Michael Friendly

datavisfriendly.bsky.social

20 October 2026 19:05

#dataviz #stats #rstats New blog post: Thinking about Penguin Variables Bill length & depth show Simpson's paradox. Re-expressed as size (L×D) and shape (L/D), it vanishes: same data, rotated 45°, a simpler story. friendly.github.io/blog/posts/2...

Malcolm 朝精 Barrett

malcolmbarrett.malco.io

12 October 2026 18:03

Teaching my daughter how to pronounce Euler so she is not embarrassed in kindergarten

Claus Wilke

clauswilke.com

06 October 2026 18:11

Implementing oral exams at scale. The paper describes oral exams for hundreds of students, 5 min. each over zoom, administered by graduate TAs. My thoughts: It's doable but not easy. 5 min. is super short, yet it's tough for the TAs do to ~100 exams. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Martin Wattenberg

wattenberg.bsky.social

06 October 2026 18:10

Reviewing an AI-written paper is like listening to someone's boring dream

Malcolm 朝精 Barrett

malcolmbarrett.malco.io

06 October 2026 18:10

The pro data center elephant and piggie was pretty weird