why didn't you just use machine learning
@thisisaaronland @WIRED why didn't you just use machine learning
➛Ftrain, by Paul Ford
June 2021
i mean they were pretty good
@perryhewitt i mean they were pretty good
➛If you like thinking strategically about really complicated...
sophie they are testing the orb
@sophaskins sophie they are testing the orb
➛"Worldcoin has already started testing the orb on a small...
@sophaskins "Worldcoin has already started testing the orb on a small scale in various cities, he said."
➛My god
@shabbychef My god
➛I truly hope they all doing okay and it's not some Mare of...
@phyllisstein I truly hope they all doing okay and it's not some Mare of Easttown situation where their once-profound bond has frayed under horrific circumstances.
➛Digital Transformation?
@doriantaylor Digital Transformation?
➛Appreciate it, Spicy Burgers.
They're waiting for mailed absentee ballots. The press is...
I was listening to your podcast just last night and going,...
(This is, I swear, the last time I will make this joke. But...
(This is, I swear, the last time I will make this joke. But I have...)
Some personnel news! postlight.com/...
➛Some personnel news! postlight.com/...
I thought this was great—@mcmansionhell first seems to be...
I thought this was great—@mcmansionhell first seems to be Making it About Herself but ends up drawing her subject clearly (also literally!) while writing about what people mean to us as symbols and how we use them as guideposts to achieve our own dreams.
bicycling.com/...
➛bicycling.com/...
This is great news. I have eBayed around 40 or 60 issues of...
@kevin2kelly This is great news. I have eBayed around 40 or 60 issues of CQ and WER and would gladly hand them over for the greater good. (I also have a sheet-fed scanner at 600 DPI and can cut edges gently.)
➛All yours now!
@mat All yours now! mobile.twitter.com/...
➛When you own the deck the decks owns you.
I have an update for you
2050 is a little late in the game but on the other hand...
2050 is a little late in the game but on the other hand they'll have even more ocean bloomberg.com/...
➛I've now been sitting alone in a room laughing at this...
Tweet
Truly great this morning to open up the newsletter and...
Truly great this morning to open up the whyisthisinteresting.substack.com newsletter and find that it is [1] extremely interesting to me [2] written by the @Postlight Director of Growth and Brand @be3d (it's about endangered languages).
whyisthisinteresting.substack.com/...
➛whyisthisinteresting.substack.com/...
I put Mayor Ahab first. I know he's extremely unreliable...
I put Mayor Ahab first. I know he's extremely unreliable and had some bad moments during the campaign, but ultimately I'm a single issue voter and that issue is finding and destroying the monstrous sea beast Moby-Dick.
➛I knew ranked-choice voting would be complicated but I was...
I knew ranked-choice voting would be complicated but I was surprised to open my ballot folder and see the words “Call me Ishmael.”
➛I just voted for so many people.
I just voted for so many people.
➛Yes
This ended up being a great thread. I need to figure out...
I have to erase this I came up with something dumber and...
I have to erase this I came up with something dumber and more obvious.
➛whoa they took bird scooters literally
Best book/resource to learn stats if you're already good at...
Best book/resource to learn stats if you're already good at the 'puters? Bonus if project-ey instead of theory-ey (I can only learn by actively failing under pressure, never by actual “learning”). Double bonus if it uses R.
➛Sigh.
@ItsTheBrandi Sigh.
➛It's an absolute mess. No one knows how it actually works...
@ItsTheBrandi It's an absolute mess. No one knows how it actually works including a city council candidate who canvassed us on Thursday.
➛Oh wow a necktie hand-painted hashtag #nodads, you kids...
I enjoy seeing Father's Day stumble across the timeline...
I enjoy seeing Father's Day stumble across the timeline given that the only thing that unifies this platform is its universal hatred of dads.
➛That's good advice! Thank you.
@everyplace That's good advice! Thank you.
➛And while I love you very much please understand that...
And while I love you very much please understand that unless you have cracked a frame coming off a curb in heavy Chinatown traffic or shorn a pedal straight off you may not understand the forces being exerted here and the necessity for heavy welds and heavy materials.
➛After 12 years of service my beloved lumpy ugly Raleigh is...
After 12 years of service my beloved lumpy ugly Raleigh is dying in many small ways. What commodity, sturdy, bike do YOU like for the friendly oxlike giant? I like to ride around 20-30 miles around NYC, so I only need like 6 speeds.
➛In particular several very large aquariums.
I just woke up from a very involved dream in which I had to...
I just woke up from a very involved dream in which I had to move several large aquariums and when my friend came to pick me up I couldn't fit everything in the car because he also brought Jack Dorsey. I'm just so disappointed in my brain this morning.
➛but this only leaves 200 words if you count their headlines
@joonian @BradyDale @kerrymflynn @mathewi but this only leaves 200 words if you count their headlines
➛Tweet
Demerits actually
@hondanhon Demerits actually
➛I member, Dan.
Oh whoops wrong link:
Oh whoops wrong link: open.spotify.com/...
➛It's just great
@jackrusher It's just great
➛I wanted to listen to the interview with Sinead O'Connor,...
I wanted to listen to the interview with Sinead O'Connor, but the first 25 minutes are some of the clearest media criticism I've heard in my life, focused on giving people access to mental health-related content. open.spotify.com/...
➛why are the extra blankets scarves
why is there a parachute made of deerskin on the wall why...
Zack, you've completely misunderstood me. I'm really...
I knew R was a powerful language but I didn't know how...
fishbowl is kind of enterprise clubhouse (and a good...
PM is a social role in which you have to say no a lot. The...
@_loveallthis PM is a social role in which you have to say no a lot. The hardest parts are the social parts. Debriefing after meetings about the social and power dynamics they saw in a room--who does what, what their goals are, why there is or isn't conflict--is really useful.
➛National Treasure is a film about metadata.
National Treasure is a film about metadata.
➛This is exceptional.
@jeffehobbs This is exceptional.
➛Gonna take a lot of tibbles to get through this one.
That's the best way to do it!
@tomscocca That's the best way to do it!
➛Going to be a hard week for all the sociologists on here.
Going to be a hard week for all the sociologists on here.
➛Imagine working for decades at the Pew Foundation trying to...
Imagine working for decades at the Pew Foundation trying to divide America into four parts and The Atlantic just goes out there and does it.
➛Personally I would divide America differently.
Personally I would divide America differently.
➛Just another day in Smart America.
Just another day in Smart America.
➛Ah this is smart!
Congratulations!!
I know! Total luck.
@thesamstark I know! Total luck.
➛I'm extremely disappointed to report that the answer to...
I'm extremely disappointed to report that the answer to "Should I use Python or R to understand data science?" seems to be "learn stats."
➛Some personnel news...
I mean I love POWER....
@eagereyes I mean I love POWER....
➛I love Python but I just found myself needing to solve a...
That's very helpful. My instinct is I should learn more...
@aithnefeay That's very helpful. My instinct is I should learn more about stats and then pick up enough R to understand that world, rather than just bashing the keyboard in Python/JS.
➛People on the Internet are helpful!
@tnofuentes People on the Internet are helpful!
➛I nearly added "@kjhealy look away" to that tweet.
- Put all of Project Gutenberg in SQLite as ngrams keyed to...
- Put all of Project Gutenberg in SQLite as ngrams keyed to data
- Find out how people talked about hats
OR
- Get census demographic data
- See how representative/inclusive wikidata is of demographics by birth year
just fun little things that should take an hour or two
➛- Find out how people talked about hats
OR
- Get census demographic data
- See how representative/inclusive wikidata is of demographics by birth year
just fun little things that should take an hour or two
"What do you want to do with it?" My use case is extremely...
"What do you want to do with it?" My use case is extremely general like:
- Download CSVs from the World Bank
- Merge them with Wikidata SPARQL query output CSVs
- Make charts
OR
- Download all 25 million MARC records from Library of Congress
- Just enjoy them, really
➛- Download CSVs from the World Bank
- Merge them with Wikidata SPARQL query output CSVs
- Make charts
OR
- Download all 25 million MARC records from Library of Congress
- Just enjoy them, really
If I wanted to understand data science/analytics as it's...
If I wanted to understand data science/analytics as it's really done in the world do I have to learn R or can I stick with Python?
➛It looks great!
@ChanSteele It looks great!
➛If only you could find a cart somewhere.
Oh my god BEHOLD. I would just sit and look at it.
Important update #2
Important update #2 mobile.twitter.com/...
➛Important update #1 it's a Brodart not a Grobart.
I want them to prop my ashes on the second shelf.
I want them to prop my ashes on the second shelf.
➛Rather than continue to be frustrated with the children...
Rather than continue to be frustrated with the children leaving books in piles around the living room, we bought this Grobart library cart off Craigslist for $40. Like all NYC things it has lore: It was part of Spence, then thrown away years ago for being beige.
Just got this holy shit.
@kevinmarks Just got this holy shit.
➛Yeah but it's less people to yell at us.
I mean if it's just the conclusion I did good.
@davidhsiegel I mean if it's just the conclusion I did good.
➛they made me write about crypto
they made me write about crypto wired.com/...
➛I'd like a bridge that didn't kill half the people who...
I'd like a bridge that didn't kill half the people who built it and that can handle bicycles thanks.
➛Thank you Gabriel but it can't even handle it's pedestrian...
@gabrielroth Thank you Gabriel but it can't even handle it's pedestrian traffic.
➛Sometimes when the bus goes by I give the Brooklyn Bridge...
Sometimes when the bus goes by I give the Brooklyn Bridge the finger. I love it but it needs to remember who's in charge.
➛Come to @postlight we can just put them on in the big...
@icco Come to @postlight we can just put them on in the big conference room.
➛(In reality I started to sing “Thumbelina” from Hans...
(In reality I started to sing “Thumbelina” from Hans Christian Andersen, and they ran half a block away and pretended I wasn't their father.)
➛Filling out the DOE Covid form this morning I put in the...
Filling out the DOE Covid form this morning I put in the wrong digit and up came “PS149 Danny Kaye” so my kids asked, “Who was Danny Kaye?” Suddenly the sun went down and a spotlight clicked on. “Well children,” I said, “here in Brooklyn—1911—was born one David Daniel Kaminsky.”
➛Oh it seems fine! I zoomed in on mobile and it took me a...
@ShortFormErnie Oh it seems fine! I zoomed in on mobile and it took me a full minute to parse that the hand was not yours, figure out why I was looking at a Quadra, realize I was looking at a video in a browser, then see the MacOSish chrome, which is on top of GTK (?). It was a journey!
➛This is the most confusing screenshot I've seen in my life....
@ShortFormErnie This is the most confusing screenshot I've seen in my life. I think this is praise.
➛Dammit Llama Linda why can't things be easy.
@llamalinda76 Dammit Llama Linda why can't things be easy.
➛In-house. Technical but not just eng.
How do you hire a recruiter?
How do you hire a recruiter?
➛Congratulations!
I think about this a lot. Scribners very solid. OMNI IP is...
Maria makes a good chicken salad though.
@skottk @mariabustillos Maria makes a good chicken salad though.
➛Happy Birthday!
@ChappellTracker Happy Birthday!
➛You too, Spicy Burgers!
@spicyburgers You too, Spicy Burgers!
➛It's so good.
@spicyburgers It's so good.
➛Spotify just surfaced Jason Isbell singing "Outfit" with...
Spotify just surfaced Jason Isbell singing "Outfit" with his dad in the audience on Father's Day in 2014.
open.spotify.com/...
➛open.spotify.com/...
That's the tree!
@BradyDale That's the tree!
➛Talk about a prime delivery
Jonathan Richman went ahead and lived the life we all talk...
I know this painting is from 1888 but Cleopatra is...
I know this painting is from 1888 but Cleopatra is obviously watching Netflix and about to tweet something cutting.
First day back is wiiiiild. Third day is like, oh yeah,...
@MikeTRose @Postlight First day back is wiiiiild. Third day is like, oh yeah, this is okay.
➛That's what I'm talking about.
@merveille That's what I'm talking about.
➛Tweet
hooooollyyyyyy shiiiitttttt
@shabbychef hooooollyyyyyy shiiiitttttt
➛I would totally have snagged that, excellent catch.
@tammieetc I would totally have snagged that, excellent catch.
➛Good street find this morning.
It's totally fine, basically invisible, a little messier. I...
@markpopham It's totally fine, basically invisible, a little messier. I switch back and forth every few years.
➛Update: this is now bad
Update: this is now bad mobile.twitter.com/...
➛This, to me, is perfection.
Man when I end up on non rhymezone rhyme sites I am...
Greatest series in years.
@phyllisstein Greatest series in years.
➛There is no answer to the question “How was work today?”...
There is no answer to the question “How was work today?” that surpasses “Another great day of saving the bees.”
➛(Via
It was another great day of saving the bees.
It was another great day of saving the bees.
➛They're not just ethically wrong, they're technically...
@raganwald They're not just ethically wrong, they're technically wrong, too. The worst kind of wrong!
➛Well also it's an entire platform and content ecosystem...
@raganwald Well also it's an entire platform and content ecosystem that's totally in the commons and that provides the foundation for billions in product revenue across FAANG cos along with OpenStreetMap etc. It's a fantastic bargain for infrastructure! (I donate every month.)
➛They're just angry because they can't privatize it. (I read...
@raganwald They're just angry because they can't privatize it. (I read the same thread and felt my brains leaking out my ears.)
➛Probably!
It's weird listening to pop love songs and realizing that...
It's weird listening to pop love songs and realizing that they're about utterly normal dudes.
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