Nick Brown
@steamtraen.eu
English/Irish/EU in Spain. PhD in psychology & self-appointed data police cadet. Interested in the lower tail of many distributions. Not yet disabled.
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I'm pleased to discover that @bsky.app is now sufficiently popular that even entry-level scanners believe that they can make money from fraudulent "account restricted" messages.
November 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I'm pleased to discover that @bsky.app is now sufficiently popular that even entry-level scanners believe that they can make money from fraudulent "account restricted" messages.
Despite the "end of Windows 10 support", my computer has just is apparently still getting updates on the second Tuesday of each month. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
November 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Despite the "end of Windows 10 support", my computer has just is apparently still getting updates on the second Tuesday of each month. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
New horror movie from the zombie Cornell Food & Brand Lab just dropped.
November 12, 2025 at 12:31 PM
New horror movie from the zombie Cornell Food & Brand Lab just dropped.
Sir Karl's great-granddaughter chose not to go into the family's philosophy business.
November 12, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Sir Karl's great-granddaughter chose not to go into the family's philosophy business.
Meta AI continues to soil itself in public.
November 11, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Meta AI continues to soil itself in public.
Apparently, Times Higher Education has already made substantial efficency gains by having its opinion pieces written by an LLM. The next step is presumably to dispense with the services of Ian Richardson altogether.
November 11, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Apparently, Times Higher Education has already made substantial efficency gains by having its opinion pieces written by an LLM. The next step is presumably to dispense with the services of Ian Richardson altogether.
Pro tip: Water, a blanket, or a fire extinguisher are all better at putting out fires than using another human being.
November 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Pro tip: Water, a blanket, or a fire extinguisher are all better at putting out fires than using another human being.
Breakfast of champions
November 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Breakfast of champions
It seems that the idea that batteries run on "acid" still has a strong hold in the popular imagination.
www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-...
www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-...
November 10, 2025 at 10:17 AM
It seems that the idea that batteries run on "acid" still has a strong hold in the popular imagination.
www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-...
www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-...
wHy Do YoU hAtE wOMeNs' MeNtAl HeAlTh JuLiA
November 9, 2025 at 7:20 PM
wHy Do YoU hAtE wOMeNs' MeNtAl HeAlTh JuLiA
It's like raaaiiiiiiiiiiin on your wedding day
November 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
It's like raaaiiiiiiiiiiin on your wedding day
Yes, because pirate ships were well known for their finely-crafted wooden interiors, air-conditioning, and boxes to keep other pirates away from your booty.
(I do quite like the idea of "flagrant Balinese soaps", though. I assume they get the bacteria off your hands whether you like it or not.)
(I do quite like the idea of "flagrant Balinese soaps", though. I assume they get the bacteria off your hands whether you like it or not.)
November 8, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Yes, because pirate ships were well known for their finely-crafted wooden interiors, air-conditioning, and boxes to keep other pirates away from your booty.
(I do quite like the idea of "flagrant Balinese soaps", though. I assume they get the bacteria off your hands whether you like it or not.)
(I do quite like the idea of "flagrant Balinese soaps", though. I assume they get the bacteria off your hands whether you like it or not.)
I asked three LLMs (Lumo, Claude, ChatGPT, the same pretty basic question about recent history and got three almost entirely different answers.
"Does/did Giorgia Meloni's party or campaign have a slogan comparable to "Make America Great Again"?"
"Does/did Giorgia Meloni's party or campaign have a slogan comparable to "Make America Great Again"?"
November 8, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I asked three LLMs (Lumo, Claude, ChatGPT, the same pretty basic question about recent history and got three almost entirely different answers.
"Does/did Giorgia Meloni's party or campaign have a slogan comparable to "Make America Great Again"?"
"Does/did Giorgia Meloni's party or campaign have a slogan comparable to "Make America Great Again"?"
Your mention of the Fisher-Z transform reminds me of this (British) band. The name is sooooo close — just gotta get rid of that pesky "c", as @jamesheathers.bsky.social might say.
November 7, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Your mention of the Fisher-Z transform reminds me of this (British) band. The name is sooooo close — just gotta get rid of that pesky "c", as @jamesheathers.bsky.social might say.
Oops. Ooooooooooooops.
I do hope that nobody has been given or denied a job/promotion based on their SpringerNature citation counts in the past 15 years.
arxiv.org/pdf/2511.01675
h/t @nathlarigaldie.bsky.social
I do hope that nobody has been given or denied a job/promotion based on their SpringerNature citation counts in the past 15 years.
arxiv.org/pdf/2511.01675
h/t @nathlarigaldie.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Oops. Ooooooooooooops.
I do hope that nobody has been given or denied a job/promotion based on their SpringerNature citation counts in the past 15 years.
arxiv.org/pdf/2511.01675
h/t @nathlarigaldie.bsky.social
I do hope that nobody has been given or denied a job/promotion based on their SpringerNature citation counts in the past 15 years.
arxiv.org/pdf/2511.01675
h/t @nathlarigaldie.bsky.social
Definitely don't want to miss this one.
November 6, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Definitely don't want to miss this one.
Well, I know what the most parsimonious explanation is.
November 6, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Well, I know what the most parsimonious explanation is.
This bar's "Please do not ask us to fillet your fish or chop your vegetables" sign has people asking a lot of questions that are already answered by the sign.
November 6, 2025 at 1:45 PM
This bar's "Please do not ask us to fillet your fish or chop your vegetables" sign has people asking a lot of questions that are already answered by the sign.
Funny, 7 hours earlier he was happy to accept that "straight white men" has saved lives.
November 4, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Funny, 7 hours earlier he was happy to accept that "straight white men" has saved lives.
Does the Tory Reform Group (wets, basically) still exist?
If so, I'm starting to think that they probably need a new name.
And they definitely need a new colour for their logo.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tory_Re...
If so, I'm starting to think that they probably need a new name.
And they definitely need a new colour for their logo.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tory_Re...
November 4, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Does the Tory Reform Group (wets, basically) still exist?
If so, I'm starting to think that they probably need a new name.
And they definitely need a new colour for their logo.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tory_Re...
If so, I'm starting to think that they probably need a new name.
And they definitely need a new colour for their logo.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tory_Re...
Getting a software upgrade this afternoon
November 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Getting a software upgrade this afternoon
Here is an actual French MacBook keyboard, from an arbitrary model. Most of the keys do in fact check out. If this is AI then it's really not bad.
November 3, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Here is an actual French MacBook keyboard, from an arbitrary model. Most of the keys do in fact check out. If this is AI then it's really not bad.