Peter Meilstrup
@perceptophore.bsky.social
Show me some phenomena….
Seattle bus rider. Tinkerer with #rstats and bikes and things.
Onetime vision scientist (motion + crowding), interested in data science, open science & reproducibility.
https://github.com/crowding
Seattle bus rider. Tinkerer with #rstats and bikes and things.
Onetime vision scientist (motion + crowding), interested in data science, open science & reproducibility.
https://github.com/crowding
Optical #illusion found online. Most commenters thought the boards were of different widths. I think they're the same width and the cut is something other than 45 degrees.
May 23, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Optical #illusion found online. Most commenters thought the boards were of different widths. I think they're the same width and the cut is something other than 45 degrees.
Anyone in need of a band name?
March 19, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Anyone in need of a band name?
Oven was broken for a bit, now fixed, getting back into a pizza routine
January 4, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Oven was broken for a bit, now fixed, getting back into a pizza routine
This one was pretty fun
(What the LLM missed is it’s the fusing current for a duration of 32 ms)
(What the LLM missed is it’s the fusing current for a duration of 32 ms)
December 3, 2024 at 9:46 AM
This one was pretty fun
(What the LLM missed is it’s the fusing current for a duration of 32 ms)
(What the LLM missed is it’s the fusing current for a duration of 32 ms)
You know you have a good shape when fusion grinds for (checks clock) 12 minutes trying to compute a fillet
November 7, 2024 at 8:34 PM
You know you have a good shape when fusion grinds for (checks clock) 12 minutes trying to compute a fillet
I think It’d be cute with shorter nose though. EVs don’t have an engine block so why is there still a big box in front adding wheelbase and creating blind spots. Bring back the cabover pickup I’m saying
October 29, 2024 at 5:10 PM
I think It’d be cute with shorter nose though. EVs don’t have an engine block so why is there still a big box in front adding wheelbase and creating blind spots. Bring back the cabover pickup I’m saying
What area code do they call from, though? I ignore all calls from where I lived in 2005 imgs.xkcd.com/comics/cell_...
October 24, 2024 at 1:04 AM
What area code do they call from, though? I ignore all calls from where I lived in 2005 imgs.xkcd.com/comics/cell_...
François Truffaut, here interviewed by Gene Siskel
![Q.-There's very little killing in your films. How come?
A.-I find that violence is very ambiguous in movies. For example, some films claim to be antiwar, but I don't think I've really seen an antiwar film. Every film about war ends up being pro-war.
Q.-Even a film like Kubrick's "Paths of Glory" or his "Dr. Strangelove!"?
A.-Yes, I think Kubrick likes violence very much.
[I have thought about Truffaut's point for the last two weeks, and only now am I beginning to understand and agree with him. In "Paths of Glory," which so many people consider the strongest antiwar film ever made, the film doesn't so much condemn war as the French government that thought it necessary to sacrifice its soldiers.
War isn't hell; it's just the men who run them are frequently hellish. And every war film, just like every war, has its heroes, and that, too, seems to cut across any anti-war sentiment. As Truffaut said, it makes violence ambiguous.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jde4ez7rsoikm67xu66qve53/bafkreicfw4om4u3xcawqllylig23w6b4cyanngtzn3fm4qopard2as3poa@jpeg)
October 10, 2024 at 12:45 PM
François Truffaut, here interviewed by Gene Siskel
I don't think academic fraud is generally done by "fraudsters," but people stuck in impossible positions by broken incentive structures.
Addressing fraud by Doing Cop Shit sits poorly with me. Adding negative incentives on top of negative incentives doesn't create a good environment for science.
Addressing fraud by Doing Cop Shit sits poorly with me. Adding negative incentives on top of negative incentives doesn't create a good environment for science.
October 1, 2024 at 7:36 PM
I don't think academic fraud is generally done by "fraudsters," but people stuck in impossible positions by broken incentive structures.
Addressing fraud by Doing Cop Shit sits poorly with me. Adding negative incentives on top of negative incentives doesn't create a good environment for science.
Addressing fraud by Doing Cop Shit sits poorly with me. Adding negative incentives on top of negative incentives doesn't create a good environment for science.
October 1, 2024 at 5:20 AM
It’s that time of year so PSA: if you leave a bin like this hanging around in your basement, it will tend to become a trap for *large spiders* who climb in but can’t get back up the smooth plastic walls. Then you have to deal with it months later. So keep the lid on!
September 21, 2024 at 10:01 PM
It’s that time of year so PSA: if you leave a bin like this hanging around in your basement, it will tend to become a trap for *large spiders* who climb in but can’t get back up the smooth plastic walls. Then you have to deal with it months later. So keep the lid on!
Seems like the landlord we bought the place from did not bother to use a bushing on the power cord. Rather in line with his other improvements
August 31, 2024 at 2:46 AM
Seems like the landlord we bought the place from did not bother to use a bushing on the power cord. Rather in line with his other improvements
Dishwasher started emitting fumes while it was running, then started tripping the circuit breaker. Fun times.
I pulled it out and tried plugging it in and a big spark came out. It’s not supposed to do that…
I pulled it out and tried plugging it in and a big spark came out. It’s not supposed to do that…
August 31, 2024 at 2:35 AM
Dishwasher started emitting fumes while it was running, then started tripping the circuit breaker. Fun times.
I pulled it out and tried plugging it in and a big spark came out. It’s not supposed to do that…
I pulled it out and tried plugging it in and a big spark came out. It’s not supposed to do that…
Remember this weirdo?
July 31, 2024 at 5:11 AM
Remember this weirdo?
My idea of a walkable city is, more precisely, a city where you can get around on this.
Precisely because I realize that, one day, I’ll not be very good at walking *or* driving.
Precisely because I realize that, one day, I’ll not be very good at walking *or* driving.
July 28, 2024 at 3:27 AM
My idea of a walkable city is, more precisely, a city where you can get around on this.
Precisely because I realize that, one day, I’ll not be very good at walking *or* driving.
Precisely because I realize that, one day, I’ll not be very good at walking *or* driving.