Joy
joythedatanerd.bsky.social
Joy
@joythedatanerd.bsky.social
18th century royal with an ego problem
I don't understand why or how anything goes viral on this site
The more I think about the movie whiplash, the more I think it’s a great Rorschach test for a view on what greatness costs. The average reading of it is that it’s a cautionary tale of obsession.

Haven’t been able to stop thinking about this film for years.
January 6, 2026 at 3:22 AM
The more I think about the movie whiplash, the more I think it’s a great Rorschach test for a view on what greatness costs. The average reading of it is that it’s a cautionary tale of obsession.

Haven’t been able to stop thinking about this film for years.
January 5, 2026 at 9:41 PM
SplatVote is up, and the inaugural vote is tournament tiers! I've selected 18 tournaments, and I'd like players to pick whatever tiers they believe those tournaments belong to. Don't know? Skip it, it's fine. Don't wanna do all of them? Also fine!
SplatVote
SplatVote - Community voting platform for Splatoon 3
vote.splat.top
January 4, 2026 at 9:00 AM
It’s a terrible day to work in energy analytics and I’m heavily considering muting the word “oil” lol
January 3, 2026 at 6:52 PM
I was annoyed at nostalgia playlists being just the hits so I built an algorithm that creates Spotify playlists that are nuclear grade nostalgia and built a 200-song playlist from my high school years and I’m sorry to report this shit oneshotted me. I must bury this algorithm deep.
January 3, 2026 at 2:39 AM
I’m working on a website that’ll allow community polls and I’m going to have the inaugural poll be voting on a few tournaments and assigning labels. The goal here is to calibrate towards what the community feels a “major” is. So! Any suggestion for tiers and tournaments to vote on is welcome
gas, but also should open the discussion again: what is a major? comp.splat.top is right there, and i think that we should use this tool in determining where tournaments rank relative to skill (would be nice to be able to input an event then receive a point total + a chart for Xpts = premier, major)
January 2, 2026 at 10:48 PM
2025 was pretty incredible. Massive validation of the enormous amount of effort I have been putting in myself for the last decade and some change that even setbacks have been manageable. Onwards and upwards.
January 1, 2026 at 11:33 PM
My biggest physics student pet peeve is the rampant misuse of “Schrödinger’s ___” and it kills me a little more every time I see it
December 30, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Worth noting that if the apology for the gem situation involves trading which person is “the bad one,” it’s not really growth. It’s saying “I’m sorry I picked the wrong team”
December 29, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Please judge this statement by my own words, not what someone else said about it on Twitter. My accusers have spent a long time spreading their narrative and may bomb this with comments to poison the well, while this is my 1st chance to publicly explain what's... docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Gem's Response to the Allegations
READ THIS, IF NOTHING ELSE This document is going to be long, and I understand that might make it less palatable to read. Just, if your response to this document is going to be "I'm not reading all th...
docs.google.com
December 28, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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this is what we were meant to do with the tier maker on sendou

youtu.be/OI4UCqwB1rg

#compsplatoon
Bad apple but on sendou.ink tier lists
YouTube video by PhilTheGamer
youtu.be
December 26, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I just realized the movie school of rock is a direct inversion to the movie stand and deliver. Like, on every level. It’s kinda weirding me out
December 23, 2025 at 10:21 PM
The most surprising part of the dreamy situation is the knowledge that there exist “splat safety = illuminati” conspiracy theorists.

The mechanism of power doesn’t even make sense. What in the world?
December 22, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Agent 8s had six minutes of downtime which has killed our 100% uptime streak and we are now at 99.9% uptime. Miserable way to end the streak
December 19, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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AREA CUP winning weapons updated 🔄

Yesterday’s AREA CUP was a record-breaking tournament, with three new weapons joining the winners’ club: iBow (tkf), v96 (Rusu), and vDapple (Neespa). In addition, two more weapons from past tournaments—Forge (Livia) and WNT-R (Lobster)—were added.

#compsplatoon
December 19, 2025 at 5:04 AM
comp.splat.top/learn

I've built an interactive ranking simulator to try and explain how comp.splat.top scores are computed.

This is actually a simplified version, but should explain the principle I hope
December 19, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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Several changes tomorrow to make uploading VoDs more user friendly

- YT preview embed that hovers on the left
- Sync match timestamp to embed's current time w/ 1 click
- Mode radio buttons (2 click -> 1)
- Stage select w/ search & img
- Wpn quick select (like SQ)
- Copy above map's wpns

#sendouink
December 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Since I already collect all tournament info, I wonder if this would be doable as a Balatro mod. Just have it connect to the internet when you start up and get their current streak 🤔

I have too many ideas
whipped up in like 5 min
December 18, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Having built and trained two different neural networks to try and autocomplete gear, v2 with 10x longer training time than v1, then examining their brains, it’s kind of crazy to see how v1’s approach to building gear is similar to how a newer player would and v2’s is much closer to a stronger player
December 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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I made a video about x rank and why we should stop down playing it's usefulness
youtu.be/S8GYzBQBOwA?...
Why You Should Care About X Rank
YouTube video by Chronos
youtu.be
December 17, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Whoever the observer is for NA League, major props absolutely incredible camera work.
December 14, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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does someone know a good video editor rdy to work rn for some splatoon video
December 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Gambling was such a huge issue in our past that the phrase “bet the farm” is built into our vocabulary and we just kinda assumed we knew better, legalizing it again.

Really makes me wonder what other hard earned lessons from our ancestors we’ll have to relearn.
December 10, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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In Thursday's update I will add new tools that aim to aid organizers in making sure tournaments run in time.

1) Bracket displays time each set has been ongoing for
2) Match pages display the target time per set
3) End set option

(thread for more information)

#sendouink
December 9, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Holy shit I just got a reply to a post on reddit I made 8 years ago giving specific advice about something I personally dealt with, and this person told me that in the last 8 years they've kept looking back to my words for strength and they're better now. You really can make a difference with words.
December 9, 2025 at 3:56 AM