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This continues to live in my head rent free

Anytime you try to even begin to think through this nuance about human behavior people also like to yell, "I'm not doing a scientific paper!" Ok but I am!! I am trying to have a scientific worldview at least!!

There's some techniques you shouldn't use that seem so reasonable! It's our responsibility to plug the ears of the next generation, lest the siren's song lead them to ruin. Other "c'mon, it's gotta work!" techniques like SMOTE are in this class.

Letters of Marque!? Oh baby, we are so back.

Want to guess what doof decided that falling off the 2nd floor railing that oversees the foyer was a good idea? (He seems fine, vet just recommends monitoring him. Only injury appears to be to his pride. He looks so disheveled because he hates car rides) #Caturday is coming

That Apple Silicon needs something to do and the alternatives are AI, NFTs, and cryptocurrency mining. If it got time to lean, it got time to sheen.

The NFL Mobile app is the biggest piece of crap. It's Windows 11 levels of ass. Funnily enough, when it bugs out like this the features that only barely work (like picture-in-picture) function better. Great job, guys.

Another day where my rule "anyone who chooses to refer to people murdered horrifically as 'slain' is a 100% pure distilled asshole" has zero clarification error.

Finally righted a wrong & played Braid (2008). I knew the general outline of the twist, but it was executed so well! I would have loved to have experienced it truly blind. Puzzles were great. Even for a game more than 15 years old they felt fresh and innovative. Cool stuff. Try Braid or whatever.

Saturday morning 🔥 take, most RDD-based identification strategies are fragile enough that they ought to be viewed with the same extreme skepticism as instrumental variable designs.

Does anyone on #rstats teach an undergraduate linear algebra for data science course? If so, what textbook or resources do you use?

Update: they machine wash really well! The instructions to air dry are made of lies. They're cat approved they're so clean.

I've heard this referred to as "Schrödinger's Immigrant", the hypothetical villain responsible for immiserating many a xenophobe.

The Thing (1982, John Carpenter)

If you ever wondered how much child vomit a giant squishmallow could absorb, the answer is GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!

Al-Shaair is one of the dirtiest players currently in the NFL. It doesn't speak well to the character of the Texans players that he was their club winner. "Creating a positive impact beyond the game?" Spare me.

I'm still not sure Caleb Williams will develop into "the answer" for Chicago (his accuracy issues might never get fixed), but he's so much more elusive than he was last year. He's a fast, slippery little bastard.

Not to be "that guy" and pile on here, but Jesus -- being a Jewish dude and all that -- would have been observing the Sabbath on Saturday...

Help me test a local-first, asynchronous collaborative, free and open source text editor forms.gle/mKB8RbnLczRd...

If you thought CNN was capable of a worse idea than CNN+, you could have won some money! Use my promo code: DUMPCNN to unlock 5 free heavy sighs or one wall punch (wall punches are only redeemable in the US and Japan).

I'm a `rix`-pilled weirdo who doesn't install packages like I used to anymore, but this might help a lot of people! #rstats

Friends don’t let friends forget the chicken tax

Wondered why the girls wanted to get out their old caterpillar tunnel... It was for the cat!

Between the "refs getting injured and leaving a game" and "kicker misses the ball by a foot" this season has had a few weird firsts. I can't recall seeing something like this happen!

I've been saying for weeks that Stafford was probably going to win MVP (he still might), but that despite his stats he wasn't having a historically good season (eg, Brady 07, Rodgers 11, Manning 13, etc) because he didn't pass the "eye test". The eye test never fails!

Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen: Yes Rush Kansas Collective Soul Scorpions

#rstats It is with profound sadness I heard that my long-time friend and colleague, John Fox passed away this week. He was the author of {car}, {effects}, {Rcmdr}, ... and numerous influential books. I will miss him greatly. www.john-fox.ca

Packers win Cowboys fans get false hope Chiefs probably out of playoff race A happy Thanksgiving indeed!

Some days, man

Grabbed on a whim and they are both... not good. Too sticky sweet (think melted cherry chapstick) and too spiced (in a bad way), respectively. HOWEVER! Mix them and you've got a decent beer. Huh.

Go home Google AI summary, you're drunk.

There's almost nothing easier than getting nominating signatures. I signed **many** such papers at a bar I used to frequent, and I didn't give two rips who the candidate was. What a lazy asshole.

Picked up Crypt Custodian on a whim (2D action adventure Metroidvania) and it was pretty charming. Only took a few nights to 100%, so it wasn't very challenging, but it was fun. I recommend! (Yes, you're a cat and yes, your weapon is a broom)

JJ McCarthy looks so bad. He throws with zero anticipation, and his footwork is laugh out loud bad. Can't believe the Vikings thought this guy was the future. Kevin O'Connell is a brilliant coach, but there's no saving this guy.

Does anyone have an example of examining contrasts using emmeans for multinomial regressions with an interaction term? #psych #stats

Kitty camouflage, courtesy of the 3 yo Almost #Caturday

Backmasking music industry Satanists in shambles (This looks cool)

Super Kitties + Paw Patrol led to some arts and crafts for the smaller cat. (Don't worry, she got a lot of treats for being a good sport for pictures)

Next time, little buddy. Next time.

A fluffy psycho demanding pets, pupils the size of watermelons

“No way to prevent this” says only language where this regularly happens

What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?

He's had this donut toy on his head for at least 5 min (the 3 yo put it there).

Another edition of the greatest series ever made, Iron Pineapple's "Steam Dumpster Diving" for Souls-likes. Goodbye, 2 hours. (If you are interested in games you'll never get you play, you can live vicariously through one Mr Pine like I do) youtu.be/xO2V210-0hE

Any #rstats people on here have experience with hierarchal generalized additive models (HGAM) in ecology? I’m in need of some help in possibly using one with some data! 🦇🌎🧪🧫