Anarkira
@anarkira.bsky.social
certified #rollerderby official, professional #rstats coder, aspiring #hema fencer, and a bunch of other stuff. my pronouns are classified but may be retrieved for a nominal service fee (a coffee).
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Anarkira
@anarkira.bsky.social
· Dec 6
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pov: you are lead jammer
pov: you are lead jammer
This year for World Statistics Day I would like a central repository of WFTDA statsbooks.
October 20, 2025 at 8:09 AM
This year for World Statistics Day I would like a central repository of WFTDA statsbooks.
The total number of genders is a function of the eigenvalues of the transition matrix.
September 24, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The total number of genders is a function of the eigenvalues of the transition matrix.
What if there's a skater who goes to the box on a back block, a high block, two interference penalties, a leg block, and then somehow gets expelled on a direction penalty. Then they'd be BANNED.
September 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
What if there's a skater who goes to the box on a back block, a high block, two interference penalties, a leg block, and then somehow gets expelled on a direction penalty. Then they'd be BANNED.
Who decided to call it "derby direction" and not "packwards"?
July 28, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Who decided to call it "derby direction" and not "packwards"?
Before you there are two guards. One always says falsehoods, completely unaware that they are false, and the other always says what they hold to be true, which may or may not actually be true. How will you tell which is which?
July 27, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Before you there are two guards. One always says falsehoods, completely unaware that they are false, and the other always says what they hold to be true, which may or may not actually be true. How will you tell which is which?
Who decided to name it Malmö and not Seethenhagen?
July 22, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Who decided to name it Malmö and not Seethenhagen?
Deutsche Bahn: We could not apologize enough for the delay and we will do our best to keep you updated along the way. Enjoy this complimentary coffee and please let us know if there's anything we can do to ease your pain in this trying time 🫶
SJ: You should be glad that you arrived at all.
SJ: You should be glad that you arrived at all.
July 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Deutsche Bahn: We could not apologize enough for the delay and we will do our best to keep you updated along the way. Enjoy this complimentary coffee and please let us know if there's anything we can do to ease your pain in this trying time 🫶
SJ: You should be glad that you arrived at all.
SJ: You should be glad that you arrived at all.
"This whole thing smacks of Nazi occultism," I holler as I rip out the pages and turn Sein und Zeit into Sein und Scheiß
July 11, 2025 at 6:37 AM
"This whole thing smacks of Nazi occultism," I holler as I rip out the pages and turn Sein und Zeit into Sein und Scheiß
I've been out of Olympiaworld for an entire half hour and I am already getting sentimental and missing it. Thank you, Fearless Bruisers. #rollerderby #rdwc
July 6, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I've been out of Olympiaworld for an entire half hour and I am already getting sentimental and missing it. Thank you, Fearless Bruisers. #rollerderby #rdwc
Fearless Bruisers in my ❤️ #rollerderby #rdwc
July 6, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Fearless Bruisers in my ❤️ #rollerderby #rdwc
@kellybodwin.com will I see you in Austria again for the roller derby world cup?
June 16, 2025 at 9:09 PM
@kellybodwin.com will I see you in Austria again for the roller derby world cup?
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I love the band Slur, especially their hit "Bong 2"
June 13, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I love the band Slur, especially their hit "Bong 2"
Throwback to the time a friend mentioned a way to automate jam timing with some specific timer app and my reaction was "ah shit the machines are taking our jobs, now I'm becoming a neoluddite" #rollerderby
May 30, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Throwback to the time a friend mentioned a way to automate jam timing with some specific timer app and my reaction was "ah shit the machines are taking our jobs, now I'm becoming a neoluddite" #rollerderby
I found a picture from the scrim where I combined SBO and JT. Looks like I'm posing during halftime but this is how it looked. #rollerderby
May 28, 2025 at 4:19 AM
I found a picture from the scrim where I combined SBO and JT. Looks like I'm posing during halftime but this is how it looked. #rollerderby
Imagine taking the derby name Sixten along with number 610, only to watch the officials struggle to say six one zero
May 21, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Imagine taking the derby name Sixten along with number 610, only to watch the officials struggle to say six one zero
I think a lot about how proper medication and a welcoming community helped turn the mentally ill drifter I used to be into a respected statistician and an internationally renowned roller derby official. 1/2
May 12, 2025 at 6:27 AM
I think a lot about how proper medication and a welcoming community helped turn the mentally ill drifter I used to be into a respected statistician and an internationally renowned roller derby official. 1/2
With this weekend I've done every NSO position from scorekeeper to tournament head NSO at least once and I've officiated at every level from local scrims to WFTDA regionals at least once. This is no longer an any% speedrun of an NSO career, it's a meticulous 100% playthrough. #rollerderby
May 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
With this weekend I've done every NSO position from scorekeeper to tournament head NSO at least once and I've officiated at every level from local scrims to WFTDA regionals at least once. This is no longer an any% speedrun of an NSO career, it's a meticulous 100% playthrough. #rollerderby
Another social media site won't let me post this because it contains a Bad Word™️
#themountaingoats #rollerderby
#themountaingoats #rollerderby
May 5, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Another social media site won't let me post this because it contains a Bad Word™️
#themountaingoats #rollerderby
#themountaingoats #rollerderby
I'm not saying #rollerderby jammers should use anything other than the usual five-pointed star on their helmets, but just hear me out
April 25, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I'm not saying #rollerderby jammers should use anything other than the usual five-pointed star on their helmets, but just hear me out
Ever since I heard about "ever since I heard about the Baader-Meinhof effect I see it everywhere" I see it everywhere
April 25, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Ever since I heard about "ever since I heard about the Baader-Meinhof effect I see it everywhere" I see it everywhere
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LLMs are nothing more than models of the distribution of the word forms in their training data, with weights modified by post-training to produce somewhat different distributions. Unless your use case requires a model of a distribution of word forms in text, indeed, they suck and aren't useful.
There are a lot of critiques of LLMs that I agree with but "they suck and aren't useful" doesn't really hold water.
I understand people not using them because of social, economic, and environmental concerns. And I also understand people using them because they can be very useful.
Thoughts?
I understand people not using them because of social, economic, and environmental concerns. And I also understand people using them because they can be very useful.
Thoughts?
April 24, 2025 at 4:54 PM
LLMs are nothing more than models of the distribution of the word forms in their training data, with weights modified by post-training to produce somewhat different distributions. Unless your use case requires a model of a distribution of word forms in text, indeed, they suck and aren't useful.
What I do: Agree that Path of Exile 2 is harder than I expected.
What I don't do: Pay someone else to play it for me so I can seem better at it than I am.
What I don't do: Pay someone else to play it for me so I can seem better at it than I am.
April 24, 2025 at 5:58 AM
What I do: Agree that Path of Exile 2 is harder than I expected.
What I don't do: Pay someone else to play it for me so I can seem better at it than I am.
What I don't do: Pay someone else to play it for me so I can seem better at it than I am.
Fight fiercely, Harvard ✊
April 17, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Fight fiercely, Harvard ✊