Derek
crashandcern.bsky.social
Derek
@crashandcern.bsky.social
Machine learning engineer, former particle physics post-doc, member of Philly DSA. Retweets are endorsements unless I'm being ironic.
Technology Connections has an annual video where he battles with LED Christmas lights, including at one point nail polishing white ones to try and make the right. If I remember correctly last year he found some he actually liked! youtu.be/qSFNufruSKw?...
LED Christmas lights which don't hurt the eyes: it finally happened!
YouTube video by Technology Connections
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 11:35 PM
“think Oswald acted alone.” I thought it was implied from the previous sentence.
November 23, 2025 at 1:41 PM
That isn’t true. Most Americans don’t think Oswald acted alone. About 65% do not news.gallup.com/poll/514310/....

Fortunately the same isn’t true for things like the moon landing, flat eart, vaccines etc. which are around 10-12% carsey.unh.edu/publication/...
Decades Later, Most Americans Doubt Lone Gunman Killed JFK
On the 60th anniversary of President Kennedy's assassination, about two-thirds of Americans think there was more than one person involved in the murder, but there is little consensus about who that wa...
news.gallup.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I managed to finish it. I need a shower.
November 22, 2025 at 1:51 PM
“Yr open mouth awaiting my harvest”

Yup that’s enough for one lifetime
November 22, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Reposted by Derek
Guys I'm TIRED of explaining this. Greebles have TWO boges, ONE quiff and ONE dunth. Don't make me explain it again!
November 18, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Sure but that’s almost always how people always use the term “quality” for data. It is just a useful shorthand.
November 1, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Variety and complexity as aspects of quality
November 1, 2025 at 7:35 PM
It was right when the 2008 financial crisis happened so the NYC city council voted 29-22 to override the law in favor of “steady leadership in a crisis”. So he could ask city council for an exemption or have a ballot measure to change the rules. Of course this is getting ahead of ourselves.
October 24, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I also forgot about Resistance existing 😅
October 22, 2025 at 11:54 AM
I’m at about the same, except I’d bump Visions up a spot (I tend to judge it based on the best shorts). I put off watching Skeleton Crew and it was better than I expected! I’d probably put it just under Clone Wars? Hard to judge one season vs 8.
October 22, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Is it a large size or something? $7 for 14ct/10oz here in Philly suburbs.
October 18, 2025 at 8:58 PM
October 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM