Professor Chad
@derchadmeister.bsky.social
A smorgasbord of Mormon, data science/stats/math/programming/engineering, Nevada/Utah/Washington, book content. Come for the Mormon hot takes, leave for the Mormon hot takes. 🏳️🌈
I tried to write a poem ❤️
I wonder if Cain came home for Sunday dinner.
Did earth's first father,
awkward then tear trodden,
embrace Eden's prodigal,
while Mother Eve, relieved, set aside one empty chair?
The brother's aughts against dissolved in rain twice blessed.
Did earth's first father,
awkward then tear trodden,
embrace Eden's prodigal,
while Mother Eve, relieved, set aside one empty chair?
The brother's aughts against dissolved in rain twice blessed.
May 11, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I tried to write a poem ❤️
I wonder if Cain came home for Sunday dinner.
Did earth's first father,
awkward then tear trodden,
embrace Eden's prodigal,
while Mother Eve, relieved, set aside one empty chair?
The brother's aughts against dissolved in rain twice blessed.
Did earth's first father,
awkward then tear trodden,
embrace Eden's prodigal,
while Mother Eve, relieved, set aside one empty chair?
The brother's aughts against dissolved in rain twice blessed.
May 11, 2025 at 12:01 AM
I wonder if Cain came home for Sunday dinner.
Did earth's first father,
awkward then tear trodden,
embrace Eden's prodigal,
while Mother Eve, relieved, set aside one empty chair?
The brother's aughts against dissolved in rain twice blessed.
Did earth's first father,
awkward then tear trodden,
embrace Eden's prodigal,
while Mother Eve, relieved, set aside one empty chair?
The brother's aughts against dissolved in rain twice blessed.
My bishop started texting me random questions about my car. "Stick or automatic?" "How many miles does it got?"
Should I be worried?
Should I be worried?
April 22, 2025 at 4:15 AM
My bishop started texting me random questions about my car. "Stick or automatic?" "How many miles does it got?"
Should I be worried?
Should I be worried?
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People spend a lot of time wondering why the left is worse at using independent media to control the national narrative.
A useful exercise is to ask why the left is also worse at selling snake oil and pyramid schemes, because I think the reasons are basically exactly the same.
A useful exercise is to ask why the left is also worse at selling snake oil and pyramid schemes, because I think the reasons are basically exactly the same.
April 21, 2025 at 1:31 AM
People spend a lot of time wondering why the left is worse at using independent media to control the national narrative.
A useful exercise is to ask why the left is also worse at selling snake oil and pyramid schemes, because I think the reasons are basically exactly the same.
A useful exercise is to ask why the left is also worse at selling snake oil and pyramid schemes, because I think the reasons are basically exactly the same.
What do you think your MAGA relatives would think if they rewatched the opening scene of Hunchback of Notre Dame?
a cartoon character stands next to a horse
ALT: a cartoon character stands next to a horse
media.tenor.com
April 20, 2025 at 4:28 AM
What do you think your MAGA relatives would think if they rewatched the opening scene of Hunchback of Notre Dame?
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This all alone is an open-and-shut cause for impeachment, yes there are dozens of others but sometimes it's clarifying to just look at one
The ability of people to access federal programs should not be a function of whether federal administrators personally like or dislike a state's governor. www.huffpost.com/entry/janet-...
Emails Confirm Social Security Administration Canceled Maine Contracts As Political Payback
Acting commissioner Leland Dudek called Maine Gov. Janet Mills a “petulant child” for defying Donald Trump.
www.huffpost.com
April 7, 2025 at 12:11 PM
This all alone is an open-and-shut cause for impeachment, yes there are dozens of others but sometimes it's clarifying to just look at one
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Peter Marks’s resignation letter. Everyone should read this.
March 29, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Peter Marks’s resignation letter. Everyone should read this.
Looks like Studio C has to do a revisit of their "International Relations" at the grocery store scene.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqIh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqIh...
International Relations - Studio C
YouTube video by Studio C
www.youtube.com
March 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Looks like Studio C has to do a revisit of their "International Relations" at the grocery store scene.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqIh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqIh...
This passage from the original paper on ELIZA seems equally true of the LLM craze going on right now. We're reading it together in my survey of AI course:
March 26, 2025 at 3:03 PM
This passage from the original paper on ELIZA seems equally true of the LLM craze going on right now. We're reading it together in my survey of AI course:
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in all seriousness: one of the most important philosophical questions of our time
It does seem to be getting out of hand.
How does a society reestablish the cultural taboo against lying out out of your ass?
How does a society reestablish the cultural taboo against lying out out of your ass?
March 26, 2025 at 1:01 AM
in all seriousness: one of the most important philosophical questions of our time
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The closet technological approximation I have thought of to LLMs:
The Microwave!
Excels in niche contexts, broadly used, but never loved. The results are universally acknowledged to be pretty crap when applied to general cooking tasks.
Saves labour at the margins, but probably cost very few jobs.
The Microwave!
Excels in niche contexts, broadly used, but never loved. The results are universally acknowledged to be pretty crap when applied to general cooking tasks.
Saves labour at the margins, but probably cost very few jobs.
March 23, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The closet technological approximation I have thought of to LLMs:
The Microwave!
Excels in niche contexts, broadly used, but never loved. The results are universally acknowledged to be pretty crap when applied to general cooking tasks.
Saves labour at the margins, but probably cost very few jobs.
The Microwave!
Excels in niche contexts, broadly used, but never loved. The results are universally acknowledged to be pretty crap when applied to general cooking tasks.
Saves labour at the margins, but probably cost very few jobs.
The real reason Coca Cola isn't considered a violation of the Word of Wisdom is the Church is in cahoots with the Coca Cola company*
meant in jest, but here's the quote from "Fragments of Revelation"
meant in jest, but here's the quote from "Fragments of Revelation"
March 15, 2025 at 11:40 PM
The real reason Coca Cola isn't considered a violation of the Word of Wisdom is the Church is in cahoots with the Coca Cola company*
meant in jest, but here's the quote from "Fragments of Revelation"
meant in jest, but here's the quote from "Fragments of Revelation"
I mentor an undergraduate research program that may not continue this year due to funding uncertainty of federal programs.
I am saddened that my students will not have the same opportunities that I had when I was in school due to the political farce currently going on.
I am saddened that my students will not have the same opportunities that I had when I was in school due to the political farce currently going on.
March 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I mentor an undergraduate research program that may not continue this year due to funding uncertainty of federal programs.
I am saddened that my students will not have the same opportunities that I had when I was in school due to the political farce currently going on.
I am saddened that my students will not have the same opportunities that I had when I was in school due to the political farce currently going on.
I do a bit of transcribing for the National Archives in my spare time, and the JFK Assassination Records just dropped 👀👀👀
March 7, 2025 at 4:12 AM
I do a bit of transcribing for the National Archives in my spare time, and the JFK Assassination Records just dropped 👀👀👀
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2 day change -1,400
(always a tweet)
(always a tweet)
March 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
2 day change -1,400
(always a tweet)
(always a tweet)
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This is huge news. Not only are the diaries and papers of Heber J Grant now available—he was LDS president for over two transition decades for the church—but they’re also announcing a new policy to release papers after an LDS leader is dead 70 years. A very positive opening and change.
Heber J. Grant Journals Now Available Digitally in the Church History Catalog
President Heber J. Grant, the seventh president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, dedicated his life to Church service and to bearing witness of the truthfulness of the Restoration o...
history.churchofjesuschrist.org
February 21, 2025 at 10:52 PM
This is huge news. Not only are the diaries and papers of Heber J Grant now available—he was LDS president for over two transition decades for the church—but they’re also announcing a new policy to release papers after an LDS leader is dead 70 years. A very positive opening and change.
Movies you've watched more than six times, gifs only
February 21, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Movies you've watched more than six times, gifs only
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This is Winston Smith’s job in “1984.”
NASA workers were told to "drop everything" and spend their time scrubbing mentions of women in leadership, indigenous people, and environmental justice from the web: www.404media.co/nasa-dei-dro...
Workers at NASA Told to ‘Drop Everything’ to Scrub Mentions of Indigenous People, Women from Its Websites
"This is a drop everything and reprioritize your day request," a directive "per NASA HQ direction" stated.
www.404media.co
February 5, 2025 at 11:26 PM
This is Winston Smith’s job in “1984.”
Just so you know, there's a whole anime show with surprisingly high quality representation of the immune system on Netflix, "Cells at Work." Got my kids learning about macrophages, Killer T Cells, and platelets.
February 4, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Just so you know, there's a whole anime show with surprisingly high quality representation of the immune system on Netflix, "Cells at Work." Got my kids learning about macrophages, Killer T Cells, and platelets.
Watching the news in 2025 feels like watching a really poorly executed game of Jenga, the outcome of which determines whether you can feed your family or not.
February 3, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Watching the news in 2025 feels like watching a really poorly executed game of Jenga, the outcome of which determines whether you can feed your family or not.
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The entire archive of all CDC datasets uploaded before January 28th, 2025 has been backed up on Internet Archive.
Incredible work everyone. Science will never be silenced!
Incredible work everyone. Science will never be silenced!
February 3, 2025 at 4:37 AM
The entire archive of all CDC datasets uploaded before January 28th, 2025 has been backed up on Internet Archive.
Incredible work everyone. Science will never be silenced!
Incredible work everyone. Science will never be silenced!
"In my experience, well-read people are less likely to be evil."
Perhaps this is self-aggrandizing as I consider myself a book person, but this surprising quote from A Series of Unfortunate Events seems even more relevant today. Reading changes you and exposes you to new perspectives.
Perhaps this is self-aggrandizing as I consider myself a book person, but this surprising quote from A Series of Unfortunate Events seems even more relevant today. Reading changes you and exposes you to new perspectives.
February 3, 2025 at 5:43 AM
"In my experience, well-read people are less likely to be evil."
Perhaps this is self-aggrandizing as I consider myself a book person, but this surprising quote from A Series of Unfortunate Events seems even more relevant today. Reading changes you and exposes you to new perspectives.
Perhaps this is self-aggrandizing as I consider myself a book person, but this surprising quote from A Series of Unfortunate Events seems even more relevant today. Reading changes you and exposes you to new perspectives.
Being a youth leader is humbling because you'll get in one of these and then get absolutely pummeled to the ground by a 16 year old.
January 29, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Being a youth leader is humbling because you'll get in one of these and then get absolutely pummeled to the ground by a 16 year old.
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Got a "1 player faced the same situation" today on Connections 😘
January 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Got a "1 player faced the same situation" today on Connections 😘