Michael Brydon

academic (decision theory, analytics), ex-local government (Regional District Okanagan-Similkameen), decision tools (Benchcube Analytics, Octothorpe)

[Michael Brydon @mjbrydon]

@fabulavancouver I love that there are no comments.

[Justin McElroy @j_mcelroy]

i'd like to welcome toronto to the "existential dread about smoke dominating your summer" table

please sit down

we have many snacks

you may as well enjoy them because you're stuck here forever

[Michael Brydon @mjbrydon]

@j_mcelroy Quibble: wouldn't median price be less sensitive to outliers? Not questioning the trend (this is real dollars, right?). But the jiggle could just be noise.

[Michael Brydon @mjbrydon]

@_BarringtonII Um, P(vax | dead) != P(dead | vax)

[Michael Brydon @mjbrydon]

@TimothyDSnyder The audiobook version of the pamphlet, with its extended riff on the Ukraine war, is especially good.

[Michael Brydon @mjbrydon]

Starbucks in Merritt BC in the summer. Chaos, and a clear business case for robots.

[Michael Brydon @mjbrydon]

@fabulavancouver The West Bench OCP won support for pocket densification in the face of strong opposition to rural growth generally (see fig 15 https://t.co/6EchxzrJL3). Again, the reasoning was: more permissive zoning --> development --> critical mass for amenties.

[Michael Brydon @mjbrydon]

@fabulavancouver West Bench (rural Penticton, part of the RDOS) in 2018 and Naramata (in progress). Survey results for Naramata are here https://t.co/mJmKgnSlfA. The elementary school is seldom mentioned by name but is understood to be part of critical mass ("vibrancy") in the village.

[Michael Brydon @mjbrydon]

@j_mcelroy Interestimg profile--almost certainly a bot. But programmed by whom and to what end?

[Michael Brydon @mjbrydon]

@Richard_Florida @WaltHickey @jbarro Latitude determines attitude

[Michael Brydon @mjbrydon]

@drivebc what is the scoop on #BCHwy3 in Manning Park? No info and people are making their own rules now.

[Michael Brydon @mjbrydon]

@j_mcelroy The RDOS (Okanagan-Similkameen) adopted CivicReady in 2018. Now switching to Voyent.

[Michael Brydon @mjbrydon]

What should we call the old Vancouver Island?

[Michael Brydon @mjbrydon]

Given the disproportionate increase in Covid protection provided by the first dose, I can't see any other vax performance metric being more relevant. How long will this slope be sustained by Canada? (https://t.co/Q23Kye9XZh)

[Michael Brydon @mjbrydon]

Struggling this morning to bad-mouth my country. From https://t.co/vmWGAqYFZx

[Michael Brydon @mjbrydon]

Big day for Canada. Next stop: London. From: https://t.co/vmWGAqYFZx

[Michael Brydon @mjbrydon]

@pkedrosky Pound of ground beef but 200g sliced turkey.

[Michael Brydon @mjbrydon]

@gmbutts Well, on the narrow criterion of "truth tracking" (versus, say, feeling like a full participant in society), it depends (from https://t.co/zvfOp5EyVo):

[Michael Brydon @mjbrydon]

@Neil_Lambert14 @andrewm4894 @rlmcelreath I signed-up for the full-meal-deal, with the textbook, YouTube lectures, weekly Zoom sessions, and homework. Links are here: https://t.co/5hmkipoctW. The YouTube-only approach is fine, but I needed the text. And the homework is a necessary evil.

[Michael Brydon @mjbrydon]

Just finished @rlmcelreath’s remote/free course on Bayesian inference. As advertised, the material and tools (I used PyMC3) have led me to completely rethink statistics. Heavy sledding in places, but I already miss Richard’s humor, warmth, and massive brain. Thanks Richard.