Todd Johnson
@todd534.bsky.social
computers, numbers, mountains
for a brief, beautiful moment this morning we got this up over 8. but the rain is quickly crushing it.
December 18, 2025 at 11:06 PM
for a brief, beautiful moment this morning we got this up over 8. but the rain is quickly crushing it.
haha yeah it's a power outage here too, the resort posted on ig this morning. though who knows what else is broken, the wind was like 138mph on Hood last night
December 18, 2025 at 5:44 AM
haha yeah it's a power outage here too, the resort posted on ig this morning. though who knows what else is broken, the wind was like 138mph on Hood last night
I *think* it's happening here too, but the cameras were all taken out by the wind last night 😭
December 18, 2025 at 5:07 AM
I *think* it's happening here too, but the cameras were all taken out by the wind last night 😭
It's good to have some balance, in your student body as well as your different exams. Fucken get 'em.
December 17, 2025 at 8:55 PM
It's good to have some balance, in your student body as well as your different exams. Fucken get 'em.
Also the guy said he knew you and you are famous for writing very hard exams.
December 17, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Also the guy said he knew you and you are famous for writing very hard exams.
... straight into "that's a bunch of tech bro buzz words."
Kid,
Kid,
December 17, 2025 at 8:50 PM
... straight into "that's a bunch of tech bro buzz words."
Kid,
Kid,
... and they were getting really excited about the details the professor was sharing. Then the professor said something like, "So it's related to a lot of basic ML techniques," and the student immediately lost interest. Like not even LLMs, just (I imagine) Bayes nets and Lassos and whatnot. Went ...
December 17, 2025 at 8:50 PM
... and they were getting really excited about the details the professor was sharing. Then the professor said something like, "So it's related to a lot of basic ML techniques," and the student immediately lost interest. Like not even LLMs, just (I imagine) Bayes nets and Lassos and whatnot. Went ...
Oh man I can't believe I forgot to tell you this story.
Ruth and I went to an event at a bookstore in our neighborhood that turned out to be us and ~8 Reed kids. At some point one of them told a story where they were talking to a professor about a "statistical learning" (or similar) course ...
Ruth and I went to an event at a bookstore in our neighborhood that turned out to be us and ~8 Reed kids. At some point one of them told a story where they were talking to a professor about a "statistical learning" (or similar) course ...
December 17, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Oh man I can't believe I forgot to tell you this story.
Ruth and I went to an event at a bookstore in our neighborhood that turned out to be us and ~8 Reed kids. At some point one of them told a story where they were talking to a professor about a "statistical learning" (or similar) course ...
Ruth and I went to an event at a bookstore in our neighborhood that turned out to be us and ~8 Reed kids. At some point one of them told a story where they were talking to a professor about a "statistical learning" (or similar) course ...
I think he's right but also Stancil's point about brain-boiled journalists being a separate pipeline is not totally wrong.
December 16, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I think he's right but also Stancil's point about brain-boiled journalists being a separate pipeline is not totally wrong.
oh man I didn't think of this but makes total sense. I thought the rink was fun, but honestly the ice skating is better at the mall anyway.
December 16, 2025 at 12:52 AM
oh man I didn't think of this but makes total sense. I thought the rink was fun, but honestly the ice skating is better at the mall anyway.
you need to find someone for whom the grief is not correlated to take you up on that
December 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
you need to find someone for whom the grief is not correlated to take you up on that
supposed to get like a foot mid next week, then it's just fingers crossed that late next week stays cold, and if so the weekend after Christmas seems like a possibility?
December 12, 2025 at 5:06 PM
supposed to get like a foot mid next week, then it's just fingers crossed that late next week stays cold, and if so the weekend after Christmas seems like a possibility?
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For those of you who left your jackass-to-English dictionary at the office, “subverting identity politics” translates to “racist (complimentary)”
December 11, 2025 at 2:30 AM
For those of you who left your jackass-to-English dictionary at the office, “subverting identity politics” translates to “racist (complimentary)”
I don't think Yoneda lemma, I think Yoneda find Jesus
December 11, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I don't think Yoneda lemma, I think Yoneda find Jesus
it me, every time I order something I'm pumped about and I check the porch 2-3 times a day even though it's estimated to arrive in 9 days and I have shipping notifications telling me every time it moves
December 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
it me, every time I order something I'm pumped about and I check the porch 2-3 times a day even though it's estimated to arrive in 9 days and I have shipping notifications telling me every time it moves
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five orders of pad thai and one adventurous order of pad kee mao
December 11, 2025 at 5:33 AM
five orders of pad thai and one adventurous order of pad kee mao
school. Which, in her defense, @joannah11.bsky.social gets into next. But just to dignify this "safety" thing in this way is nuts to me. www.wweek.com/news/schools...
December 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
school. Which, in her defense, @joannah11.bsky.social gets into next. But just to dignify this "safety" thing in this way is nuts to me. www.wweek.com/news/schools...
This makes me insane. Obviously no one *said out loud* "yeah I'm a big ol' racist." Everyone has to cross MLK! We're talking about young adults. You don't hear Faubion parents complaining about this. It's transparent nonsense made up to cover for a fear of attending a historically-disenfranchised
December 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
This makes me insane. Obviously no one *said out loud* "yeah I'm a big ol' racist." Everyone has to cross MLK! We're talking about young adults. You don't hear Faubion parents complaining about this. It's transparent nonsense made up to cover for a fear of attending a historically-disenfranchised
Kirkland Signature ass Sesame Street, starring Slightly Oversized Bird
December 10, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Kirkland Signature ass Sesame Street, starring Slightly Oversized Bird