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Kareem Carr | Data Scientist

@kareem_carr

May 10

Statistician here. ⚠️WARNING. This is NOT an accurate use of probability theory ⚠️ We can actually explain this one without any math so read on...

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And yet he persevered.

You've got to be kidding me. .... Is this progress?

Third time's the charm... Oh wait. Damn you, Google!

Dammit! I just. Want. Froyo.

Why,

, why? Why is this on the map at all? "Permanently closed" only shows up when you are close enough... for instance, if you've driven there. Like me.

Remember all the hand-wringing and apocalyptic warnings from fired Twitter staff after

took over? I have to say... It looks like he knows what he's doing. These new features are things users always wanted but thought would never happen. (And they were right.)

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Elon Musk

May 9

With latest version of app, you can DM reply to any message in the thread (not just most recent) and use any emoji reaction. Release of encrypted DMs V1.0 should happen tomorrow. This will grow in sophistication rapidly. The acid test is that I could not see your DMs even if… Show more

May 7

14 years on Twitter? Actually, I had a different account for 3+ months before this one, a silly project to learn how the platform worked. I wish I could tell you what it was, but it was irreverent and slightly NSFW. And for 1 night, it was the 2nd-most retweeted account globally.

May 6

This reads like an argument for limiting the job to one term.

May 3

CNC in action.

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Rainbow poplar slab with epoxy resin, flattened with the

@nova_labs

CNC. Isopropyl alcohol is a decent mid-project approximation of what the finished wood will look like. #makerspace

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This describes every news outlet in Washington with a decent-sized bureau.

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Brian Stelter

@brianstelter

Apr 30

Sounds like @tamarakeithNPR just defended Fox's WH journalists: "There are reporters in this room who have been derided by the people within their own organization, dismissed as 'the journalists,' for reporting the facts, for telling the truth, as if it's a bad thing. It isn't."

Kareem Carr | Data Scientist

May 2

This is not a rational approach. No one "manipulates" IQ scores. Those numbers fall along the lines of what's called the normal distribution. A lot of nature behaves that way. High IQ is just another neurodivergence, but psychometricians aren't colluding to make anyone look dumb.

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@kareem_carr

May 1

The perception of IQ as a seemingly objective measure of intelligence is frequently used to promote racist pseudoscience on social media. For this reason, I think it's extremely important for people to know some relevant facts about IQ:

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Apr 28

How is that I had never heard of

@austinnasso

? This is GPS route guidance if Donald Trump were the voice. Close your eyes and listen. It's perfect.

hire this guy.

Wow. Wow. ... Wow

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Brian Roemmele

@BrianRoemmele

Apr 26

Up next is a ChatGPT system that can self-select models it uses based on the identified task at hand, and then regenerate and iterate new prompts to AutoGPT across dozens of AI models. This will happen next week. This is beyond exponential growth. Based on this paper:… Show more

Apr 23

Refusing to pay for a blue check-mark is a stupid hill to die on. If this had cost $96/year when

@jack

ran Twitter, half the platform would have paid rather than lobbying 25-year-olds for the priviliege. Now it's

, so "resisting" is a badge of courage. How totally dumb.

Apr 22

Is it just me, or is Twitter monetization quickly turning the platform into a marketing forum for "subscribe to my feed" sales pitches in the form of 10-tweet listicles?

David Sacks

@DavidSacks

Apr 21

Simplest way for corporate journalists to get blue checks en masse would be for their organizations to go gold and affiliate them. Stop pretending this is a personal expense. It’s a business expense.

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Twitter Verified

@verified

Mar 31

Verified Organizations is a new way for organizations and their affiliates to distinguish themselves on Twitter. Rather than relying on Twitter to be the sole arbiter of truth for which accounts should be verified, vetted organizations that sign up for T.co/VerifiedOrgs… Show more

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This is absurd. Do you know how many people have submitted revised written testimony to Congress? Do you know how many members of Congress have submitted revised remarks to their committees?

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Ryan Grim

@ryangrim

Dem Rep. Stacey Plaskett is threatening @mtaibbi with prison over his Twitter Files testimony. The testimony is actually accurate-though she's referring to an error in a tweet that's been corrected. That's beside the point: To call for a reporter to be jailed is beyond the pale

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They'll be back.

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SCOTUSblog

@SCOTUSblog

Bye, Twitter.

The tipping point was having to pay for verification, when we feel we add a lot of value. We also feel solidarity with NPR, and share concerns about Twitter’s direction. You can find us on the blog and TikTok. If we join another platform, we’ll send word here.

Cc:

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How is it legal for someone to sell a summary of my book with my name on it?

Apr 19

Or you could write and edit until it feels like effective communication. You might wind up in the same place, or you might not, but at least it will be authentic. Rules only make sense in retrospect. Applying them reflexively and expecting good writing to follow is clueless.

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Merriam-Webster

@MerriamWebster

Apr 19

Here’s a mnemonic device to help you remember "opinion - size - age - shape - color - origin - material - purpose - noun." (Just imagine you’re talking to a film icon & salad dressing mogul.) "One Simple Adjective Sequence Code: Order Matters, Paul Newman."

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Apr 18

It's been standard AP style for a few years to capitalize the word "black" in a racial context, but I've never seen it done with the word "white" before. Is this a thing now?

Apr 18

Forget that. Not having children means robbing yourself of one of life's most amazing experiences. It's like deciding one day that you're just not going to eat carbs because you've heard they're difficult to digest. Eat the pasta. Go ahead.

Apr 17

That was weird. Wordle 667 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Honestly,

... Why can't I just file my taxes by sending a DM to the IRS?

Ted went to the same Catholic high school as I did. Watch where you step on this one.

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Tom Fitton

@TomFitton

Congressman attacks judge for being a Christian. twitter.com/tedlieu/status…

Tom Fitton

@TomFitton

Congressman attacks judge for being a Christian.

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Ted Lieu

@tedlieu

Trump’s religious zealot judge has said: -Same-sex marriage will send the country “on a road to potential tyranny.” -Sexual revolution ushered in a world where “marriage, sexuality, gender identity…must yield to the erotic desires of liberated adults.” washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/

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Apr 7

That's not going to go over well ...

WETA VivaLaVoce presents classical vocal music in all its forms, from the Middle Ages to the present, 24 hours per day.

Apr 5

Dear classical music junkies: I'll be your sherpa today from 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. (EDT) on the

@WETAClassical

vocal music channel called "Viva La Voce." weta.org/fm/vivalavoce. No Despacito, politics, or AI-generated voices. I promise.

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WETA VivaLaVoce

Apr 4

This is entirely wrong unless you add "...[geniuses] whom Western historians, noblemen, clergy, and financiers decided to memorialize."

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Ben Wilson

@BenWilsonTweets

Apr 4

The greatest concentration of geniuses: 16th Century - Florence 17th Century - France 18th Century - Germany 19th Century - England 20th Century - Silicon Valley 21st Century - ???

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Ayman Al-Abdullah

@aymanalabdul

Apr 3

Anthony Bourdain said: "Eat at a local restaurant tonight. Get the cream sauce. Have a cold pint at 4 o’clock in a mostly empty bar. Go somewhere you’ve never been. Listen to someone you think may have nothing in common with you. Order the steak rare. Eat an oyster. Have a… Show more

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Prof. Feynman

@ProfFeynman

Mar 29

There are two rules in life: 1) Never give out all the information.

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Mar 29

All that tech and it'll probably taste stringy.

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Bloomberg

@business

Mar 29

A food-tech startup creates a meatball from the woolly mammoth's DNA, some 4,000 years after it went extinct trib.al/CgxwvOX

Mar 28

I'm old enough to remember when there were 9 planets.

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Elon Musk

Mar 28

I’m old enough to remember

Mar 27

I remember learning to drive in 1986, w/ a giant staple-bound Cleveland road atlas. My 1st job was delivering singing telegrams (true!); they had me booked Fri. & Sat. nights., every 1/2-hour on the 1/2-hour. I had to plot everything out ahead of time with colored pencils.

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