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Based on a true story. PhD student in the MetaMelb research group at The University of Melbourne.

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Nice, beating the system

11.03.2026 11:13 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Gotta keep that written:read ratio undefined

11.03.2026 10:44 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

pull quote

11.03.2026 10:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Duly noted. Unrelatedly, I have a sudden urge to go buy a Picnic bar, I don't want to miss out

11.03.2026 09:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I like to think of the original 2013 PUP as the Velvet Underground of Australian politics - being involved with PUP was apparently so affecting it inspired every member elected to go on to start their own party (the Jacqui Lambie Network, the Glenn Lazarus Team, the Dio Wang Experience...)

11.03.2026 08:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The CLT is never late, nor is it early; it arrives precisely when it means to

11.03.2026 00:48 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe they're trying to tiptoe around the fact that clearly Charmander and Squirtle are not on board for this project.

10.03.2026 12:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

i'm looking to talk to any australian pokemon fans for a piece i'm writing for guardian aus, especially anyone with memories of the first wave of Pokemania in Australia.

hmu!

10.03.2026 05:51 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 38 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2

Nice, looking forward to the pics when the time comes

09.03.2026 09:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's amazing how trying to explain childrens' TV shows from decades ago makes one sound ridiculous: "For a long time, he was the main star of a show called 'Wombat' - oh, but he wasn't supposed to be a wombat, oh no, he was more of a licentious cut-price Muppet. It was the most popular thing on TV."

09.03.2026 09:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Wow, those views!

09.03.2026 08:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Many such cases

09.03.2026 08:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Dang, I realised too late that I had left "Lavaan Let Die" on the table.

Also, O.H.M.F.L.O.S.S.

08.03.2026 07:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Alright class, #rstats #dataabs, a question, and this will be on your exam:

Code quality, in particular readability, and the management of complexity is *much* more important in data analysis than software engineering in general. Why?

08.03.2026 04:46 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 1

The Lavaan Daylights

07.03.2026 16:00 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

"Question: I'm an adult who is a miserable husk, but have retained a sense of humor. Could this book still partially be for me?"

21.02.2026 13:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ah, now that you mention it, that might be a new productivity enhancer: people remembering to unmute themselves before speaking in a Teams/Zoom meeting, to save those precious seconds of the other people on the call saying "you're on mute!"

21.02.2026 12:29 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Nice! Your fingers only need to leave the keyboard in order to pick up your cup of coffee

21.02.2026 12:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

"Well, That About Wraps It Up For China"

21.02.2026 12:09 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This probably still applies today, if one were to expand the second point to include knowing how to use keyboard shortcuts in Microsoft Office

21.02.2026 12:07 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

"Twice the caffeine!"

21.02.2026 11:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sydney STS folks πŸ‘‹

Join us for the inaugural event of the Sydney STS Network (Friday 27 Feb) where a panel will respond to the prompt: Why (Australian) STS now? #STS

20.02.2026 05:18 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

"If someone insists on calling you a 'male nurse', gently correct them and say the preferred term is 'fight nurse'." Thanks for the guidance, Utahraptor (and @ryannorth.ca)

19.02.2026 11:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The first official reference to them as siblings was in a 2008 Sunday strip by Hy Eisman. Prior, it was said they were twins in a comic by Ocean Comics, but it was licensed and non canon. The British week comic TV Comics had Brutus as Bluto's cousin, but again non-canon.

14.02.2026 23:29 πŸ‘ 70 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh no, that is a terrible, confusing practice, especially in an educational context, where there's absolutely no guarantee that the students will pick up on what you meant to depict.

15.02.2026 06:02 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is a really neat approximation method! Thanks Howie!

12.02.2026 08:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That is one mighty fine snail!

12.02.2026 08:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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11.02.2026 13:00 πŸ‘ 64 πŸ” 43 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Yourself, but as a cartoon.

10.02.2026 11:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Great post, thanks for going through the new functions with clear, neat examples - you've demonstrated to me how useful recode_values() and replace_values() are going to be!

10.02.2026 10:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0