Cory
@stochasto.bsky.social
Professionally: Philly-based data scientist in healthcare finance, operations management. Failed economist/academic with interests in IO, probability, and HPC. I like most music, most sports, and most horror novels
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I think it's a problem that we made science cool. "I solved a math problem" should have stayed a dorky activity we get bullied for genuinely liking instead of becoming a status symbol that vacuous people who have no interest in math use flex.
October 21, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I think it's a problem that we made science cool. "I solved a math problem" should have stayed a dorky activity we get bullied for genuinely liking instead of becoming a status symbol that vacuous people who have no interest in math use flex.
These Doritos taste like I should play Fable 2
October 19, 2025 at 9:38 PM
These Doritos taste like I should play Fable 2
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when they close it all up, I do believe this will go down as the funniest video on the internet
July 24, 2025 at 7:51 PM
when they close it all up, I do believe this will go down as the funniest video on the internet
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Grok telling Elon it made a new discovery:
July 10, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Grok telling Elon it made a new discovery:
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“In each of the instances recorded over two decades, orcas approached a person within a length of the orca’s body, and dropped freshly-hunted prey in front of the human, then waited for a response…”
These orcas have been trying to feed people, new research shows
Orcas in four oceans have been documented offering food to people, according to new research.
www.seattletimes.com
July 3, 2025 at 11:22 AM
“In each of the instances recorded over two decades, orcas approached a person within a length of the orca’s body, and dropped freshly-hunted prey in front of the human, then waited for a response…”
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Did you check the break room
July 2, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Did you check the break room
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Sure, you've read about people falling in love with AI. This story takes that to a whole new level...and is hilarious, thoughtful, and dystopian, all at the same time.
It's hard to pick a fave character, but gonna go with Eva, an absolute chaos monster of AI romance.
www.wired.com/story/couple...
It's hard to pick a fave character, but gonna go with Eva, an absolute chaos monster of AI romance.
www.wired.com/story/couple...
My Couples Retreat With 3 AI Chatbots and the Humans Who Love Them
I found people in serious relationships with AI partners and planned a weekend getaway for them at a remote Airbnb. We barely survived.
www.wired.com
June 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Sure, you've read about people falling in love with AI. This story takes that to a whole new level...and is hilarious, thoughtful, and dystopian, all at the same time.
It's hard to pick a fave character, but gonna go with Eva, an absolute chaos monster of AI romance.
www.wired.com/story/couple...
It's hard to pick a fave character, but gonna go with Eva, an absolute chaos monster of AI romance.
www.wired.com/story/couple...
😭
IL rotation gets even stronger:
Bradish
Eflin
Rodriguez
Wells
Suarez/Rogers/McDermott
Bradish
Eflin
Rodriguez
Wells
Suarez/Rogers/McDermott
April 9, 2025 at 10:23 PM
😭
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Some personal news: I’ve paused the car factory I started building yesterday.
April 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Some personal news: I’ve paused the car factory I started building yesterday.
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Now is the time of animal spirits
April 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Now is the time of animal spirits
[Savoir Faire - Medium: Failure]
[a pretty woman taking an extra moment to eye me]
me, when I get home: "oh, right... if she perceives who I really am this woman who thinks well of me will become a woman who recoils in disgust."
me, when I get home: "oh, right... if she perceives who I really am this woman who thinks well of me will become a woman who recoils in disgust."
March 21, 2025 at 1:07 AM
[Savoir Faire - Medium: Failure]
Wrote an essay in response to a dummy’s YouTube comment. I think at my age they should prescribe ambien for this
March 12, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Wrote an essay in response to a dummy’s YouTube comment. I think at my age they should prescribe ambien for this
The Gaetz one is so funny
This shit is so grim. These guys are grifting like they're stripping the copper wires out of a slowly collapsing building.
March 12, 2025 at 3:55 AM
The Gaetz one is so funny
A kinda important part of this is that the price increases generally only apply to uninsured patients or OON contracts (which often don’t bother to pay the inflated rates either, settling for “UC” rates).
When they can't collect payment, they raise prices to make up that loss.
Plus they need to have all the administration of a mortgage loan servicer to try to collect those amounts. Which of course also puts people who can't afford the cost, in medical debt, which often leads to bankruptcy
Plus they need to have all the administration of a mortgage loan servicer to try to collect those amounts. Which of course also puts people who can't afford the cost, in medical debt, which often leads to bankruptcy
December 10, 2024 at 6:52 PM
A kinda important part of this is that the price increases generally only apply to uninsured patients or OON contracts (which often don’t bother to pay the inflated rates either, settling for “UC” rates).
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That authorization process is one we should not be asking ins comps to do. That role should be performed by INDEPENDENT TPAs. With zero economic incentive to approve or deny.
The first step is for self insured entities to use 3rd party TPAs and move away from insurance companies for this service
The first step is for self insured entities to use 3rd party TPAs and move away from insurance companies for this service
December 10, 2024 at 6:47 PM
That authorization process is one we should not be asking ins comps to do. That role should be performed by INDEPENDENT TPAs. With zero economic incentive to approve or deny.
The first step is for self insured entities to use 3rd party TPAs and move away from insurance companies for this service
The first step is for self insured entities to use 3rd party TPAs and move away from insurance companies for this service
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First of all, I didn’t “karate chop” your baby. We were sparring
December 9, 2024 at 6:48 PM
First of all, I didn’t “karate chop” your baby. We were sparring
I think Shavkat has the same haircut as Ivan Dochenko from eastbound
December 8, 2024 at 5:05 AM
I think Shavkat has the same haircut as Ivan Dochenko from eastbound
Method chaining in pandas is so clean with lambdas and I’m mad it didn’t click sooner
November 15, 2024 at 3:54 PM
Method chaining in pandas is so clean with lambdas and I’m mad it didn’t click sooner
Nice recent talk from Katharine Jarmul on memorization in DL and gen AI — where it comes from and ways to mitigate
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November 15, 2024 at 3:52 PM
Nice recent talk from Katharine Jarmul on memorization in DL and gen AI — where it comes from and ways to mitigate
youtu.be/LhtYoASCEoM?...
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I think this frustrates me so much because *usually* when a collaborator insists on base they’re coming from an academic background/new-ish to prod settings and their code is a jumbled mess.
This is such a tired and annoying take. The majority of well written, sustainable production code written in R in 2024 is tidyverse code. Anyone who has to maintain shiny apps or production ML pipelines or actually DEBUG others’ code in a prod setting should at least be agnostic on this.
November 14, 2024 at 1:41 PM
I think this frustrates me so much because *usually* when a collaborator insists on base they’re coming from an academic background/new-ish to prod settings and their code is a jumbled mess.
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Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
November 9,1946
November 9,1946
November 9, 2024 at 1:28 PM
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
November 9,1946
November 9,1946
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CIA Realizes It’s Been Using Black Highlighters All These Years
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November 7, 2024 at 5:57 PM
CIA Realizes It’s Been Using Black Highlighters All These Years
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