James Fern
@jamesfern.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer; SFHEA; Academic GenAI lead; #Sport #Exercise #Science #rstats #openscience #bayes #MUFC
https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/14/10/1102
https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/14/10/1102
Some pics from a long weekend trip, walking in Crickhowell, Wales.
November 13, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Some pics from a long weekend trip, walking in Crickhowell, Wales.
Could never get bored of playing Parkstone GC, one of the best in the country.
October 6, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Could never get bored of playing Parkstone GC, one of the best in the country.
Might be of interest. Bruno's goal creating actions against total attempted passes & then misplaced passes. Tells a story I think when compared to the players around him. Easy to top the table for chance/goal creation when you attempt so many passes, but it comes at a cost when you misplace so many
September 3, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Might be of interest. Bruno's goal creating actions against total attempted passes & then misplaced passes. Tells a story I think when compared to the players around him. Easy to top the table for chance/goal creation when you attempt so many passes, but it comes at a cost when you misplace so many
Interesting, if you look at his goal creating actions as a product of attempted passes it looks okay. But as a product of misplaced passes the problem is really clear. Its easy to create chances/goals when you attempt lots of passes - but at what cost to your team when >30% are misplaced...
September 3, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Interesting, if you look at his goal creating actions as a product of attempted passes it looks okay. But as a product of misplaced passes the problem is really clear. Its easy to create chances/goals when you attempt lots of passes - but at what cost to your team when >30% are misplaced...
am interested in that won possession 24 times stat, do you have the source? This is the season so far - no interceptions, 2nd highest for lost challenges, poor in terms of blocks and tackles...
September 2, 2025 at 10:27 AM
am interested in that won possession 24 times stat, do you have the source? This is the season so far - no interceptions, 2nd highest for lost challenges, poor in terms of blocks and tackles...
Here is what I was referring to in the last reply - no interceptions, 2nd highest for lost challenges, bottom half for blocks and tackles.
September 2, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Here is what I was referring to in the last reply - no interceptions, 2nd highest for lost challenges, bottom half for blocks and tackles.
Favourite reads from the last couple of months:
God Human Animal Machine - Meghan O’Gieblyn
Incompleteness - Rebecca Goldstein
2084 - John C. Lennox
Superbloom - Nicholas Carr
These Strange New Minds - Christopher Summerfield
From Bacteria to Bach and Back - Daniel C. Dennett
God Human Animal Machine - Meghan O’Gieblyn
Incompleteness - Rebecca Goldstein
2084 - John C. Lennox
Superbloom - Nicholas Carr
These Strange New Minds - Christopher Summerfield
From Bacteria to Bach and Back - Daniel C. Dennett
September 1, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Favourite reads from the last couple of months:
God Human Animal Machine - Meghan O’Gieblyn
Incompleteness - Rebecca Goldstein
2084 - John C. Lennox
Superbloom - Nicholas Carr
These Strange New Minds - Christopher Summerfield
From Bacteria to Bach and Back - Daniel C. Dennett
God Human Animal Machine - Meghan O’Gieblyn
Incompleteness - Rebecca Goldstein
2084 - John C. Lennox
Superbloom - Nicholas Carr
These Strange New Minds - Christopher Summerfield
From Bacteria to Bach and Back - Daniel C. Dennett
Will those ‘chances’ be worth it if he loses the ball more than 400 times again. The worst in all of Europe by a distance.
September 1, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Will those ‘chances’ be worth it if he loses the ball more than 400 times again. The worst in all of Europe by a distance.
That fact Bruno gets on the ball so much is exactly our problem. We turn the ball over more than any other team because of him. There isn’t a worse player in all of Europe at completing a pass, it’s scandalous he has played as much as he has for us.
August 29, 2025 at 2:20 PM
That fact Bruno gets on the ball so much is exactly our problem. We turn the ball over more than any other team because of him. There isn’t a worse player in all of Europe at completing a pass, it’s scandalous he has played as much as he has for us.
I pointed out that we hadn't signed any players 'to fit his system', and you disagreed??
August 28, 2025 at 8:15 AM
I pointed out that we hadn't signed any players 'to fit his system', and you disagreed??
Thanks for taking time to produce this critique, I agree with a lot of it. I'm confused by Kosmyna's comment to Time about trying to trick people using LLMs to summarise, as they state the model in the paper clearly...? Am I missing something?
June 21, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Thanks for taking time to produce this critique, I agree with a lot of it. I'm confused by Kosmyna's comment to Time about trying to trick people using LLMs to summarise, as they state the model in the paper clearly...? Am I missing something?
Congratulations to you and your team on the huge amount of work that's gone in to this paper. Could you clarify the confusion that seems to be doing the rounds in relation to this comment? In your paper you do state o4 was used by participant so it makes the Time comment confusing. Thanks!
June 21, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Congratulations to you and your team on the huge amount of work that's gone in to this paper. Could you clarify the confusion that seems to be doing the rounds in relation to this comment? In your paper you do state o4 was used by participant so it makes the Time comment confusing. Thanks!
it's stated they used o4 in the paper?
June 21, 2025 at 9:38 AM
it's stated they used o4 in the paper?
It's clearly stated in the paper they used o4. What am I missing here?
June 21, 2025 at 9:37 AM
It's clearly stated in the paper they used o4. What am I missing here?
What am I missing here? The paper explicitly states participants used 4o?
June 21, 2025 at 9:33 AM
What am I missing here? The paper explicitly states participants used 4o?
Thought I’d sneak out for a quick 9 holes, should have checked the weather forecast.
June 7, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Thought I’d sneak out for a quick 9 holes, should have checked the weather forecast.
Maybe he’ll reach 3000 lost possessions with us 🤦♂️ averaging 550 per season so far, for the lofty return of…8 assists 🤯
June 3, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Maybe he’ll reach 3000 lost possessions with us 🤦♂️ averaging 550 per season so far, for the lofty return of…8 assists 🤯
what exactly would Utd be 'replacing'? An average of 8 assists per season? Or someone to give the ball away more (2200 times!) than any other player across ALL of Europe?
June 3, 2025 at 12:12 PM
what exactly would Utd be 'replacing'? An average of 8 assists per season? Or someone to give the ball away more (2200 times!) than any other player across ALL of Europe?
Consider 'positive' KPIs like assists relative to negative actions, like losing possession. Bruno is outrageously expensive in terms of misplaced passes per assist.
June 3, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Consider 'positive' KPIs like assists relative to negative actions, like losing possession. Bruno is outrageously expensive in terms of misplaced passes per assist.
Such a shame we haven't managed to remove Bruno, more of the same next year I fear if he stays.
June 3, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Such a shame we haven't managed to remove Bruno, more of the same next year I fear if he stays.
If there is one positive to come from last night it would be this!
Simply cannot carry a player this wasteful.
Simply cannot carry a player this wasteful.
May 22, 2025 at 8:19 AM
If there is one positive to come from last night it would be this!
Simply cannot carry a player this wasteful.
Simply cannot carry a player this wasteful.
At nearly 16 hrs on Audible I wasn’t sure a ‘history of the Luddites’ was going to hold my attention. I was very wrong! #BloodInTheMachine from @bcmerchant.bsky.social was excellent, and the parallels to contemporary #AI discussions are very well drawn. A must read for anyone working on AI policy.
May 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
At nearly 16 hrs on Audible I wasn’t sure a ‘history of the Luddites’ was going to hold my attention. I was very wrong! #BloodInTheMachine from @bcmerchant.bsky.social was excellent, and the parallels to contemporary #AI discussions are very well drawn. A must read for anyone working on AI policy.
Favourite reads of 2025 so far. #goodreads
May 5, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Favourite reads of 2025 so far. #goodreads
So depressingly predictable from the FA.
Cowards.
🏳️⚧️
Cowards.
🏳️⚧️
May 1, 2025 at 2:53 PM
So depressingly predictable from the FA.
Cowards.
🏳️⚧️
Cowards.
🏳️⚧️