@markpalko.bsky.social
The job description says data scientist, but still just a simple country statistician at heart. Blogging at observationalepidemiology.blogspot.com
Andrew Gelman: "There's something wrong with the world that [Palko's] blog doesn't have a million readers."
Andrew Gelman: "There's something wrong with the world that [Palko's] blog doesn't have a million readers."
I realize it's a competitive field, but has anyone recently done more to debunk the notion that billionaires are smart than Bill Ackman?
h/t @ivanthek.bsky.social
h/t @ivanthek.bsky.social
January 4, 2026 at 10:13 PM
I realize it's a competitive field, but has anyone recently done more to debunk the notion that billionaires are smart than Bill Ackman?
h/t @ivanthek.bsky.social
h/t @ivanthek.bsky.social
Surprised that the NYT made this new-free Kimberly Guilfoyle profile their second biggest story, but in their defense, it was a slow news day.
January 4, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Surprised that the NYT made this new-free Kimberly Guilfoyle profile their second biggest story, but in their defense, it was a slow news day.
Most people arguing for a bubble (myself included) are saying that even if the use-cases exist and LLMs do generate massive revenue, they almost certainly won't do so fast enough to justify the 100s of billions being poured into this generation of data centers.
bigthink.com/the-present/...
bigthink.com/the-present/...
January 3, 2026 at 7:14 AM
Most people arguing for a bubble (myself included) are saying that even if the use-cases exist and LLMs do generate massive revenue, they almost certainly won't do so fast enough to justify the 100s of billions being poured into this generation of data centers.
bigthink.com/the-present/...
bigthink.com/the-present/...
The Techno-optimist movement has always been explicitly built on the idea that expertise doesn't matter and experts are the enemy. This was, among other things, the justification for Doge.
It's almost as if there's something else that bothers Elon about this appointment.
It's almost as if there's something else that bothers Elon about this appointment.
December 27, 2025 at 10:59 PM
The Techno-optimist movement has always been explicitly built on the idea that expertise doesn't matter and experts are the enemy. This was, among other things, the justification for Doge.
It's almost as if there's something else that bothers Elon about this appointment.
It's almost as if there's something else that bothers Elon about this appointment.
Not one of my favorites but it's definitely Dino who makes it as good as it is. Marshmallow World seems to be climbing the charts recently. We did a couple of Xmas music deep dives and it seemed to have fallen out of heavy rotation for a while.
observationalepidemiology.blogspot.com/2025/12/im-r...
observationalepidemiology.blogspot.com/2025/12/im-r...
December 25, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Not one of my favorites but it's definitely Dino who makes it as good as it is. Marshmallow World seems to be climbing the charts recently. We did a couple of Xmas music deep dives and it seemed to have fallen out of heavy rotation for a while.
observationalepidemiology.blogspot.com/2025/12/im-r...
observationalepidemiology.blogspot.com/2025/12/im-r...
As @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social points out, there is no contradiction between being evil and incompetent, but what jumped out a me was that Ms. Rosenfield didn't seem to realize that a Scooby-Doo villain is, by definition, "cartoonishly evil."
December 24, 2025 at 6:04 AM
As @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social points out, there is no contradiction between being evil and incompetent, but what jumped out a me was that Ms. Rosenfield didn't seem to realize that a Scooby-Doo villain is, by definition, "cartoonishly evil."
Who's going to break it to Brooke Adams?
December 20, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Who's going to break it to Brooke Adams?
If we only knew how much worse things would get.
December 20, 2025 at 5:04 AM
If we only knew how much worse things would get.
Also very few ocean views in Austin.
December 19, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Also very few ocean views in Austin.
Later in the episode (Vidiots was a beloved video store located pre-pandemic in Santa Monica next to the Bowlmor).
December 19, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Later in the episode (Vidiots was a beloved video store located pre-pandemic in Santa Monica next to the Bowlmor).
This is from a later post we did on the subject:
December 19, 2025 at 5:16 AM
This is from a later post we did on the subject:
Reasonably sure that's the old Bowlmor Santa Monica. The occasional shots of Mountains was also a tip off we might not have been in the Central Texas.
December 18, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Reasonably sure that's the old Bowlmor Santa Monica. The occasional shots of Mountains was also a tip off we might not have been in the Central Texas.
I haven't lived in Austin for decades but when then Mentalist moved to the Texas capital for its final season and a half, I was surprised how many sights looked familiar.
Take this for instance.
Take this for instance.
December 18, 2025 at 7:04 AM
I haven't lived in Austin for decades but when then Mentalist moved to the Texas capital for its final season and a half, I was surprised how many sights looked familiar.
Take this for instance.
Take this for instance.
December 7, 2025 at 5:59 AM
We've been writing about the Netflix business model for about fifteen years now, much of it arguing that (despite the insistence of NYT et al) Netflix would never catch up unless it bought a major catalog.
bsky.app/profile/mark...
From 2018
bsky.app/profile/mark...
From 2018
December 7, 2025 at 5:06 AM
We've been writing about the Netflix business model for about fifteen years now, much of it arguing that (despite the insistence of NYT et al) Netflix would never catch up unless it bought a major catalog.
bsky.app/profile/mark...
From 2018
bsky.app/profile/mark...
From 2018
Palantir is the peak 2025 company, evil, corrupt, and wildly overvalued.
P/E ratio 749.31
P/E ratio 749.31
December 6, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Palantir is the peak 2025 company, evil, corrupt, and wildly overvalued.
P/E ratio 749.31
P/E ratio 749.31
If you're afraid of prolonging an intraparty feud, maybe don't give the NYT bitchy anonymous tips.
If you're the NYT, maybe don't go along with obviously bogus reasons for self-serving comments.
h/t @talkingpointsmemo.com
If you're the NYT, maybe don't go along with obviously bogus reasons for self-serving comments.
h/t @talkingpointsmemo.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:01 AM
If you're afraid of prolonging an intraparty feud, maybe don't give the NYT bitchy anonymous tips.
If you're the NYT, maybe don't go along with obviously bogus reasons for self-serving comments.
h/t @talkingpointsmemo.com
If you're the NYT, maybe don't go along with obviously bogus reasons for self-serving comments.
h/t @talkingpointsmemo.com
Did the Vegas loop switch over to autonomous vehicles recently?
November 30, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Did the Vegas loop switch over to autonomous vehicles recently?
Still seriously overvalued.
November 27, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Still seriously overvalued.
Another way AI is destroying American culture.
November 27, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Another way AI is destroying American culture.
Patrick Boyle explains OpenAI messaging.
November 25, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Patrick Boyle explains OpenAI messaging.