Cw: ai mention
There is a distinct difference between utilization of ai as a tool for simulation & randomization and the blatant theft of the arts.
No, I'm not open for debate. I'm just mildly peeved people cannot see things in the shades of grey they are.
There is a distinct difference between utilization of ai as a tool for simulation & randomization and the blatant theft of the arts.
No, I'm not open for debate. I'm just mildly peeved people cannot see things in the shades of grey they are.
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Cw: ai mention
There is a distinct difference between utilization of ai as a tool for simulation & randomization and the blatant theft of the arts.
No, I'm not open for debate. I'm just mildly peeved people cannot see things in the shades of grey they are.
There is a distinct difference between utilization of ai as a tool for simulation & randomization and the blatant theft of the arts.
No, I'm not open for debate. I'm just mildly peeved people cannot see things in the shades of grey they are.
i feel really trolled picking crystal for this archipelago because the palette randomization is funny, choosing random starting city so that it wouldn't just be like playing vanilla and then it starts me in violet anyway lmao
November 9, 2025 at 12:13 AM
i feel really trolled picking crystal for this archipelago because the palette randomization is funny, choosing random starting city so that it wouldn't just be like playing vanilla and then it starts me in violet anyway lmao
Her ignorance looks even worse to me. It looks like she not only isn't aware of the randomization but also is assuming the order (however arrived at) is consistent across the whole district, as opposed to rotating from precinct to precinct.
November 6, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Her ignorance looks even worse to me. It looks like she not only isn't aware of the randomization but also is assuming the order (however arrived at) is consistent across the whole district, as opposed to rotating from precinct to precinct.
oh no how did this happen
November 6, 2025 at 8:32 PM
oh no how did this happen
Big updates to our Shop Manager!
- Import magic items in bulk, by name or rarity
- Simulate shifting stock with table randomization (tied to real-world day)
- All tables can now be sorted
- The GM flow is improved, with no dedicated "Edit Mode"
Check it out! redcap.press/shop-manager
#dnd #ttrpg
- Import magic items in bulk, by name or rarity
- Simulate shifting stock with table randomization (tied to real-world day)
- All tables can now be sorted
- The GM flow is improved, with no dedicated "Edit Mode"
Check it out! redcap.press/shop-manager
#dnd #ttrpg
November 3, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Big updates to our Shop Manager!
- Import magic items in bulk, by name or rarity
- Simulate shifting stock with table randomization (tied to real-world day)
- All tables can now be sorted
- The GM flow is improved, with no dedicated "Edit Mode"
Check it out! redcap.press/shop-manager
#dnd #ttrpg
- Import magic items in bulk, by name or rarity
- Simulate shifting stock with table randomization (tied to real-world day)
- All tables can now be sorted
- The GM flow is improved, with no dedicated "Edit Mode"
Check it out! redcap.press/shop-manager
#dnd #ttrpg
And my final victim of randomization
Poor @yuki-fwoofy.bsky.social
He got olingo and talapoin. Oh and for the cock? He got bobcat~ spiky
He almost looks like a racoon or badger?
Poor @yuki-fwoofy.bsky.social
He got olingo and talapoin. Oh and for the cock? He got bobcat~ spiky
He almost looks like a racoon or badger?
November 1, 2025 at 6:17 PM
And my final victim of randomization
Poor @yuki-fwoofy.bsky.social
He got olingo and talapoin. Oh and for the cock? He got bobcat~ spiky
He almost looks like a racoon or badger?
Poor @yuki-fwoofy.bsky.social
He got olingo and talapoin. Oh and for the cock? He got bobcat~ spiky
He almost looks like a racoon or badger?
Post hoc analysis of phase III RCT assessed tofacitinib in patients with JIA and inadequate response to ≥1 DMARD. Tofacitinib was associated with improvements in disability/physical function, arthritis pain, well-being, and health-related QoL up to ~ 1 year
A&R
doi.org/10.1002/art....
#Medsky
A&R
doi.org/10.1002/art....
#Medsky
November 5, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Post hoc analysis of phase III RCT assessed tofacitinib in patients with JIA and inadequate response to ≥1 DMARD. Tofacitinib was associated with improvements in disability/physical function, arthritis pain, well-being, and health-related QoL up to ~ 1 year
A&R
doi.org/10.1002/art....
#Medsky
A&R
doi.org/10.1002/art....
#Medsky
Idea:
A Pikmin game entirely in the clay art style
Maybe it could leverage the Switch 2's power by making it so every animated character and creature model has slight procedural randomization on their models each frame that they're animated to mimic the imperfections of stop-motion clay animation
A Pikmin game entirely in the clay art style
Maybe it could leverage the Switch 2's power by making it so every animated character and creature model has slight procedural randomization on their models each frame that they're animated to mimic the imperfections of stop-motion clay animation
November 2, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Idea:
A Pikmin game entirely in the clay art style
Maybe it could leverage the Switch 2's power by making it so every animated character and creature model has slight procedural randomization on their models each frame that they're animated to mimic the imperfections of stop-motion clay animation
A Pikmin game entirely in the clay art style
Maybe it could leverage the Switch 2's power by making it so every animated character and creature model has slight procedural randomization on their models each frame that they're animated to mimic the imperfections of stop-motion clay animation
12 years ago I made a photoshop brush for fire in photoshop by sampling from 30 creative commons images with hand blending and randomization, and my family told me that was stealing and I shouldn't do it. Now they are telling me that I shouldn't draw physically and I should just use AI instead.
November 3, 2025 at 7:08 AM
12 years ago I made a photoshop brush for fire in photoshop by sampling from 30 creative commons images with hand blending and randomization, and my family told me that was stealing and I shouldn't do it. Now they are telling me that I shouldn't draw physically and I should just use AI instead.
The other is that the sort of people who get really into owning dice deeply care about things that truly don't matter (like perfect randomization) and I personally find them wildly annoying
October 29, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The other is that the sort of people who get really into owning dice deeply care about things that truly don't matter (like perfect randomization) and I personally find them wildly annoying
In addition to the few hundred patients excluded from randomization at clinician discretion, we also see that almost 15% of patients in the non-invasive arm ultimately did receive a-lines, mostly because of meeting these pre-defined safety criteria.
October 29, 2025 at 3:17 PM
In addition to the few hundred patients excluded from randomization at clinician discretion, we also see that almost 15% of patients in the non-invasive arm ultimately did receive a-lines, mostly because of meeting these pre-defined safety criteria.
New pre-print "Mendelian randomization in a multi-ancestry world: reflections and practical advice" led by @amymariemason.bsky.social on - arxiv.org/abs/2510.17554
Mendelian randomization in a multi-ancestry world: reflections and practical advice
Many Mendelian randomization (MR) papers have been conducted only in people of European ancestry, limiting transportability of results to the global population. Expanding MR to diverse ancestry groups...
arxiv.org
October 27, 2025 at 8:43 AM
New pre-print "Mendelian randomization in a multi-ancestry world: reflections and practical advice" led by @amymariemason.bsky.social on - arxiv.org/abs/2510.17554
Made a meme summarizing the argument for using Split Ticket WAR style methods
October 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Made a meme summarizing the argument for using Split Ticket WAR style methods
The paper
'From June 2022 through April 2024, a total of 419 mother–child pairs were screened, and 400 underwent randomization; 200 pairs were assigned to the intervention group and 200 to the control group.'
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
'From June 2022 through April 2024, a total of 419 mother–child pairs were screened, and 400 underwent randomization; 200 pairs were assigned to the intervention group and 200 to the control group.'
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Permethrin-Treated Baby Wraps for the Prevention of Malaria | NEJM
Malaria remains a major cause of childhood death in sub-Saharan Africa. We leveraged the traditional practice of mothers carrying children on their backs in cloth wraps to assess whether treating t...
www.nejm.org
October 26, 2025 at 11:36 AM
The paper
'From June 2022 through April 2024, a total of 419 mother–child pairs were screened, and 400 underwent randomization; 200 pairs were assigned to the intervention group and 200 to the control group.'
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
'From June 2022 through April 2024, a total of 419 mother–child pairs were screened, and 400 underwent randomization; 200 pairs were assigned to the intervention group and 200 to the control group.'
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
A common question on our MR course is "How to perform Mendelian randomization with non-European data?". This manuscript is our answer to that question.
October 27, 2025 at 8:43 AM
A common question on our MR course is "How to perform Mendelian randomization with non-European data?". This manuscript is our answer to that question.
NEW: A Case Report in Using a Laboratory-Based Decision Support Alert for Research Enrollment and Randomization www.thieme-connect.de/products/ejo...
#MedSky #CDS #DigitalHealth @allisonbmccoy.phd
#MedSky #CDS #DigitalHealth @allisonbmccoy.phd
October 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
NEW: A Case Report in Using a Laboratory-Based Decision Support Alert for Research Enrollment and Randomization www.thieme-connect.de/products/ejo...
#MedSky #CDS #DigitalHealth @allisonbmccoy.phd
#MedSky #CDS #DigitalHealth @allisonbmccoy.phd
A couple decades ago I read an op-ed article in WaPo Magazine (when the paper was more trustworthy) that proposed a political system with randomization in it. As in candidates for positions would be completely random.
I wish I could read it again. I think about it a lot
I wish I could read it again. I think about it a lot
October 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
A couple decades ago I read an op-ed article in WaPo Magazine (when the paper was more trustworthy) that proposed a political system with randomization in it. As in candidates for positions would be completely random.
I wish I could read it again. I think about it a lot
I wish I could read it again. I think about it a lot
Using generation as a tool for organic growth structures or randomization is great and all. But to have meaning, we must enforce constraints. Tighten constraints enough, and you essentially have just an algorithm. Which already exists as a current tool. Physics calculations exist. Arrays exist.
October 25, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Using generation as a tool for organic growth structures or randomization is great and all. But to have meaning, we must enforce constraints. Tighten constraints enough, and you essentially have just an algorithm. Which already exists as a current tool. Physics calculations exist. Arrays exist.
9) The link to the retraced paper is available here:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
RETRACTED: Li et al. 2025. Causal Relationship Between Diet, Lipids, Immune Cells, and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Two-Mediation Mendelian Randomization Study
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
RETRACTED: Li et al. 2025. Causal Relationship Between Diet, Lipids, Immune Cells, and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Two-Mediation Mendelian Randomization Study
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:35 PM
9) The link to the retraced paper is available here:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
RETRACTED: Li et al. 2025. Causal Relationship Between Diet, Lipids, Immune Cells, and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Two-Mediation Mendelian Randomization Study
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
RETRACTED: Li et al. 2025. Causal Relationship Between Diet, Lipids, Immune Cells, and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Two-Mediation Mendelian Randomization Study
Randomization is a powerful algorithmic tool, but its value strongly depends on context. Just compare quicksort to confidence intervals.
You're probably right
The value of randomized algorithms depends on verification.
www.argmin.net
October 21, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Randomization is a powerful algorithmic tool, but its value strongly depends on context. Just compare quicksort to confidence intervals.
Bayesian probability, like frequentist probability, is a model-based activity that is mathematically anchored by physical randomization at one end and calibration to a reference set at the other
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/10/20/b...
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/10/20/b...
Bayesian probability, like frequentist probability, is a model-based activity that is mathematically anchored by physical randomization at one end and calibration to a reference set at the other | St...
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu
October 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Bayesian probability, like frequentist probability, is a model-based activity that is mathematically anchored by physical randomization at one end and calibration to a reference set at the other
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/10/20/b...
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/10/20/b...
it turns out, the fourth type was supposed to be random. pick a random number from 0 to 31. then you get 32 + (that much) HP, and 32 + (32 - that much) MP.
unfortunately, generating a random number immediately after you finish clobbering the random number does not provide satisfactory randomization
unfortunately, generating a random number immediately after you finish clobbering the random number does not provide satisfactory randomization
October 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
it turns out, the fourth type was supposed to be random. pick a random number from 0 to 31. then you get 32 + (that much) HP, and 32 + (32 - that much) MP.
unfortunately, generating a random number immediately after you finish clobbering the random number does not provide satisfactory randomization
unfortunately, generating a random number immediately after you finish clobbering the random number does not provide satisfactory randomization
Mendelian randomization studies provide weak evidence for a causal relationship between PM2.5 absorbance and #depression. This result should be interpreted with caution.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Using genetic instruments to predict the causal relationship between air pollution and mental disorders: A multi-model Mendelian randomization analysis
Air pollution has become a significant environmental health issue. Previous studies have shown that air pollution increases the risk of mental disorde…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 20, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Mendelian randomization studies provide weak evidence for a causal relationship between PM2.5 absorbance and #depression. This result should be interpreted with caution.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
KHShuffler v2.5.0 is now available! github.com/ViolinGamer/...
This release makes shuffling randomization much more random, remembers your min/max timing preferences, handles Twitch login and authentication better, and also gives you the ability to type the name of the game you're playing, which -
This release makes shuffling randomization much more random, remembers your min/max timing preferences, handles Twitch login and authentication better, and also gives you the ability to type the name of the game you're playing, which -
Release KHShuffler v2.5.0 · ViolinGamer/KHShuffler
This release automatically refreshes your Twitch token when going into your Twitch settings within the effects manager. Hopefully this means no more having to log out and log out of Twitch and rest...
github.com
October 20, 2025 at 5:26 AM
KHShuffler v2.5.0 is now available! github.com/ViolinGamer/...
This release makes shuffling randomization much more random, remembers your min/max timing preferences, handles Twitch login and authentication better, and also gives you the ability to type the name of the game you're playing, which -
This release makes shuffling randomization much more random, remembers your min/max timing preferences, handles Twitch login and authentication better, and also gives you the ability to type the name of the game you're playing, which -