Mark Rieke
@markjrieke.bsky.social
certified big nerd | big #rstats dweeb | accidental python fan | he/him
thedatadiary.net
thedatadiary.net
just one more notebook bro just one more don't make me write a python script just one more notebook I promise this one's different just one more notebook
November 5, 2025 at 3:50 PM
just one more notebook bro just one more don't make me write a python script just one more notebook I promise this one's different just one more notebook
no surprise, but we also found this to be true in a predictive capacity as well:
www.gelliottmorris.com/i/170693120/...
www.gelliottmorris.com/i/170693120/...
October 29, 2025 at 8:19 PM
no surprise, but we also found this to be true in a predictive capacity as well:
www.gelliottmorris.com/i/170693120/...
www.gelliottmorris.com/i/170693120/...
behold, a gaussian mixture of poisson and normally distributed variables
October 27, 2025 at 10:24 PM
behold, a gaussian mixture of poisson and normally distributed variables
I flippin love making lil handouts for dnd
October 27, 2025 at 3:22 AM
I flippin love making lil handouts for dnd
I have spent the past few hours trying to convince a LLM to return empty JSON when it can't find something and _not_ just make up values. It's slowly getting there
October 23, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I have spent the past few hours trying to convince a LLM to return empty JSON when it can't find something and _not_ just make up values. It's slowly getting there
last night’s show rocked 😈
October 18, 2025 at 3:48 PM
last night’s show rocked 😈
my daylist is now just the Clair Obscur soundtrack
October 15, 2025 at 7:55 PM
my daylist is now just the Clair Obscur soundtrack
~8hrs, so the perfect backing track for meeting-light days
October 7, 2025 at 6:31 PM
~8hrs, so the perfect backing track for meeting-light days
pinging the #pydata / #databs hivemind — i cannot for the life of me get vscode to select the interpreter properly on a new laptop. It shows up in the dropdown as a “workspace” instead of recommended. Any rec’s?
I may factory wipe the computer because I’ve lost most of Saturday to this lol
I may factory wipe the computer because I’ve lost most of Saturday to this lol
September 27, 2025 at 11:26 PM
wonderful, emotional, shambles, etcetera
September 23, 2025 at 4:10 AM
wonderful, emotional, shambles, etcetera
the next project that’ll consume my consciousness for a few months
(was telling my wife about it in the kitchen and needed to get it written down ~somewhere~ before it leaked out of my brain)
(was telling my wife about it in the kitchen and needed to get it written down ~somewhere~ before it leaked out of my brain)
September 22, 2025 at 10:55 PM
the next project that’ll consume my consciousness for a few months
(was telling my wife about it in the kitchen and needed to get it written down ~somewhere~ before it leaked out of my brain)
(was telling my wife about it in the kitchen and needed to get it written down ~somewhere~ before it leaked out of my brain)
80% of the reason I’m submitting an abstract to this is to have an excuse to visit Boston
September 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
80% of the reason I’m submitting an abstract to this is to have an excuse to visit Boston
“I’d buy a Steinway” I say, unaware of the monkey paw curling
September 7, 2025 at 2:14 PM
“I’d buy a Steinway” I say, unaware of the monkey paw curling
good work gmail (it is, in fact, neither a Monday nor a Father's Day)
September 5, 2025 at 3:44 PM
good work gmail (it is, in fact, neither a Monday nor a Father's Day)
I had to take leaves today so we’re moving from summer to fall earrings
September 4, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I had to take leaves today so we’re moving from summer to fall earrings
not an emoji, but the appropriate image for most observational models
August 29, 2025 at 3:39 PM
not an emoji, but the appropriate image for most observational models
testing out better functions for modeling "shocks" to random walk processes; each line is a simulated random walk, highlighted line is the draw with the largest single-step change
August 27, 2025 at 8:16 PM
testing out better functions for modeling "shocks" to random walk processes; each line is a simulated random walk, highlighted line is the draw with the largest single-step change
this is my investor deck for my new text to SQL ai tool. I get a billion dollar valuation.
August 27, 2025 at 5:28 PM
this is my investor deck for my new text to SQL ai tool. I get a billion dollar valuation.
my goal for the workday is to turn this list into ~1500 words for the good ole corporate blog
August 20, 2025 at 4:52 PM
my goal for the workday is to turn this list into ~1500 words for the good ole corporate blog
wind/solar currently account for 40% of Texas' power-gen
August 20, 2025 at 2:59 PM
wind/solar currently account for 40% of Texas' power-gen
repeatedly shouting “what is your estimand” for 40 hours a week for the next 40 years and then I will retire
August 19, 2025 at 12:29 PM
repeatedly shouting “what is your estimand” for 40 hours a week for the next 40 years and then I will retire