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@edwardwatts.bsky.social

He/him. Quite nerdy. A bit Bayesian. Views are my own, unassociated with previous or current employers etc, etc.

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16.10.2025 04:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I wonder what type?

16.10.2025 07:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wait, WHAT??

16.10.2025 07:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You might have a bad reference value for electrons to luminance (assuming photon counting sensors).

There could be an issue with the voltage levels if it's battery powered.

I'm assuming you have the correct geometry for your standard source into the sensor?

02.10.2025 09:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If it reports each channel separately, and all channels are high, then it's likely a geometry issue (lens or sensor? uncertain of the internals of this unit).

If one of the channels is higher than it should be, there's something really off.

02.10.2025 09:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Fingers are crossed for correct solution finding!!

02.10.2025 09:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Nani??

29.09.2025 07:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

c.f. Luminance vs illuminance for eye response equivalent measurements

23.09.2025 09:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Eyes are often considered to respond in terms of radiance (constant "brightness" independent of distance, usually linked to high spatial resolution) rather than irradiance (linked to inverse square response, bad spatial resolution). I think this is supported by terrestrial observation only... :)

23.09.2025 09:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Centrelink limping along through the apocalypse just to screw over people in pointless ways seems fittingly canon for Aussie Fallout

20.09.2025 02:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

An interesting and new experience!

11.09.2025 02:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
50ml of Black Blood of the Earth, Kenya, with Phil's business card.

50ml of Black Blood of the Earth, Kenya, with Phil's business card.

Test serial number 1

11.09.2025 00:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
This image shows a vacuum dewar fitted with a handle for keeping the beer at the desired temperature: a Stein of Science! Inside are some ice cubes, which have maintained almost all of their mass in solid form overnight.

Product has passed acceptance testing.

This image shows a vacuum dewar fitted with a handle for keeping the beer at the desired temperature: a Stein of Science! Inside are some ice cubes, which have maintained almost all of their mass in solid form overnight. Product has passed acceptance testing.

Science works! It's still cold in the morning.

Thanks Phil!

11.09.2025 00:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is all I need to start looking! Thanks!

10.09.2025 11:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What's a starting point to find some of the examples of positive self reference?

10.09.2025 11:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Category theory has always had an air of magic for me for some of the arrow chasing structures, but Russell rules over all, as you show :)

10.09.2025 10:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Category theory is only a slight annoyance?

10.09.2025 10:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Accretion disk around a black hole, just to see the lego designers really have to work hard... ^_^

09.09.2025 10:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"Whenever I fall..."

05.09.2025 11:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Last Train is one of my formative musical experiences. This is Great :)

05.09.2025 10:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A question to all with knowledge re Pure Maths: if you were to teach in a curriculum that only allowed positive statements (proofs only, no counterexamples) for the course, how long until someone asks "but what about this special case?"

01.09.2025 12:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

When did John Laws reincarnate into Steve Laws?

01.09.2025 11:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.

13.08.2025 06:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19021    ๐Ÿ” 7402    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 394    ๐Ÿ“Œ 995

LRM-1?

27.08.2025 14:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Following on from my prev. comments, I'm grateful for Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here". Less livid than before.

27.08.2025 12:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hang on, I've just finished tuning my business analysis graph-based hierarchical LLM at the expense of 2 months of compute on my data cluster.

Trust me... It just works...

27.08.2025 11:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Not Happy Jan!

27.08.2025 11:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I stand by my characterisation of Robodebt as shoddy automation - no nuance in their choice of underlying distributions, no appreciation of different ppl coming from different subsets of income earning mechanisms, and apparently v little weighting of the amount of Distress caused in the utility fn.

27.08.2025 11:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

They made up references re Robodebt analysis? Automation of report writing to investigate shoddy automation?

What mechanisms are in place to ensure the work for our Childcare sector is accurate and contains no AI hallucinations?

Is there a billable rate for AI services as part of the contract?

27.08.2025 11:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Labor asks Deloitte to design universal childcare system as PM eyes political legacy Exclusive: Government could redirect billions in existing spending on the childcare subsidy and introduce a daily flat fee for families

I am livid. Ropeable. Irrationally pissed off. I do not expect to fall asleep easily.

As per some sources, Deloitte's been tapped for the data driven analysis for a review into AUS childcare system.

How will we know if it's been made up?

Flailing @edzitron.com

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

27.08.2025 10:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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