🌞 Jorge Loría ⛱️ @loriaj.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your CV? Machine learner: oh we were doing 10-fold cross validation for hyperparameter selection 010
Reposted by 🌞 Jorge Loría ⛱️Louis Barclay @louisbarclay.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The latest urgent research from the Center for the Alignment of AI Alignment Centers: alignmentalignment.ai/caaac/blog/p...alignmentalignment.aiPrediction: AI will kill every human by next year, or notOur latest prediction model uses cutting-edge binary methodology to forecast potential AI futures 0115
Reposted by 🌞 Jorge Loría ⛱️Maxim Raginsky @mraginsky.bsky.social · 21/09/2026No one should be taken seriously when they say things like “update my priors” unless they can explain how to derive the Kalman filter. Desperate times call for desperate measures, people! 0304
Reposted by 🌞 Jorge Loría ⛱️Sridhar Ramesh @radishharmers.bsky.social · 13/09/2026My Meta glasses give me the ability to see other glasses. 418214
Reposted by 🌞 Jorge Loría ⛱️Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I picked up a copy of the collected letters of JRR Tolkien for reasons, and this is the most bullshit table of contents I've ever seen. I'm actively angry that it exists 2261721062
🌞 Jorge Loría ⛱️ @loriaj.bsky.social · 28/08/2026There should be a better way for @openreview.bsky.social to tell the reviewers that the reviewees have responded. There's no way they need to send one email for each comment from the authors. 020
Reposted by 🌞 Jorge Loría ⛱️Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 26/08/2026Some people on here really need to go touch graph. 1666892
🌞 Jorge Loría ⛱️ @loriaj.bsky.social · 10/08/2026# of days since I got confused due to zero-indexing: 0 000
🌞 Jorge Loría ⛱️ @loriaj.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Haven't read it yet, but seems like a very cool idea www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.comMetropolis–Hastings with Scalable SubsamplingThe Metropolis–Hastings (MH) algorithm is one of the most widely used Markov Chain Monte Carlo schemes for generating samples from Bayesian posterior distributions. The algorithm is asymptotically ... 000
🌞 Jorge Loría ⛱️ @loriaj.bsky.social · 31/07/2026I learned about sans and serif fonts. I hate (knowing) that there is a difference. But more-so I hate noticing when both are in the same document and I feel like they clash. 021
🌞 Jorge Loría ⛱️ @loriaj.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Can you eat smoked trout as-is? Or do you need to cook it? Does anyone know?👀 010
🌞 Jorge Loría ⛱️ @loriaj.bsky.social · 22/07/2026On an impulse I bought a fillet of smoked rainbow (🌈) trout. I have never cooked trout and very rarely cook fish. Any suggestions for serving/preparation? 100
Reposted by 🌞 Jorge Loría ⛱️F. Javier Rubio @fjrubio.bsky.social · 28/06/2026“Springer about to hijack Statistics & Computing” xianblog.wordpress.com/2026/06/28/s...xianblog.wordpress.comSpringer about to hijack Statistics & ComputingI recently learned that Springer Nature is about to make the reference journal Statistics and Computing, where I published close to twenty papers over the years, fully “open access”, wh… 01413
Reposted by 🌞 Jorge Loría ⛱️Nathaniel William Horadam @horadam.bsky.social · 28/06/2026As we kick off the Round of 32, I give you what these matchups are really about: 1. Canada 🇨🇦 vs. South Africa 🇿🇦 - Battle of the Commonwealth nations 2. Brazil 🇧🇷 vs. Japan 🇯🇵 - Battle of the Portuguese Jesuit "colonies" 3. Germany 🇩🇪 vs. Paraguay 🇵🇾 - Battle of *chuckles nervously* (1/x) 9498166
🌞 Jorge Loría ⛱️ @loriaj.bsky.social · 24/06/2026The existence of baked goods implies the existence of baked bads 010
Reposted by 🌞 Jorge Loría ⛱️James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 20/05/2026This is going to come across as pretentious and unhelpful, but I really recommend reading books. Reading a book is the only thing I do where I feel like I'm nourishing my attention span, rather than sanding it down. The trick is to just read whatever you enjoy — not what you feel like you should. 1203189373
🌞 Jorge Loría ⛱️ @loriaj.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Why is the slack symbol essentially just a rotation of the google photos symbol?? 000
Reposted by 🌞 Jorge Loría ⛱️Demetri @phdemetri.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Applied Statisticians, (violently) 1133
Reposted by 🌞 Jorge Loría ⛱️Alicia Andrzejewski (she/her) @aliciaandrz.bsky.social · 15/04/2026there’s a peer-reviewed article on how professors who bring students baked goods get higher evaluation scores. my colleague would bring this article & homemade cookies to class the day students filled evals out, tell them evals aren’t effective measures of teaching, then leave them to it. 1455
Reposted by 🌞 Jorge Loría ⛱️Marissa Kumar Gerchick @mkgerchick.bsky.social · 14/04/2026The Tech Team at ACLU is hiring! We are looking for a Data Scientist with expertise in NLP and AI ethics to work on using language tech to support ACLU's mission. Come help us tackle questions about how AI systems can be carefully applied to support the public interest. www.aclu.org/careers/appl...aclu.orgCareers at ACLUJoin our team! We’re looking for committed, passionate people for open roles at the ACLU. 11718
Reposted by 🌞 Jorge Loría ⛱️Aki Vehtari @avehtari.bsky.social · 30/03/2026I'm looking for a post-doc to help organize Bayesian Data Analysis course avehtari.github.io/BDA_course_A... (200 students) and to do research on Bayesian workflow users.aalto.fi/~ave/publica... at Aalto www.aalto.fi/en, Finland. Background in Bayes needed. Up to five year contract possible.avehtari.github.ioBayesian Data Analysis course - Aalto 2025 – Bayesian Data Analysis course 14926
Reposted by 🌞 Jorge Loría ⛱️Dr. Sabrina Mittermeier @smittermeier.bsky.social · 28/03/2026Why do I have eduroam at the local hipster bakery but not in my classroom and other questions of the modern academic 17310
Reposted by 🌞 Jorge Loría ⛱️Siege @tellumsiege.bsky.social · 29/05/2025The difference between cucumbers and pickles is jarring. 7351251509
🌞 Jorge Loría ⛱️ @loriaj.bsky.social · 22/03/2026Constantly torn between my hate for ads and my curiosity to know what the finnish ads are trying to sell me 000
Reposted by 🌞 Jorge Loría ⛱️Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 12/03/2026"Other extensions of the factorial function do exist, but the gamma function is the most popular and useful. " did the gamma function herself/itself write this 2638
🌞 Jorge Loría ⛱️ @loriaj.bsky.social · 12/03/2026tb to a micro (econ) prof who gave a quiz that boiled down to finding the solution to (something like) xe^x =1, and *everyone* lost their mind trying to solve it instead of just stating that the 'desired solution' was obtained from just saying 'xe^x =1' 110
Reposted by 🌞 Jorge Loría ⛱️Gabby DaRienzo @gabbydarienzo.com · 06/03/2026wait no this is actually incredible youraislopbores.me 7262118
🌞 Jorge Loría ⛱️ @loriaj.bsky.social · 21/02/2026The sidewalk is so icy that even the precaution bars are falling 010
🌞 Jorge Loría ⛱️ @loriaj.bsky.social · 11/02/2026The change between tea and iced tea is very different to the change between coffee and iced coffee. 110
Reposted by 🌞 Jorge Loría ⛱️Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Iconic moment as he says "God Bless América" and then names every country in South, Central, and North america in order For the rest of the hemisphere, América doesn't mean the U.S. It means evveeerrybody 243919554
Reposted by 🌞 Jorge Loría ⛱️Clément Canonne @ccanonne.github.io · 30/01/2026To counter my tendency to factor my code in a million different functions, I have configured my editor to gradually reduce the font of each function I create, until they become so hard to read I have to give up. I call that: Diminishing returns 5764
Reposted by 🌞 Jorge Loría ⛱️Harrison Ritz @hritz.bsky.social · 20/01/2026It’s really easy to make an academic website with GitHub: (1) Find a template & fork it github.com/topics/acade... (2) Add your info (often just markdown). All you need is (short!) bio, contact info, CV, and your paper(s) or posters. (3) Host for free with GitHub docs.github.com/en/pages/qui... 0205
🌞 Jorge Loría ⛱️ @loriaj.bsky.social · 20/01/2026Seeing an influencer bring up an old video of them calling out something, gives me the same vibe of professors mentioning papers they have co-authored 000
Reposted by 🌞 Jorge Loría ⛱️Steven (with a PH) @sjksalisbury.bsky.social · 17/01/2026Seems unfair that you only get to use the bouncy slide to get off a plane when things have gone wrong. The bouncy slide should be a treat they give to the best passengers who did the flight correctly. 413356734
Reposted by 🌞 Jorge Loría ⛱️Stats For Bios @statsforbios.bsky.social · 16/01/2026Very happy to support people applying for this fellowship if you want to do a masters in Medical Statistics and a year of research. www.nihr.ac.uk/career-devel...nihr.ac.uk 011
Reposted by 🌞 Jorge Loría ⛱️ELLIS @ellis.eu · 15/01/2026🏹 Job alert: Postdoctoral Researchers at ELLIS Institute Finland 📍 Various locations 🇫🇮 📅 Apply by Feb 9th 🔗 bit.ly/3YEDmkvbit.lyPostdoc positions at ELLIS Institute Finland | ELLIS Institute FinlandCall for postdoctoral researchers in artificial intelligence and machine learning 0105
🌞 Jorge Loría ⛱️ @loriaj.bsky.social · 05/01/2026Gee I hope the weather in Finland is as good as here 110
🌞 Jorge Loría ⛱️ @loriaj.bsky.social · 31/12/2025I guess it is time to do all those cyber security trainings before they expire at the end of the year 020
🌞 Jorge Loría ⛱️ @loriaj.bsky.social · 20/12/2025media.tenor.coma cartoon character is standing on top of a brick building with the words the sky is falling below himAlt: Chicken little is standing on top of a building with the words the sky is falling below him 000
Reposted by 🌞 Jorge Loría ⛱️Dr Miranda Fay Thomas (they/she) @drmirandafay.bsky.social · 18/12/2025People who aspire to be academics: I wish to live a life of the mind Actual academics: 231518375
Reposted by 🌞 Jorge Loría ⛱️Nick Huntington-Klein @nickchk.com · 04/12/2025last night my daughter asked whether there were negative letters, like negative numbers. what a good fuckin question 1015211
Reposted by 🌞 Jorge Loría ⛱️Stephanie 🍉 @ageofoddish.bsky.social · 29/11/2025Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread 144153584159
Reposted by 🌞 Jorge Loría ⛱️Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 28/11/2025This year explaining regression to the mean took forever but I’m sure next year will be better. 515517