Mark Westling

Software guy with interests in economics, statistics, machine learning, and lots of things. #autismdad

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@RadioFreeTom And if my mother had wheels, she’d be a teacart.

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@EricLDaugh https://t.co/HbL9aNzXHC

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@StartsWithABang Another take on it: with a more conservative estimate on the uncertainty, the difference in estimates is much less significant. https://t.co/G3fwVMzYRo

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@mattyglesias Most memorable phrase: “most mistreated”.

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@JonahDispatch Reminds me so much of the pics of Trudeau’s cabinet years ago that were met with oohs and ahhs from lefties because they “looked wonderful”. Now we have a “twitchy-eyed negotiator” president, a SecDef who lifts weights on TV… hey, this looks familiar, eh?

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@RadioFreeTom Don’t worry, it’ll slow down eventually.

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@DavidBegnaud About an hour ago, at lunch, my wife (an immigrant) said matter-of-factly that one of the first things an immigrant to the US needs to learn is how to shop at Costco. BTW, I hope you bought a rotisserie chicken while you were there.

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@LMFireSystems1 @BrianKarem Even Trump says the first one isn’t true https://t.co/fAloFz92wJ

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@JamesSurowiecki Counting cost, too? If so, every place is best: if one place were better than another, the prices would go up accordingly. Pricing FTW!

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I'm seeing a lot of people who are happy that @elonmusk is standing up to Twitter employees. I would have expected many of the same people to be upset that Trump's account is still suspended, but I see no complaints. What's up with that?

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@elonmusk “All forms of content”… hmmm… ah, I get it! Porn, right?

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@RadioFreeTom My first thought was that it was stuff he could use for financial leverage overseas. Now I’m thinking it’s simpler: it’s stuff he could show off to guests.

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@norootcause Butter pie. (As in “The butter wouldn’t melt so we put it in the pie.”)

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@RadioFreeTom I’d love to see how political leaning affects errors in risk assessment; for example, after an incident, whether conservatives overestimate terrorism by the same degree that liberals overestimate school shootings.

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@RadioFreeTom > So be it. (Actually, so-VEE-et)

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@EJUpClose Eric, I saw your problems with that Facebook page. I work at FB and might be able to help. If you’re still having problems, msg me.

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@norootcause Pretty much anything related to the 8-year old. I don’t care if it’s only a few more lines of code, a couple sentences to wrap up the email, or a little change you realize will help you debug something: if he needs breakfast, or to be driven to/from school, I drop everything.

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@MicheleSINY @RadioFreeTom And a nod to @SykesCharlie for introducing me to it last week!

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@ATabarrok And it’s just a coincidence that your Peets birthday randomly landed during Pumpkin Spice Latte season.

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@mattyglesias Does the paper also explain the sarlacc as a fear of feminism?