The artist and his art part 2

I knew when I took this photo of Taroko Gorge in Taiwan it was special to me. Today I hung it as a metallic printer diptych. My first diptych and first metallic print of my work. Very pleased to have it hanging in my home studio.

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Do we really know who's leading the Texas Senate races?

Primary polls have historically been rather unreliable, and a surge in new primary voters means turnout assumptions matter more than usual

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Biking to the beach

Biking to the beach will never not give me delight. Don't ask how far it is or how many treacherous interminable stoplights it took and spoil the fun. 🫣😄

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Summer salt marsh seascapes

The greens and blues of a New England seaside August day.

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East Boston Adventure

East Boston Adventure

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y code when ai? - by Hadley Wickham

I really enjoyed this entry inHadley Wickham’s series on LLM coding tools. It is a level-headed look beyond the hype and hate at what works, what doesn’t, and working through conflicted feelings about how LLMs are changing statistical software practice.

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The weather and climate science AI revolution isn’t revolutionary

This is a detailed look into the computation behind weather forecasting and how climate science is being integrated. The layering of models and the choice between ML and equation-based modeling always fascinates me. Social science has a lot to learn from these approaches.

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Aphids on the line

Aphids are more interesting and varied than I knew. These little yellow guys were wiggling and jiggling in the early evening sun. A real challenge to capture.

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Hello world!

I'm back with a new website and a new way to stay connected.

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OpenAI and Anthropic unite against China's open models - Axios

This is bad. I use open models all the time - for simple coding, chores, and sensitive data. The open models are really good and super efficient. This move to squash them with regulation instead of competition is the proof. Innovation should be done in the open, like with OSS.

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Smoky sunset in Harvard Square

Caught this look at the sun during the wave of wildfire smoke we had in Boston this summer. The upside was gorgeous sunsets, this one near Harvard Square.

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Handing agency oversight to Trump is a fatal blow to public trust - The Hill

My old graduate school roommate, Daniel Walters a professor at Texas A&M, is co-author on this excellent article about the eroding independence of federal agencies and the opportunity it creates for more executive overreach and erosion of trust in the government.

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I’m working on getting some new photos out…

I’m working on getting some new photos out - especially some exciting macro pictures I’ve been taking in the garden. Summer is busy though and finding time for the edits is always a challenge!

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Degeneracy is a Symptom - Henry Fudge

A really excellent essay about how high-risk, low expected value acts like gambling, trying to go viral, etc. are a symptom of how the incentives have completely changed in the K shaped economy.

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Politicians Are Trying to Change What Chatbots Say About Them - New York Times

I have been interested in this idea and this article introduced me to the concept of “Answer Engine Optimization” or AEO. Unlike SEO, right now at least, it seems very easy to move and adjust. And signs are this is rapidly becoming the way to reach people…

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VAR Is My Mortal Enemy and Should Be Yours, Too - The Ringer

Brian Phillips nails it. From an entertainment perspective, VAR is an abomination in almost every sport. It has gone too far. I hate waiting 20 seconds after any meaningful action to see if the referee will make or reverse a call that changes the game.

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In defense of not understanding your codebase

The term “understanding” does a lot of work in thinking about code and data science. All code is an abstraction. And, abstractions embody a balance of tradeoffs between competing concerns like readability, performance, and maintenance costs. This post lays that out really thoughtfully!

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Sailing vessels return to the Boston Harbor

Sailing vessels return to the Boston Harbor

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It is wild how mainstream Democrats can apparently…

It is wild how mainstream Democrats can apparently raise hundreds of millions of dollars and all they can think to do with it is sell my phone number to each other in a circular loop while I text back “STOP” furiously in a game of whack-a-mole.

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The artist with his art

One of the great joys of photography is printing your work. And even better - printing it large! Hannah got these frames cheap and asked me to print these photos from my portfolio for them. They came out great and I'm really probably enjoying them more than she is so far!

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Butterfly at work

Saw a butterfly feeding on a huge button flower plant today on a quiet bike ride in a state park.

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Summer Sunsets in the Field

Summer Sunsets in the Field

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American Flag Waving Against Blue Sky

ALT: American Flag Waving Against Blue Sky

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Charlie Davies is a soccer genius. He said…

Charlie Davies is a soccer genius. He said Cape Verde would get out of their group and make some noise. Well, here against Argentina, their performance is positively deafening. One of the games of the tournament.

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Record profits, terrible service: something’s got to give for US consumers

Consumer sentiment at an all time low. Corporate profits at an all time high 15% share of GDP. Employee compensation below 10% of GDP. Prices soaring, choice falling. Something has to change. Freedom and liberty can still be restored.

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Tractors!

Tractors!

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