Brian Rolek
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Brian Rolek
@brols.bsky.social
PhD | Quantitative Ecologist at a nonprofit | Applied conservation science | Birds esp Raptors and Passerines | Bayesian stats | Population Ecology | Forest Management | Dadding
Alliances among vast organizations including states, cities, academic institutions, unions, etc leading to a general strike and the creation of alternative institutions.
August 19, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Or the opposite side of the coin. Maybe you all could talk about how excluding people from the economy damages the economy for everyone.
August 13, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Let's pretend the economy is a pie. Does inclusion and diversity in the economy slice the pie into smaller pieces or does the pie just get bigger? (I strongly suspect the latter but it would be great to hear from experts).
August 13, 2025 at 7:52 PM
😂 you're a tough customer. I'm just glad that I know to avoid those models for now.
August 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I'm finding as I make more complex models I seem to need to use the noncentered param more to get adequate sampling. Any chance you've had a similar experience?
August 7, 2025 at 7:08 PM
okay I probably wouldn't have used it then. Still that team is always adding nice features.
August 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Honestly I think one of your previous posts brought this to my attention, so thanks! I was not aware that nimble had a built-in noncentered sampler. I probably should be using that.
August 7, 2025 at 6:53 PM
And obviously this won't rescue a poor dataset, but it might rescue some poorly behaved MCMCs.
August 7, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Just sending this out to the BlueSky-iverse in case any of you Bayesians are struggling with convergence out there.
August 7, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Extended closing date of 30 May 2025.
May 12, 2025 at 5:54 PM