Derek Beaton
@derek--beaton.bsky.social
Director, Advanced Analytics at Unity Health Toronto. So early to Blue Sky they don't even allow underscores. I like beer, data, and multivariate blah-blahs. 2x Guinness world record holder in nonsense (5 person half and full marathon)
There has to be a better name for this
November 18, 2025 at 6:58 PM
There has to be a better name for this
Fascinating deploy story (I hope?).
We launched a HR policies chatbot and I think some of the most extensive work was done on intent detection to prevent these cases below.
It wasn't easy! It's a hard problem!
We launched a HR policies chatbot and I think some of the most extensive work was done on intent detection to prevent these cases below.
It wasn't easy! It's a hard problem!
November 13, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Fascinating deploy story (I hope?).
We launched a HR policies chatbot and I think some of the most extensive work was done on intent detection to prevent these cases below.
It wasn't easy! It's a hard problem!
We launched a HR policies chatbot and I think some of the most extensive work was done on intent detection to prevent these cases below.
It wasn't easy! It's a hard problem!
Reposted by Derek Beaton
The stats behind the Chinese transition to renewables are absolutely staggering (300 nuclear plants of energy generation created per year!). Actually we do have the solution to carbon emissions, and the economics are now undeniable. www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
www.economist.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The stats behind the Chinese transition to renewables are absolutely staggering (300 nuclear plants of energy generation created per year!). Actually we do have the solution to carbon emissions, and the economics are now undeniable. www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
Occasional reminder that this is actually a pizza account
South shore bar style (45% hydration, 10% oil). Di Napoli tomatoes, scarmoza, nduja
South shore bar style (45% hydration, 10% oil). Di Napoli tomatoes, scarmoza, nduja
September 24, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Occasional reminder that this is actually a pizza account
South shore bar style (45% hydration, 10% oil). Di Napoli tomatoes, scarmoza, nduja
South shore bar style (45% hydration, 10% oil). Di Napoli tomatoes, scarmoza, nduja
For more than 9 years, I have remained irrationally angry that Dunkin' Donuts does not exist in Canada
September 5, 2025 at 1:26 AM
For more than 9 years, I have remained irrationally angry that Dunkin' Donuts does not exist in Canada
*slaps roof of powerpoint* you should see how many slides this machine can cram into 60 minutes
(the answer, currently, is 160 and likely to go up)
(the answer, currently, is 160 and likely to go up)
I have 76 slides for a 45-minute presentation.
Don't worry, some of them are duplicates with emphasis, because I don't trust animations to be well-timed.
Don't worry, some of them are duplicates with emphasis, because I don't trust animations to be well-timed.
September 4, 2025 at 12:02 AM
*slaps roof of powerpoint* you should see how many slides this machine can cram into 60 minutes
(the answer, currently, is 160 and likely to go up)
(the answer, currently, is 160 and likely to go up)
A friend's dad was the fire fighter supervising pyro at Fenway Park for The Rolling Stones (2005?). Got us in, last minute, for free. Basically at the stage.
Turned around and saw, if I recall correctly, that Doug Flutie and Arnold Schwarzenegger had worse seats than 2 broke college kids
Turned around and saw, if I recall correctly, that Doug Flutie and Arnold Schwarzenegger had worse seats than 2 broke college kids
What is your biggest concert flex?
August 29, 2025 at 7:51 PM
A friend's dad was the fire fighter supervising pyro at Fenway Park for The Rolling Stones (2005?). Got us in, last minute, for free. Basically at the stage.
Turned around and saw, if I recall correctly, that Doug Flutie and Arnold Schwarzenegger had worse seats than 2 broke college kids
Turned around and saw, if I recall correctly, that Doug Flutie and Arnold Schwarzenegger had worse seats than 2 broke college kids
🚨 JOB KLAXON 🚨
We're hiring a software engineer on our product development team. This role helps take the models and data feeds and then them into products/integrations for our users.
If you have questions, please reach out.
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...
We're hiring a software engineer on our product development team. This role helps take the models and data feeds and then them into products/integrations for our users.
If you have questions, please reach out.
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...
St. Michael's Hospital hiring Software Engineer DSAA DataSci Product Development in Toronto, Ontario, Canada | LinkedIn
Posted 4:57:32 PM. The Data Science and Advanced Analytics (DSAA) team at Unity Health Toronto (UHT) is a Machine…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
www.linkedin.com
July 28, 2025 at 6:23 PM
🚨 JOB KLAXON 🚨
We're hiring a software engineer on our product development team. This role helps take the models and data feeds and then them into products/integrations for our users.
If you have questions, please reach out.
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...
We're hiring a software engineer on our product development team. This role helps take the models and data feeds and then them into products/integrations for our users.
If you have questions, please reach out.
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...
On top of that, every year since 2016 (barring 2020) around July 6, we visit Indie Ale House (not on bluesky) because that's the first place we visited on arrival. I used to add it to the same Twitter thread every year. But I deleted that nonsense.
So continues the tradition of Indie Ale House
So continues the tradition of Indie Ale House
July 4, 2025 at 9:30 PM
On top of that, every year since 2016 (barring 2020) around July 6, we visit Indie Ale House (not on bluesky) because that's the first place we visited on arrival. I used to add it to the same Twitter thread every year. But I deleted that nonsense.
So continues the tradition of Indie Ale House
So continues the tradition of Indie Ale House
Today, American independence day (and nearly 9 years to the day I came to Canada), I will take the oath to become a Canadian citizen. By swearing allegiance to King Charles
Someone at immigration thought this would be funny (I think it's funny too)
Someone at immigration thought this would be funny (I think it's funny too)
July 4, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Today, American independence day (and nearly 9 years to the day I came to Canada), I will take the oath to become a Canadian citizen. By swearing allegiance to King Charles
Someone at immigration thought this would be funny (I think it's funny too)
Someone at immigration thought this would be funny (I think it's funny too)
Reposted by Derek Beaton
Happy Canada Day to everyone, even the snowbirds and hosers
July 1, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Happy Canada Day to everyone, even the snowbirds and hosers
NOW THIS IS LAWNCARE
June 10, 2025 at 11:05 PM
NOW THIS IS LAWNCARE
Come join our team! We're looking for someone to join us to help build up and support our on-prem (and eventually hybrid) platform(s) infrastructure.
We've included a lot of the tech we currently use in the job call. Please reach out if interested
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...
We've included a lot of the tech we currently use in the job call. Please reach out if interested
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...
St. Michael's Hospital hiring DSAA System Administrator DataSci Integration and Governance in Toronto, Ontario, Canada | LinkedIn
Posted 10:57:46 AM. Unity Health Toronto, comprised of Providence Healthcare, St. Joseph's Health Centre and St…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
www.linkedin.com
June 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Come join our team! We're looking for someone to join us to help build up and support our on-prem (and eventually hybrid) platform(s) infrastructure.
We've included a lot of the tech we currently use in the job call. Please reach out if interested
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...
We've included a lot of the tech we currently use in the job call. Please reach out if interested
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...
Reposted by Derek Beaton
a question mark changes the response. truly incredible
May 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM
a question mark changes the response. truly incredible
it's actually a very bad thing that we can "prompt engineer" bad responses
May 30, 2025 at 3:13 AM
it's actually a very bad thing that we can "prompt engineer" bad responses
incredible citations. keep it up.
May 29, 2025 at 11:40 PM
incredible citations. keep it up.
For the Monday crowd: we're hiring!
We're looking for a sysadmin/platform dev person to join the team to help support all the tech we use to develop and deploy data science solutions across our hospitals
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...
We're looking for a sysadmin/platform dev person to join the team to help support all the tech we use to develop and deploy data science solutions across our hospitals
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...
St. Michael's Hospital hiring DSAA System Administrator DataSci Integration and Governance in Toronto, Ontario, Canada | LinkedIn
Posted 10:57:46 AM. Unity Health Toronto, comprised of Providence Healthcare, St. Joseph's Health Centre and St…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
www.linkedin.com
May 26, 2025 at 12:23 PM
For the Monday crowd: we're hiring!
We're looking for a sysadmin/platform dev person to join the team to help support all the tech we use to develop and deploy data science solutions across our hospitals
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...
We're looking for a sysadmin/platform dev person to join the team to help support all the tech we use to develop and deploy data science solutions across our hospitals
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...
Toronto pizza has gotten real good with a lot of options in the last few years and I love it
May 23, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Toronto pizza has gotten real good with a lot of options in the last few years and I love it
We're hiring! We're looking for a sys admin/platform dev type person to join the team. Lots of cool tech we use listed here (and some other cool tech, like XNAT, is not)
If you have questions, please reach out!
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...
If you have questions, please reach out!
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...
St. Michael's Hospital hiring DSAA System Administrator DataSci Integration and Governance in Toronto, Ontario, Canada | LinkedIn
Posted 4:58:40 PM. Unity Health Toronto, comprised of Providence Healthcare, St. Joseph's Health Centre and St…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
www.linkedin.com
May 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
We're hiring! We're looking for a sys admin/platform dev type person to join the team. Lots of cool tech we use listed here (and some other cool tech, like XNAT, is not)
If you have questions, please reach out!
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...
If you have questions, please reach out!
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...
As a Derek also from New England that's also on vacation this week almost strictly for the purposes of sorting out long overdue personal items and errands:
ouch.
ouch.
Plan To Straighten Out Entire Life During Weeklong Vacation Yields Mixed Results
theonion.com/plan-to...
theonion.com/plan-to...
May 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
As a Derek also from New England that's also on vacation this week almost strictly for the purposes of sorting out long overdue personal items and errands:
ouch.
ouch.
honestly I like the sound of mean square blunder more than mean square error
"Squared blunder’: Google engineer withdraws preprint after getting called out for using AI
‘Squared blunder’: Google engineer withdraws preprint after getting called out for using AI
Two of the phrases in the paper identified as AI-generated An expert in AI at Google has admitted he used the technology to help write a preprint manuscript that commenters on PubPeer found to cont…
retractionwatch.com
April 24, 2025 at 10:06 PM
honestly I like the sound of mean square blunder more than mean square error
weird way of spelling data collection platform
OpenAI is building a social network
OpenAI is building a social network
ChatGPT versus X?
buff.ly
April 15, 2025 at 4:54 PM
weird way of spelling data collection platform