As a new Canadian, can someone explain how the CBC can call a Liberal government but *not* a majority government? How many seats do they need to project the Liberals will win to feel comfortable making that call? Maybe @peark.es knows?

For the urbanists: Is there a notion that measures how dense a neighbourhood needs to be (at current or equilibrium(?) price) to be "affordable?" Curious about neighbourhoods who say they want to be affordable, but given current prices and zoning, could never be Maybe @idothethinking.bsky.social?

What in the world is this voting system used by the Canadian Liberals? archive.ph/fyN9m

Looking through what is possible nowadays with uv, I wonder what pure python stacks still require conda?

Day 2 #AdventOfCode (very inelegant) github.com/khwilson/adv...

'Tis that time of the year again... #AdventOfCode github.com/khwilson/adv...

It's time for the quadrennial update of Redraw the States! This tool allows users to change the borders of US states to see how those changes would affect election results kevinhayeswilson.com/redraw/

uv now ships with dedicated documentation for PyTorch

Hi Bluesky! I’m Kevin: A mathematician turned ML researcher with a big interest in evidence-based policy. Looking forward to catching up with old friends and meeting new ones here!