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Apoorv Upreti

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Apoorv Upreti

11 Mar 2020 • 1 min read

A fascinating look at how the US Census is done.

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Really interesting Tweetstorm [https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1236549305189597189.html] on how washing your hands protects you from the Coronavirus. I wasn't aware that soap doesn't just wash the virus particles off; it actually breaks them down.

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Apoorv Upreti 12 Mar 2020 • 1 min read

Zipf's Law

Zipf's law is the observation that the frequency of words in almost all known texts in any language follow a power law. This video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCn8zs912OE] starts by exploring Zipf's law but quickly expands its scope to power laws

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