Sean Kross
@seankross.com
Staff Scientist at the Fred Hutch Cancer Center seankross.com
The best argument that I have heard to not choose the bear is that you would feel remorse if you had to kill the bear.
November 25, 2025 at 7:19 PM
The best argument that I have heard to not choose the bear is that you would feel remorse if you had to kill the bear.
Em dashes from works written before 2022 are the grammatical equivalent of pre-war steel.
November 16, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Em dashes from works written before 2022 are the grammatical equivalent of pre-war steel.
The way cryptographers feel about cryptocurrency is the same way statisticians feel about gambling.
November 16, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The way cryptographers feel about cryptocurrency is the same way statisticians feel about gambling.
Nobody thinks about all of the visual representations of survivorship bias that didn't become popular.
November 3, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Nobody thinks about all of the visual representations of survivorship bias that didn't become popular.
Is there more history to this icon or is this just the Vitruvian Man?
October 30, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Is there more history to this icon or is this just the Vitruvian Man?
Something I love about working at @fredhutch.org is the space that @jtleek.bsky.social @vortexing.bsky.social and @tladeras.bsky.social have carved out for us to develop all of our content and software as open source by default.
Speaking as someone who has created a lot of content, this industry is absolutely full of people who want to ride your content to their own ends and drop you as soon as it's convenient. You need to either retain agency or be willing to completely let it go. Don't give it over and then trust.
October 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Something I love about working at @fredhutch.org is the space that @jtleek.bsky.social @vortexing.bsky.social and @tladeras.bsky.social have carved out for us to develop all of our content and software as open source by default.
There is only thing you cannot procrastinate.
October 21, 2025 at 3:37 AM
There is only thing you cannot procrastinate.
“People should learn what selection bias is.”
“Would you Quintus? Would I?”
“Would you Quintus? Would I?”
October 12, 2025 at 12:41 PM
“People should learn what selection bias is.”
“Would you Quintus? Would I?”
“Would you Quintus? Would I?”
With the score tied at the end of regulation in this matchup between Juilliard and Cal Arts, this game is headed for oeuvretime.
October 11, 2025 at 10:44 PM
With the score tied at the end of regulation in this matchup between Juilliard and Cal Arts, this game is headed for oeuvretime.
If you understand how 9/11 led to the Ellen DeGeneres Show getting cancelled then you understand causal inference.
October 11, 2025 at 8:28 PM
If you understand how 9/11 led to the Ellen DeGeneres Show getting cancelled then you understand causal inference.
Designing Data-Intensive Applications is Infinite Jest for software engineers.
October 5, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Designing Data-Intensive Applications is Infinite Jest for software engineers.
I wonder if ChatGPT wrote The Plan.
September 30, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I wonder if ChatGPT wrote The Plan.
There’s a Cardi B lyric that’s codified in federal law.
September 29, 2025 at 9:48 PM
There’s a Cardi B lyric that’s codified in federal law.
Ten years of pizza rat
September 22, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Ten years of pizza rat
This is a cognitive science joke
September 19, 2025 at 10:17 PM
This is a cognitive science joke
Shiny for Python for Humans for America
September 15, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Shiny for Python for Humans for America
True terror is to wake up one morning and realize that ChatGPT is running the country.
September 5, 2025 at 9:59 PM
True terror is to wake up one morning and realize that ChatGPT is running the country.
Love Island is the inverse of the Gulag Archipelago.
August 28, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Love Island is the inverse of the Gulag Archipelago.
The good news is your Jekyll site is now building successfully. The bad news is every time you built it, your computer requires a tiny little drop of blood.
August 28, 2025 at 8:54 PM
The good news is your Jekyll site is now building successfully. The bad news is every time you built it, your computer requires a tiny little drop of blood.
Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Gregor Samsa was to remember that distant afternoon when his father found himself transformed in his bed into a monstrous vermin.
August 23, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Gregor Samsa was to remember that distant afternoon when his father found himself transformed in his bed into a monstrous vermin.
I know not with what genres TS12 will be crafted, but TS13 will be a country album.
August 17, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I know not with what genres TS12 will be crafted, but TS13 will be a country album.
As a lover of Bayesian modeling software I’m a Stan stan.
August 16, 2025 at 12:24 AM
As a lover of Bayesian modeling software I’m a Stan stan.
500 prompts per month with Zed feels like when cell phone plans only included 200 SMS messages per month. I think 30 MMS messages were included too!
August 14, 2025 at 9:05 PM
500 prompts per month with Zed feels like when cell phone plans only included 200 SMS messages per month. I think 30 MMS messages were included too!