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The UK’s version of the POD database project was used by the Home Office to track immigrants for various reasons — in other words, exactly the reasons why parents will choose not to provide that data
(tags: parents databases data pod uk home-office education schools)
How One 19-Year-Old Illinois Man Is Distorting National Polling Averages – The New York Times
One “outlier” voter—a 19-year old black Trump supporter—was weighted so heavily that it shifted the whole poll significantly. Stats fail
(tags: statistics nytimes politics via:reddit donald-trump hilary-clinton polling panels polls)
Kafka Streams – Scaling up or down
this is a nice zero-config scaling story — good work Kafka Streams
(tags: scaling scalability architecture kafka streams ops)
Medium’s DynamoDB Data Source for Apache Spark
nice approach
(tags: dynamodb spark architecture tools aws backups export)
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‘a Mexican cerveza preparada made with beer, lime juice, and assorted sauces, spices, and peppers. It is served in a chilled, salt-rimmed glass. There are numerous variations of this beverage throughout Mexico and Latin America.’
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a variation on the mimosa, with an IPA and grapefruit juice — sounds like Brewdog’s Elvis Juice
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‘This crisp, refreshing beer and ginger beer cocktail is a Cuban favorite, and it’s super-simple to make.’
(tags: recipes beer ginger-beer cuba cocktails)