA handy trick to count uncountable things — from Instagram clout, to penguin population and Man City fans in North London
InTDS ArchivebyTuan Doan·Feb 12, 2022Love in the time of Pandemic: A Probabilistic approach to datingDating is hard — but maybe Probability Theory can make it easierA response icon4A response icon4
InTDS ArchivebyTuan Doan·Jan 18, 2022Disney Movies were right — we are all special, and statistically soA little bit of Statistical Theory will convince you that the idea of “the average Joe” is really just a big mythA response icon5A response icon5
InTDS ArchivebyTuan Doan·Jan 21, 2021A statistical rule to optimize your life: the Lindy’s EffectIn a world of too much information, how do you tell the signals from the noise?A response icon1A response icon1
InTDS ArchivebyTuan Doan·Dec 30, 2020Building your own book recommendation engine in PythonA comprehensive, no-nonsense guide to Collaborative Filtering and all the cool acronyms MF, SGD, ALS.
InTDS ArchivebyTuan Doan·Nov 16, 2020The Rule of Three: calculating the probability of events that have not yet occurredHow confident are we that blue states California, New York, etc. do not turn red in the next election?A response icon1A response icon1
