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Vermin2000on US Federal Government spending app

A small app that allows you to dig into some aspects of US federal government spending. Note the whole app is a single file (there's no data server used).

Vermin2000on In football, which is better: youth or experience?

I'm looking at the effect of club mean age on goals scored in English football for the top leagues over decades. Bottom line: there's a small effect. Youth wins.

Vermin2000on Do dashes indicate AI writing?

The use of em (or en) dashes might indicate something has been written by AI, and there are reasons why this may be the case.

Vermin2000on Foreigners and Goals in English Football

Do more foreign players = more goals in English football? The data suggests the answer is no, but it's a complicated area and the data doesn't go back very far.

Vermin2000on The sisters “paradox” – counter-intuitive probability

The sisters paradox is madenning example of counter-intuitive probability. The resolution is straightforward, but it's really easy to get tied up in knots.

Vermin2000on Goals and Tenure in English Football

In the Premier League, there's a relationship between years in the league and goals scored, but not in the lower leagues. It's bad news for newly promoted clubs.

Vermin2000on Probability playground – a great probability app

This app (not mine) allows you to explore different probability distributions. I've written about it on my blog and give you an example of how to use it: https://blog.engora.com/2025/08/probability-playground.html

Vermin2000on Yes, the referee might be biased. Discipline in English football

Some surprising trends in red cards/yellow cards/fouls in English football and some attempts at explanations and non-explanations.

Vermin2000on English football league mini-app

You can explore English football data interactively using this mini-app. The whole app is light-weight and runs on a vanilla web server.

Vermin2000on Attendance at English football: a tale of tragedy and recovery

English football has a dark side. The attendance numbers show it. This blog post has a series of interactive charts that let you explore what happened and why.

Vermin2000on Police and sharks:not knowing how your data is processed can lead you astray

How a recent LinkedIn image of shark attacks in the US points out the need to know how your data is processed if you're to analyze it properly.

Vermin2000on Vanishing home field advantage in English football

Sorry to disappoint you, but I haven't used AI for any kind of text generation for this piece or the summary. I did however use Cursor to build my Python analysis code. I find AI code completion very helpful, but AI text is just blah.

Vermin2000on Visualizing multi-dimensional data: score distributions in English football

An exploration of visualizing multi-dimensional data using English football data. Includes an interactive chart.

Vermin2000on Vanishing home field advantage in English football

Home field advantage is a real thing and is measurable. Strikingly, it's been declining steadily and consistently since WWII. The charts in the blog post are interactive and you can zoom into the data.

Vermin2000on G-O-A-L Goals in English football

An analysis of goals in English football and their trends over time - interactive!

Vermin2000on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2025)

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