Towards Data Science

JUNE 2, 2023

How to improve the code quality of your dbt models with unit tests and TDD All you need to know to start unit testing your dbt SQL models Photo by Christin Hume on Unsplash If you are a data or analytics engineer, you are probably comfortable writing SQL models and testing for data quality with dbt tests.

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The AI Alignment Forum

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

You can think of this as a measure of complexity : less probable, means more complex. We find that the probability of sampling a network at random or local volume for short decreases exponentially as the network is trained. But this can't be tested if we can't measure volume.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 25, 2024

4) Event Promotion Whether you’re planning a black tie gala or a local trash cleanup, you need your audience to show up to your event. Automation Data and Insights Marketing automation platforms perform tests and collect data that can help you improve your outreach. 2) A/B Testing Not sure what subject line to go with?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2013

It was fun to see NGOs in Tunisia begin to embrace, adapt, and apply the concept. The template itself is geared for the USA, but since Holly has so generously shared it for free in Google document, I suspect it could be easily localized for NGOs in many other places of the world and easily converted to other languages.

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Towards Data Science

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Well, they leveraged modern testing techniques. Each team owns its own component of a larger system. .” —  dbt labs In this article, I will introduce one of those techniques: contract testing. I will show how you can use dbt to create simple contract tests for your upstream sources and your dbt models’ public interfaces.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

And, as I was sharing earlier, we usually teach this in person over a period of two to three hours, so, you all are getting the, what we’ll call, the boot-camp version of “Measure of Success.” If so, then that gives a measure of assurance to donors to say, “This is a program that has worked. Is it specific?

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The Next Web

AUGUST 6, 2013

But the lean startup model, when you boil it down, simply says that when you launch any new business or product you do so based on validated learning, experimentation and frequent releases which allow you to measure and gain valuable customer feedback. In other words – build fast, release often, measure, learn and repeat.

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Recode by Vox

MARCH 8, 2025

An artist rendering of the NASA Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) space probe approaching the asteroid Didymos and its minor-planet-moon Dimorphos. With an estimated diameter of 130 to 300 feet, it wouldnt be a world-ender, but it could cause severe local damage if it were to collide with the Earth. We know this can work.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 9, 2014

I had the opportunity to speak with both Gallucci and Roy about this unique funder collaborative and more specifically about how the Partnership to Strengthen Innovation and Practice in Secondary Education would measure the impact of their investments. This is where philanthropy comes in.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

California Governor Gavin Newsom announced new measures such as a “ limited stay-at-home order ” to slow new coronavirus cases in the state. In May, CEO Elon Musk announced he was reopening Tesla’s Fremont plant even though it violated the local shelter-in-place order.

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Google Research AI blog

MAY 23, 2023

In our measurements, the required active work time that the code author must do to address reviewer comments grows almost linearly with the number of comments. a test of the feature in development) including user feedback (e.g., Additionally, the edit suggests a comprehensive name for the test reflecting the test semantics.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

Set a measurable goal. Be specific and make sure you can measure your success. Once local coffee shops, McDonald’s and Starbucks starting kicking its butt, Dunkin’ Donuts realized people wanted coffee first and donuts second. A final test. But what in the world should B2B businesses try to create?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 8, 2011

That’s the question I asked this morning on Qriously, a new application that measures public sentiment, in real time. Qriously could be used to test different messages and groups to measure where responses are strongest. Do you believe you can change the world? That’s it! Campaigning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2012

The program is managed by the Institute of International Education (IIE), and implemented with a coalition of leading new media experts and local and international partners from the public and private sectors. Afterwards, I had a dinner with Rami at local restaurant famous for their Arabic sweets.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 11, 2012

Measure Networked Nonprofit. If the audience is local, it is important to framing content and issues for local geographic area. Engaging photos, especially of local places and animals work well. Also, it allows you to test your own pre-conceived notions about what think YOUR audience wants.

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The Verge

MARCH 16, 2021

But the most significant upgrade is found in its ability to measure your sleep without requiring you to wear anything. Google claims that the Nest Hub will now learn your common commands over time and then process them locally to speed up responses, as well. Image: Google.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 11, 2013

The true test of any nonprofit is to demonstrate impact. But the first test is to set up a way to measure it. With our local partners, we were able to connect with the farms we worked with to quickly distribute water bottles with purification tablets to workers.

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The Verge

AUGUST 18, 2021

Early tests show that it can tolerate image resizing and compression, but not cropping or rotations,” Ygvar wrote on Reddit, sharing the new code. Under the new system, iOS will check locally stored files against hashes of child abuse imagery, as generated and maintained by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC).

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Google Research AI blog

JUNE 7, 2023

This evaluation phase typically involves listening tests , during which dozens of annotators listen to the utterances one after the other to determine how natural they sound. SQuId is based on mSLAM (a pre-trained speech-text model developed by Google), fine-tuned on over a million quality ratings across 42 languages and tested in 65.

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Google Research AI blog

MARCH 3, 2023

Experiment Scenarios: ( a ) Learning to avoid local minima during doorway traversal, ( b ) maneuvering through highly constrained spaces, ( c ) enabling socially compliant behaviors for blind corner, and ( d ) pedestrian obstruction interactions. A planner, guided by a greedy cost function, often leads the robot to a local minimum (i.e.,

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Google Research AI blog

MARCH 2, 2023

This allows the training of models on locally available signals without exposing raw data to servers, increasing user privacy. The Smart Text Selection models trained with this system have reduced memorization by more than two-fold, as measured by standard empirical testing methods.

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Tableau

MARCH 2, 2021

Today, on the Tableau COVID-19 Data Hub , we launch a new Global Tracker that combines and visualizes the key metrics that measure our return to normalcy. Yet, progress cannot be measured simply by tracking the number of vaccinations. With the gradual rollout of vaccines, the coronavirus pandemic has entered a new phase.

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Google Research AI blog

DECEMBER 16, 2022

To decide whether to commit to a certain prediction or to postpone the prediction to a later layer, we measure the model’s confidence in its intermediate prediction. In one model variant, we also include a small early-exit classifier trained to classify if the local intermediate layer prediction is consistent with the top layer.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2021

The company, which first launched in Uganda, is disrupting the offline market of local motorcycles referred to as boda-bodas in Uganda and okadas in Nigeria. Uganda was the first African country the pair decided to test out their two-wheel ride-hailing ambitions and it was the second market globally after Thailand for Uber.

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The Verge

MAY 30, 2020

Waymo’s self-driving cars are returning to Bay Area roads for the first time since the company halted its public testing in early March because of the coronavirus outbreak. Waymo’s robot minivans are already back on the road in the Phoenix area , as well as the company’s private test facility in California’s Central Valley.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 19, 2011

Despite a few glitches, you use this tool to see if your audience is local or global. What did you discover by putting your Twitter followers on the map? Cindy Leonard asked a great question: How come you don’t have any followers in Washington state?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2013

I was invited to present a key note at the Mekong ICT Camp in Thailand about nonprofits, social media, and measurement. kanter we have wifi connection interuption here. Henry Khu (@HenryKhu) May 7, 2013.

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Engadget

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Table of contents Smart scale safety Best smart scales for 2025 What to look for in a smart scale How we tested and which smart scales we tested Smart scales FAQs Smart scale safety There are valid reasons to weigh yourself but your self-worth shouldnt be defined by what number shows up between your feet.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

As such, adoption can be used as a currency , measuring the worth of your programs, services and opportunities. We are at a very interesting time – with shifts happening locally and globally, governments changing, and new paradigms emerging. Communities use adoption as collective decision making and prioritization. Getting Started.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Masks will still be required if state or local laws mandate them, however. Amazon will continue to evaluate its COVID-19 safety measures. Amazon discontinued its onsite COVID-19 testing in July, and its corporate workers will return to the office in early 2022.

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The Verge

JUNE 10, 2020

Engineers, developers, and backup drivers were told to stay at home, as the city’s shelter-in-place order made public road testing impossible. One Cruise employee told The Verge they volunteered to go back to work delivering meals as an autonomous vehicle test operator (AVTO) for three days in May. Deliveries weren’t the only mission.

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The NonProfit Times

MAY 14, 2024

Are you planning to do a national search for your next chief executive officer or more local and regional? Approach potential candidates and test their interest in this new opportunity and persuade strong candidates to consider the new opportunity. This summary should also accompany the candidate’s cover letter and resume.

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Care2

JUNE 18, 2013

They stated that donors should not measure a charity’s performance based on overhead expenses. In the letter, the three ratings companies recommend that donors measure a charity’s performance in transparency, governance, leadership, and results. Do the organizations test and experiment in order to meet their mission?

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Google Research AI blog

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

They are displayed, with additional information from local authorities, on Google Search and Google Maps , allowing people to keep safe and stay informed about potential dangers near them, their homes or loved ones. the shape of the total burnt area) measured by local authorities.

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Google Research AI blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

One of the challenges of operating a superconducting quantum processor is measuring the state of a qubit without disturbing its operation. Fundamentally, this comes down to a microwave engineering problem , where we need to be able to measure the energy inside the qubit resonator without exposing it to noisy or lossy wiring.

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Classy

JULY 14, 2021

Ways to measure your efficiency and success within each . How to Measure Success. They also measure retention to see how many return each year and what factors could play into increases or decreases. . “ Set specific goals for your event that can easily be measured and attained within the scope of your event.

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The Verge

AUGUST 17, 2021

CTA continues to monitor guidelines for health safety measures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nevada and Clark County. CTA will follow applicable federal, state and local laws, adapting CES plans accordingly and sharing updates with you and other CES audiences.

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