Nicholas Tyler Mercer

For me, the most important thing this course has done is taught me the uses of excel and Tableau, which in turn has given me a decent amount of knowledge on how to manage and present data. It has also taught me much about how the data industry, so to speak, typically operates. I believe that this course is good for many different kinds of students…[Read more]

How Netflix’s Movie Library Compares to Amazon Prime and HBO Now

The article above describes how Netfix, despite its shrinking library, has the best overall quality compared to hbo and amazon prime. This is relevant to me because it shows how competitive the market for streaming entertainment has become. As…[Read more]

A typical KPI that I’ll use is the frame rate of my computer in order to judge my computer’s performance in games or when watching videos. Typically the ultimate goal is 60 frames per second (because my monitor’s refresh rate is 60 Hz); however, I consider it okay to get only 30 frames per second in cases where the game is very graphically…[Read more]

http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2545691

This article is from a Harvard study which attempts to discover the reasons that medical costs are so high in the US. Having discovered this from an Economics forum, it is relevant to me given my economics major. The study theorized that the FDA had essentially created monopolies…[Read more]

One piece of conventional wisdom I have often seen preached is the concept of catharsis, or essentially “taking your anger out” on something to then reduce their anger (or other emotions). Some people apparently punch pillows to release their anger, some people act mean, but all people who do this have the same goal. In order to test its efficacy,…[Read more]