Leo Folsom

@leoebfolsom.bsky.social

data, baseball, reality tv, Eugene Oregon. work: leo@datafold.com

If it's a niche question I slip Google and go straight to Reddit. There's always experts in hobbyist subreddits who've explained it a million times, and sometimes there's even a helpful wiki.

Things I have failed to explain to my almost-3yo lately: - how books get into the Kindle ("it's a tiny little copy of the book") - how wifi works ("electricity floats through the air and sneaks into the phone")

work hack: work a full day on Dec 31. teammates, customers, and prospects will not be able to forget the deeply unpleasant experience of receiving normal messages from you on this day. they will think of you as an extra-hard worker who doesn't take days off. everyone will dislike you!

#baseball I've been thinking ... WAR is a kind of pointless, or at best very abstract and academic, in the context of an amateur league, or other low level, where there isn't a ready or meaningful supply of "replacement" players. So is the stat only useful at an elite level?

does anyone else use Phreesia to check in to your primary care appointments? after going through the form and submitting normal health information, before *actually checking in* you have to click through like 8 ads, with confusing options like "Continue | Go Back" ...

my husband says he’s invented a new way to cook beef. it came to him in a dream. it’s called Crashed Beef and all he has is the name

Sue should have played her idol on Genevieve, and then taken G to final 3, as a goat, in a show of "I'm your mother". I get wanting to guarantee a spot in 4, but Sue was safe. With a big risk and big move, Sue could have beat Rachel. (One last immunity win would help too) #Survivor