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Geoffrey Conley
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They/them pronoun user. Lives in Seattle. Writer, photographer, nerd. Only violates robots.txt for investigative purposes. Fuck gen AI. Fucking use alt text.
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Never getting in another uber again

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Also compared that median to the border wall, I believe...

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An IBCK/debate crossover would be a dream come true.

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Yikes was this part of the budget committee meeting today?

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There's a big problem with Altman's working out here. The statistical effect for 1:1 tutoring is 30+ years old, only applied to two contexts with small samples, referred to *human tutoring* not AI tutors, and - the kicker - *has never been replicated* 3/ www.educationnext.org/two-sigma-tu...

Two-Sigma Tutoring: Separating Science Fiction from Science Fact
Two-Sigma Tutoring: Separating Science Fiction from Science Fact

An experimental intervention in the 1980s raised certain test scores by two standard deviations. It wasn’t just tutoring, and it’s never been replicated, but it continues to inspire.

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Yes!! The casting decision made me uncomfortable, especially given that it felt like the primary queer representation. Made the "be who you really are" theme feel brittle, and seemed to play into "libs want to turn your kids gay/trans and brainwash them into the woke hivemind" rhetoric.

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Yes there is!!

Rainbow over apartment building.
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"Sorry, your EyeCams® require a security update limited only to premium verified customers. Don't worry though, your $199/month subscription comes with security updates and a free blue checkmark."

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Sources have conflicts of interest. Every reporter and editor must deal with that dynamic. But we expect reporters and editors to weigh the public value of information against the interests of sources, who are almost always driven by outside motives. Is that what Meta/X are doing?

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Sorry folks, there was a bug with that first attempt that prevented us from adding more folks. I've recreated the pack with the full list here: go.bsky.app/Tdxzvfr

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Geoffrey Conley
@geoffreyconley.xyz
They/them pronoun user. Lives in Seattle. Writer, photographer, nerd. Only violates robots.txt for investigative purposes. Fuck gen AI. Fucking use alt text.
24 followers136 following68 posts