Konsta Happonen
@konsta.happonen.eu
Youth researcher. Bayesian surveyor of inner worlds. Tired baritone.
Reposted by Konsta Happonen
Reposted by Konsta Happonen
eeeey MCARena
a woman in a red top and black skirt stands on a balcony with buildings in the background
Alt: a woman in a red top and black skirt stands on a balcony with buildings in the background dancing the macarena
media.tenor.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:43 AM
eeeey MCARena
Reposted by Konsta Happonen
Hero worship in science is rotten. There are no giants on whose shoulders we stand. We're all part of a community that spans time and geography. Getting fixated on origin stories is very Marvel. Science doesn't happen in heroland though.
November 6, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Hero worship in science is rotten. There are no giants on whose shoulders we stand. We're all part of a community that spans time and geography. Getting fixated on origin stories is very Marvel. Science doesn't happen in heroland though.
Reposted by Konsta Happonen
What's the take home message?
If you're submitting AI slop you're a loser. You're just making these great free services harder to run, and making it more difficult to separate signal (science) from noise (your crappy AI shit.)
If you're submitting AI slop you're a loser. You're just making these great free services harder to run, and making it more difficult to separate signal (science) from noise (your crappy AI shit.)
November 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM
What's the take home message?
If you're submitting AI slop you're a loser. You're just making these great free services harder to run, and making it more difficult to separate signal (science) from noise (your crappy AI shit.)
If you're submitting AI slop you're a loser. You're just making these great free services harder to run, and making it more difficult to separate signal (science) from noise (your crappy AI shit.)
Reposted by Konsta Happonen
I've been getting back into the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series after many years, and the most relatable part is how everyday objects like doors and elevators have been imbued with artificial intelligence and it just makes them obnoxious and frustrating to use and everyone hates it.
November 1, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I've been getting back into the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series after many years, and the most relatable part is how everyday objects like doors and elevators have been imbued with artificial intelligence and it just makes them obnoxious and frustrating to use and everyone hates it.
Went to see Alexander Ekman's COW at the National Ballet yesterday. Most fun I've had in a while! A delightful tongue-in-cheek performance that nonetheless left me thinking about some of the more serious themes presented.
November 1, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Went to see Alexander Ekman's COW at the National Ballet yesterday. Most fun I've had in a while! A delightful tongue-in-cheek performance that nonetheless left me thinking about some of the more serious themes presented.
I'm learning a lot by reading @vincentab.bsky.social's marginaleffects book, and I'm super happy that the package supports svyglm and svyolr from @tslumley.bsky.social's survey package. I dare to ask: would it be possible to have support for models from the svyVGAM package? #rstats
October 31, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I'm learning a lot by reading @vincentab.bsky.social's marginaleffects book, and I'm super happy that the package supports svyglm and svyolr from @tslumley.bsky.social's survey package. I dare to ask: would it be possible to have support for models from the svyVGAM package? #rstats
Peak Outlook:
1) You have already clicked the keep me signed in button in the past
2) The site nontheless requests that you sign in again. You do.
3) It asks do you want it to keep you signed in. You click yes
4) The next screen reads "signing you out"
🤷
1) You have already clicked the keep me signed in button in the past
2) The site nontheless requests that you sign in again. You do.
3) It asks do you want it to keep you signed in. You click yes
4) The next screen reads "signing you out"
🤷
October 31, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Peak Outlook:
1) You have already clicked the keep me signed in button in the past
2) The site nontheless requests that you sign in again. You do.
3) It asks do you want it to keep you signed in. You click yes
4) The next screen reads "signing you out"
🤷
1) You have already clicked the keep me signed in button in the past
2) The site nontheless requests that you sign in again. You do.
3) It asks do you want it to keep you signed in. You click yes
4) The next screen reads "signing you out"
🤷
I've been reading this while eating breakfast the last couple of days. Gripping stuff, even though my partner has had a strange look on her face.
Look what arrived in the mail today! It's my copy of the pink book of marginaleffects by @vincentab.bsky.social
#rstats
#rstats
October 30, 2025 at 11:04 AM
I've been reading this while eating breakfast the last couple of days. Gripping stuff, even though my partner has had a strange look on her face.
I recently smashed our last coffee server against the kitchen sink, so we were forced to buy a new one. This one's not as functional as the Hario server I destroyed, but just looking at it sparks joy every morning.
October 30, 2025 at 10:50 AM
I recently smashed our last coffee server against the kitchen sink, so we were forced to buy a new one. This one's not as functional as the Hario server I destroyed, but just looking at it sparks joy every morning.
I understand why the city does this. Maple leaves are tough and don't decompose especially quickly. Still, it seems criminal to deliberately turn a beautiful yellow blanket into brown goo.
October 27, 2025 at 12:05 PM
I understand why the city does this. Maple leaves are tough and don't decompose especially quickly. Still, it seems criminal to deliberately turn a beautiful yellow blanket into brown goo.
Return to normal time from DST is imminent, which means that a lot of people are unhappy about having less light in the afternoon / early evening. But I am quite content for getting an extra couple of days when I can enjoy sunlight while eating breakfast or walking to work.
October 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Return to normal time from DST is imminent, which means that a lot of people are unhappy about having less light in the afternoon / early evening. But I am quite content for getting an extra couple of days when I can enjoy sunlight while eating breakfast or walking to work.
Reposted by Konsta Happonen
Entering my dark academia phase (the lights in my office are broken)
October 23, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Entering my dark academia phase (the lights in my office are broken)
Look what arrived in the mail today! It's my copy of the pink book of marginaleffects by @vincentab.bsky.social
#rstats
#rstats
October 21, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Look what arrived in the mail today! It's my copy of the pink book of marginaleffects by @vincentab.bsky.social
#rstats
#rstats
Reposted by Konsta Happonen
Quite a list! Makes you think why we'd allow one of these—testing—to overshadow everything else to the extent that it does today, and what the consequences of such prioritization could be.
October 17, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Quite a list! Makes you think why we'd allow one of these—testing—to overshadow everything else to the extent that it does today, and what the consequences of such prioritization could be.
Reposted by Konsta Happonen
"Here is a partial list of epistemic activities: describing, predicting, explaining, hypothesizing, testing, observing, detecting, measuring, classifying, representing, modeling, simulating, synthesizing, analyzing, abstracting, idealizing."
October 17, 2025 at 5:36 PM
"Here is a partial list of epistemic activities: describing, predicting, explaining, hypothesizing, testing, observing, detecting, measuring, classifying, representing, modeling, simulating, synthesizing, analyzing, abstracting, idealizing."
Reposted by Konsta Happonen
StanCon 2026, Uppsala, Sweden
We are thrilled to announce that StanCon 2026 will take place in Uppsala, Sweden, from August 17th to August 21st, 2026. The conference brings together researchers and practitioners passionate about Bayesian inference and probabilistic programming in one of Sweden’s…
We are thrilled to announce that StanCon 2026 will take place in Uppsala, Sweden, from August 17th to August 21st, 2026. The conference brings together researchers and practitioners passionate about Bayesian inference and probabilistic programming in one of Sweden’s…
StanCon 2026, Uppsala, Sweden
We are thrilled to announce that StanCon 2026 will take place in Uppsala, Sweden, from August 17th to August 21st, 2026. The conference brings together researchers and practitioners passionate about Bayesian inference and probabilistic programming in one of Sweden’s most historic and vibrant university cities. Attendees will enjoy a week of conference talks, workshops, and tutorials spanning both foundational methods and real-world applications.
blog.mc-stan.org
October 13, 2025 at 2:53 PM
StanCon 2026, Uppsala, Sweden
We are thrilled to announce that StanCon 2026 will take place in Uppsala, Sweden, from August 17th to August 21st, 2026. The conference brings together researchers and practitioners passionate about Bayesian inference and probabilistic programming in one of Sweden’s…
We are thrilled to announce that StanCon 2026 will take place in Uppsala, Sweden, from August 17th to August 21st, 2026. The conference brings together researchers and practitioners passionate about Bayesian inference and probabilistic programming in one of Sweden’s…
Reposted by Konsta Happonen
I do agree with Roger's points here (although am seeing some change??), but must bring up the obligatory citation needed post: talyarkoni.org/blog/2018/10...
October 13, 2025 at 8:37 AM
I do agree with Roger's points here (although am seeing some change??), but must bring up the obligatory citation needed post: talyarkoni.org/blog/2018/10...
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
"There were divergent transitions"
"There were divergent transitions"
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
Here's mine: "The Client wants AI"
Here's mine: "The Client wants AI"
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
October 12, 2025 at 3:19 PM
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
"There were divergent transitions"
"There were divergent transitions"
Reposted by Konsta Happonen
I read and write, I explore and I question, I design and script and analyse, I interpret and communicate. I do this to train my mind in the hopes of one day generating new knowledge. New knowledge that might even be useful, and that no algorithm can yet be trained on.
Y'all. I just got ChatGPT to do everything in R for this manuscript. I mean EVERYTHING. And it's all legit and reproducible. I'm shook.
How are we mentoring our trainees in statistics now? Who needs to learn coding in R line by line, and who doesn't?
scienceforeveryone.science/statistics-i...
How are we mentoring our trainees in statistics now? Who needs to learn coding in R line by line, and who doesn't?
scienceforeveryone.science/statistics-i...
Statistics in the era of AI
How do we mentor, teach, and do stats when AI can do so much of the work?
scienceforeveryone.science
October 12, 2025 at 8:07 AM
I read and write, I explore and I question, I design and script and analyse, I interpret and communicate. I do this to train my mind in the hopes of one day generating new knowledge. New knowledge that might even be useful, and that no algorithm can yet be trained on.
I have two projects that I started before the ggplot 4.0.0 update. In the other I'm using renv and a .lock file, so it's not affected. Guess in which project do I have to regenerate all the plots.
#rstats
#rstats
October 8, 2025 at 6:56 AM
I have two projects that I started before the ggplot 4.0.0 update. In the other I'm using renv and a .lock file, so it's not affected. Guess in which project do I have to regenerate all the plots.
#rstats
#rstats
I just realized that in total, I have been asleep for over a decade.
October 8, 2025 at 4:24 AM
I just realized that in total, I have been asleep for over a decade.
A modest proposal: we should stop citing each other's work. Productivity would go up! And no more gaming of citation metrics.
Bibliography formatting: the real reason it takes ten years of higher ed to get a PhD.
October 7, 2025 at 4:59 AM
A modest proposal: we should stop citing each other's work. Productivity would go up! And no more gaming of citation metrics.
Writing a poster in LaTeX and god I'd forgotten how fiddly it can be.
October 6, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Writing a poster in LaTeX and god I'd forgotten how fiddly it can be.