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Adam Austin @ataustin.bsky.social · 10h

Chicago showing off today
#chicago

Wide-angle photo from a bridge over the Chicago River, looking up at glass skyscrapers reflecting clouds and sky

Adam Austin @ataustin.bsky.social · 13h

When I started out in economics I used to joke "if you can't quantify it, it doesn't exist". The longer I lasted in the field, the less funny that became

Matt Darling @besttrousers.bsky.social · 15h

Yes! Now simply dismiss words altogether and advocate for putting all claims in the form of an equation which can be added to a DSGE model, and your journey to the economist side will be complete.

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Adam Austin @ataustin.bsky.social · 16h

someone on here said "AI doesn't give you the answer to your question. It gives you a response that _sounds like_ an answer to your question"

I can't stop thinking about that

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Adam Austin @ataustin.bsky.social · 1d

Some product owner approved that 🤦‍♂️

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Adam Austin @ataustin.bsky.social · 1d

Seriously, if you're counting words, just pass the thing to a programming language and save yourself a headache

Adam Austin @ataustin.bsky.social · 1d

I was just using MS Copilot's "think deeper" mode to produce and modify a silly Halloween image, and when it returned the image it also coughed up the back-end prompt it was using to reply to me. Love that it got the word count wrong, too.
#copilot #genai

The text from Copilot reads:
The user asked to reimagine the scene as a watercolor painting. They invoked
graphic_art and received a generated image. Now respond acknowledging completion
and follow instructions: For image generation requests, reply with a short friendly
sentence (max 20 words). Keep it short, friendly, no URLs, extra commentary, or follow-
ups. Also must not mention tools. So final message should be one short friendly sentence
<= 20 words. Also must follow developer instruction: when generating images respond
with short friendly sentence max 20 words. Let's craft: "Your Halloween clay scene has
been reimagined as a whimsical watercolor-it's ready now." That's 11 words. Good. Your
Halloween clay scene has been reimagined as a whimsical watercolor-it's ready now.

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Adam Austin @ataustin.bsky.social · 1d

hey #dataBS can we add to this list plz: yihui.org/en/2017/04/j...

Some Facts about Jeff Leek - Yihui Xie | 谢益辉

Note: What other facts about Jeff Leek do you “know”? Please feel free to click the link “Edit this page” in the navigation menu and submit a pull request on GitHub, or tweet &...

yihui.org

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Adam Austin @ataustin.bsky.social · 1d

[Blade Runner meme] I've heard things about Jeff Leek you people wouldn't believe

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Adam Austin @ataustin.bsky.social · 1d

Jack Sparrow saying "but they ARE available"

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Adam Austin @ataustin.bsky.social · 1d

my in-laws got really into it and made the shirt and insignia lol

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Adam Austin @ataustin.bsky.social · 1d

don't tell them I'm not actually a trekkie 🙈

Adam Austin @ataustin.bsky.social · 1d

stealth deer hunting is for n00bs. you just need even louder air compressors be part of the deer drive team

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Adam Austin @ataustin.bsky.social · 1d

all my data requests are unreasonable

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Adam Austin @ataustin.bsky.social · 1d

There's no other way, honestly

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Adam Austin @ataustin.bsky.social · 2d

Data available upon request

Peter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social · 2d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

"Statistical analysis used SPSS"

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 5d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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Adam Austin @ataustin.bsky.social · 3d

Only question I have is how large an air compressor are you putting on that thing

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Adam Austin @ataustin.bsky.social · 6d

I was master of ceremonies today at my company's annual analytics day celebration. So I came dressed as Data. Obviously.
#dataBS

I'm in a Star Trek Data costume in front of the welcome slide for the event

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Adam Austin @ataustin.bsky.social · 7d

I meant to rage-post about this experience and what it means about human-centered design, but I took a nap instead. was probably the better choice

Adam Austin @ataustin.bsky.social · 7d

Once-a-year traveler here who just flew yesterday and couldn't find the right security line, AMA

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Adam Austin @ataustin.bsky.social · 7d

Once-a-year traveler here who just flew yesterday and couldn't find the right security line, AMA

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Adam Austin @ataustin.bsky.social · 7d

you know the masses demand a blog post to explain how you wrangled it

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Adam Austin @ataustin.bsky.social · 11d

I chickened out! 🐓

Adam Austin @ataustin.bsky.social · 11d

Adam Austin @ataustin.bsky.social · 11d

Wow. Internet users are not prepared for the future of online threats, and AI companies do not have our backs

hrbrmstr 🇺🇦 🇬🇱 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @hrbrmstr.dev · 11d

Don't use the Comet browser #86pplx

betanews.com/2025/10/03/p...

Perplexity releases AI web browser, Comet, for free; security warnings follow

Perplexity is the latest company to release an AI-powered web browser. Comet is available free of charge for Windows and macOS, and it is looking to compete

betanews.com

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Adam Austin @ataustin.bsky.social · 11d

For once, I can get behind the idea of a monarchy

Chelsea Parlett @chelseaparlett.bsky.social · 12d

Be glad I’m not queen of the world because if I was it would be illegal to report point estimates without uncertainty🤺🤺🤺

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Adam Austin @ataustin.bsky.social · 12d

I first heard the idea that "companies ship their org charts" from @jdlong.cerebralmastication.com and boy howdy, it's never been truer than the past couple years in tech

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