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Data Scientist, #rstats
Might also post pictures of my weirder cat, I guess.
Might also post pictures of my weirder cat, I guess.
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The idea that somehow "STEM people" are behind the rise of JD Vance and the exultation of his book, the world's most prototypical horrific humanities bro, is hilarious to me. Who wrote all those fawning book reviews, physicists.....???
December 26, 2025 at 5:25 PM
The idea that somehow "STEM people" are behind the rise of JD Vance and the exultation of his book, the world's most prototypical horrific humanities bro, is hilarious to me. Who wrote all those fawning book reviews, physicists.....???
Thursday Night Football is suffering. Christmas grants no reprieve.
December 26, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Thursday Night Football is suffering. Christmas grants no reprieve.
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What's the most tragically underrated Christmas movie of all time?
December 25, 2025 at 10:55 PM
What's the most tragically underrated Christmas movie of all time?
Hot take: I'm one of 7 kids and shared a room until I was 16. My wife is one of 2 kids and never did.
Transitioning to shared spaces in college and in married life was trivial for me, but she's very open-eyed about how she had growing pains in both cases.
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Transitioning to shared spaces in college and in married life was trivial for me, but she's very open-eyed about how she had growing pains in both cases.
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December 25, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Hot take: I'm one of 7 kids and shared a room until I was 16. My wife is one of 2 kids and never did.
Transitioning to shared spaces in college and in married life was trivial for me, but she's very open-eyed about how she had growing pains in both cases.
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Transitioning to shared spaces in college and in married life was trivial for me, but she's very open-eyed about how she had growing pains in both cases.
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Behold! The gift bag!
Christmas Eve day drinking does not combine well with last minute present wrapping.
December 24, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Behold! The gift bag!
Post two characters who bring you happiness
December 22, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Post two characters who bring you happiness
This continues to live in my head rent free
December 20, 2025 at 11:10 PM
This continues to live in my head rent free
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Anytime you try to even begin to think through this nuance about human behavior people also like to yell, "I'm not doing a scientific paper!"
Ok but I am!! I am trying to have a scientific worldview at least!!
Ok but I am!! I am trying to have a scientific worldview at least!!
December 20, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Anytime you try to even begin to think through this nuance about human behavior people also like to yell, "I'm not doing a scientific paper!"
Ok but I am!! I am trying to have a scientific worldview at least!!
Ok but I am!! I am trying to have a scientific worldview at least!!
There's some techniques you shouldn't use that seem so reasonable! It's our responsibility to plug the ears of the next generation, lest the siren's song lead them to ruin.
Other "c'mon, it's gotta work!" techniques like SMOTE are in this class.
Other "c'mon, it's gotta work!" techniques like SMOTE are in this class.
PLS-SEM considered harmful
Some days ago a student struggling with her master’s thesis e-mailed me, asking me about partial least squares structural equation modeling. I told her I can only tell her not to do that, and then she sent more details.>
December 20, 2025 at 8:22 PM
There's some techniques you shouldn't use that seem so reasonable! It's our responsibility to plug the ears of the next generation, lest the siren's song lead them to ruin.
Other "c'mon, it's gotta work!" techniques like SMOTE are in this class.
Other "c'mon, it's gotta work!" techniques like SMOTE are in this class.
Letters of Marque!?
Oh baby, we are so back.
Oh baby, we are so back.
Apparently this is not the onion: www.lee.senate.gov/2025/12/patr...
December 20, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Letters of Marque!?
Oh baby, we are so back.
Oh baby, we are so back.
Want to guess what doof decided that falling off the 2nd floor railing that oversees the foyer was a good idea?
(He seems fine, vet just recommends monitoring him. Only injury appears to be to his pride. He looks so disheveled because he hates car rides)
#Caturday is coming
(He seems fine, vet just recommends monitoring him. Only injury appears to be to his pride. He looks so disheveled because he hates car rides)
#Caturday is coming
December 19, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Want to guess what doof decided that falling off the 2nd floor railing that oversees the foyer was a good idea?
(He seems fine, vet just recommends monitoring him. Only injury appears to be to his pride. He looks so disheveled because he hates car rides)
#Caturday is coming
(He seems fine, vet just recommends monitoring him. Only injury appears to be to his pride. He looks so disheveled because he hates car rides)
#Caturday is coming
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That Apple Silicon needs something to do and the alternatives are AI, NFTs, and cryptocurrency mining. If it got time to lean, it got time to sheen.
December 15, 2025 at 2:32 AM
That Apple Silicon needs something to do and the alternatives are AI, NFTs, and cryptocurrency mining. If it got time to lean, it got time to sheen.
The NFL Mobile app is the biggest piece of crap. It's Windows 11 levels of ass.
Funnily enough, when it bugs out like this the features that only barely work (like picture-in-picture) function better.
Great job, guys.
Funnily enough, when it bugs out like this the features that only barely work (like picture-in-picture) function better.
Great job, guys.
December 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The NFL Mobile app is the biggest piece of crap. It's Windows 11 levels of ass.
Funnily enough, when it bugs out like this the features that only barely work (like picture-in-picture) function better.
Great job, guys.
Funnily enough, when it bugs out like this the features that only barely work (like picture-in-picture) function better.
Great job, guys.
Another day where my rule "anyone who chooses to refer to people murdered horrifically as 'slain' is a 100% pure distilled asshole" has zero clarification error.
December 14, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Another day where my rule "anyone who chooses to refer to people murdered horrifically as 'slain' is a 100% pure distilled asshole" has zero clarification error.
Finally righted a wrong & played Braid (2008). I knew the general outline of the twist, but it was executed so well! I would have loved to have experienced it truly blind.
Puzzles were great. Even for a game more than 15 years old they felt fresh and innovative.
Cool stuff. Try Braid or whatever.
Puzzles were great. Even for a game more than 15 years old they felt fresh and innovative.
Cool stuff. Try Braid or whatever.
December 14, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Finally righted a wrong & played Braid (2008). I knew the general outline of the twist, but it was executed so well! I would have loved to have experienced it truly blind.
Puzzles were great. Even for a game more than 15 years old they felt fresh and innovative.
Cool stuff. Try Braid or whatever.
Puzzles were great. Even for a game more than 15 years old they felt fresh and innovative.
Cool stuff. Try Braid or whatever.
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Saturday morning 🔥 take, most RDD-based identification strategies are fragile enough that they ought to be viewed with the same extreme skepticism as instrumental variable designs.
December 13, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Saturday morning 🔥 take, most RDD-based identification strategies are fragile enough that they ought to be viewed with the same extreme skepticism as instrumental variable designs.
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Update: they machine wash really well! The instructions to air dry are made of lies.
They're cat approved they're so clean.
They're cat approved they're so clean.
December 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Update: they machine wash really well! The instructions to air dry are made of lies.
They're cat approved they're so clean.
They're cat approved they're so clean.
I've heard this referred to as "Schrödinger's Immigrant", the hypothetical villain responsible for immiserating many a xenophobe.
immigrants score the lowest on tests, but they also take all our jobs, while at the same time taking all the welfare and buying all the homes
Stephen Miller: "If you subtract immigration out of test scores, all of the sudden our test scores skyrocket"
December 9, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I've heard this referred to as "Schrödinger's Immigrant", the hypothetical villain responsible for immiserating many a xenophobe.
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The Thing (1982, John Carpenter)
December 9, 2025 at 2:27 AM
The Thing (1982, John Carpenter)
If you ever wondered how much child vomit a giant squishmallow could absorb, the answer is GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!
December 9, 2025 at 2:12 AM
If you ever wondered how much child vomit a giant squishmallow could absorb, the answer is GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!
Al-Shaair is one of the dirtiest players currently in the NFL.
It doesn't speak well to the character of the Texans players that he was their club winner. "Creating a positive impact beyond the game?" Spare me.
It doesn't speak well to the character of the Texans players that he was their club winner. "Creating a positive impact beyond the game?" Spare me.
December 8, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Al-Shaair is one of the dirtiest players currently in the NFL.
It doesn't speak well to the character of the Texans players that he was their club winner. "Creating a positive impact beyond the game?" Spare me.
It doesn't speak well to the character of the Texans players that he was their club winner. "Creating a positive impact beyond the game?" Spare me.