Ryan Gooch
@ryangooch.bsky.social
machine learning dude, radar scientist, software engineer, amateur sports statistician
Which one of these guys averaged a triple double this season? Jokic should win MVP and it shouldn't even be close
Finalists for the 2025 NBA MVP:
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Nikola Jokić
Giannis Antetokounmpo
Who gets your vote?
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Nikola Jokić
Giannis Antetokounmpo
Who gets your vote?
April 20, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Which one of these guys averaged a triple double this season? Jokic should win MVP and it shouldn't even be close
If you suffer from seasonal affective disorder but work at a computer, switch from dark mode to light mode on all your apps to make sure you're getting your Vitamin D and improve your mood
April 14, 2025 at 2:40 PM
If you suffer from seasonal affective disorder but work at a computer, switch from dark mode to light mode on all your apps to make sure you're getting your Vitamin D and improve your mood
I am christening the group demonym for the kite to be "a knot." As in, a "knot of kites"
Because if you get a bunch of kites together, you get a lot of knots
Because if you get a bunch of kites together, you get a lot of knots
April 13, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I am christening the group demonym for the kite to be "a knot." As in, a "knot of kites"
Because if you get a bunch of kites together, you get a lot of knots
Because if you get a bunch of kites together, you get a lot of knots
The American president ordered the deportation of a man legally in the US, against a judge's orders, and now his administration refuses to follow another judge's orders to bring the man back.
Every American should be horrified by this brazen dictatorial power. Trump needs to be removed from office
Every American should be horrified by this brazen dictatorial power. Trump needs to be removed from office
April 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The American president ordered the deportation of a man legally in the US, against a judge's orders, and now his administration refuses to follow another judge's orders to bring the man back.
Every American should be horrified by this brazen dictatorial power. Trump needs to be removed from office
Every American should be horrified by this brazen dictatorial power. Trump needs to be removed from office
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TORP tornado probability tracks for the April 2 outbreak. Wonder how many tornadoes will be in the final count once damage surveying is complete.
April 3, 2025 at 11:05 PM
TORP tornado probability tracks for the April 2 outbreak. Wonder how many tornadoes will be in the final count once damage surveying is complete.
Cursed ref crew
Here's who I'm told are the officials for tonight's Duke-Alabama game: Roger Ayers, Terry Oglesby, Greg Nixon.
March 29, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Cursed ref crew
"Spectacle of Terror" is a good, concise, descriptive tagline for the Trump/Musk regime
Even if you accept the premise and decision, which I absolutely do not, it is the simplest thing to phone the visa holder, tell them their visa is revoked and say they have a month to leave the country. Accosting someone on the street like a kidnapping is just a spectacle of terror.
Marco Rubio on Rumeysa Ozturk: "We revoked her visa ... once you've lost your visa, you're no longer legally in the United States ... if you come into the US as a visitor and create a ruckus for us, we don't want it. We don't want it in our country. Go back and do it in your country."
March 27, 2025 at 6:49 PM
"Spectacle of Terror" is a good, concise, descriptive tagline for the Trump/Musk regime
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The U.S. Passenger Rail Network 1962 vs. 2005
March 26, 2025 at 5:25 PM
The U.S. Passenger Rail Network 1962 vs. 2005
Impeachable offense, if you could find a few congressional Republicans with even half a spine or a few ounces of patriotism
MUST READ: "The president and several of his officials have openly challenged judicial authority, raising fears that his administration may defy court orders — and potentially ignite a constitutional crisis."
Has the Trump Admin Officially Defied Court Orders?
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
March 18, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Impeachable offense, if you could find a few congressional Republicans with even half a spine or a few ounces of patriotism
The NCAA selection committee continues to exhibit incomprehensible levels of stupidity. Louisville as an 8 seed? On bracketmatrix only 2 brackets have the ACC runner up lower than a 7 seed
UNC is included in only 27 out of 111 brackets
UNC is included in only 27 out of 111 brackets
March 16, 2025 at 10:12 PM
The NCAA selection committee continues to exhibit incomprehensible levels of stupidity. Louisville as an 8 seed? On bracketmatrix only 2 brackets have the ACC runner up lower than a 7 seed
UNC is included in only 27 out of 111 brackets
UNC is included in only 27 out of 111 brackets
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Apple just paused its AI LLM Siri upgrade indefinitely.
The writing is on the wall.
The writing is on the wall.
iPhone sales are down after they focus on AI instead of something people want. But Microsoft went all in on AI for Windows 11, they must be doing well—
They’re losing market share to windows 10, their own operating system that’s 9 years old.
They’re losing market share to windows 10, their own operating system that’s 9 years old.
March 13, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Apple just paused its AI LLM Siri upgrade indefinitely.
The writing is on the wall.
The writing is on the wall.
Something feels off about the ratings produced by this system. The top 5 feel quite reasonable but I see a few teams that have some inflated Elo rankings, like St Mary's, UConn, Gonzaga, and Louisville in the 11-15 range
Relative conference strength is not appropriately counted for, I think
Relative conference strength is not appropriately counted for, I think
I have questions about Nate Silver's new hoops ratings (an elo-based system is actually a useful addition to the landscape) but the first one is how the Northeast Conference got abbreviated as NSEC and America East got abbreviated as ASEC. www.natesilver.net/p/sbcb-colle...
March 10, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Something feels off about the ratings produced by this system. The top 5 feel quite reasonable but I see a few teams that have some inflated Elo rankings, like St Mary's, UConn, Gonzaga, and Louisville in the 11-15 range
Relative conference strength is not appropriately counted for, I think
Relative conference strength is not appropriately counted for, I think
In addition to "we are nimble", things like "Get Stuff Done" and "Attack with Overwhelming Force" are big red flags in a job description. If you see these - run.
I am speaking from personal experience, unfortunately
I am speaking from personal experience, unfortunately
March 9, 2025 at 8:50 PM
In addition to "we are nimble", things like "Get Stuff Done" and "Attack with Overwhelming Force" are big red flags in a job description. If you see these - run.
I am speaking from personal experience, unfortunately
I am speaking from personal experience, unfortunately
Daylight savings time is the one where you get an extra hour of sunlight at the end of the day
Standard time gives an extra hour in the morning
DST is the good one, we should never "fall back" some year, just stay on DST
Standard time gives an extra hour in the morning
DST is the good one, we should never "fall back" some year, just stay on DST
March 9, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Daylight savings time is the one where you get an extra hour of sunlight at the end of the day
Standard time gives an extra hour in the morning
DST is the good one, we should never "fall back" some year, just stay on DST
Standard time gives an extra hour in the morning
DST is the good one, we should never "fall back" some year, just stay on DST
He's almost exclusively incorrect, he's loud, and he's so annoying. Why is ESPN paying this man a dime, let alone $100M ?
I stopped watching ESPN long ago (RIP Baseball Tonight) and SAS was a big part of that
I stopped watching ESPN long ago (RIP Baseball Tonight) and SAS was a big part of that
BREAKING: Stephen A. Smith has agreed to a new contract with ESPN worth at least $100 million for five years, sources briefed on the agreement told @andrewmarchand.bsky.social.
Details on his deal:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/618...
Details on his deal:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/618...
March 7, 2025 at 3:28 PM
He's almost exclusively incorrect, he's loud, and he's so annoying. Why is ESPN paying this man a dime, let alone $100M ?
I stopped watching ESPN long ago (RIP Baseball Tonight) and SAS was a big part of that
I stopped watching ESPN long ago (RIP Baseball Tonight) and SAS was a big part of that
The Dems missed a chance for an "I am Spartacus" here. What are you gonna do, throw every non-Republican out? And even if so, this thing is just a glorified Trump rally anyway. You'd be doing people a favor by kicking them out
House Speaker Mike Johnson orders the Sergeant at Arms to remove Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) from the chamber after he refuses to sit down
March 5, 2025 at 2:37 AM
The Dems missed a chance for an "I am Spartacus" here. What are you gonna do, throw every non-Republican out? And even if so, this thing is just a glorified Trump rally anyway. You'd be doing people a favor by kicking them out
Having gone through the expensive nightmare that is IVF, I am not going to dunk on someone who was trying to find a way to be able to afford to have kids. Infertility is growing in the West and it is a difficult and lonely process. Devastating to mental & physical health
This just sucks all around
This just sucks all around
WaPo, Page One.
“She hoped for change, but not like this”
@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
“She hoped for change, but not like this”
@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
February 28, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Having gone through the expensive nightmare that is IVF, I am not going to dunk on someone who was trying to find a way to be able to afford to have kids. Infertility is growing in the West and it is a difficult and lonely process. Devastating to mental & physical health
This just sucks all around
This just sucks all around
My research and expertise is in weather observation and ML. This post is correct. It is an irreplaceable loss that makes the US less capable of responding to extreme weather amidst a changing climate.
I'm already interviewing overseas, myself. It's clear the field has no future in the US
I'm already interviewing overseas, myself. It's clear the field has no future in the US
Bottom line: The intentional loss of exceptional scientists and other terrific public servants at NOAA leaves our country less safe and more vulnerable.
February 28, 2025 at 5:28 AM
My research and expertise is in weather observation and ML. This post is correct. It is an irreplaceable loss that makes the US less capable of responding to extreme weather amidst a changing climate.
I'm already interviewing overseas, myself. It's clear the field has no future in the US
I'm already interviewing overseas, myself. It's clear the field has no future in the US
Even before the Trump Musk cuts to research funding and their institutional witch-hunt, academia was not a compelling post-phd option for many reasons. Low pay (relative to industry), high stress, poor work life balance, constantly on the move until you get tenure. Some of the reasons I left in 2020
“There’s going to be a missing age class of researchers that will reverberate for years.” scim.ag/3ERRLDo
U.S. early-career researchers struggling amid chaos
Uncertain funding, government firings, and distressed universities hit vulnerable groups especially hard
scim.ag
February 25, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Even before the Trump Musk cuts to research funding and their institutional witch-hunt, academia was not a compelling post-phd option for many reasons. Low pay (relative to industry), high stress, poor work life balance, constantly on the move until you get tenure. Some of the reasons I left in 2020
I have one of these in my email as well, trying to figure out the best way to respond. "I don't work for people who bend the knee to treasonists and fascists" feels like a reasonable start
well, I don't think they'll care, but it was at least cathartic to write out a detailed "absolutely the fuck not" response to a Meta recruiting message
February 25, 2025 at 7:22 AM
I have one of these in my email as well, trying to figure out the best way to respond. "I don't work for people who bend the knee to treasonists and fascists" feels like a reasonable start
Another historic, once in a generation storm has hit my region of origin (Appalachian KY). The last one was 2 years ago.
Good luck to everyone. Stay safe, and hopefully you can extract some FEMA money from the hostile fascist that KY resoundingly elected in 2024
www.cnn.com/2025/02/15/w...
Good luck to everyone. Stay safe, and hopefully you can extract some FEMA money from the hostile fascist that KY resoundingly elected in 2024
www.cnn.com/2025/02/15/w...
At least 1 dead as storm batters eastern US with life-threatening flooding, prompting evacuations in Kentucky and Virginia | CNN
At least one person is dead as strengthening a powerful storm batters the eastern half of the US with potentially historic dangerous flooding – prompting hurried evacuations, widespread road closures ...
www.cnn.com
February 16, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Another historic, once in a generation storm has hit my region of origin (Appalachian KY). The last one was 2 years ago.
Good luck to everyone. Stay safe, and hopefully you can extract some FEMA money from the hostile fascist that KY resoundingly elected in 2024
www.cnn.com/2025/02/15/w...
Good luck to everyone. Stay safe, and hopefully you can extract some FEMA money from the hostile fascist that KY resoundingly elected in 2024
www.cnn.com/2025/02/15/w...
I asked Claude to propose some feature engineering code for a data science project I am working on, and it very calmly and confidently encoded information about the target some of the features it created.
A good reminder not to blindly trust what LLMs give you
A good reminder not to blindly trust what LLMs give you
February 13, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I asked Claude to propose some feature engineering code for a data science project I am working on, and it very calmly and confidently encoded information about the target some of the features it created.
A good reminder not to blindly trust what LLMs give you
A good reminder not to blindly trust what LLMs give you
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"Final Fantasy was better when it wasn't political" - guy with an avatar of a character from a game whose entire plot is about overthrowing a corrupt megacorporation that's poisoning the planet for profit and/or a corrupt religion/empire run by nihilistic deathseekers
February 6, 2025 at 5:20 PM
"Final Fantasy was better when it wasn't political" - guy with an avatar of a character from a game whose entire plot is about overthrowing a corrupt megacorporation that's poisoning the planet for profit and/or a corrupt religion/empire run by nihilistic deathseekers
"Foreign nationals" i.e. brilliant researchers who have helped and continue to help aid our understanding of extreme weather, along with how to predict it and ultimately save lives.
NOAA employs career scientists who want nothing more than to do their research and make the world better
NOAA employs career scientists who want nothing more than to do their research and make the world better
NOAA employees told to stop working with "foreign nationals"
Another incredible scoop from the WIRED Politics team, this time from @dell.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/noaa-e...
Another incredible scoop from the WIRED Politics team, this time from @dell.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/noaa-e...
NOAA Employees Told to Pause Work With ‘Foreign Nationals’
An internal email obtained by WIRED shows that NOAA workers received orders to pause all “ALL INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENTS.”
www.wired.com
February 6, 2025 at 1:24 AM
"Foreign nationals" i.e. brilliant researchers who have helped and continue to help aid our understanding of extreme weather, along with how to predict it and ultimately save lives.
NOAA employs career scientists who want nothing more than to do their research and make the world better
NOAA employs career scientists who want nothing more than to do their research and make the world better