You'd think someone would lose all credibility being an apologist for a regime that killed 25% of their population, but if it takes "being friendly with a Level 20 Pedo" to do it... I guess I'll take it?

The exchangeability assumption can be relaxed in some approaches, but vanilla conformal prediction usually has that assumed.

I'll admit that it's very difficult to read about the topic because most of what you'll find is written by ML folks...

If it was 2008 and I needed heart surgery, sign me up with this dude.

The value of his opinion on other stuff jas remained constant, however: it is worthless!

What's the best open book for data science from a base-R perspective? #rstats

I think "open" is that constraint here, unfortunately...

It's so they could spy on *her* better, you see. Secret geniuses, all of them.

They are currently remaking it to follow the manga (aka FMA:B) and somehow (?!) stumbled into pacing issues in S2.

Some people never learn!

Not the reason I listen at this point.

Introduces authors and topics I would never encounter otherwise, and it's a habit I've formed (it beats drugs & alcohol!)

This last year I finally read For Whom the Bell Tolls b/c Roberts gave a tipoff that they'd talk about it. Did me a great service.

But the point of the show is now what's on the label: "conversations for the curious". Roberts has evolved a lot and is far less strident than he used to be. Very loose conversational interview style, interesting guests, etc.

I find a lot of things I like and don't like while listening!

Dwayne Betts on Beauty, Prison, and Redaction - Econlib Dwayne Betts was a 16-year-old in solitary confinement when a fellow inmate slid a book of poetry under his cell door. What happened next is an astounding story of transformation: from desperation to ...

Every year they do a listener survey & rank the top episodes. That's a great place to start.

This episode was top ranked in '23 and really gives you a look at how the show is not "economics". (Of course, accepting that Roberts is small-L libertarian-ish).

www.econtalk.org/dwayne-betts...

I didn't listen to EconTalk back then, but yes. EconTalk started back in 2006.

I think I started in ~2010 ish? It has a great back catalog!

I knew I saved this for a reason

If it turns out that Lucas's entire career was done on a bet / dare, I will not be surprised.

I would even contrast the impact w/ Ruroni Kenshin, which had staying power even though the 3rd season was a train wreck. Kenshin nostalgia was so strong theyre doing a remake (w/ its own problems...) that's been well received

That's setting aside the issues with the OS manga being "cancelled" (??)

The cultural impact is so much smaller than shows in a similar genre (Cowboy Bebo, Trigun). Obviously "it was localized to the West" means we're dealing with a small subset that had some success.

Outlaw Star has always been in the shadow of those shows and I don't think it should have been!

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Ending QI for ICE & CBP is a nontrivial improvement to the status quo. The whole system must be reworked, but options are limited while in the minority (even if Dems haven't pushed those boundaries enough). A simple, focused bill on an issue hard to argue against is one path across the finish line*

It's absurd we'd say "sure, you can maybe get civil damages if a LEO violates your rights, but not if other govt employees do it", which is *the problem*. Right & Left have their pet groups, & both fight reform.

I would take whatever we could get, though! Pass this & keep pushing broader QI reform

The West was really weird about that in the late 90s / early 00's. I think they even did pointless things like "add clothes to the sci-fi woman found curled up in a space cooler", as if the *idea* of nudity was offensive. Oh no, human legs. Gaaah!

Spaceships that punch each other? A gun that shoots... magic? An episode with a psychic cactus?

It's got a lot going on, and most of it's good and interesting and fun!

The timing of when it came out was unfortunate. The original run on Toonami had a bunch of censorship/edits (I think they actually dropped an entire episode from the run).

It's like the universe conspired to ensure it got lost in the wash and failed in the West.

Goodness 10 episodes.

People behave with Russ Roberts, so these (like all EconTalk episodes) are with a listen, noting that Roberts has gotten so so so much better at interviewing (and he's far more epistemologically humble).

He has at least 2 interviews on EconTalk where he behaves himself. When he can resist the call of the void, he's interesting enough to not turn off.

However, his demented personality and hair-trigger online are... Well, that's Taleb.

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What about negative probabilities?

Alright, so even just reading Chapter 2 is worth it for anyone interested in using `rix` (*you* should be interested in using `rix`, because it's great).

#rstats

Well there goes my week

Congress is not co-equal, and we need to end the Wilsonian / Nixonian lie that it is. Congress is Article I. They are supposed to have way more power.

Our system has Congressional supremacy, and it would be great if they acted like it ~ ever.

The DoJ doesn't usually dump documents on people they aren't charging with crimes...?

These are only being released because the entire sordid tale was surrounded with "wait, prosecutors did / didn't do what?", and so it's a matter of public interest.

This isn't normal

"Canada is allowed a strategic maple syrup reserve, but I'm not?"

I can't imagine not despising the man

Who are these people who see him tripping over himself to explain away communist authoritarians and think "dude seems cool, I guess?"

(This question answers itself)

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I'm sorry, *Honestly yours*?