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Andrew Mercer

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Principal methodologist at Pew Research Center. He/him

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Janelle Monae opening for Of Montreal

24.11.2025 14:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh no! 2 divergent transitions. Guess Iโ€™ll have to run it again but even slower this time.

24.11.2025 01:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The real reason people are Bayesians.

24.11.2025 01:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It did say hazard ratio in the text, so youโ€™re not totally off base.

23.11.2025 14:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think log hazard ratios were the measure used in the context that prompted the post.

Personally, Iโ€™m more of a risk difference guy.

23.11.2025 14:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

In fairness, the graph axis does say itโ€™s a log hazard ratio.

23.11.2025 13:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s clear now that the Malwarebytes article was misleading, but when I went to look into it, it was not at all obvious to me (as someone with some familiarity with both ML and data privacy issues) that training Gemini on your emails was out of scope.

23.11.2025 13:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Is posterโ€™s death the final stage of posterโ€™s madness?

23.11.2025 10:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Anyway the District of Columbia is an incredible city and I love it so much and Iโ€™m so glad I get to live here.

23.11.2025 03:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 149    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Expedia website sent me to the Expedia app sent me to the Alaska airlines website which sent me to the Alaska airlines app and can we just please not?

22.11.2025 16:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh no. Iโ€™m so sorry.

22.11.2025 01:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Your daily Charlie

21.11.2025 18:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

I have never been able to make it all the way through blade runner without falling asleep.

21.11.2025 15:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Microsoft makes Zork I, II, and III open source under MIT License Microsoftโ€™s Open Source Programs Office worked with Jason Scott to do it.

YOU ARE LIKELY TO BE LICENSED BY A GRUE

arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/...

21.11.2025 02:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 84    ๐Ÿ” 26    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

The struggle is real

20.11.2025 22:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Slim Sleeve โ€“ Leather Bi-Fold Wallet For Minimalists | Bellroy Our original pocket-slimmer, this cleverly designed wallet fits stacked cards, folded bills and two quick-access cards in a surprisingly slim profile.

Ooh, although I really like their slim sleeve bifold. bellroy.com/products/sli...

20.11.2025 18:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You realize you've just signed up to receive a whole bunch of emails over thanksgiving, right?

20.11.2025 18:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You need to do this.

20.11.2025 18:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ˜…

20.11.2025 18:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
An orange cat curled on his back with a paw in the air. He is on a white desk between a keyboard and computer monitor.

An orange cat curled on his back with a paw in the air. He is on a white desk between a keyboard and computer monitor.

Iโ€™m just going to keep posting some version of this photo over and over again as long as Charlie keeps hanging out on my desk.

20.11.2025 18:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 40    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

I have something kind of like this now. My problem is that the parts of cards that are on the outside, while easy to access, keep getting damaged.

Itโ€™s all these fancy metal cards they make now. I miss the old plastic ones.

20.11.2025 17:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Alas, that was our old officeโ€ฆ

20.11.2025 17:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh this is almost exactly what Iโ€™m looking for!

20.11.2025 17:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh thatโ€™s very nice!

20.11.2025 17:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I need a new wallet, but when I google for wallet reviews it's all about crypto ๐Ÿคฎ

Anyone have a wallet they like?

20.11.2025 16:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Chase & Status and Stormzy - BACKBONE (Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Chase & Status Chase & Status and Stormzy - BACKBONE (Lyric Video)

Somehow, instead of winding down, Iโ€™m having a Chase and Status dance party at midnight on a Tuesday. Oh wellโ€ฆ

19.11.2025 05:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
illustration of animals with sharp objects

shiba is holding a knife
cat is holding a knife
husky is holding an axe
shark is holding a butcher knife
goose is holding a katana
axolotl is holding an axe
mouse is holding a greatsword
fox is holding a knife
raccoon is holding a knife

illustration of animals with sharp objects shiba is holding a knife cat is holding a knife husky is holding an axe shark is holding a butcher knife goose is holding a katana axolotl is holding an axe mouse is holding a greatsword fox is holding a knife raccoon is holding a knife

they protec but they also attac ๐Ÿ”ช
#art

19.11.2025 03:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2148    ๐Ÿ” 648    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

The typical survey respondent isnโ€™t really the problem. Itโ€™s people committing fraud at scale in opt-in samples. Thatโ€™s already a huge problem thatโ€™s well documented.

18.11.2025 21:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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KFF/New York Times 2025 Survey of Immigrants | KFF KFF/New York Times 2025 Survey of Immigrants The 2025 Survey of Immigrants, a partnership between KFF andย The New York Times, takes an in-depth look at the experiences of immigrants during the first y...

Great new data from KFF/NYT looking at the lives and experiences of immigrants in the US:

www.kff.org/kff-nytimes-...

18.11.2025 15:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
The Songs: The System is Down
YouTube video by ebyam93 The Songs: The System is Down

In honor of Cloudflare www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtQp...

18.11.2025 13:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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