Microposts

The Kano computer is a great product. Fun and easy to build with lots of good built in software.

Merry Christmas

A quiet, snowy run today.

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Preparing the tree

Here’s some “behind the scenes” geospatial analysis I used in a recent @PsephoAnalytics post. This was a good excuse to experiment with the sf #rstats πŸ“¦ which makes this much easier than my old workflows

Our predictions for the recent election in Toronto held up well. We were within 6%, on average, with a slight bias towards overestimating Keesmaat’s support. Now we’ll add more demographic richness to our agents and reduce the geographical distribution of errors www.psephoanalytics.ca/2018/11/r…

Sean Carroll’s Mindscape podcast is one of my new favourites πŸŽ™

Seems like something to strive for these days:

it is wrong always, everywhere, and for anyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence

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Interested in analytics and transit planning? I’m looking for an Analyst to help Metrolinx generate and communicate evidence for project evaluation ca.linkedin.com/jobs/view…

Raising funds for pancreatic cancer research by throwing axes. Great fun!

Fascinating to think of creating cognitive scaffolding for elephants aeon.co/essays/if…

We’ve completely retooled our approach to predicting elections to use an agent-based model. Looking forward to comparing our predictions to the actual results tonight for the Toronto election!

Found the exact spot we first met! Who knew it would lead to this

Cold medication

Life 3.0 by Max Tegmark is a fascinating book on an important topic. AI’s implications for society are profound and require significant debate. This book is a start. πŸ“š

I appreciate innovation in beer, but this one went too far for me.

Great fun at the #fivepeaks Earth Run in the Rouge

Warming up at Balsam Lake Provincial Park

We had fun meeting the author Dav Pilkey and getting a signed copy of Dog Man. I really appreciated his patience with spending several hours talking to kids and signing books. πŸ“š

Enjoying great sour beers at #sourpalooza

Ready for Pentatonix

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Ready for school