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Retired physicist, after a career in machine learning & stats mostly for cancer drug discovery. Now blogging about stats in the news.

Avatar: convergence basins in the complex plane of Newton's algorithm searching for the cube roots of unity. (After a NYT column by @stevenstrogatz, long ago.)

Header: Quote from GK Chesterton, London Daily News, 1905-Aug-16 on epistemic humility and the ability to say "I am wrong" as the foundation of idealism.

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seraph , to random
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this shit is so funny

Are you serious, X Corp? Ahoy there, welcome to roblotwitter! I assure you, there's nothing fishy going on here, so feel free to read on. Yeah, it's a "honeypot". Sorry about that. I'm not trying to apologize and get away with it, though. But when you clicked on this link, you probably thought you were looking at something like "roblox.com". Simple URL substitution can cause this kind of thing to happen, so I made this site. So let's shout it out. "Are you serious, X Corp?"

This domain has been acquired to prevent its use for malicious purposes As of April 8, 2024, the iOS Twitter (now X) client automatically replaces the text "twitter.com" in posts with "x.com" as part of its functionality. Therefore, for example, a URL that appears to be "netflix.com" will actually redirect to "netflitwitter.com" when clicked. Please be aware that there is a potential for this feature to be exploited in the future, by acquiring domains containing "twitter.com" to lead users to malicious pages. This domain, "netflitwitter.com," has been acquired for protective purposes to prevent its use for such malicious activities. If there are any concerns, please contact the X account @yuyu0127_ .
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    weekend_editor ,
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    @dpnash @seraph @pluralistic
    @cstross

    Or even earlier, AOL and its problem with the good people of Scunthorpe:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scunthorpe_problem

    futurebird , to random
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    That feeling of being wrong stings a less when I remember people made the same mistake with radio & television.

    How could anyone still be racist when we can learn so much about each other, see each other in television programs?

    Every man educated by the finest college lectures. Invisible radio waves enlightening the masses!

    Those of us who love technology need to remember for each lovely idea there is small power grubbing man somewhere who will use our tools to do the inverse.

    weekend_editor ,
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    @futurebird

    And the people controlling the money are unsympathetic and cool intellects who will pervert what you're doing while using your ideals for cover.

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    weekend_editor ,
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    @vampiress

    I had some similar thoughts upon learning that Moderna had somehow sneaked in the name Spikevax.

    https://www.someweekendreading.blog/vaccine-names/

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