Paul 🔜PaxU
@paul314.bsky.social
Retired actuary/data scientist. Grew up in Texas, happily living in Massachusetts. Board games, Ulysses, Bayern Munich, Commanders, GY!BE. If you voted for that guy, just shove off.
Repeatedly referencing her father as though she didn't earn her way in.
REPORTER: Why'd it take so long to get sworn in?
GRIJALVA: *gestures at Johnson* That would not be my question!
MIKE JOHNSON: Look, I really like this lady
GRIJALVA: *gestures at Johnson* That would not be my question!
MIKE JOHNSON: Look, I really like this lady
November 12, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Repeatedly referencing her father as though she didn't earn her way in.
Toy Story is on tap for summer, 2026, and it looks like the main cast will all be back! Logline: Bonnie is going to get a new toy called Lily Pad, a touchpad ‘friend’ who will try to separate her from her other toys. #MechaLily
‘The age of toys is over’: first Toy Story 5 teaser trailer introduces a new tech foe
‘The age of toys is over’: first Toy Story 5 teaser trailer introduces a new tech foe
Tom Hanks, Tim Allen and Joan Cusack are joined by Past Lives star Greta Lee in Disney’s highly anticipated sequel
The first trailer for Toy Story 5 has provided a brief glimpse at the highly anticipated animated sequel out next summer.
The teaser introduces a new arrival and “all-new threat to playtime” with the tagline “the age of toys is over”. The latest character is a smart tablet called Lilypad, voiced by Past Lives and Tron: Ares star Greta Lee, bringing new tech to the old toys. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Toy Story is on tap for summer, 2026, and it looks like the main cast will all be back! Logline: Bonnie is going to get a new toy called Lily Pad, a touchpad ‘friend’ who will try to separate her from her other toys. #MechaLily
Even after all these years of hating FIFA, it turns out they can still surprise me by achieving new, even more squalid levels of corruption.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/678...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/678...
Gianni Infantino to award FIFA’s inaugural peace prize at Washington’s World Cup 2026 draw
FIFA president Gianni Infantino will present the inaugural award at next month's World Cup draw in Washington DC.
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Even after all these years of hating FIFA, it turns out they can still surprise me by achieving new, even more squalid levels of corruption.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/678...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/678...
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The dataset for this study has some serious problems: pubpeer.com/publications...
PubPeer - Prevention of acute myocardial infarction induced heart fail...
There are comments on PubPeer for publication: Prevention of acute myocardial infarction induced heart failure by intracoronary infusion of mesenchymal stem cells: phase 3 randomised clinical trial (P...
pubpeer.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The dataset for this study has some serious problems: pubpeer.com/publications...
Okay, so yes, I admit it, I've fallen a bit behind in my reading. But I'm working on it!
November 3, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Okay, so yes, I admit it, I've fallen a bit behind in my reading. But I'm working on it!
Rereading Proust tonight, The Guemantes Way: "... but neither can we tolerate a brawl encouraged by those elements on the Right, who instead of serving the patriotic ideal themselves, are hoping to make it serve them."
Plus ca change, and all that.
Plus ca change, and all that.
November 3, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Rereading Proust tonight, The Guemantes Way: "... but neither can we tolerate a brawl encouraged by those elements on the Right, who instead of serving the patriotic ideal themselves, are hoping to make it serve them."
Plus ca change, and all that.
Plus ca change, and all that.
My dog will sleep like this for hours while I watch football, blissfully snoring, but her ears perked up like this lest she miss Something Important happening
November 2, 2025 at 5:45 PM
My dog will sleep like this for hours while I watch football, blissfully snoring, but her ears perked up like this lest she miss Something Important happening
#30DayMapChallenge Day 2: Lines + Day 3: Polygons (yeah, I'm double-dipping here). Depth chart/bathymetry of the Quabbin Reservoir here in Massachusetts, using #rstats, polygons, and a color spectrum from white to - yes - dodgerblue. (also, I'd forgotten just how powerful the sf function is)
November 2, 2025 at 3:03 PM
#30DayMapChallenge Day 2: Lines + Day 3: Polygons (yeah, I'm double-dipping here). Depth chart/bathymetry of the Quabbin Reservoir here in Massachusetts, using #rstats, polygons, and a color spectrum from white to - yes - dodgerblue. (also, I'd forgotten just how powerful the sf function is)
#30daymapchallenge Day 1: points. NOAA shipwreck data + #rstats (marmap), Known Shipwrecks of the Gulf of Mexico. There may be some imprecision in the NOAA lat/long along the coast, or perhaps it includes inland waterways. But lots of them, unfortunately.
November 1, 2025 at 9:14 PM
#30daymapchallenge Day 1: points. NOAA shipwreck data + #rstats (marmap), Known Shipwrecks of the Gulf of Mexico. There may be some imprecision in the NOAA lat/long along the coast, or perhaps it includes inland waterways. But lots of them, unfortunately.
"Hoffenheim's Hranac checks Afolayan into the boards like an ice hockey player." Huh. There might be some real roller derby possibilities for association football that we haven't even considered yet.
October 28, 2025 at 9:15 PM
"Hoffenheim's Hranac checks Afolayan into the boards like an ice hockey player." Huh. There might be some real roller derby possibilities for association football that we haven't even considered yet.
I read something like this and can't help remembering Coogan and his co-writers wildly adulterating the timeline of another Frears film - Philomena - to make it more dramatic than real life, despite the fact that real life was very much dramatic enough.
October 27, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I read something like this and can't help remembering Coogan and his co-writers wildly adulterating the timeline of another Frears film - Philomena - to make it more dramatic than real life, despite the fact that real life was very much dramatic enough.
Playing the board game "Search for Planet X" for the first time in a while, I'd forgotten how fun it is. One of the few app-based games that I really enjoy.
October 25, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Playing the board game "Search for Planet X" for the first time in a while, I'd forgotten how fun it is. One of the few app-based games that I really enjoy.
An older lady with (I think) an Eastern European accent motioned me to a pause while jogging today & indicated that I need to breathe through my nose, not my mouth. "It's healthier!" she said several times.
Lady. Listen. I'm old and heavy. The simple fact that I'm jogging will have to do for now.
Lady. Listen. I'm old and heavy. The simple fact that I'm jogging will have to do for now.
October 15, 2025 at 5:50 PM
An older lady with (I think) an Eastern European accent motioned me to a pause while jogging today & indicated that I need to breathe through my nose, not my mouth. "It's healthier!" she said several times.
Lady. Listen. I'm old and heavy. The simple fact that I'm jogging will have to do for now.
Lady. Listen. I'm old and heavy. The simple fact that I'm jogging will have to do for now.
This is exactly the kind of joke that made me groan in despair, but I would have made it myself if I'd thought of it first.
October 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This is exactly the kind of joke that made me groan in despair, but I would have made it myself if I'd thought of it first.
I tried this in Copilot, and after repeated pressing I ended up with this, which even at the end is the AI trying to please me by confessing.
You can see why some tech billionaires have fallen in love with AI - part plutocracy, part praise machine. “Great idea, Sam!” “Very perceptive, Elon!”
You can see why some tech billionaires have fallen in love with AI - part plutocracy, part praise machine. “Great idea, Sam!” “Very perceptive, Elon!”
October 1, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I tried this in Copilot, and after repeated pressing I ended up with this, which even at the end is the AI trying to please me by confessing.
You can see why some tech billionaires have fallen in love with AI - part plutocracy, part praise machine. “Great idea, Sam!” “Very perceptive, Elon!”
You can see why some tech billionaires have fallen in love with AI - part plutocracy, part praise machine. “Great idea, Sam!” “Very perceptive, Elon!”
Reposted by Paul 🔜PaxU
Les Pyrénées - 1956
📸 Justin Lock
📸 Justin Lock
September 28, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Les Pyrénées - 1956
📸 Justin Lock
📸 Justin Lock
Reposted by Paul 🔜PaxU
Hey #boardgamesky!
I'm looking for examples of /weird/ board games. Games that do something you don't expect games to do, whether theme, mechanic, player experience/emotion, or other surprises.
Bonus points for being cheap, recent and/or quick to play, but none of these are essential.
I'm looking for examples of /weird/ board games. Games that do something you don't expect games to do, whether theme, mechanic, player experience/emotion, or other surprises.
Bonus points for being cheap, recent and/or quick to play, but none of these are essential.
September 27, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Hey #boardgamesky!
I'm looking for examples of /weird/ board games. Games that do something you don't expect games to do, whether theme, mechanic, player experience/emotion, or other surprises.
Bonus points for being cheap, recent and/or quick to play, but none of these are essential.
I'm looking for examples of /weird/ board games. Games that do something you don't expect games to do, whether theme, mechanic, player experience/emotion, or other surprises.
Bonus points for being cheap, recent and/or quick to play, but none of these are essential.
I've been thinking about the idea that the top player ELO ratings for a #boardgame on #BoardGameArena might reflect the amount of the game's "luck" - that is, measuring the extent to which expert players (or bots) can arbitrage away randomness through their play. The games below happen to be ones
September 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I've been thinking about the idea that the top player ELO ratings for a #boardgame on #BoardGameArena might reflect the amount of the game's "luck" - that is, measuring the extent to which expert players (or bots) can arbitrage away randomness through their play. The games below happen to be ones
What's important about this battle of ascendancy at Guinness isn't a fight amongst the plutocrats, it's that under the chairmanship of the winner the company hired a lot of bright science grads, including William Sealy Gosset, who would go on to invent a sampling test under the pseudonym 'Student'.
September 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
What's important about this battle of ascendancy at Guinness isn't a fight amongst the plutocrats, it's that under the chairmanship of the winner the company hired a lot of bright science grads, including William Sealy Gosset, who would go on to invent a sampling test under the pseudonym 'Student'.
It's my first #tidytuesday ever, and I'm already cheating by grabbing extra data (2005 FIDE ratings)...but I wanted to learn ggalluvial and also see the growth in the top 100 players from India.
September 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM
It's my first #tidytuesday ever, and I'm already cheating by grabbing extra data (2005 FIDE ratings)...but I wanted to learn ggalluvial and also see the growth in the top 100 players from India.
Reposted by Paul 🔜PaxU
Vibe Coding Cleanup as a Service donado.co/en/articles/...
Vibe Coding Cleanup as a Service
The rise of AI-powered coding has created an unexpected market: cleaning up the technical debt from prompt-generated software. Here's why 'Vibe Coding cleanup' is becoming a legitimate service…
donado.co
September 23, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Vibe Coding Cleanup as a Service donado.co/en/articles/...
100% flashback to when I was trying to learn how to use APIs in #rstats.
"How I, a non-developer, read the tutorial you, a developer, wrote for me, a beginner" by Annie Mueller 😅 😂 😭
anniemueller.com/posts/how-i-...
anniemueller.com/posts/how-i-...
How I, a non-developer, read the tutorial you, a developer, wrote for me, a beginner - annie's blog
“Hello! I am a developer. Here is my relevant experience: I code in Hoobijag and sometimes jabbernocks and of course ABCDE++++ (but never ABCDE+/^+ are you kidding? ha!) and I like working with ...
anniemueller.com
September 23, 2025 at 3:22 PM
100% flashback to when I was trying to learn how to use APIs in #rstats.
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I’ve been training my whole life for this moment
September 22, 2025 at 5:12 AM
I’ve been training my whole life for this moment
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Change in DC seated diners per month compared to same month the previous year, Aug 2024 - Sep 2025 (per OpenTable):
September 13, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Change in DC seated diners per month compared to same month the previous year, Aug 2024 - Sep 2025 (per OpenTable):