Seb Bate
@sebbate.uk
Occasionally do stats, mainly post pictures of the cats.
A wild twist in the story manchestermill.co.uk/exclusive-fi... I bet this has happened elsewhere and just not been caught
Exclusive: Five arrested following Mill investigation
Tameside Labour’s only local election win now set to be challenged
manchestermill.co.uk
May 21, 2026 at 1:41 PM
A wild twist in the story manchestermill.co.uk/exclusive-fi... I bet this has happened elsewhere and just not been caught
Analysing data would be so much easier if we could all use decimal time: the French Republican Calendar, but more extreme.
March 9, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Analysing data would be so much easier if we could all use decimal time: the French Republican Calendar, but more extreme.
"Create an image of 100 animals with their names under"
60/100 created.
2 correctly labelled
17 real animals but in the wrong place
8 unreadable.
60/100 created.
2 correctly labelled
17 real animals but in the wrong place
8 unreadable.
January 18, 2026 at 10:06 PM
"Create an image of 100 animals with their names under"
60/100 created.
2 correctly labelled
17 real animals but in the wrong place
8 unreadable.
60/100 created.
2 correctly labelled
17 real animals but in the wrong place
8 unreadable.
Having recently made the jump from RStudio to Positron, I am struggling to go back to using RS in a TRE. What do you mean my code isn't self-formatting every time I hit save?
December 4, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Having recently made the jump from RStudio to Positron, I am struggling to go back to using RS in a TRE. What do you mean my code isn't self-formatting every time I hit save?
Trying to bring beers on to the terraces
November 9, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Trying to bring beers on to the terraces
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Philosophers are basically the op-ed section of academia. Take that as you will.
November 9, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Philosophers are basically the op-ed section of academia. Take that as you will.
I just feel like the 'negotiations' between the US and Russia are going to result in Ukraine getting a worse-than-shit deal. Ukraine will reject it and the US will use it as a pre-text to stop any support to Ukraine bc UA rejected the deal.
February 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I just feel like the 'negotiations' between the US and Russia are going to result in Ukraine getting a worse-than-shit deal. Ukraine will reject it and the US will use it as a pre-text to stop any support to Ukraine bc UA rejected the deal.
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If a scientist who uses a microscope in their work never learns how to use a microscope, we find them a new career.
If a scientist uses statistics in their work but never learns how to use statistics, we promote them even faster, and let them decide how other people should use statistics.
If a scientist uses statistics in their work but never learns how to use statistics, we promote them even faster, and let them decide how other people should use statistics.
January 22, 2025 at 8:54 AM
If a scientist who uses a microscope in their work never learns how to use a microscope, we find them a new career.
If a scientist uses statistics in their work but never learns how to use statistics, we promote them even faster, and let them decide how other people should use statistics.
If a scientist uses statistics in their work but never learns how to use statistics, we promote them even faster, and let them decide how other people should use statistics.
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An early contender for headline of the year…
January 18, 2025 at 11:29 AM
An early contender for headline of the year…
Some days I sit on the laptop, on others the laptop sits on me.
January 7, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Some days I sit on the laptop, on others the laptop sits on me.
Who are you picking in a fight? #catsofbluesky
January 3, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Who are you picking in a fight? #catsofbluesky
Work harder so you can buy more treats for me.
December 9, 2024 at 3:03 PM
Work harder so you can buy more treats for me.
A massive improvement and from what it looks like a very sensible approach.
We did it!
After decades of campaigning
Bikes will finally be allowed on trams in 2025
After decades of campaigning
Bikes will finally be allowed on trams in 2025
December 5, 2024 at 4:47 PM
A massive improvement and from what it looks like a very sensible approach.
He knows he the real angel on the top of the tree
December 1, 2024 at 10:45 PM
He knows he the real angel on the top of the tree
The common theme is poor quality police work (in the US), especially in rural areas where small police forces don't have the skills and experience to investigate a murder. I wonder how many crimes there are where a defendant has been acquitted and police are no longer looking for anyone else?
Netflix’s true crime industry reveals most famously unsolved murders are really badly investigated murders. Make sure to do your murder in small community with few homicides so local police are overwhelmed. By the time FBI arrive it’s a goat rodeo of contamination, lost evidence & lawyers.
November 27, 2024 at 1:36 PM
The common theme is poor quality police work (in the US), especially in rural areas where small police forces don't have the skills and experience to investigate a murder. I wonder how many crimes there are where a defendant has been acquitted and police are no longer looking for anyone else?
I really hope that bsky adds some sort of verification soon. With the influx, I can't always tell if a public figure's account is genuine.
November 27, 2024 at 9:23 AM
I really hope that bsky adds some sort of verification soon. With the influx, I can't always tell if a public figure's account is genuine.
The look when you spend the morning on bluesky and not doing your work.
November 26, 2024 at 10:50 AM
The look when you spend the morning on bluesky and not doing your work.
Better not make any typos today
November 26, 2024 at 10:44 AM
Better not make any typos today
Is this platform pronounced blue-sky (like the where clouds are) or blue-ski (giving it a slight Russian feel)? Maybe a debate for our time like the pronunciation of Stata?
November 21, 2024 at 1:55 PM
Is this platform pronounced blue-sky (like the where clouds are) or blue-ski (giving it a slight Russian feel)? Maybe a debate for our time like the pronunciation of Stata?
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Hi, can you help me? I want to develop a model that makes risk predictions.
Use logistic regression.
Can I use some more modern techniques, like AI?
Use a neural network with single non-hidden feed forward layer that outputs to a single dimension using a sigmoid activation function.
Use logistic regression.
Can I use some more modern techniques, like AI?
Use a neural network with single non-hidden feed forward layer that outputs to a single dimension using a sigmoid activation function.
November 21, 2024 at 1:18 PM
Hi, can you help me? I want to develop a model that makes risk predictions.
Use logistic regression.
Can I use some more modern techniques, like AI?
Use a neural network with single non-hidden feed forward layer that outputs to a single dimension using a sigmoid activation function.
Use logistic regression.
Can I use some more modern techniques, like AI?
Use a neural network with single non-hidden feed forward layer that outputs to a single dimension using a sigmoid activation function.
Not to be a scrooge but there is nothing wrong with dynamic/surge pricing if you are upfront with the cost (e.g., flights, uber). In the case of Oasis (and potentially O'Neils) is that the point you find that the price has risen is the point where is is too late.
‘Happy hour in reverse’: where dynamic pricing may creep further
‘Happy hour in reverse’: where dynamic pricing may creep further
After the Oasis ticket row, experts say fluctuating charges could become the norm in other industries
Paying a premium for a flight during the school holidays or a cab at peak hours might be expected but fluctuating charges – otherwise known as surge…
dlvr.it
November 20, 2024 at 5:31 PM
Not to be a scrooge but there is nothing wrong with dynamic/surge pricing if you are upfront with the cost (e.g., flights, uber). In the case of Oasis (and potentially O'Neils) is that the point you find that the price has risen is the point where is is too late.
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The Onion should buy Elsevier next
November 14, 2024 at 8:28 PM
The Onion should buy Elsevier next
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The party that is obsessed with child sex offenders, & is close to a cult that claims child sex offenders run the government, just nominated a guy once investigated for allegedly sex-trafficking a 17 year old girl to be in charge of the country’s legal system.
Beyond parody.
Beyond parody.
November 14, 2024 at 5:41 AM
The party that is obsessed with child sex offenders, & is close to a cult that claims child sex offenders run the government, just nominated a guy once investigated for allegedly sex-trafficking a 17 year old girl to be in charge of the country’s legal system.
Beyond parody.
Beyond parody.