andrew mascioli
@amas0.bsky.social
https://amas.sh
data scientist but statistician at heart, linux, math, machine learning, ttrpgs, birds, professional wrestling, books, etc
data scientist but statistician at heart, linux, math, machine learning, ttrpgs, birds, professional wrestling, books, etc
if there are no chameleon plant haters in the world then I am dead
June 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM
if there are no chameleon plant haters in the world then I am dead
As a long-time Linux gamer, I'm super jazzed that I finally have a working solution for turning on my "SteamOS" couch gaming PC simply by turning on my controller!
Details in this blog post: www.amas.sh/wake-steamos...
Details in this blog post: www.amas.sh/wake-steamos...
Remotely waking a "SteamOS" gaming PC with a Bluetooth controller | amas.sh
In this post, I show how I made it possible to remotely power on my living room Linux gaming PC from a Bluetooth controller. While technical, this elevates my "SteamOS" couch gaming to the full ergono...
www.amas.sh
June 1, 2025 at 7:54 PM
As a long-time Linux gamer, I'm super jazzed that I finally have a working solution for turning on my "SteamOS" couch gaming PC simply by turning on my controller!
Details in this blog post: www.amas.sh/wake-steamos...
Details in this blog post: www.amas.sh/wake-steamos...
Reposted by andrew mascioli
I'm a couple years late to the party, but if you like statistics (and could use a distraction from the dumpster fire that is the US right now) this is a cool paper from @paulbuerkner.com, @avehtari.bsky.social and others. #statsky
Practical Hilbert space approximate Bayesian Gaussian processes for probabilistic programming - Statistics and Computing
Gaussian processes are powerful non-parametric probabilistic models for stochastic functions. However, the direct implementation entails a complexity that is computationally intractable when the numbe...
link.springer.com
April 4, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I'm a couple years late to the party, but if you like statistics (and could use a distraction from the dumpster fire that is the US right now) this is a cool paper from @paulbuerkner.com, @avehtari.bsky.social and others. #statsky
New post where I describe a simple experiment I ran to measure precisely how much power my laptop screen uses at varying brightness levels.
www.amas.sh/backlight-po...
www.amas.sh/backlight-po...
Measuring the impact of screen brightness on laptop battery life | amas.sh
Screen brightness impacts laptop battery life, but how much is unclear. This post describes an experiment to measure the direct effect of screen brightness on battery power draw to infer battery life ...
www.amas.sh
March 31, 2025 at 2:19 AM
New post where I describe a simple experiment I ran to measure precisely how much power my laptop screen uses at varying brightness levels.
www.amas.sh/backlight-po...
www.amas.sh/backlight-po...
I've finally put in the effort to start blogging and the first post is a dive into my efforts to get reliable real-time power readings on my laptop running Linux.
The main thing I show is that my laptop seems to report _smoothed_ power readings instead of true values.
www.amas.sh/power-readin...
The main thing I show is that my laptop seems to report _smoothed_ power readings instead of true values.
www.amas.sh/power-readin...
Recovering real-time battery power readings on Linux | amas.sh
An exploration into battery power readings on Linux. Showing how on my laptop, the power readings are smoothed and that, by learning the smoothing function, true power readings can be recovered.
www.amas.sh
March 24, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I've finally put in the effort to start blogging and the first post is a dive into my efforts to get reliable real-time power readings on my laptop running Linux.
The main thing I show is that my laptop seems to report _smoothed_ power readings instead of true values.
www.amas.sh/power-readin...
The main thing I show is that my laptop seems to report _smoothed_ power readings instead of true values.
www.amas.sh/power-readin...
you win this round, Octavia Butler
March 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
you win this round, Octavia Butler
A gentle reminder that if you find it concerning to see the people in charge of MacOS and Windows cozying up to politicians you disagree with while existing guardrails are dismantled, 2025 is truly an excellent year to be a Linux user
January 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM
A gentle reminder that if you find it concerning to see the people in charge of MacOS and Windows cozying up to politicians you disagree with while existing guardrails are dismantled, 2025 is truly an excellent year to be a Linux user
dc has never been known as a fashionable city, but good lord, the average dropped off a cliff this weekend
January 20, 2025 at 4:29 AM
dc has never been known as a fashionable city, but good lord, the average dropped off a cliff this weekend
Reposted by andrew mascioli
Like the only way to read this is that a guy who is not the President said “you may break the law for a while and I won’t punish you when I become President” and everyone said, sure, good enough
January 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Like the only way to read this is that a guy who is not the President said “you may break the law for a while and I won’t punish you when I become President” and everyone said, sure, good enough
Reposted by andrew mascioli
Uhhhhh what’s going on?
January 19, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Uhhhhh what’s going on?
Whelp, there it is - for now, at least! Interesting direct call out of Trump for the hopes of bringing it back.
January 19, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Whelp, there it is - for now, at least! Interesting direct call out of Trump for the hopes of bringing it back.
Scott Steiner's Math Promo Sacrifice 2008 ACTUAL FOOTAGE
YouTube video by Abraham M.
youtu.be
January 7, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Reposted by andrew mascioli
is everyone ready for 2025, the year of the linux desktop
December 21, 2024 at 10:30 AM
is everyone ready for 2025, the year of the linux desktop
Reposted by andrew mascioli
As Don Berry put it, "Bayesian statistics is hard in the sense that thinking is hard."
December 19, 2024 at 10:52 PM
As Don Berry put it, "Bayesian statistics is hard in the sense that thinking is hard."
Reposted by andrew mascioli
olive oyl: i'm going to the store, be back later
popeye: ok just don't forget the s-
olive oyl: i'm not gonna forget the fucking spinach. jesus christ
popeye: ok just don't forget the s-
olive oyl: i'm not gonna forget the fucking spinach. jesus christ
December 16, 2024 at 2:44 PM
olive oyl: i'm going to the store, be back later
popeye: ok just don't forget the s-
olive oyl: i'm not gonna forget the fucking spinach. jesus christ
popeye: ok just don't forget the s-
olive oyl: i'm not gonna forget the fucking spinach. jesus christ
troubled by the idea that monopoly is a reindeer game.
December 5, 2024 at 12:18 AM
troubled by the idea that monopoly is a reindeer game.
decades ago, humanity unified to solve a critical global engineering problem: designing the weakest possible plastic packaging to house cds/dvds/blurays...and by god, they did it
November 30, 2024 at 5:35 PM
decades ago, humanity unified to solve a critical global engineering problem: designing the weakest possible plastic packaging to house cds/dvds/blurays...and by god, they did it
it's 2024 and the best strategy i can come up with for putting tortellini in a pot of boiling water is to dump the bag and take cover like I'm tossing a grenade...come on ai do something about this
November 30, 2024 at 1:39 AM
it's 2024 and the best strategy i can come up with for putting tortellini in a pot of boiling water is to dump the bag and take cover like I'm tossing a grenade...come on ai do something about this
very much vibing with the alchemist remaster if pf2e, just feels a bit smoother across a number of aspects
November 23, 2024 at 2:31 AM
very much vibing with the alchemist remaster if pf2e, just feels a bit smoother across a number of aspects
a challenge of being one of the few ROCm users is you can never _quite_ tell if an error is due to a niche undocumented compatibility issue or the less niche "being an idiot" issue
November 22, 2024 at 3:15 AM
a challenge of being one of the few ROCm users is you can never _quite_ tell if an error is due to a niche undocumented compatibility issue or the less niche "being an idiot" issue
ahhh the joys
(potatoes)
(potatoes)
November 20, 2024 at 11:18 PM
ahhh the joys
(potatoes)
(potatoes)