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PyMC Labs @pymc-labs.bsky.social · 17h

What if your next product test didn’t need a human panel?

New research by #PyMC Labs & #Colgate-Palmolive shows LLMs can replicate human survey patterns with 90%+ accuracy—no fine-tuning, no panels, no bias.

Read the white paper: dub.link/ifoZHIR
#SyntheticConsumers

AI-based Customer Research: Faster & Cheaper Surveys with Synthetic Consumers

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Chris Fonnesbeck @fonnesbeck.bsky.social · 1d

An intentional walk is always a bad decision.

Chris Fonnesbeck @fonnesbeck.bsky.social · 1d

Why does VS Code look for local paths when running on a remote server? I know ssh is new technology, but it should be doing better than this.

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Chris Fonnesbeck @fonnesbeck.bsky.social · 2d

Don't make me get nostalgic over early-millennium Twitter.

Chris Fonnesbeck @fonnesbeck.bsky.social · 2d

Google Translate has a new "Practice" mode (looks like its a Gemini app) that looks promising as well.

Chris Fonnesbeck @fonnesbeck.bsky.social · 3d

The day I see an ad on Duolingo will be my last on the platform, 1412-day streak be damned.

ie-nb.bsky.social @ie-nb.bsky.social · 4d

Duolingo rolls out its new ad platform | Advertising

https://www.newsbeep.com/ie/64452/

Duolingo has launched Duolingo Ads, a new direct ad sales platform that gives brands access to premium inventory…

Duolingo rolls out its new ad platform | Advertising - Ireland News Beep

Duolingo has launched Duolingo Ads, a new direct ad sales platform that gives brands access to premium inventory and custom formats featuring the app’s

www.newsbeep.com

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Chris Fonnesbeck @fonnesbeck.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you!

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Chris Fonnesbeck @fonnesbeck.bsky.social · 5d

Every talk I've given in the last 5 years or so has been with Slidev. When I was on the Mac platform I used Deckset, which was excellent.

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Chris Fonnesbeck @fonnesbeck.bsky.social · 7d

Years ago I passed up an opportunity to work with Nick, and I still regret it. Don't be me.

Nick Wan @nickwan.bsky.social · 7d

The Cincinnati Reds are hiring for our Baseball Ops and Analytics trainee roles!

Based in Cincy
$20/hr (+ COL stipend for trainees in Cincy)

www.teamworkonline.com/baseball-job...

Cincinnati Reds

Connect with 1,500+ employers from the NFL, NBA, WNBA, MLB, NHL, MLS, NWSL, college athletics, sports tech startups, agencies, arenas, and more

www.teamworkonline.com

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Nick Wan @nickwan.bsky.social · 7d

The Cincinnati Reds are hiring for our Baseball Ops and Analytics trainee roles!

Based in Cincy
$20/hr (+ COL stipend for trainees in Cincy)

www.teamworkonline.com/baseball-job...

Cincinnati Reds

Connect with 1,500+ employers from the NFL, NBA, WNBA, MLB, NHL, MLS, NWSL, college athletics, sports tech startups, agencies, arenas, and more

www.teamworkonline.com

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Chris Fonnesbeck @fonnesbeck.bsky.social · 7d

Some fresh Van Halen graffiti in East Nashville actually warms my heart.

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Mr. Will @wm.hdly.io · 7d

ICE agents tear-gassing neighborhoods while sitting in their cars is some messed up shit. As @gregdoucette.bsky.social would say, “cops are great.”

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Chris Fonnesbeck @fonnesbeck.bsky.social · 7d

@theguardian.com This is what I see when I visit your website, and I'm a *subscriber* (though not for long).

Chris Fonnesbeck @fonnesbeck.bsky.social · 20d

Halloween decorations in September. Why??

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Jay Jaffe @jayjaffe.bsky.social · 22d

You are here.

(h/t @seanhowe.bsky.social)

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Chris Fonnesbeck @fonnesbeck.bsky.social · 22d

polars badly needs a `factorize` function. #python

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Chris Fonnesbeck @fonnesbeck.bsky.social · 22d

Disney+, Hulu Live TV cancelled. Disney stock sold. Spring break Disney vacation cancelled.

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Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 23d

I've known Disney chairman Bob Iger since 1979. He's now made it official: he's a whore

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Chris Fonnesbeck @fonnesbeck.bsky.social · 25d

A nice primer on normalizing flows by PyMC/PyTensor devs Ricardo and Jesse. pytensor.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ga...

Normalizing Flows in PyTensor — PyTensor dev documentation

pytensor.readthedocs.io

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Chris Fonnesbeck @fonnesbeck.bsky.social · 27d

Good call.

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Peg Duthie @plduthie.bsky.social · 28d

Vanderbilt Biostatistics professor Frank Harrell @f2harrell.bsky.social is presenting a hybrid seminar on Wednesday 9/17 at 1:30 pm Central that is open to all: "Goal-Driven Flexible Bayesian Design" #ClinicalTrials www.vanderbilt.edu/biostatistic... Photo: Erin O. Smith/VUMC

White-haired man with glasses smiling as he stands just outside the doorway to his office. He is wearing a button-down shirt and smartwatch and his arms are crossed. The hallway behind him is lined with scientific posters.

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PyMC Labs @pymc-labs.bsky.social · 29d

We just dropped the most comprehensive #PyMC-Marketing vs. #Meridian 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧 ever conducted!

Check out our findings & code 👇👇
dub.link/CLWnkdf

#MMM #MarketingMixModel #PyMCMarketing #Meridian

PyMC-Marketing vs. Meridian: A Quantitative Comparison of Open Source MMM Libraries

This benchmark study directly compares PyMC-Marketing and Google’s Meridian on realistic synthetic datasets, from startup-scale to enterprise-level. Using aligned priors and identical configurations, ...

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Chris Fonnesbeck @fonnesbeck.bsky.social · Sep 10

Translation: "I hope to God that a transgender person did this, otherwise I have no message."

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · Sep 10

Fox News' Jason Chaffetz: "I don’t think it was a coincidence that the shot rang out when you have a question about transgender mass shootings. Hopefully I am wrong. I will probably get criticized for jumping to conclusions... I don’t think that is a coincidence but we will see."

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Chris Fonnesbeck @fonnesbeck.bsky.social · Sep 10

For anyone interested in learning about what goes on under the hood of PyMC, this short series of talks is for you! 🚀

PyMC Labs @pymc-labs.bsky.social · Sep 10

Behind every #PyMC model is #PyTensor — a computational graph library for speed, flexibility & autodiff.

Session 1 of our PyTensor Workshop is live 🎥
👉 dub.link/pytensor-gra...

#PyMC #Python #MachineLearning

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Chris Fonnesbeck @fonnesbeck.bsky.social · Sep 10

Kennedys with low sperm counts is a very good thing.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · Sep 9

"Our young men have sperm counts half what they ought to be," Kennedy said.

Vaccine Injuries, Violent Video Games, and Infertility Challenge: RFK Jr. Releases New MAHA 'Strategy' Report for Children

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