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From the Ted Talk by R. Luke DuBois: Insightful human portraits made from data
Unscramble the Blue Letters
This is a self-portrait. This is based on my eiaml, about 500,000 elaims sent over 20 years. You can think of this as a quantified selfie. So what I'm doing is running a physics etiuoqan based on my personal data. You have to imagine everybody I've ever corresponded with. It started out in the midlde and it exploded with a big bang. And everybody has gravity to one another, gravity based on how much they've been eimliang, who they've been emailing with. And it also does sentimental analysis, so if I say "I love you," you're hveeiar to me. And you attract to my email addresses in the middle, which act like mainline stars. And all the names are handwritten.
Open Cloze
This is a self-portrait. This is based on my _____, about 500,000 ______ sent over 20 years. You can think of this as a quantified selfie. So what I'm doing is running a physics ________ based on my personal data. You have to imagine everybody I've ever corresponded with. It started out in the ______ and it exploded with a big bang. And everybody has gravity to one another, gravity based on how much they've been ________, who they've been emailing with. And it also does sentimental analysis, so if I say "I love you," you're _______ to me. And you attract to my email addresses in the middle, which act like mainline stars. And all the names are handwritten.
Solution
- middle
- heavier
- email
- emails
- emailing
- equation
Original Text
This is a self-portrait. This is based on my email, about 500,000 emails sent over 20 years. You can think of this as a quantified selfie. So what I'm doing is running a physics equation based on my personal data. You have to imagine everybody I've ever corresponded with. It started out in the middle and it exploded with a big bang. And everybody has gravity to one another, gravity based on how much they've been emailing, who they've been emailing with. And it also does sentimental analysis, so if I say "I love you," you're heavier to me. And you attract to my email addresses in the middle, which act like mainline stars. And all the names are handwritten.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
ngrams of length 2
collocation |
frequency |
united states |
5 |
musical structure |
3 |
george washington |
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times square |
3 |
hollywood cinema |
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britney spears |
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union addresses |
2 |
time talking |
2 |
important stuff |
2 |
online dating |
2 |
zip code |
2 |
dating profiles |
2 |
long island |
2 |
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