Hacker News: fabioricardo7https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=fabioricardo7Hacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Thu, 16 Jul 2026 04:44:10 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by fabioricardo7 in "Show HN: For 10 World Cups, my model's 2 favorites had the champion every time"]]>I appreciate everyone's feedback. This is a preprint, and I was looking exactly for this kind of constructive scrutiny to help improve the work. The data is limited, and I'm well aware of that. I just thought this would be a good first step, with encouraging results (and, after today's match, accurate ones too).

]]>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 23:25:30 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48928540fabioricardo7https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48928540https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48928540<![CDATA[New comment by fabioricardo7 in "Show HN: For 10 World Cups, my model's 2 favorites had the champion every time"]]>Hahaha, as a Brazilian, this hurts. But as a man of science, I can't argue with the numbers. Congratulations, hermano.

]]>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 23:21:11 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48928498fabioricardo7https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48928498https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48928498<![CDATA[New comment by fabioricardo7 in "Show HN: For 10 World Cups, my model's 2 favorites had the champion every time"]]>That was exactly the point I was trying to make in this preprint. I appreciate your comment.

]]>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 23:20:03 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48928491fabioricardo7https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48928491https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48928491<![CDATA[New comment by fabioricardo7 in "Show HN: One More Letter"]]>This is great! I've been looking for an alternative to this for a while: https://g1.globo.com/jogos/dito/ This is definitely the kind of game I'd play on a flight.

]]>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 23:15:22 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48928455fabioricardo7https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48928455https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48928455<![CDATA[New comment by fabioricardo7 in "Show HN: A Monte Carlo model that called the World Cup finalists 2 weeks ago"]]>Link to preprint: https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=7013338 Constructive feedback very much appreciated!

]]>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 23:12:39 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48928425fabioricardo7https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48928425https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48928425<![CDATA[Show HN: A Monte Carlo model that called the World Cup finalists 2 weeks ago]]>Article URL: https://github.com/fabio-ricardo/worldcup-forecasting-model

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48928389

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

]]>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 23:08:48 +0000https://github.com/fabio-ricardo/worldcup-forecasting-modelfabioricardo7https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48928389https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48928389<![CDATA[Show HN: For 10 World Cups, my model's 2 favorites had the champion every time]]>Article URL: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=7013338

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48919191

Points: 36

# Comments: 50

]]>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 11:26:33 +0000https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=7013338fabioricardo7https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48919191https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48919191