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. 🏳️🌈
Another really great passage:
March 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Another really great passage:
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:
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 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 👀👀👀
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.
"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.
Aaaand it was caught on tape, I was in pain.
January 29, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Aaaand it was caught on tape, I was in pain.
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.
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 😘
Let's check in with the primary:
January 20, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Let's check in with the primary:
My five year old wrote me a poem:
"And to pass than man does too,
do a dance as whale, I says."
"And to pass than man does too,
do a dance as whale, I says."
January 3, 2025 at 5:50 PM
My five year old wrote me a poem:
"And to pass than man does too,
do a dance as whale, I says."
"And to pass than man does too,
do a dance as whale, I says."
We took the kids to the Lego store to incarnate themselves in Legos, here is mine:
January 3, 2025 at 1:01 AM
We took the kids to the Lego store to incarnate themselves in Legos, here is mine:
Lewis on the value of reading:
January 3, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Lewis on the value of reading:
My kids got these hinge toys for Christmas, so naturally I had to make a truncated icosahedron e.g. soccer ball
December 27, 2024 at 6:09 PM
My kids got these hinge toys for Christmas, so naturally I had to make a truncated icosahedron e.g. soccer ball
Enjoying some Mannheim Steamroller on my parents' piano this Christmas. Wishing you all a wonderful season too!
December 22, 2024 at 4:44 AM
Enjoying some Mannheim Steamroller on my parents' piano this Christmas. Wishing you all a wonderful season too!
It's happening
December 3, 2024 at 10:12 PM
It's happening
Y2K kicks the Church into high gear, because more than just the computers are going to go down:
November 24, 2024 at 2:20 AM
Y2K kicks the Church into high gear, because more than just the computers are going to go down:
Some poor kid finding a copy of "The Miracle of Forgiveness", flips to a page on idolatry, and it scares the living heck out of him
November 24, 2024 at 2:19 AM
Some poor kid finding a copy of "The Miracle of Forgiveness", flips to a page on idolatry, and it scares the living heck out of him
President Benson's face lighting up when he saw the day the gospel was preached in the USSR before he died, oh the joy!
November 24, 2024 at 2:17 AM
President Benson's face lighting up when he saw the day the gospel was preached in the USSR before he died, oh the joy!
Some of my latest favorite passages from Saints Volume 4:
President Hinckley trying to get the highest ROI on baptizing spirits in spirit prison
President Hinckley trying to get the highest ROI on baptizing spirits in spirit prison
November 24, 2024 at 2:16 AM
Some of my latest favorite passages from Saints Volume 4:
President Hinckley trying to get the highest ROI on baptizing spirits in spirit prison
President Hinckley trying to get the highest ROI on baptizing spirits in spirit prison
Just found out you can get a Jumpstart Third Grade on archive.org like its 1999. Gonna be playing this with my kids for the next couple months.
November 23, 2024 at 7:47 AM
Just found out you can get a Jumpstart Third Grade on archive.org like its 1999. Gonna be playing this with my kids for the next couple months.
Scriptures said you win if you read the most books, and you're losing:
November 22, 2024 at 6:32 AM
Scriptures said you win if you read the most books, and you're losing:
Safely made it to D.C. for a conference.
Probably not going to be able to do any sightseeing though, so here is me just in my room haha
Probably not going to be able to do any sightseeing though, so here is me just in my room haha
November 1, 2023 at 9:20 PM
Safely made it to D.C. for a conference.
Probably not going to be able to do any sightseeing though, so here is me just in my room haha
Probably not going to be able to do any sightseeing though, so here is me just in my room haha
Giving a talk to a group of high school students today, wish me luck
October 19, 2023 at 2:50 PM
Giving a talk to a group of high school students today, wish me luck