Robert Kern
@robertdotkern.bsky.social
Scientific computationalist
<sigh> Take my upvote.*
* An areal feature, obviously adopted from the Reddit dialect as Bluesky has no native concept of "upvote".
* An areal feature, obviously adopted from the Reddit dialect as Bluesky has no native concept of "upvote".
February 6, 2026 at 9:37 PM
<sigh> Take my upvote.*
* An areal feature, obviously adopted from the Reddit dialect as Bluesky has no native concept of "upvote".
* An areal feature, obviously adopted from the Reddit dialect as Bluesky has no native concept of "upvote".
Two be-kilted caber-tossing champions:
Yeeted Rivalry
Yeeted Rivalry
February 6, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Two be-kilted caber-tossing champions:
Yeeted Rivalry
Yeeted Rivalry
I love it when the Eyeball Test is the statistical test of choice.
December 17, 2025 at 3:33 AM
I love it when the Eyeball Test is the statistical test of choice.
This is ditch erasure.
December 15, 2025 at 10:08 PM
This is ditch erasure.
There are dozens of us!
December 9, 2025 at 5:21 PM
There are dozens of us!
I also enjoy the -0% and +0%. I get what they meant ("-5% to 0%" and "0% to +5%", respectively), but that's not how labeling works.
But I admit to being salty mostly because I'm red-green colorblind, so I'm gonna roast them no matter what for that alone.
But I admit to being salty mostly because I'm red-green colorblind, so I'm gonna roast them no matter what for that alone.
November 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I also enjoy the -0% and +0%. I get what they meant ("-5% to 0%" and "0% to +5%", respectively), but that's not how labeling works.
But I admit to being salty mostly because I'm red-green colorblind, so I'm gonna roast them no matter what for that alone.
But I admit to being salty mostly because I'm red-green colorblind, so I'm gonna roast them no matter what for that alone.
Adam Ragusea makes a somewhat more positive case for it, FWIW.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDQn...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDQn...
In praise of tiny mics and Gen Z media (PODCAST E61)
YouTube video by Adam Ragusea
www.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Adam Ragusea makes a somewhat more positive case for it, FWIW.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDQn...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDQn...
I was gonna make a joke that if you tied in _The Art of War_, you'd have a bestseller manuscript on your hands, then I realized that that *was* kinda what Sun Tzu was doing at the time....
November 17, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I was gonna make a joke that if you tied in _The Art of War_, you'd have a bestseller manuscript on your hands, then I realized that that *was* kinda what Sun Tzu was doing at the time....
AFAICT from the text of the HR that the discharge petition forces a vote on, it's an actual bill that will then need to be passed by the Senate, and signed by the President (or have his veto overridden). The House vote doesn't force anything by itself, I don't think.
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
www.congress.gov
November 12, 2025 at 10:28 PM
AFAICT from the text of the HR that the discharge petition forces a vote on, it's an actual bill that will then need to be passed by the Senate, and signed by the President (or have his veto overridden). The House vote doesn't force anything by itself, I don't think.
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
Once read an advice column letter from someone who felt obligated out of politeness to not press the button for an earlier floor than someone who had already pressed a button. He would choose a floor farther and take the stairs.
I probably think about this more than he does, now.
I probably think about this more than he does, now.
October 27, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Once read an advice column letter from someone who felt obligated out of politeness to not press the button for an earlier floor than someone who had already pressed a button. He would choose a floor farther and take the stairs.
I probably think about this more than he does, now.
I probably think about this more than he does, now.
Big "One, Low, Flat Shelf" energy here.
October 11, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Big "One, Low, Flat Shelf" energy here.
I like C. Thi Nguyen's take on games as art where the medium is agency. Games, especially video games, can also *contain* narrative art (and visual art and musical art) in addition that may be of value as specimens of those media, but the unique artform of games qua games is in their use of agency.
September 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I like C. Thi Nguyen's take on games as art where the medium is agency. Games, especially video games, can also *contain* narrative art (and visual art and musical art) in addition that may be of value as specimens of those media, but the unique artform of games qua games is in their use of agency.
"META" in the post title means that it was a meta-post from the mods to the community about community business (rather than the usual on-topic post). Meta the company isn't involved anywhere. The bad actor is a research group from the University of Zurich.
April 27, 2025 at 6:38 PM
"META" in the post title means that it was a meta-post from the mods to the community about community business (rather than the usual on-topic post). Meta the company isn't involved anywhere. The bad actor is a research group from the University of Zurich.
Well, at least we have that to prop up the reserve status of the dollar...
April 25, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Well, at least we have that to prop up the reserve status of the dollar...
Article III, Section 3, Clause 1: "Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort."
There's a reason the Constitution very tightly circumscribes the definition of treason in the text itself.
There's a reason the Constitution very tightly circumscribes the definition of treason in the text itself.
April 22, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Article III, Section 3, Clause 1: "Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort."
There's a reason the Constitution very tightly circumscribes the definition of treason in the text itself.
There's a reason the Constitution very tightly circumscribes the definition of treason in the text itself.
Venice. Check the last footnote in that article for more arcane details concerning the orginal and replica, if that's important.
April 19, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Venice. Check the last footnote in that article for more arcane details concerning the orginal and replica, if that's important.
Google Image Search finds me that this is a statue of St Theodore. reliquarian.com/2013/03/23/s...
Saint Theodore: Warrior Saint and Dragon-Slayer
Saint Theodore Arrives in Venice He arrived in Venice from the East in pieces: a torso and cuirass, a disembodied head, a crocodile. The Sack of Constantinople in 1204 had devastated the city, b…
reliquarian.com
April 18, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Google Image Search finds me that this is a statue of St Theodore. reliquarian.com/2013/03/23/s...
Have you heard anything from Caltech, through one channel or another? As a mere alum, all that I have seen has been painfully business-as-usual.
April 15, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Have you heard anything from Caltech, through one channel or another? As a mere alum, all that I have seen has been painfully business-as-usual.
The TPM journalist @hunterw.bsky.social does "artisanal" verification, mostly of journalists and politicians, that he makes available through a labeler.
verified.quest
bsky.app/profile/did:...
verified.quest
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Verified.Quest
verified.quest
March 9, 2025 at 7:24 AM
The TPM journalist @hunterw.bsky.social does "artisanal" verification, mostly of journalists and politicians, that he makes available through a labeler.
verified.quest
bsky.app/profile/did:...
verified.quest
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Inspiring new phases is what uncles and aunts are for.
March 6, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Inspiring new phases is what uncles and aunts are for.
First, Conan. Then Nazi occultism.
March 5, 2025 at 8:39 PM
First, Conan. Then Nazi occultism.
Indeed. Save the emotional gratification for the like-minded group chat and separately find *some* authentic way to connect, if minimally, with the latecomers. Or at least, do no harm to the cause and let others deal with the latecomers.
February 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Indeed. Save the emotional gratification for the like-minded group chat and separately find *some* authentic way to connect, if minimally, with the latecomers. Or at least, do no harm to the cause and let others deal with the latecomers.
Because of this, I think the fact that they are prioritizing speed of reductions over anything else suggests to me that they want to use these on-paper reductions as pay-fors for tax cuts in the coming budget fight. And not much vision beyond that.
February 14, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Because of this, I think the fact that they are prioritizing speed of reductions over anything else suggests to me that they want to use these on-paper reductions as pay-fors for tax cuts in the coming budget fight. And not much vision beyond that.