RE: https://mastodon.eternalaugust.com/@pencilears/117434663483822109
As someone who first learned their statistics from ecology during the "actually cats kill a lot of songbirds, we have proof" era: yes, this is the fedi battle I need
RE: https://circumstances.run/@davidgerard/117382481261112688
Summary: AI fanbois paid by RedHat corpolinux big mad that Free software developers don't want to read their spam mail.
I'm compiling a comparison of packages for binomial GLM(M)s that handle uncertainty in population size and/or uncertainty in covariates. Similarly for Poisson GLM(M)s: uncertainty in offset and covariates.
Please reply with your positive or negative recommendations and boost is possible. I just don't reach a lot of stats people here.
RE: https://mastodon.social/@DrALJONES/117275105129079221
Sheeran could've held his concerts anywhere, drawn massive crowds, and created public art that would be remembered for generations. Yes there would've been logistics nightmares involved but that's life. I guess he's too comfortable with the money now and here we are.
Friendly #PublicHealth reminder to just get vaccinated for flu/covid whenever you can get your hands on it because it's a team activity and having been vaccinated at all is more important than nailing the timing perfectly.
I mean feel free to finesse it just realize it's a second order effect.
So, uh, can anybody suggest a #Python editor for someone who happily just does R and rust and c++ within helix? I'm tempted to continue my ludism but I'm willing to try fancier...? Is running a jupyter server going too far?
Dug up @zzt doing the funniest thing in the comments, goes in the dictionary under "to pwn" https://mas.to/@zzt/117134100602010906
RE: https://xoxo.zone/@neilk/117128541224496209
Academics holding PII/PHI without having seriously implemented security training in their research group just sitting in a corner repeating "nobody is interested in my work" under their breath like it's a magical ward.
RE: https://mastodon.social/@n0iroh/117127548266404487
I suppose whenever #rstats folk (me among them) complain about CRAN it's good to recall the upsides of their approach--that are famously cranky about what your package code is allowed to do without user permission and I have heard many complaints about the depth of inspection. I'm not sure I've heard of successful supply chain attacks via CRAN 🤔
I was gonna go learn all about OpenClodPilot or whatever but then I decided to dig a ditch and push rocks and mortar back into my 100yo foundation. Oops I'll fall behind now. Oh no.
Otoh it's this cool technology where if the rocks fall out of place you just stuff in mortar and hammer the rocks back into place.
Do any #psychology people on here have a name for process where you can hand over information to your own internal voice (the one that never shuts up) and then ask for it back later and that's way more reliable than trying to memorize said information? Asking for a friend...
Because I get the feeling they're not talking about drunk driving or public urination
Which bad ideas?
WHICH BAD IDEAS ARE WE SUPPOSED TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND!?!
Corporate is discovering #AI is a cost center: https://www.404media.co/companies-are-throttling-employees-ai-use-because-its-too-expensive
RE: https://mstdn.social/@rysiek/116804970288743786
What's embarrassing about this is how smug Europeans have been about America's decline, you don't get to be smug if you're just slow walking the same fascist playbook. It's not better. You have to earn smug.
Sometimes you just have to yell bad apple in a crowded theatre
If you want to know how #AI and #LLMs work, consider this manuscript: https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.15597
Ongoing AI use means you'll be running after your agent having to pick up trash like you live in service of a spoiled rich brat (pejorative).
#Psychology will now be referred to as #IQMaxxxing
Out with #Genomics in with #Eugenomics
Physics is ok, they make #AtomSmashers which is adequately violent
Goodbye #Sociology the departments will be reconstituted as #QuiverfullStudies consisting of upstanding members willing to carry out their duty to the nation.
#GenderStudies is declared a solved problem, the NSF will only fund #ManlinessInquisitions for #MaxxximumGains