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Stephen Senn @stephensenn.bsky.social · 3h

Today my wife and I walked the Fife Pilgrim Way from Kelty to Crosshill via the N shore of Loch Ore and back to Kelty via the S Shore. #hiking #Fife #Scotland

Looking W to the loch from the footbridge over the outflowing burn.

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Stephen Senn @stephensenn.bsky.social · 8h

In this piece about Tom Weir www.lochlomondtrossachs.org.uk/tom-weir he makes an important point about psychology and safety.
Risk compensation is often underestimated.

Tom Weir — Friends of Loch Lomond & the Trossachs

www.lochlomondtrossachs.org.uk

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Stephen Senn @stephensenn.bsky.social · 8h

Fine part of the world. Been up Vrackie a few times. First time must have been about 1979. My wife and I chatted to a couple of “old” chaps at the top. Turned out one was Tom Weir, who would have been about 65 at the time.

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Richard Bown @bownie.bsky.social · 11h

"Normalized incompetence" seems to sum up my day-to-day!

Frans Bouma @fransbouma.com · 20h

This was a great read. No idea how to get on top of this, perhaps pulling random people away from keyboards? Who knows!
techtrenches.substack.com/p/the-great-...

The Great Software Quality Collapse: How We Normalized Catastrophe

The Apple Calculator leaked 32GB of RAM.

techtrenches.substack.com

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Stephen Senn @stephensenn.bsky.social · 1d

No doubt. I am trying to summon up my courage for the Caledonian November.

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Stephen Senn @stephensenn.bsky.social · 1d

It seems there is a very fine spell ahead of us but what would Alastair Reid have to say?

www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/scotlan...

Scotland

'We'll pay for it, we'll pay for it, we'll pay for it!'...

www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk

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Stephen Senn @stephensenn.bsky.social · 2d

This morning I did a circular walk from Hillend via the valley of The Boghall Burn to Allermuir, Caerketton and back. #hiking #Scotland #Pentlands
Conditions were very windy.

The Pentland main ridge with (L to R) Turnhouse Hill, Carnethy H, S Black H & Scald Law (close together), E Kip and W Kip the pyramid on the end.

Looking to Caerketton from the E slope of Allermuir

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Stephen Senn @stephensenn.bsky.social · 3d

@resfoundation.bsky.social
“….average family wealth per adult in the top wealth decile and those in the middle (fifth decile)” Strange. If you mean tenth, say so but then is the 5th tenth the middle of 10? If you really mean “decile”, there are 9 of them but nobody is “in” any decile.

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Stephen Senn @stephensenn.bsky.social · 5d

“ It is not my fault. A large language model did it and ran away.” Modern Folk Saying

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Stephen Senn @stephensenn.bsky.social · 6d

“Many steps, yes, but wise?” Sayings of Confuseus

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Stephen Senn @stephensenn.bsky.social · 7d

This www.linkedin.com/posts/aleksa...?
on LinkedIn on the exciting topic of Hawkes processes by @alxndrmlk.bsky.social might interest @davidcolquhoun.bsky.social

Granger causality is not causality, but... Here's a new causal discovery algorithm for time series with latent confounders A Hawkes process is a stochastic process (think a statistical model… | ...

Granger causality is not causality, but... Here's a new causal discovery algorithm for time series with latent confounders A Hawkes process is a stochastic process (think a statistical model describ...

www.linkedin.com

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Stephen Senn @stephensenn.bsky.social · 7d

Of course you do. It’s the only possible reason. Everybody smoked before Doll & Hill and Wynder & Graham . pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9245664/

Trends in cigarette smoking in the United States - PubMed

Cigarette smoking in the United States increased rapidly in the 1930s and 1940s. In the 1950s the first reports of the health effects of cigarette smoking appeared and the increases in tobacco consump...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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Stephen Senn @stephensenn.bsky.social · 7d

Alas no but have every confidence it will be excellent.

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Stephen Senn @stephensenn.bsky.social · 8d

“Those who think that spreadsheets distribute manure do not necessarily suffer from faulty hearing.” Sayings of Confuseus

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Stephen Senn @stephensenn.bsky.social · 9d

Give my best regards to Mats.

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Stephen Senn @stephensenn.bsky.social · 9d

I used to apologise for coming from a small country. Then I discovered Luxembourg.

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Stephen Senn @stephensenn.bsky.social · 10d

I spent seven very pleasant years in Luxembourg. I hope that you have time to visit the city.

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Stephen Senn @stephensenn.bsky.social · 10d

www.linkedin.com/pulse/knowin...

Knowing ANOVA

Lost in space WARNING. I know nothing about agriculture and even less about spatial statistics.

www.linkedin.com

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Stephen Senn @stephensenn.bsky.social · 10d

Reading the abstract is a start but some don’t even bother with the title.

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David Colquhoun @davidcolquhoun.bsky.social · 11d

LOL! PO cum café cum general store cum bus station. Not to mention the famous bus shelter. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unst_Bu...
Wonderful.

Unst Bus Shelter - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Stephen Senn @stephensenn.bsky.social · 11d

Coolish but there was no wind and the sun was shining.
Hadn’t been to Aberdeen in years but after a weekend there feel very positive about the city.

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Stephen Senn @stephensenn.bsky.social · 11d

When I visited Unst in 1992, someone had written in the PO cum café visitors’ book “I knew Unst was an anagram of stun before I came here. I came and have been stunned”
A few lines lower in another hand “I knew Unst was an anagram of nuts. I must have been nuts to come here”

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Stephen Senn @stephensenn.bsky.social · 12d

Very nice photos. Amazing wildlife.

Stephen Senn @stephensenn.bsky.social · 12d

This morning we walked to Footdee and back from the centre of Aberdeen.

View of the pier at the mouth of The Dee.

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Stephen Senn @stephensenn.bsky.social · 12d

Today’s hike was a 10km meander through #Aberdeen.

King’ College ( which merged with Marischal College to form the University of Aberdeen)

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