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Sean J Taylor

@seanjtaylor.com
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Data Science, Causal Inference, Economics, Statistics and Machine Learning Two joys in life: [1] Learning something interesting about the world [2] Telling people about it Model Measurement @OpenAI

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Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 10/04/2025
I did update the figure a bit and added labels, but it probably works better as sequential slides in a presentation. If you want the code and the pptx just drop me a dm and I’ll send it all your way.
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Yiqing Xu @yiqingxu.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
We streamlined six new DID-like estimators and created this tutorial for implementation in R. yiqingxu.org/packages/fec... Hope you no longer need to spend months figuring out what these estimators are and how to use them.
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Sean J Taylor @seanjtaylor.com · 31/01/2025
Foods I like that have been deemed “old man desserts” by friends and family: Rice pudding Oatmeal raisin cookies Rum raisin ice cream Peanut brittle These are all underrated desserts!
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Sean J Taylor @seanjtaylor.com · 23/01/2025
Fuckin Tim Apple
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Sean J Taylor @seanjtaylor.com · 23/01/2025
Hit the point in my phone’s life cycle where Apple fucks with the battery life and (probably) pays my friends to start telling me how old it looks when i check it.
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Sean J Taylor @seanjtaylor.com · 10/01/2025
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I Think You Should Reel on Instagram: "...and what is a hot dog bowl? A clip from Detroiters S01E08 "Dream Cruise" starring Tim Robinson and Marc Evan Jackson. Watch the full episode on Paramount+. ...
88K likes, 553 comments - ithinkyoushouldreel on May 23, 2024: "...and what is a hot dog bowl? A clip from Detroiters S01E08 "Dream Cruise" starring Tim Robinson and Marc Evan Jackson. Watch the full...
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Sean J Taylor @seanjtaylor.com · 16/12/2024
I have an AI agent and the company has an AI agent, and they exchange a series of messages to converge on a contract. But they are very lazy, so the company's agent just reveals the marginal cost and my agent reveals my willingness to pay, and they take the average.
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Sean J Taylor @seanjtaylor.com · 16/12/2024
It's annoying that I have to be an expert at navigating all these food ordering apps otherwise I'll be paying 10-20% more for everything.
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Sean J Taylor @seanjtaylor.com · 13/12/2024
I say this like once a week but it’s worth appreciating regularly: we’re living in the golden age of food. The standard for quality, taste, and innovation is insanely high right now. This is both for restaurants and home cooking.
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Sean J Taylor @seanjtaylor.com · 04/12/2024
I have a theory for why they are so useful. You can think of time as the universal cause of all outcomes. Effects may be mediated by other variables but the passage of time is the root cause of every change.
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Sean J Taylor @seanjtaylor.com · 04/12/2024
The unreasonable effectiveness of a line chart with time on the x-axis.
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Sean J Taylor @seanjtaylor.com · 04/12/2024
This 90s alt rock playlist is saving my life right now.
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Sherri Rose @sherrirose.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Hello everyone! I teach a class for graduate students on methods for reproducible research. 🔧 🔢 I would interested to hear about the barriers you face in implementing reproducible practices in your research (e.g., version control, code review, reproducible documents).
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Sean J Taylor @seanjtaylor.com · 22/11/2024
It’s happening!!
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Jeffrey Heer @jheer.org · 21/11/2024
Mosaic v0.12 is out: database-powered scalable, interactive visualization! 📈 One new addition is support for dynamic changes in the backing data. Move between smaller and larger samples to balance speed and comprehensive coverage.
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Sean J Taylor @seanjtaylor.com · 21/11/2024
I once tried to convince the Motif engineering team to run our app on a bunch of Mac Minis we would put in a closet at my house.
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Sean J Taylor @seanjtaylor.com · 15/11/2024
I've heard it described as the methadone to Twitter's heroin.
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David Gasquez @davidgasquez.com · 14/11/2024
New post up! ✨ Exploring AT Protocol with Python to visualize the #databs social graph! davidgasquez.com/exploring-at... Took less than 1 hour to get the data and plot it. Amazing what you can do with open APIs and great SDKs!
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Sean J Taylor @seanjtaylor.com · 14/11/2024
It’s so cool that the data is open. Creates a lot of unique opportunities.
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Peter W🤓 @wang.social · 13/11/2024
Other examples of things that the (rapidly growing) data geeks on Bluesky can help with: improving and accelerating graph analytics to improve the default Discover feed: bsky.app/profile/dana...
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Sean J Taylor @seanjtaylor.com · 14/11/2024
The gang’s all here!
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Jessica Hullman @jessicahullman.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
Reminder that the blog is here too! @statmodeling.bsky.social Please repost 🙏
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Sean J Taylor @seanjtaylor.com · 11/11/2024
ICYMI last a couple weeks ago, how we built the Motif query engine and language for analyzing event sequences: www.motifanalytics.com/posts/how-to... Think of it as an extension of Regular Expressions matching from strings of characters to sequences of events.
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Sean J Taylor @seanjtaylor.com · 11/11/2024
He’s been very clear that Oompa Loompas are on at-will employment contracts and can leave at anytime.
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Sean J Taylor @seanjtaylor.com · 11/11/2024
I was definitely not expecting this explanation.
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Sean J Taylor @seanjtaylor.com · 11/11/2024
Wow this is spot on
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Sean J Taylor @seanjtaylor.com · 11/11/2024
I’ll know Bluesky has really made it when there are tons of spam accounts following and DMing me.
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Sean J Taylor @seanjtaylor.com · 11/11/2024
Happy birthday!
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Carlos @carlos.ag · 06/11/2024
Hey data nerds! You have just a week and half left to submit a talk to Data Council '25 (in SF next year!). I'm running the analytics tracks. Any interesting ideas we should be covering on the analytics track? Any brilliant people that fly under the radar that we should elevate?
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Sean J Taylor @seanjtaylor.com · 03/11/2024
Awesome, just what I wanted, the sun rises at 6:30am now.
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Sean J Taylor @seanjtaylor.com · 01/11/2024
Looking for talks for the Data Science and Algorithms track I'm hosting at Data Council next year. It's in Oakland April 22-24th. You can submit your talk proposal here: www.datacouncil.ai/cfp-2025 It's a fun/friendly conference with an amazing lineup, hope to be reading your submission soon!
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Sean J Taylor @seanjtaylor.com · 29/10/2024
My Bluesky notifications are blowing up! The exodus is happening!
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Sean J Taylor @seanjtaylor.com · 16/12/2023
I'm trying, but it's really tough.
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Sean J Taylor @seanjtaylor.com · 16/12/2023
I'll go with you but I can only drink like 1.5 beers these days.
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Sean J Taylor @seanjtaylor.com · 18/11/2023
So how long can Twitter operate with dwindling ad revenue? Has anyone done a good write up of the different endgames that are possible?
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Sean J Taylor @seanjtaylor.com · 18/11/2023
Whoa whoa whoa, this take is far too nuanced for social media.
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Sean J Taylor @seanjtaylor.com · 10/11/2023
New Simpson’s paradox example just dropped.
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Sean J Taylor @seanjtaylor.com · 03/11/2023
Naming things is hard when you're building an analytics product! Here's one: - column - dimension - variable - attribute - covariate - series - feature are all used to refer the same thing. There are differences in definitions but even picking the "correct" one can just confuse people.
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Sean J Taylor @seanjtaylor.com · 02/11/2023
🎉New Motif demo day! 🎉 loom.com/share/dda8f3... I'm proud of our new icicle visualization which seamlessly toggles between disaggregated and aggregated views and provides zooming functionality to quickly navigate and understand long sequences at large scale. Let me know if you want to try it!
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Sean J Taylor @seanjtaylor.com · 21/10/2023
So good. They had my favorite flavor combo, hojicha mixed with kinako.
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Sean J Taylor @seanjtaylor.com · 21/10/2023
When you’re having a great Friday.
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Sean J Taylor @seanjtaylor.com · 14/10/2023
This speaks to me.
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Paul Hünermund @p-hunermund.com · 13/10/2023
The program of the Causal Data Science Meeting 2023 (Nov 7–8) is now available on our newly redesigned website. Check out the fantastic list of presentations and register for free under causalscience.org 🔊 Please share with your network!
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Fostering a dialogue between industry and academia on causal data science.
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Sean J Taylor @seanjtaylor.com · 11/10/2023
Helpful! Yeah a little more lively there.
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Sean J Taylor @seanjtaylor.com · 11/10/2023
Tons of folks seem to have accounts here now so I don't quite understand why the bsky feed is so sparse. Seems like either nobody I know is posting or something is broken with generating the feed? Likewise my posts here don't seem to get much feedback.
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Sean J Taylor @seanjtaylor.com · 09/10/2023
This is one of the most interesting applied research projects I've ever come across! It starts a simple observation: why don't RGB colors on screen mix the same way that paints in the physical world do? Then a lot of interesting, yet accessible, math to explain why and correct the problem 💙💚💛
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Talk - Practical Pigment Mixing for Digital Painting
Hi all! This is our presentation from SIGGRAPH Asia 2021.https://scrtwpns.com/mixboxIt's quite a letdown when you paint in Photoshop or Procreate, and you ge...
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Sean J Taylor @seanjtaylor.com · 05/10/2023
I keep meaning to try harder to learn but then I’m usually just too hungry to deal with it.
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Sean J Taylor @seanjtaylor.com · 05/10/2023
I never learned to use a fork with my left hand to eat anything even slightly challenging, which is a source of great embarrassment for me at fancy restaurants.
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Sean J Taylor @seanjtaylor.com · 30/09/2023
I like that it’s seasonal, gives it a chance.
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