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by gnfargbl 413 days ago
Exactly this. When I open a post like this I get excited because I think I'm either about to learn something interesting about data analysis, or I'm about to see a neat application of a technique that I already know about and it's going to make me happy.

When the post actually boils down to "hey if you look at a large dataset then you'll find unusual events in it, now visit our AI startup!" then that irritates me enough to whine about it in the comments.