Thinkling
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False dichotomies are the Devil's duct tape; equivocation is his WD-40.
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Thinkling
@think1ing.bsky.social
· Nov 18
“knavish imbecility”
Haven't verified this.
But assuming it's true, how in tarnation have I not learned of this yet? 🤦♂️
But assuming it's true, how in tarnation have I not learned of this yet? 🤦♂️
You can specify relative position in ggplot with I(x) I(y).
E.g. annotate("text", x = I(.5), y = I(.5), label = "hello!") will place the text in the middle of the plot.
This, combined with alignment arguments is like 87% of the magic for me.
E.g. annotate("text", x = I(.5), y = I(.5), label = "hello!") will place the text in the middle of the plot.
This, combined with alignment arguments is like 87% of the magic for me.
January 24, 2026 at 4:25 AM
Haven't verified this.
But assuming it's true, how in tarnation have I not learned of this yet? 🤦♂️
But assuming it's true, how in tarnation have I not learned of this yet? 🤦♂️
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wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
January 16, 2026 at 11:16 PM
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...I remember when it was only the Left that dealt with all things autism-cruft.
Good Times...Good Times
<sigh...🤦>
Good Times...Good Times
<sigh...🤦>
November 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
...I remember when it was only the Left that dealt with all things autism-cruft.
Good Times...Good Times
<sigh...🤦>
Good Times...Good Times
<sigh...🤦>
"The most important thing, she said, was that Veritas focused on restoring her health, whereas IVF felt like bullying her body into submission."
One of the best stories I've read all year.
Mothers, be they current, expectant, or potential, are superheroes.
#MadeleineKearns
One of the best stories I've read all year.
Mothers, be they current, expectant, or potential, are superheroes.
#MadeleineKearns
A thousand miles from New York City, the place I call home, there’s a clinic that vows to help women with ‘unexplained infertility.’ I traveled there last year, in my quest to become a mother.
What I Went Through to Meet My Daughter
A thousand miles from New York City, the place I call home, there’s a clinic that vows to help women with ‘unexplained infertility.’ I traveled there last year, in my quest to become a mother.
bit.ly
July 19, 2025 at 3:14 PM
"The most important thing, she said, was that Veritas focused on restoring her health, whereas IVF felt like bullying her body into submission."
One of the best stories I've read all year.
Mothers, be they current, expectant, or potential, are superheroes.
#MadeleineKearns
One of the best stories I've read all year.
Mothers, be they current, expectant, or potential, are superheroes.
#MadeleineKearns
This sounds like the stuff Stephen Wolfram has been carrying on about. Gonna go back and look up if he referenced Turing in his work.
Between his code-breaking work during World War II and his death in 1954, Alan Turing proposed a mechanism for pattern formation that has been identified in the arrangement of bacteria, stripes on seashells and even the distribution of human settlements.
Turing Patterns Turn Up in a Tiny Crystal | Quanta Magazine
The mechanism behind leopard spots and zebra stripes also appears to explain the patterned growth of a bismuth crystal, extending Alan Turing’s 1952 idea to the atomic scale.
quantamagazine.org
July 6, 2025 at 1:43 PM
This sounds like the stuff Stephen Wolfram has been carrying on about. Gonna go back and look up if he referenced Turing in his work.
I really don't think that the banning of VP JD Vance is the win the accounts here think it is.
I mean, it's a win for a certain definition of "win", but it's not what most people think of as a "win".
We should probably cue Inego Montoya's famous discourse at this point...
I mean, it's a win for a certain definition of "win", but it's not what most people think of as a "win".
We should probably cue Inego Montoya's famous discourse at this point...
June 19, 2025 at 12:26 AM
I really don't think that the banning of VP JD Vance is the win the accounts here think it is.
I mean, it's a win for a certain definition of "win", but it's not what most people think of as a "win".
We should probably cue Inego Montoya's famous discourse at this point...
I mean, it's a win for a certain definition of "win", but it's not what most people think of as a "win".
We should probably cue Inego Montoya's famous discourse at this point...
Reposted by Thinkling
These are real images of exoplanets.
Four super-Jupiters, imaged 10 times over 12 years around a star 133 lightyears away.
These are real, giant worlds, out there in the dark.
And we can see them.
Four super-Jupiters, imaged 10 times over 12 years around a star 133 lightyears away.
These are real, giant worlds, out there in the dark.
And we can see them.
May 7, 2025 at 7:57 PM
These are real images of exoplanets.
Four super-Jupiters, imaged 10 times over 12 years around a star 133 lightyears away.
These are real, giant worlds, out there in the dark.
And we can see them.
Four super-Jupiters, imaged 10 times over 12 years around a star 133 lightyears away.
These are real, giant worlds, out there in the dark.
And we can see them.
Holy crap.
TIL the word "peacock" can also be a verb.
#gobsmacked
There are previous eras of my life where I could have used it this way several times a day.
TIL the word "peacock" can also be a verb.
#gobsmacked
There are previous eras of my life where I could have used it this way several times a day.
May 6, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Holy crap.
TIL the word "peacock" can also be a verb.
#gobsmacked
There are previous eras of my life where I could have used it this way several times a day.
TIL the word "peacock" can also be a verb.
#gobsmacked
There are previous eras of my life where I could have used it this way several times a day.
This whole autism dustup is surreal.
As dad of an ASD child myself, one of the first things we learn was the maxim "If you see 10 people on the spectrum, you've seen 10 people on the spectrum"
Seems like many folks, including those with ASD children, don't get this. Very puzzling.
As dad of an ASD child myself, one of the first things we learn was the maxim "If you see 10 people on the spectrum, you've seen 10 people on the spectrum"
Seems like many folks, including those with ASD children, don't get this. Very puzzling.
April 18, 2025 at 7:33 PM
This whole autism dustup is surreal.
As dad of an ASD child myself, one of the first things we learn was the maxim "If you see 10 people on the spectrum, you've seen 10 people on the spectrum"
Seems like many folks, including those with ASD children, don't get this. Very puzzling.
As dad of an ASD child myself, one of the first things we learn was the maxim "If you see 10 people on the spectrum, you've seen 10 people on the spectrum"
Seems like many folks, including those with ASD children, don't get this. Very puzzling.
This will probably be one of those points that everybody agrees with, but no one is willing to say:
LinkedIn is becoming absolutely insufferable.
There, I said it.
LinkedIn is becoming absolutely insufferable.
There, I said it.
March 24, 2025 at 11:09 PM
This will probably be one of those points that everybody agrees with, but no one is willing to say:
LinkedIn is becoming absolutely insufferable.
There, I said it.
LinkedIn is becoming absolutely insufferable.
There, I said it.
OH over on The Letter That Must Not Be Named:
"Another effect of the US media's professional malpractice about Biden's dementia is that if Trump starts showing signs of cognitive decline and they report it, people will think it is political and will not take them seriously."
"Another effect of the US media's professional malpractice about Biden's dementia is that if Trump starts showing signs of cognitive decline and they report it, people will think it is political and will not take them seriously."
March 21, 2025 at 10:51 PM
OH over on The Letter That Must Not Be Named:
"Another effect of the US media's professional malpractice about Biden's dementia is that if Trump starts showing signs of cognitive decline and they report it, people will think it is political and will not take them seriously."
"Another effect of the US media's professional malpractice about Biden's dementia is that if Trump starts showing signs of cognitive decline and they report it, people will think it is political and will not take them seriously."
TIL that ggcalendar exists.
Now I will have no more excuses for the wife.
Now I will have no more excuses for the wife.
March 19, 2025 at 8:09 PM
TIL that ggcalendar exists.
Now I will have no more excuses for the wife.
Now I will have no more excuses for the wife.
The more I learn about group theory, the more sure I become that God exists.
The more I learn about number theory, the more sure I become that the Devil exists.
The more I learn about number theory, the more sure I become that the Devil exists.
March 19, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The more I learn about group theory, the more sure I become that God exists.
The more I learn about number theory, the more sure I become that the Devil exists.
The more I learn about number theory, the more sure I become that the Devil exists.
Four times in my life I have come across someone saying “Don’t Google it.”
Three times I did.
I still regret two of those times.
Someone said it again today.
I won’t do it.
Three times I did.
I still regret two of those times.
Someone said it again today.
I won’t do it.
March 6, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Four times in my life I have come across someone saying “Don’t Google it.”
Three times I did.
I still regret two of those times.
Someone said it again today.
I won’t do it.
Three times I did.
I still regret two of those times.
Someone said it again today.
I won’t do it.
PSA:
Put not your faith in princes.
Put not your faith in princes.
March 6, 2025 at 11:32 PM
PSA:
Put not your faith in princes.
Put not your faith in princes.
Just watched the White House dumpster fire à trois.
It hit me, this could be 21st century's Rodney King video. Ugly no matter how you slice it. But totally different takes watching just end, vs watching whole thing.
Most takes seem to be the first -- or doubling down on the take that would provide
It hit me, this could be 21st century's Rodney King video. Ugly no matter how you slice it. But totally different takes watching just end, vs watching whole thing.
Most takes seem to be the first -- or doubling down on the take that would provide
March 1, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Just watched the White House dumpster fire à trois.
It hit me, this could be 21st century's Rodney King video. Ugly no matter how you slice it. But totally different takes watching just end, vs watching whole thing.
Most takes seem to be the first -- or doubling down on the take that would provide
It hit me, this could be 21st century's Rodney King video. Ugly no matter how you slice it. But totally different takes watching just end, vs watching whole thing.
Most takes seem to be the first -- or doubling down on the take that would provide
Thesis:
penguins will be the new iris.
Discuss.
penguins will be the new iris.
Discuss.
🚨 The "penguins" data is coming to the base #rstats{datasets} in 4.5.0!
@ellakaye.co.uk & @HeathrTurnr.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy r prepared an adapted and a raw version of the data set based on the {palmerpenguins} 📦 by @allisonhorst.bsky.social @apreshill.com and Kristen Gorman.
📈 Scatter plot:
@ellakaye.co.uk & @HeathrTurnr.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy r prepared an adapted and a raw version of the data set based on the {palmerpenguins} 📦 by @allisonhorst.bsky.social @apreshill.com and Kristen Gorman.
📈 Scatter plot:
![Scatter plot of bill depth vs. length by species (color) and sex (symbol). It shows positive correlations for all species with males tending to have bigger bills than females.
sym <- c(1, 16)
pal <- c("darkorange","purple","cyan4")
plot(bill_dep ~ bill_len, data = penguins, pch = sym[sex], col = pal[species])](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:finqjjlz4s2gkjovjemkssdy/bafkreia5vg7eev5b7g2cz3wv63gucwutk5w4hpbeizu24cm2vwfykmppti@jpeg)
February 25, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Thesis:
penguins will be the new iris.
Discuss.
penguins will be the new iris.
Discuss.
Wait. Bear with me here.
Has anyone tried to compose ChatGPT’s Gödel query? Grok? Others?
(I guess would need to know algorithm inner workings -- which no one does)
...or are these statements just “Describe the dangers of trans procedures”, etc.? </snark>
Has anyone tried to compose ChatGPT’s Gödel query? Grok? Others?
(I guess would need to know algorithm inner workings -- which no one does)
...or are these statements just “Describe the dangers of trans procedures”, etc.? </snark>
February 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Wait. Bear with me here.
Has anyone tried to compose ChatGPT’s Gödel query? Grok? Others?
(I guess would need to know algorithm inner workings -- which no one does)
...or are these statements just “Describe the dangers of trans procedures”, etc.? </snark>
Has anyone tried to compose ChatGPT’s Gödel query? Grok? Others?
(I guess would need to know algorithm inner workings -- which no one does)
...or are these statements just “Describe the dangers of trans procedures”, etc.? </snark>
Quite the cool anecdote that the origin of [arguably] the most common and ubiquitous statistical test ever was an issue in a brewery.🍺
Just learned from my students taking @rmcelreath.bsky.social online "Rethinking" course about the brewsy history of the t-test.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
How the Guinness Brewery Invented the Most Important Statistical Method in Science
The most common test of statistical significance originated from the Guinness brewery. Here’s how it works
www.scientificamerican.com
February 13, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Quite the cool anecdote that the origin of [arguably] the most common and ubiquitous statistical test ever was an issue in a brewery.🍺
Whoa. Just tuned in to the Super Bowl for the first time. (early 3Q)
I guess the NFL finally found some honest refs, right?
I guess the NFL finally found some honest refs, right?
February 10, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Whoa. Just tuned in to the Super Bowl for the first time. (early 3Q)
I guess the NFL finally found some honest refs, right?
I guess the NFL finally found some honest refs, right?
OH:
‘”Making neo-nazis the good guys" should be Liberalism's epitaph.’
Ooooooof.
[from article re: UK r*pe gangs]
‘”Making neo-nazis the good guys" should be Liberalism's epitaph.’
Ooooooof.
[from article re: UK r*pe gangs]
February 7, 2025 at 10:36 PM
OH:
‘”Making neo-nazis the good guys" should be Liberalism's epitaph.’
Ooooooof.
[from article re: UK r*pe gangs]
‘”Making neo-nazis the good guys" should be Liberalism's epitaph.’
Ooooooof.
[from article re: UK r*pe gangs]
OH:
“Imagine” is to social utopia as “Every Breath You Take” is to romance
Fact check: 👍🏽
“Imagine” is to social utopia as “Every Breath You Take” is to romance
Fact check: 👍🏽
February 7, 2025 at 3:07 AM
OH:
“Imagine” is to social utopia as “Every Breath You Take” is to romance
Fact check: 👍🏽
“Imagine” is to social utopia as “Every Breath You Take” is to romance
Fact check: 👍🏽
PSA: Don’t give Haters legit reason to hate.
February 6, 2025 at 2:46 AM
PSA: Don’t give Haters legit reason to hate.
"The whole truth is generally the ally of virtue; a half-truth is always the ally of some vice.”
-G.K. Chesterton
-G.K. Chesterton
February 6, 2025 at 2:38 AM
"The whole truth is generally the ally of virtue; a half-truth is always the ally of some vice.”
-G.K. Chesterton
-G.K. Chesterton
Interesting dichotomy forming around undermining USAID.
Side 1: They do BS. Raze them.
Side 2: They do Good Works. Keep them.
Side 1: If we can get rid of BS, we can let them do Good Works.
Side 2: ….
They refuse to give up BS, even if it means losing Good Works. 🤔
Side 1: They do BS. Raze them.
Side 2: They do Good Works. Keep them.
Side 1: If we can get rid of BS, we can let them do Good Works.
Side 2: ….
They refuse to give up BS, even if it means losing Good Works. 🤔
February 6, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Interesting dichotomy forming around undermining USAID.
Side 1: They do BS. Raze them.
Side 2: They do Good Works. Keep them.
Side 1: If we can get rid of BS, we can let them do Good Works.
Side 2: ….
They refuse to give up BS, even if it means losing Good Works. 🤔
Side 1: They do BS. Raze them.
Side 2: They do Good Works. Keep them.
Side 1: If we can get rid of BS, we can let them do Good Works.
Side 2: ….
They refuse to give up BS, even if it means losing Good Works. 🤔