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David Delony
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Music nerd, computer nerd, nerd nerd. Occasional hyperplane fitter. Pronouns: He/him. Editor: Vi/Vim.
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Cover of Pink Floyd's "Ummagumma."
June 6, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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There was a slight positive correlation between the number of reviews and the average rating of a movie (T=4.85,R2=23)
Linear regression with scatter plot of average rating of Netflix movies vs. number of reviews, showing positive correlation.
April 24, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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The Netflix catalog seems to skew toward more recent movies, at least for this sample. #stats
Histogram of release year of netflix movies, showing left-tailed distribution with a large number of newer movies.
April 24, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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I was poking around Netflix data and found that movied recommended via curated discovery methods (friend recommendations, word of mouth, critical reviews) had higher average reviews than Netlix's recommendation algorithm, and also less spread. #stats
A box-and-whisker plot of Netflix average ratings by how users discovered it. The x-axis is the average rating, and the y-axis represents the method of discovery.
April 24, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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A stick figure holding a bean, labeled "Me," next to a house labeled "My house", with an array drawn from a bean field to the house, labeled "Carry bean to house, eat."
April 5, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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The regression of Windows vs. Linux market share over time is a polynomial curve. I have no idea what to do with this information. #linux #stats.
Regression plot of Windows vs. Linux usage, showing a polynomial curve.
March 19, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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A plot of Linux kernel contributions by time zone offset from UTC. #stats #linux
A plot of changes to the Linux kernel by timezones offset from UTC, with more contributions coming from time zones associated with North America and Europe.
March 11, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Michael Palin character from "Monty Python's Flying Circus" showing a slide of the banned word, "semprini."
February 5, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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Cover of Talking Heads' 1980 album, "Remain in Light."
November 30, 2024 at 3:59 AM
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Did someone order a pizza?
Sun Microsystems Sparcstation 1 "pizza box" workstation computer.
December 12, 2023 at 11:54 PM
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Sounds about right. Where's Kate Bush, though? I listen to her quite a bit.
Spotify Wrapped 2023 screenshot, showing New Order, Pink Floyd, Brian Eno, Radiohead, and Pixies as Top Artists. The top songs are "Disorder" by Joy Division, "Monkey Gone to Heaven" by Pixies," "Breathe (in the Air") by Pink Floyd, "Wave of Mutilation" by Pixies, and "Regret" by New Order. The minutes listened is 47.012, and the top genre is rock.
November 29, 2023 at 5:59 PM
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Epic handshake meme with "Pink Floyd" superimposed over one arm, and "The Doors" over the other. The text above the handshake reads "Pretending the bass player doesn't exist."
November 25, 2023 at 12:01 AM