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Something something #rstats biostats/ML wip PhD
Started watching the first episode of The Celebrity Traitors and the hardest thing so far is to take Claudia Winkleman seriously after just recently listening to that Off Menu episode where goes on a rant about not liking water and how she hates moist tongues.
November 9, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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The detectCores() apocalypse is creeping up on us 👻🐛

As more people are getting access to 128+ CPU cores, code spinning up parallel cluster with detectCores() workers fails - not enough #RStats connections available

Friends, do *not* default to detectCores(), bc www.jottr.org/2022/12/05/a...
Please Avoid detectCores() in your R Packages
The detectCores() function of the parallel package is probably one of the most used functions when it comes to setting the number of parallel workers to use in R. In this blog post, I’ll try to explai...
www.jottr.org
November 5, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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A neat little quiz game: Is a headline homophobia from the 80s-90s or transphobia from the 2010s-2020s? Because it's all the same bullshit, repackaged for the hate du jour

haveigotphobiaforyou.com
Have I Got Phobia For You
Bringing attention to the often harmful practices of our mainstream media. Thankfully the days of vile hostility against gay people are now more or less over, but, reading today’s newspapers, there’s ...
haveigotphobiaforyou.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Can’t wait to finally finish my PhD so I can read for leisure again.

Very much looking forward to the book that makes me chuckle on the dedication page already.
@jayforeman.bsky.social 🫡
November 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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logging on
October 28, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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right wing bigots have admitted

- the “trans women in bathrooms” issue

- the “trans women in sports” issue and

- the “trans kids getting surgery” issue

were all MADE UP TO TAKE OUR RIGHTS AWAY

are you paying attention?
October 19, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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October 23, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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set.seed(42)
set.seed(sample(1L:(2L^32L),1))

😀 #RStats
October 22, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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My main hobbies
October 22, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Happy Brian David Gilbert‘s Halloween-themed ABBA cover EP season to those celebrating
October 18, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I have watchlists across several apps, including letterboxd, Trakt.tv, plex, and at least one notes app - but what I actually want is one unified watchlist that not only notes the movie or show, but also who recommended it (if applicable), for what reason, and what other context is relevant.
October 18, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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It's kinda cool that Gary Larson is doing new cartoons because he picked up a digital tablet, taught himself how to use it, and it made him love drawing again.

www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/
New Work by Gary Larson | TheFarSide.com
Get an exclusive look at brand new cartoons and artwork from cartoonist Gary Larson, creator of the iconic comic strip The Far Side®.
www.thefarside.com
October 17, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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One of the craziest stories I've seen in a long time. If you think Trump and his administration are extreme and depraved, just wait until you learn about the young guns who are positioning themselves to take over the reigns in the next few decades

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I’m not sure I have the capacity to accept „tn“ as a suffix for nonsensically large quantities of money thrown around as if that wasn’t absurd.
October 11, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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The real Butlerian Jihad is not againt AGI, but against AI slop? Happy weekend to all www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zfN...
AI Slop Is Destroying The Internet
YouTube video by Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
www.youtube.com
October 11, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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logging on
October 8, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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logging on
October 6, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
October 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Is this going to be the year where I remember to rewatch Over the Garden Wall at the end of October instead of just thinking about how I would like doing that for most of October and then forgetting?

I hope so.
October 8, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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history teacher in 50 years: So in September, that’s when the president signed an executive order criminalizing anti-fascism and saying all resistance would be crushed

student: oh so that’s when the whole country realized they were living under fascism

teacher: haha what? oh no lol not at all. no.
October 4, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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14.5 years after beginning the trek to the Minecraft Far Lands, Farlanders will finally experience reaching the journey's destination LIVE on Twitch, starting at 12:00 Noon PDT on Saturday, October 4th! youtu.be/daXNSBw6G54?...
Minecraft Far Lands or Bust - #852 - About the Destination
YouTube video by Far Lands or Bust with KurtJMac
youtu.be
October 1, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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I've been walking in Minecraft to the edge of the world, the Far Lands, for over 14 years. I've brought the most awesome friends and community with me the entire way, we've raised over $500k for charity, and today we're finally going to get there, live on my twitch channel! twitch.tv/kurtjmac
October 4, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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i looked at the methodology for this and it is
a. sex addiction counseling group in texas did a surveymonkey and extrapolated the results to the entire us population which is the sort of research design that earns you an ff on an intro methods class (the extra f is for extra effort), and
b. p-hacked
Nearly a third of Americans have had a ‘romantic relationship’ with an AI bot, new survey says
1 in 3 Americans have had a ‘romantic relationship’ with an AI bot, new survey says
www.independent.co.uk
October 3, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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Someone should probably inform the White House's "AI & Crypto Czar" that no one is forcing AI companies to train their models on Wikipedia
September 29, 2025 at 8:38 PM
There may be a few good reasons to switch away from 1Password, but these days by far the most annoying thing for me is that I have no way of telling it that no, the passwords for foo‌.example.com is not at all relevant for bar‌.example.com, please stop suggesting it.

Sincerely, a self-hoster.
September 28, 2025 at 1:54 PM