Tweets for the Week of 2021-04-11 to 2021-04-17

Perhaps unrelated: she also made us all watch the 2nd inauguration of Ronald Reagan. in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:22:29, 2021-04-17
Mrs. Goosen, 4th grade, 1985, Madison Elementary in Sanger, CA. She insisted that "gorilla" (the great ape) was spe… https://t.co/bsFR5AdKn1 23:16:49, 2021-04-17
@HeyChelseaTroy Ugh, this was my whole experience at Caltech. And the worst part was a lot of them were explicit and proud about it. 🙁 in reply to HeyChelseaTroy 22:22:40, 2021-04-17
@elephantjournal @ericmbudd I wonder if we're thinking of the same one. in reply to elephantjournal 22:13:18, 2021-04-17
@ericmbudd Don't worry someone will probably consolidate all the units into one big house soon and then it will be legally compliant. in reply to ericmbudd 21:07:34, 2021-04-17
"The corporation will only make money if the [charter city] becomes economically productive, corporations seem to l… https://t.co/cSefHhqZrV in reply to ZaneSelvans 16:47:44, 2021-04-17
"In the original plan, charter cities would be governed by some respected and competent foreign power … That fell… https://t.co/hACxjHqeVn in reply to ZaneSelvans 16:46:35, 2021-04-17
@drvolts Have you seen the film "Code 46?" It's got some weird plot holes, but the world it plays out in is interes… https://t.co/sX0e9c7xIW in reply to drvolts 16:45:01, 2021-04-17
"I would say this raises a lot of questions, but really the only question anyone had at the time was: what?" in reply to ZaneSelvans 16:21:32, 2021-04-17
"They included Ronald Reagan’s adopted son, the foreign minister of Oman, US low tax campaigner Grover Norquist, an… https://t.co/rA1IrcYPCV 16:20:18, 2021-04-17
lol the US has zero paramilitaries 🤣 https://t.co/AOplrTR8XW https://t.co/UqGvGKpYFc in reply to ZaneSelvans 12:32:30, 2021-04-17
I wonder what US police spending would look like if all the leftover military hardware they get for free were inclu… https://t.co/dyz5VTMXP6 in reply to ZaneSelvans 12:24:12, 2021-04-17
RT @EthanZ: Only 7% of Minnesotans are black, but they represent the majority of drivers stopped by police in Minneapolis, and 27% of the p… 12:21:53, 2021-04-17
There's ~800k law enforcement officers in the US, so this translates to $150k each per year. vs. >$500k/yr for each… https://t.co/ksF9gXTBwv 12:20:41, 2021-04-17
@ChekosWH @thebmbennett For a long time we had all the dependencies specified both in https://t.co/fMEbyeCN8X and a… https://t.co/DpNvigLsCe in reply to ZaneSelvans 11:48:44, 2021-04-17
@ChekosWH @thebmbennett We've used conda for a long time but have moved toward specifying as few packages as possib… https://t.co/h4kI0Qbpj1 in reply to ChekosWH 11:47:12, 2021-04-17
@HeyChelseaTroy @greaterthancode A lot of this is kind of a podcast companion to her series of Techtivism posts: https://t.co/tI5SzUNPBU in reply to ZaneSelvans 11:42:09, 2021-04-17
A great discussion with @HeyChelseaTroy about advocacy within the context of technology work, and the forensic natu… https://t.co/adhLLeJ2C1 11:40:49, 2021-04-17
@0xJoshuaSL @PallerJohn @CatalystCoop @opolis @jasonwienerpc @ntnsndr Aren't there simpler traditional accounting m… https://t.co/FeGpV7J7xn in reply to ZaneSelvans 08:30:20, 2021-04-17
@0xJoshuaSL @PallerJohn @CatalystCoop @opolis @jasonwienerpc I read the white paper last night & watched the OPR ep… https://t.co/I0caxterXN in reply to ZaneSelvans 08:23:20, 2021-04-17
@PeterBrannen1 https://t.co/hfAXzBIxaE in reply to PeterBrannen1 23:47:31, 2021-04-16
@JesseJenkins @isaboemeke The transition from 2-stroke motorbikes to electric scooters in cities like Bangkok is go… https://t.co/jFIVWq4XPU in reply to JesseJenkins 21:04:54, 2021-04-16
@LibSkrat Is there's some of the same dynamic in the way data cleaning / pre-processing has been historically under… https://t.co/eg5Ki636jc in reply to LibSkrat 20:27:35, 2021-04-16
@LibSkrat Do you have a sense of why there are so many important data producing organizations that don't seem to ha… https://t.co/3M4rKrPgCZ in reply to LibSkrat 19:42:45, 2021-04-16
@simonw This has literally been my entire job for years. in reply to simonw 18:25:55, 2021-04-16
@SYoungReports Estilo de InstantPot https://t.co/eF9d57D37M in reply to SYoungReports 18:02:07, 2021-04-16
I think I'm suspicious of cryptocurrencies partly because the conversation around them feels similar to how we talk… https://t.co/gt7bX1UQs8 17:51:08, 2021-04-16
@SYoungReports @llmunro Seems like there was at least one day every year when I would bike away from home in shorts… https://t.co/WSydEsG1lS in reply to SYoungReports 17:46:12, 2021-04-16
@0xJoshuaSL @PallerJohn @CatalystCoop @opolis @jasonwienerpc I *should* like this idea. I should be super easy to c… https://t.co/fhomTQeS3V in reply to ZaneSelvans 16:08:32, 2021-04-16
@0xJoshuaSL @PallerJohn @CatalystCoop @opolis @jasonwienerpc I'm giving feedback *because* it seems like a good ide… https://t.co/oFcqU8Q2ze in reply to ZaneSelvans 16:06:17, 2021-04-16
@0xJoshuaSL @PallerJohn @CatalystCoop @opolis @jasonwienerpc I'm not suggesting you do. It seems there's a great id… https://t.co/OPCysRf2hs in reply to 0xJoshuaSL 16:01:11, 2021-04-16
@0xJoshuaSL @CatalystCoop @opolis @jasonwienerpc @PallerJohn Yes, that's *exactly* the association that immediately… https://t.co/jw6avl6Sg8 in reply to 0xJoshuaSL 12:25:59, 2021-04-16
@jasonwienerpc @CatalystCoop @opolis It's not a statement about @opolis at all. It's a prior, based on my previous… https://t.co/lwULbyfE4T in reply to jasonwienerpc 12:18:24, 2021-04-16
@CatalystCoop @opolis @jasonwienerpc And maybe that's totally off base, but without more context and understanding,… https://t.co/EnmRhi7QHd in reply to ZaneSelvans 11:33:49, 2021-04-16
@CatalystCoop @opolis @jasonwienerpc I will say though, my automatic gut response to all the crypto stuff and the "… https://t.co/R5M5R3qutt in reply to CatalystCoop 11:22:51, 2021-04-16
@Olivia_R_Will https://t.co/cWvpmdHGUE 11:13:54, 2021-04-16
RT @gbrockell: When I was nearly 13, I got caught by police menacing with a deadly weapon. I didn't just have the weapon, I was actually tr… 10:11:50, 2021-04-16
@drvolts I think you should talk in a funny voice instead. in reply to drvolts 00:01:34, 2021-04-16
@ericmbudd It's Housing Gone Wild, Spring Break 2021! in reply to ericmbudd 20:53:16, 2021-04-15
Darkest timeline remains dark. https://t.co/4Zy9iZFA8M 16:44:14, 2021-04-15
"Disparities for Detroit and Miami could not be calculated because every person killed by police was black or brown… https://t.co/sTNDUmEjSh 16:32:36, 2021-04-15
@SYoungReports Yeah, April is the 2nd snowiest month! But at least it won't stick around for long. in reply to SYoungReports 16:18:35, 2021-04-15
@cpm5280 @ericmbudd But the SARS & MERS coronaviruses aren't *so* different from the current one are they? And MERS… https://t.co/kakWD1vWv8 in reply to cpm5280 11:56:25, 2021-04-15
@jesslynnrose Do you think there's a pool of folks in tech who want to work on meaningful projects even if it means… https://t.co/04FQXCsWHJ in reply to jesslynnrose 10:15:37, 2021-04-15
God I've known what a "multivariate outlier" is for so long, without knowing what the name for it was, or what the… https://t.co/OCwpWiUh7E 09:22:37, 2021-04-15
Now that is an algorithmic gaze. https://t.co/V81YVspEPt 22:42:02, 2021-04-14
@yoavlurie Yeah it's just an order of magnitude estimate. I don't think 5 miles is totally crazy though. People oft… https://t.co/untGsrIqPX in reply to yoavlurie 22:39:35, 2021-04-14
This @corrientegolfo short documentary on climate change and water access in Chihuahua definitely makes me think of… https://t.co/4NCr73qMb5 21:25:28, 2021-04-14
It seems weird to me that the risk of death from driving to get a 2-dose vaccine is ~1 in 4 million and nobody care… https://t.co/qgZgWbQiWu in reply to ZaneSelvans 21:05:57, 2021-04-14
In the US there are about 12 fatalities per billion vehicle miles traveled. If each person drives 10 miles round tr… https://t.co/A0AbDFxjwS 20:29:11, 2021-04-14
Is it ridiculous to wonder if some vaccine manufacturers are engaging in covert campaigns to discredit competing va… https://t.co/k7MbpoY2g7 19:56:53, 2021-04-14
@joshdr83 Are you muted? I think you might be muted. in reply to joshdr83 18:59:03, 2021-04-14
Whoa. I was today years old when I learned about the infinite, non-repeating Penrose Tilings.… https://t.co/3zu4L4MVZh 18:58:03, 2021-04-14
RT @Sammy_Roth: Agree. And another risk we downplay: traffic crashes. https://t.co/hURwOa2XtZ 16:58:22, 2021-04-14
@thebmbennett **shudder** in reply to thebmbennett 16:15:18, 2021-04-14
@joesmyth I'm sure Leslie is… not amused. in reply to joesmyth 15:26:33, 2021-04-14
@jfdecarolis @anygoeke @nworbmot @daniel_huppmann @gschivley @MatthiasFripp @frictionlessd8a @Spine_Project @simonw… https://t.co/AUMcVZQS6m in reply to jfdecarolis 15:20:14, 2021-04-14
@jfdecarolis @daniel_huppmann @nworbmot @gschivley @MatthiasFripp @simonw @datasetteproj @sqlitebrowser @travisci W… https://t.co/DKEwXexfPI in reply to jfdecarolis 14:47:14, 2021-04-14
Which means the ~$1 billion in up front capital costs (not to mention all the ongoing capital additions to deal wit… https://t.co/uSKHNlnjJC in reply to ZaneSelvans 14:33:38, 2021-04-14
If Comanche 3 runs at 50% for 2 decades, and 33% for 1 decade, it's total capacity factor over the originally plann… https://t.co/dDxlIYuFch 14:31:31, 2021-04-14
@anygoeke @jfdecarolis @nworbmot @daniel_huppmann @gschivley @MatthiasFripp I could see CSV + JSON also being a goo… https://t.co/UzkCj2DTX1 in reply to anygoeke 14:15:11, 2021-04-14
@daniel_huppmann @jfdecarolis @nworbmot @gschivley @MatthiasFripp @simonw @datasetteproj @sqlitebrowser This talk f… https://t.co/bzm08nA4C3 in reply to ZaneSelvans 14:10:25, 2021-04-14
@daniel_huppmann @jfdecarolis @nworbmot @gschivley @MatthiasFripp @simonw @datasetteproj @sqlitebrowser Oh hell yea… https://t.co/Qq2Ur7eQ7Y in reply to daniel_huppmann 14:08:24, 2021-04-14
@AlexSteffen A lawn, lawn time indeed. in reply to AlexSteffen 12:26:51, 2021-04-14
@jfdecarolis @nworbmot @daniel_huppmann @gschivley @MatthiasFripp @simonw @datasetteproj We're also planning on dis… https://t.co/wCLwrC9CQo in reply to ZaneSelvans 12:25:09, 2021-04-14
@jfdecarolis @nworbmot @daniel_huppmann @gschivley @MatthiasFripp Sometimes new users find databases opaque. We've… https://t.co/KwTI5bekKM in reply to jfdecarolis 12:23:07, 2021-04-14
@drvolts Hey Mexico is part of America too. in reply to drvolts 12:08:42, 2021-04-14
@ericmbudd @jljcolorado "As soon as the dying stopped, the forgetting began." in reply to ericmbudd 11:50:26, 2021-04-14
@drvolts @dcullenward Hah, whoops. Man, December seems like a long time ago. in reply to drvolts 08:12:35, 2021-04-14
@drvolts Not that you need any more convincing, but @dcullenward & David Victor describe really interesting structu… https://t.co/wq7vNm3e5k in reply to drvolts 23:56:10, 2021-04-13
@tahoe1966 @duzer @ericmbudd Unfortunately you don't. Housing as an appreciating asset and housing that's affordabl… https://t.co/TvmnrihBUM in reply to tahoe1966 17:14:34, 2021-04-13
@tahoe1966 @duzer @ericmbudd You could split the inflated land value between the public and private, but it's a zer… https://t.co/jmEJUAzSgp in reply to tahoe1966 17:09:31, 2021-04-13
@ericmbudd But so efficient! Now if only you could charge consulting rates to 4 clients simultaneously. in reply to ericmbudd 17:05:27, 2021-04-13
@tahoe1966 @duzer @ericmbudd This would also wipe out any affordability created by the program, and result in a lar… https://t.co/yrx7oulk0V in reply to tahoe1966 17:03:55, 2021-04-13
@duzer @ericmbudd That's your last home in Boulder man. in reply to duzer 17:00:15, 2021-04-13
@alfred_twu @IDoTheThinking Do you know what "development footprint" means in this context? Is it "per square foot… https://t.co/k9C8wAHrP6 in reply to alfred_twu 15:38:13, 2021-04-13
@ericmbudd Wut?! in reply to ericmbudd 15:35:57, 2021-04-13
@IDoTheThinking Interesting — if the values are normalized to a particular land area and development footprint, wh… https://t.co/r3ATjHHK6l in reply to IDoTheThinking 14:14:25, 2021-04-13
@ennasuite A few hours ago I was almost unconscious and then a gecko 🦎 started barking. But since then it's mostly… https://t.co/VCBNZeY8N6 in reply to ennasuite 02:33:35, 2021-04-13
I can't sleep and I hate it. 02:23:50, 2021-04-13
@interfluidity Because parking. in reply to interfluidity 23:52:45, 2021-04-12
@drvolts However this particular neighborhood is something straight out of Parable of the Sower. An exclusive encla… https://t.co/21dBFlqzoW in reply to drvolts 23:24:21, 2021-04-12
@vb_jens God this has been a long year. in reply to vb_jens 21:29:34, 2021-04-12
RT @EricHaywood: “We can tolerate the destruction of Black lives, but not white property" https://t.co/yIJs9J3HnN 19:49:30, 2021-04-12
Why even men. https://t.co/uNFuD5Ffx9 19:42:05, 2021-04-12
@ntnsndr @substack @exittocommunity Have you come across @TryGhost? I hadn't until @RealHotTake switched over from… https://t.co/6e3vuv7RHc in reply to ntnsndr 19:38:46, 2021-04-12
It seems *wild* to me that this might not really exist, given how much effort goes into guiding ML model selection,… https://t.co/9al0VUEXor 15:36:02, 2021-04-12
@justinsimoni My very first paid programming job (1996?) was writing a CGI web form in Perl, to facilitate student… https://t.co/Yig1SpxOPk in reply to ZaneSelvans 15:19:38, 2021-04-12
@justinsimoni **shudder** in reply to justinsimoni 15:13:12, 2021-04-12
@AndreaDeFrates @janehummer @ericmbudd Sometimes I feel like the question Boulder residents are asking themselves i… https://t.co/FisUJiszFU in reply to AndreaDeFrates 12:39:12, 2021-04-12
@ericmbudd Also it will run less frequently and move slower. 🤷 in reply to ericmbudd 12:35:27, 2021-04-12
@TiffanyTimbers @py_data_sci @chendaniely @mxcatnap @hadleywickham Maybe the biggest time-and-confusion-suck has be… https://t.co/BslJZqdNeC in reply to ZaneSelvans 11:40:26, 2021-04-12
@TiffanyTimbers @py_data_sci @chendaniely @mxcatnap @hadleywickham One big set of problems: identifying bad data, a… https://t.co/9dgDNegKJe in reply to ZaneSelvans 11:38:11, 2021-04-12
@TiffanyTimbers @py_data_sci @chendaniely @mxcatnap @hadleywickham Hmm. I've read the Tidy Data paper a couple of t… https://t.co/QTFnRc3ExL in reply to TiffanyTimbers 11:34:06, 2021-04-12
@chendaniely @mxcatnap Python/pandas examples would be great, but I feel like I'm more often struggling with what t… https://t.co/7ePXUinA5h in reply to ZaneSelvans 11:09:03, 2021-04-12
@chendaniely @mxcatnap I think what I'm hoping exists is a clear conceptual framework / taxonomy of data cleaning… https://t.co/TW7eVMFThd in reply to chendaniely 11:07:32, 2021-04-12
RT @CatalystCoop: Dang, @HeyChelseaTroy has created a treasure trove of insightful software engineering and data posts. Here's a short seri… 10:28:15, 2021-04-12
The dumpster fire that is the intersection of politics and the Book of Faces continues to burn. Especially in place… https://t.co/ZCbyiDhbDJ 08:51:00, 2021-04-12
@AaronBrockett12 Stillllllll in Oaxaca. There's an overlook/park with a big statue of Benito Juárez on Cerro Fortín… https://t.co/WhBJitrIqu in reply to AaronBrockett12 23:44:05, 2021-04-11
*plus a ghost bike rider with a Molotov… in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:39:55, 2021-04-11
Some Oaxacan pandemic street art. https://t.co/tEvr7OLrjR 23:36:12, 2021-04-11
Took a walk up to chill with Benito and watch the sunset while I finished Making Climate Policy Work. https://t.co/hcWscLUcLa 23:19:23, 2021-04-11
I just realized that I didn't communicate with my dad at all, in any medium, for the entire duration of the Trump administration. 23:11:41, 2021-04-11
@dcullenward Hmm, interesting. I could definitely see the last 30-40 years being fertile ground for confirmation bi… https://t.co/2mgBVFn0OP in reply to dcullenward 22:18:59, 2021-04-11
Python Data Cleaning Cookbook (2020) is more recipe style. With an associated GitHub repo for the examples: https://t.co/2yUa2LPaNC in reply to ZaneSelvans 22:09:41, 2021-04-11
This one looks like it could be good: "Data Cleaning" by Ihab Ilyas & Xu Chu (2019) https://t.co/qtmh4sruhH in reply to ZaneSelvans 22:06:41, 2021-04-11
RT @j37h3r: The vibe at all the restaurants reopening: https://t.co/ALzrzStcgo 21:46:05, 2021-04-11
Are there good data cleaning / wrangling / munging textbooks? Is this knowledge and skill set formalized at all?
I… https://t.co/kRbz2uTlvR 21:45:27, 2021-04-11
@ElephantEating 🙄 in reply to ElephantEating 21:42:23, 2021-04-11
@TiffanyTimbers Definitely! Great use of PRs. in reply to TiffanyTimbers 21:41:22, 2021-04-11
RT @jesslynnrose: I’m new at biking and really like it, could we get way more protected bike lanes please? 21:40:45, 2021-04-11
@dcullenward Meaning you think some of the same criticisms could have been leveled at the SO2 markets? Even though… https://t.co/bPHc0aSeHI in reply to dcullenward 21:39:20, 2021-04-11
@electronecon I love that in Mexican Spanish there's a reflexive verb specifically for spicing yourself out: "enchi… https://t.co/oa0wMcfBP2 in reply to electronecon 19:49:13, 2021-04-11
@JesseJenkins Well that's depressing. in reply to JesseJenkins 16:22:30, 2021-04-11
So I guess what I'm suggesting is that there's been an over-generalization of these other cap-and-trade schemes and… https://t.co/bJqfU1F3W2 in reply to ZaneSelvans 16:21:47, 2021-04-11
@ryankatzrosene OMG BART is a deafening, screeching banshee. in reply to ryankatzrosene 15:32:27, 2021-04-11
@dcullenward I guess I'm suggesting that there's a common over-generalization of these other cap-and-trade schemes.… https://t.co/nTWexCZ1gt in reply to dcullenward 15:31:42, 2021-04-11
@ryankatzrosene Just a bit! Listening now… basically all the sounds are fossil fuels. in reply to ryankatzrosene 15:00:57, 2021-04-11
Also no public facing salient price impacts — nothing remotely equivalent to the impacts of a significant carbon tax on gas prices. in reply to ZaneSelvans 14:59:53, 2021-04-11
Seriously, there are individual bonsai alive today that have been lovingly and continuously cultivated by human bei… https://t.co/fzNHUBAUK4 14:30:54, 2021-04-11
@dcullenward They were very focused on a particular industrial sector and/or geographic region, and the prices requ… https://t.co/FjUHaLilCY in reply to ZaneSelvans 14:20:54, 2021-04-11
Reading Making Climate Policy Work, it seems like these previous cap-and-trade schemes just happened to meet many o… https://t.co/eIWdwE2G3x in reply to ZaneSelvans 14:18:44, 2021-04-11
A lot of analogies get made between cap-and-trade policies for sulfur emissions or CFCs, and CO2. Like if it worked… https://t.co/8DnmON74Eb 14:13:29, 2021-04-11
Imagine living in a city where you can't hear any fossil fuels. What would it sound like? https://t.co/anTRZprPI8 14:06:37, 2021-04-11
@interfluidity @CJFDillow Yeah, "a lack of very smart people" is sooooo not our problem. in reply to interfluidity 14:00:42, 2021-04-11
It just seems like the whole point of "finance" in a decent economy would be to facilitate actually productive acti… https://t.co/Ej7WpSmpzK in reply to ZaneSelvans 13:00:41, 2021-04-11
Does it seem weird that the financial sector can consistently claim 30% or more of all US corporate profits annuall… https://t.co/02TPdqY3E1 10:53:28, 2021-04-11

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