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# Monthly Musings #010
- URL: https://adamringler.com/monthly-musings-010/
- Published: 2020-04-25T16:45:47.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-14T10:20:42.000Z
- Description: My monthly musings. Once a month microdose of the coolest things I discover.
- Author: Adam Ringler
- Tags: Newsletter

> “A team wins not because of senior or star players, but due to the game changers, because they do not wait for the chance to score, they create a chance to score.” **― Shahenshah Hafeez Khan**

# **monthly musings**

*Once a month microdose of the coolest things I discover.*

1\. **Favorite Tool** is this package [TidyPredict](https://tidymodels.github.io/tidypredict/?ref=adamringler.com). This package enables running predictions inside databases. It reads the model, extracts the components needed to calculate the prediction, and then creates an R formula that can be translated into SQL. It has some really cool capabilities if your working with databases.  
  
2\. **Currently Watch** to lately was a Netflix documentary called ["The Great Hack".](https://youtu.be/iX8GxLP1FHo?ref=adamringler.com) This movie explories how a data company named Cambridge Analytica came to symbolise the dark side of social media in the wake of the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as uncovered by journalist Carole Cadwalladr. As a self professed data-geak, this movie resonated with me when they mentioned that data has become the most expensive commodity.  
  
3\. **Looking Forward** to buying and reading this Robert Caro book "Working". This book covers the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of *The Power Broker* and The Years of Lyndon Johnson: an unprecedented gathering of vivid, candid, deeply revealing recollections about his experiences researching and writing his acclaimed books. It details his meticulous researching and writing process - a process I deeply admire and envy.

I'd love to have coffee with you if you're around Boulder. **I'll buy** ☕

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**Some of my favorite links lately.**  
  
1\. [Effect of Hip Extension and Nordic Protocols on Hamstring Strength](https://journals.lww.com/nsca-jscr/Abstract/publishahead/The%5FEffect%5Fof%5FHip%5FExtension%5Fand%5FNordic%5FHamstring.94750.aspx?ref=adamringler.com)  
2\. [The Endless, Invisible Persuasion Tactics of the Internet](https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/08/how-dark-patterns-online-manipulate-shoppers/595360/?ref=adamringler.com)  
3\. [Meet the classified artificial brain being developed by US intelligence programs](https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/31/20746926/sentient-national-reconnaissance-office-spy-satellites-artificial-intelligence-ai?ref=adamringler.com)

**I've recorded a few new Decoding Excellence episodes. Check them out.**  
  
1\. [Decoding Excellence Show on iTunes](https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/decoding-excellence/id1205636566?mt=2&ref=adamringler.com)  
2\. [Decoding Excellence Show on Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/show/093GVrPwd9l832q3EWhVKc?ref=adamringler.com)  
3\. [D](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0415815061?ref=adamringler.com)ecoding Excellence Show on[ AdamRingler.com](https://adamringler.com/tag/decoding-excellence/)