Mark Rieke
@markjrieke.bsky.social
certified big nerd | big #rstats dweeb | accidental python fan | he/him
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Mark Rieke
@markjrieke.bsky.social
· May 25
Here are some of the photos from hiking rim to rim. It’s difficult to capture in a photo (or words) the sense of wonder and majesty imbued by this park. The scale is humbling
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I believe eigen fly. I believe eigen touch the sky.
November 26, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I believe eigen fly. I believe eigen touch the sky.
i have used this image like 15 times in slack this week thank fucking god i can finally stop staring at medium screen and start staring at small screen for the next 48 hours
November 21, 2025 at 10:27 PM
i have used this image like 15 times in slack this week thank fucking god i can finally stop staring at medium screen and start staring at small screen for the next 48 hours
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Reporter: Are you affirming that you think the president is a fascist?
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
November 21, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Reporter: Are you affirming that you think the president is a fascist?
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
i can't stop writing music now this was a good purchase
November 21, 2025 at 4:56 AM
i can't stop writing music now this was a good purchase
BDSM: Bayesian Data Science Methodologies
(gem from one of my coworkers who has taken the crown for funniest person in the office)
(gem from one of my coworkers who has taken the crown for funniest person in the office)
November 20, 2025 at 8:14 PM
BDSM: Bayesian Data Science Methodologies
(gem from one of my coworkers who has taken the crown for funniest person in the office)
(gem from one of my coworkers who has taken the crown for funniest person in the office)
workspace folders in vscode are the work of the devil (microsoft)
November 18, 2025 at 3:10 AM
workspace folders in vscode are the work of the devil (microsoft)
gui-based interfaces for manipulating data are an asinine piece of obfuscation that shouldn't exist --- the hard part of writing code isn't typing, it's thinking through the logic of what you want to accomplish
November 16, 2025 at 8:24 PM
gui-based interfaces for manipulating data are an asinine piece of obfuscation that shouldn't exist --- the hard part of writing code isn't typing, it's thinking through the logic of what you want to accomplish
buying a midi -> usb-c cable is possibly the greatest gift you can give yourself
November 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
buying a midi -> usb-c cable is possibly the greatest gift you can give yourself
new hyper-fixation acquired
November 11, 2025 at 2:00 AM
new hyper-fixation acquired
just one more notebook bro just one more don't make me write a python script just one more notebook I promise this one's different just one more notebook
November 5, 2025 at 3:50 PM
just one more notebook bro just one more don't make me write a python script just one more notebook I promise this one's different just one more notebook
I have just discovered tqdm and it make my reptile brain go brrrr
November 1, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I have just discovered tqdm and it make my reptile brain go brrrr
dawg that other ending for Clair Obscur --- I am shattered into one million pieces
October 31, 2025 at 4:36 AM
dawg that other ending for Clair Obscur --- I am shattered into one million pieces
no surprise, but we also found this to be true in a predictive capacity as well:
www.gelliottmorris.com/i/170693120/...
www.gelliottmorris.com/i/170693120/...
October 29, 2025 at 8:19 PM
no surprise, but we also found this to be true in a predictive capacity as well:
www.gelliottmorris.com/i/170693120/...
www.gelliottmorris.com/i/170693120/...
I’ve beaten Clair Obscur. What a magnificent, tragic experience
October 29, 2025 at 2:55 AM
I’ve beaten Clair Obscur. What a magnificent, tragic experience
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Tapping the sign:
October 28, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Tapping the sign:
with large number of n’s you don’t need randomization
October 28, 2025 at 12:20 AM
with large number of n’s you don’t need randomization
behold, a gaussian mixture of poisson and normally distributed variables
October 27, 2025 at 10:24 PM
behold, a gaussian mixture of poisson and normally distributed variables
seems good
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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The official home of the Python Programming Language
www.python.org
October 27, 2025 at 8:38 PM
seems good
I flippin love making lil handouts for dnd
October 27, 2025 at 3:22 AM
I flippin love making lil handouts for dnd
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Tolkien, who saw almost all his friends die in the Somme, and knew the seduction of despair, wrote both Denethor and Saruman as doomers.
October 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Tolkien, who saw almost all his friends die in the Somme, and knew the seduction of despair, wrote both Denethor and Saruman as doomers.
there’s a connection to be made between copulas and multivariate finite mixtures and it’s too late on a friday evening for my brain to draw that dotted line
October 24, 2025 at 10:56 PM
there’s a connection to be made between copulas and multivariate finite mixtures and it’s too late on a friday evening for my brain to draw that dotted line
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WAR...WAR never changes.
October 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
WAR...WAR never changes.
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I had breakfast with former coworkers and we all discussed work for an hour. The things we are frustrated with and spend time discussing are 90% organizational and human issues. Not technical tooling. All conferences are the inverse. I wish there was a tech conf focused less on tooling.
October 24, 2025 at 1:10 PM
I had breakfast with former coworkers and we all discussed work for an hour. The things we are frustrated with and spend time discussing are 90% organizational and human issues. Not technical tooling. All conferences are the inverse. I wish there was a tech conf focused less on tooling.