July/August 2019

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A Duffer’s Data Deluge
Inside Track

A Duffer’s Data Deluge

By Eric P. Harding
I recently took up golf. I’ve never been much for sports; my favorite part of T-ball was the trip to Dairy Queen afterward. But I decided to lean into the middle-age suburban stereotype, and I got a set of clubs for a recent birthday.

Celebrating Retirement
Puzzles

Celebrating Retirement

By Josh Feldman
I never was supposed to be an actuary. Instead, once it became clear I wasn’t going to be a pro surfer, it was quietly assumed that I would follow in my dad’s footsteps and be a physicist.