Paul Speaker
@fattailedstat.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Statistics,
MSU. Data scientist. Data science skeptic. Ex-lawyer. Native Texan.
MSU. Data scientist. Data science skeptic. Ex-lawyer. Native Texan.
“Less capacity to stand a stress” seems like the critical line here.
December 9, 2025 at 7:22 PM
“Less capacity to stand a stress” seems like the critical line here.
Lot of people who say that want a house actually don't want a house.
November 18, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Lot of people who say that want a house actually don't want a house.
Do you have an estimated publication date?
November 14, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Do you have an estimated publication date?
"At a time when nuclear threats feel more alarming than ever, " is an amazingly ignorant statement.
October 30, 2025 at 1:39 PM
"At a time when nuclear threats feel more alarming than ever, " is an amazingly ignorant statement.
On the bright side, they are too pathetically incompetent to do most of what they want.
September 15, 2025 at 7:58 PM
On the bright side, they are too pathetically incompetent to do most of what they want.
Iowa State has a long history of beating the big guys and losing to nobodies. So I gotta take them.
August 23, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Iowa State has a long history of beating the big guys and losing to nobodies. So I gotta take them.
The problem is that the investment model requires it to be a tipping point. Most AI firms cannot survive merely incremental progress.
August 19, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The problem is that the investment model requires it to be a tipping point. Most AI firms cannot survive merely incremental progress.
It should be video only with Dark Side of the Moon playing.
August 5, 2025 at 4:14 PM
It should be video only with Dark Side of the Moon playing.
If it's (3), there will be a very different mag 7 list. Some/most probably not well known yet.
August 5, 2025 at 1:03 PM
If it's (3), there will be a very different mag 7 list. Some/most probably not well known yet.
So they'll fire him in the next 2 years?
August 4, 2025 at 4:42 PM
So they'll fire him in the next 2 years?
Jeb would be great for California housing policy.
July 30, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Jeb would be great for California housing policy.
That episode created the greatest Star Trek Usenet flame war in history. Just absolutely epic.
July 28, 2025 at 2:37 PM
That episode created the greatest Star Trek Usenet flame war in history. Just absolutely epic.
Betteridge's Law still unbeaten.
July 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Betteridge's Law still unbeaten.
I have never seen as many fireflies as I have the last couple of weeks here in Lansing.
July 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I have never seen as many fireflies as I have the last couple of weeks here in Lansing.
I don't get it. A stay is supposed to preserve the status quo. This totally turns the purpose of a stay on its head.
July 14, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I don't get it. A stay is supposed to preserve the status quo. This totally turns the purpose of a stay on its head.
Yep. Especially when you also get their limeade.
July 14, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Yep. Especially when you also get their limeade.
Clearly someone who couldn't hold down a real job.
July 12, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Clearly someone who couldn't hold down a real job.
The idea that stays should preserve the status quo has been totally turned on its head. I get his confusion.
July 4, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The idea that stays should preserve the status quo has been totally turned on its head. I get his confusion.
But there is a torture O'Brien episode, literally every season.
July 3, 2025 at 7:11 PM
But there is a torture O'Brien episode, literally every season.
If the economy tanks it will absolutely be bluer than 2018.
July 1, 2025 at 10:41 AM
If the economy tanks it will absolutely be bluer than 2018.