Chad Musick, PhD
@itrunsondata.com
Mathematician (what I love)
Writer (how I show it)
Data specialist (how I get paid)
Pronouns? They/Them/Dr (the beard knows things!)
https://linkedin.com/in/dr-musick
Writer (how I show it)
Data specialist (how I get paid)
Pronouns? They/Them/Dr (the beard knows things!)
https://linkedin.com/in/dr-musick
I guess the roofs on Kent State were already busy?
Police snipers on the roof at Ohio State watching the encampment.
April 26, 2024 at 3:38 AM
I guess the roofs on Kent State were already busy?
Some non-trivial analytics problems are inherently boring, but the number of such problems is really, really low and will decrease with purposeful viewing.
February 27, 2024 at 7:44 AM
Some non-trivial analytics problems are inherently boring, but the number of such problems is really, really low and will decrease with purposeful viewing.
I wonder how many people who claim to "love Lolita", the novel, know the name of the girl.
February 12, 2024 at 12:36 AM
I wonder how many people who claim to "love Lolita", the novel, know the name of the girl.
I finished my vocabulary practice (spaced repetition system) for the first time since I had a stroke (back in April).
It feels like I'm finally getting everything back that I'm going to get back.
It feels like I'm finally getting everything back that I'm going to get back.
December 12, 2023 at 5:58 AM
I finished my vocabulary practice (spaced repetition system) for the first time since I had a stroke (back in April).
It feels like I'm finally getting everything back that I'm going to get back.
It feels like I'm finally getting everything back that I'm going to get back.
Someone remind me of the non-criminal uses of cryptocurrency that can't be fulfilled by other means?
www.cnbc.com/2023/10/08/h...
www.cnbc.com/2023/10/08/h...
October 9, 2023 at 12:09 AM
Someone remind me of the non-criminal uses of cryptocurrency that can't be fulfilled by other means?
www.cnbc.com/2023/10/08/h...
www.cnbc.com/2023/10/08/h...
If I haven't answered your sales pitches on LinkedIn and via email and have, in fact, clicked the "unsubscribe" for your messages, you can easily move yourself out of the "No" box.
Call me on the phone. Then you'll be in the "Fuck no" box.
Call me on the phone. Then you'll be in the "Fuck no" box.
October 6, 2023 at 5:21 AM
If I haven't answered your sales pitches on LinkedIn and via email and have, in fact, clicked the "unsubscribe" for your messages, you can easily move yourself out of the "No" box.
Call me on the phone. Then you'll be in the "Fuck no" box.
Call me on the phone. Then you'll be in the "Fuck no" box.
Being able to pause in a video game is an accessibility feature, and all games that can possibly make it work should include it.
Looking at you, Blizzard (Diablo IV) and Capcom (Monster Hunter World).
Looking at you, Blizzard (Diablo IV) and Capcom (Monster Hunter World).
October 2, 2023 at 10:05 PM
Being able to pause in a video game is an accessibility feature, and all games that can possibly make it work should include it.
Looking at you, Blizzard (Diablo IV) and Capcom (Monster Hunter World).
Looking at you, Blizzard (Diablo IV) and Capcom (Monster Hunter World).
I love the asymmetry of having a Friday off.
Work time? Down by 20%.
Weekend time? Up by 50%.
Work time? Down by 20%.
Weekend time? Up by 50%.
September 28, 2023 at 11:10 PM
I love the asymmetry of having a Friday off.
Work time? Down by 20%.
Weekend time? Up by 50%.
Work time? Down by 20%.
Weekend time? Up by 50%.
I'd be more likely to believe this if she were honest about the number -- I've heard from reliable sources that it was 30 to 50 feral unvaccinated people.
This woman once advised Al Gore’s presidential campaign
September 28, 2023 at 1:25 AM
I'd be more likely to believe this if she were honest about the number -- I've heard from reliable sources that it was 30 to 50 feral unvaccinated people.
[trying to rally right-wing racists on border control] fuck it, wee wall
[trying to grow a coastal redwood in my backyard] fuck it, we tall
[trying to find a new territory to annex in 58BCE] fuck it, we gaul
September 25, 2023 at 10:32 PM
[trying to rally right-wing racists on border control] fuck it, wee wall
Today's mood about all of these vendor pitches.
September 25, 2023 at 12:32 AM
Today's mood about all of these vendor pitches.
Not My Ruckus is a 2023 Distinguished Favorite at NYC Big Book Awards: www.nycbigbookaward.com/2023distingu...
I'm really proud of this book about an autistic epileptic ace nonbinary(?) teen in dire straits, but it's not for the faint of heart.
I do more than data, sometimes. 😆
I'm really proud of this book about an autistic epileptic ace nonbinary(?) teen in dire straits, but it's not for the faint of heart.
I do more than data, sometimes. 😆
9781953971005
Not My Ruckus by Chad Musick | Cinnabar Moth Publishing | 9781953971005
www.nycbigbookaward.com
September 20, 2023 at 6:49 AM
Not My Ruckus is a 2023 Distinguished Favorite at NYC Big Book Awards: www.nycbigbookaward.com/2023distingu...
I'm really proud of this book about an autistic epileptic ace nonbinary(?) teen in dire straits, but it's not for the faint of heart.
I do more than data, sometimes. 😆
I'm really proud of this book about an autistic epileptic ace nonbinary(?) teen in dire straits, but it's not for the faint of heart.
I do more than data, sometimes. 😆
Some might disagreement, but "action" is not a verb.
September 8, 2023 at 12:21 AM
Some might disagreement, but "action" is not a verb.
At this point, I think of "We can ingest the same data and give you answers that mathematics says aren't reliable, but ML/AI will make them so!" as the "standard vendor pitch".
Vendors really get nervous and deflect when I'm on the calls. Way less certain than in pitches to un-mathy folks.
Vendors really get nervous and deflect when I'm on the calls. Way less certain than in pitches to un-mathy folks.
As a data scientist, it's my job to help people understand the limitations of AI. We get many project proposals every day of people promising outrageous things, and I needed to help my non-technical colleagues understand that it's often vague and absurd.
So I made this diagram to illustrate.
So I made this diagram to illustrate.
September 6, 2023 at 9:42 AM
At this point, I think of "We can ingest the same data and give you answers that mathematics says aren't reliable, but ML/AI will make them so!" as the "standard vendor pitch".
Vendors really get nervous and deflect when I'm on the calls. Way less certain than in pitches to un-mathy folks.
Vendors really get nervous and deflect when I'm on the calls. Way less certain than in pitches to un-mathy folks.
It seems obvious to me that if you're asked a technical screening question in a job application, the right answer is not "I'm not answering this, because I'd just ask someone else to do it."
Am I really that strange to think that management isn't above doing work?
Am I really that strange to think that management isn't above doing work?
September 5, 2023 at 3:57 AM
It seems obvious to me that if you're asked a technical screening question in a job application, the right answer is not "I'm not answering this, because I'd just ask someone else to do it."
Am I really that strange to think that management isn't above doing work?
Am I really that strange to think that management isn't above doing work?
"Data is the new oil", the salespeople tell me in their pitches.
So why is it called data _mining_ and not data _boring_?
So why is it called data _mining_ and not data _boring_?
August 31, 2023 at 9:03 PM
"Data is the new oil", the salespeople tell me in their pitches.
So why is it called data _mining_ and not data _boring_?
So why is it called data _mining_ and not data _boring_?
Soft skills can be really hard to develop.
Without soft skills, there's a limit to how far hard skills can carry you in your career.
Without soft skills, there's a limit to how far hard skills can carry you in your career.
August 27, 2023 at 2:58 AM
Soft skills can be really hard to develop.
Without soft skills, there's a limit to how far hard skills can carry you in your career.
Without soft skills, there's a limit to how far hard skills can carry you in your career.
If you spend 3 days automating something and it saves you ten minutes a month, you probably shouldn't have automated that thing.
Asking someone _else_ to automate that thing for you doesn't make it better.
Asking someone _else_ to automate that thing for you doesn't make it better.
August 24, 2023 at 6:56 AM
If you spend 3 days automating something and it saves you ten minutes a month, you probably shouldn't have automated that thing.
Asking someone _else_ to automate that thing for you doesn't make it better.
Asking someone _else_ to automate that thing for you doesn't make it better.
Reposted by Chad Musick, PhD
Today is a great data day for me:
A question was raised about a sharp change in (metric), and (not my team) explained why it was happening.
When I joined, the first try at an answer was always "The data are wrong". It's nice to not be there anymore.
A question was raised about a sharp change in (metric), and (not my team) explained why it was happening.
When I joined, the first try at an answer was always "The data are wrong". It's nice to not be there anymore.
August 22, 2023 at 12:36 AM
Today is a great data day for me:
A question was raised about a sharp change in (metric), and (not my team) explained why it was happening.
When I joined, the first try at an answer was always "The data are wrong". It's nice to not be there anymore.
A question was raised about a sharp change in (metric), and (not my team) explained why it was happening.
When I joined, the first try at an answer was always "The data are wrong". It's nice to not be there anymore.
Reposted by Chad Musick, PhD
I get weird about trope marketing and comp titles and blah blah blah. If you're a marginalized author writing authentic lit for underserved readers...that math doesn't work.
So what's the deal here? We keep replicating old hits with artificial framings and rainbow shellac? Seems yikes.
#author
So what's the deal here? We keep replicating old hits with artificial framings and rainbow shellac? Seems yikes.
#author
August 21, 2023 at 12:34 AM
I get weird about trope marketing and comp titles and blah blah blah. If you're a marginalized author writing authentic lit for underserved readers...that math doesn't work.
So what's the deal here? We keep replicating old hits with artificial framings and rainbow shellac? Seems yikes.
#author
So what's the deal here? We keep replicating old hits with artificial framings and rainbow shellac? Seems yikes.
#author
Reposted by Chad Musick, PhD
I'm so excited for folks to read Katie Grooms (@katiegwrites.bsky.social) Gibbous Moon. I think it is so awesome to have a nonbinary Werewolf out to help their best friend avenge the murder of his soulmate. Check it out on book sirens https://booksirens.com/book/KQKE1O6/VEURS1Y
August 20, 2023 at 6:23 AM
I'm so excited for folks to read Katie Grooms (@katiegwrites.bsky.social) Gibbous Moon. I think it is so awesome to have a nonbinary Werewolf out to help their best friend avenge the murder of his soulmate. Check it out on book sirens https://booksirens.com/book/KQKE1O6/VEURS1Y
Yay for useful bots.
I felt our building start shaking and was able to find this one to verify what I was feeling.
I felt our building start shaking and was able to find this one to verify what I was feeling.
**緊急地震速報（予報）** 第1報
19日14時07分ごろ、地震がありました。
震源地は福井県嶺北（北緯35.9度、東経136.7度）で震源の深さは約10km、地震の規模（マグニチュード）は3.8、この地震による最大震度は震度3と推定されます。
https://earthquake.tenki.jp/bousai/earthquake/detail/2023/08/19/2023-08-19-14-07-08.html
19日14時07分ごろ、地震がありました。
震源地は福井県嶺北（北緯35.9度、東経136.7度）で震源の深さは約10km、地震の規模（マグニチュード）は3.8、この地震による最大震度は震度3と推定されます。
https://earthquake.tenki.jp/bousai/earthquake/detail/2023/08/19/2023-08-19-14-07-08.html
August 19, 2023 at 5:11 AM
Yay for useful bots.
I felt our building start shaking and was able to find this one to verify what I was feeling.
I felt our building start shaking and was able to find this one to verify what I was feeling.