Lead Data Analyst for the Boston Red Sox. Recovering physicist. Formerly: Argonne, CERN (ATLAS), NIU, Murray State, St. Louis-ish. Tired but hydrated.https://bsky.app/profile/tylerjamesburch.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/tylerjamesburch.com/post/3mzbykh453c2rYou know, it seems like with all the advancements mathematics has made in the field of topology that we’d have WAY more shapes of pasta by now.01 Nov 2026 23:45 +0000at://did:plc:ct7boh6ncbhxjuyrebejsov2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzbykh453c2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/tylerjamesburch.com/post/3mypmxr6r7222lol when they weren’t looking I snuck nonlinear models into a linear modeling library http://tylerjamesburch.com/blog/statistics/nonlinear-formula-bambi-golf-putting25 Oct 2026 16:30 +0000at://did:plc:ct7boh6ncbhxjuyrebejsov2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mypmxr6r7222https://bsky.app/profile/tylerjamesburch.com/post/3myglumsiec26Adulthood is just how I always imagined it22 Oct 2026 02:16 +0000at://did:plc:ct7boh6ncbhxjuyrebejsov2/app.bsky.feed.post/3myglumsiec26https://bsky.app/profile/tylerjamesburch.com/post/3my4nh6uaps22Be the change you want to see in the world.18 Oct 2026 03:18 +0000at://did:plc:ct7boh6ncbhxjuyrebejsov2/app.bsky.feed.post/3my4nh6uaps22https://bsky.app/profile/tylerjamesburch.com/post/3mximghnkcc2r“Claude I need you to dumb this down, it is midnight and I am tired” is the new “I’m toast, guess I’m gonna go to bed” [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Oct 2026 04:07 +0000at://did:plc:ct7boh6ncbhxjuyrebejsov2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mximghnkcc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/tylerjamesburch.com/post/3mwqj6egl5c2hneed some help, the parenting books didn't prepare me for this one: what do I do when my kid wakes up at 2 am to tell me that the reason you sneeze is because there's dust or pollen in your nose?30 Sep 2026 14:04 +0000at://did:plc:ct7boh6ncbhxjuyrebejsov2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwqj6egl5c2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/tylerjamesburch.com/post/3mwfb7vzg3k2gNor’easter? I hardly nor her!26 Sep 2026 02:43 +0000at://did:plc:ct7boh6ncbhxjuyrebejsov2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwfb7vzg3k2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/tylerjamesburch.com/post/3mwfb7vzg3k2gNor’easter? I hardly nor her!26 Sep 2026 02:43 +0000at://did:plc:ct7boh6ncbhxjuyrebejsov2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwfb7vzg3k2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/tylerjamesburch.com/post/3mvtfs6oukk2z“You like baseball, don’t you?” -my 3-year-old19 Sep 2026 00:17 +0000at://did:plc:ct7boh6ncbhxjuyrebejsov2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvtfs6oukk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/tylerjamesburch.com/post/3mvogxlh5ts24I used to really love autumn but now it just feels like the final boss of Sunday Scaries while I mentally prepare for 6 months of Winter.17 Sep 2026 00:54 +0000at://did:plc:ct7boh6ncbhxjuyrebejsov2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvogxlh5ts24https://bsky.app/profile/tylerjamesburch.com/post/3mvm2bwnmoc2kdoes anyone know if LLMs speak midwestern?16 Sep 2026 02:02 +0000at://did:plc:ct7boh6ncbhxjuyrebejsov2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvm2bwnmoc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/tylerjamesburch.com/post/3mv4to5hlf225I don’t know why but the new iPhone just makes me want to get a dumbphone even more10 Sep 2026 00:54 +0000at://did:plc:ct7boh6ncbhxjuyrebejsov2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv4to5hlf225https://bsky.app/profile/tylerjamesburch.com/post/3muv2hbyzus2bTonight I made a pizza flavored bean skillet so my kids would get some nutrients. I also made bread because you gotta have something to dip in the skillet. Anyway they ate a whole loaf of bread and I was the only one who had beans.06 Sep 2026 22:34 +0000at://did:plc:ct7boh6ncbhxjuyrebejsov2/app.bsky.feed.post/3muv2hbyzus2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/tylerjamesburch.com/post/3mus47f4ifs2xBillion dollar business idea: Trader Joe’s but I don’t have to deal with all the other people05 Sep 2026 18:27 +0000at://did:plc:ct7boh6ncbhxjuyrebejsov2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mus47f4ifs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/tylerjamesburch.com/post/3mupp5wpdhc2bSay what you want about the AI era, but my PhD thesis has been downloaded more in the last year than ever before.04 Sep 2026 19:29 +0000at://did:plc:ct7boh6ncbhxjuyrebejsov2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupp5wpdhc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/tylerjamesburch.com/post/3mumzwv7m6c2xtoo much talk about first principles these days, not enough love for second and third principles imo03 Sep 2026 18:03 +0000at://did:plc:ct7boh6ncbhxjuyrebejsov2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumzwv7m6c2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/tylerjamesburch.com/post/3mukqpowkqs2bsprinkling in a couple of typos here and there just so evryone knows this is organic, grass-fed slop and not AI writing.02 Sep 2026 20:13 +0000at://did:plc:ct7boh6ncbhxjuyrebejsov2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mukqpowkqs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/tylerjamesburch.com/post/3muff7hvblk26This ai automation could have been a bash script and a cron job31 Aug 2026 17:04 +0000at://did:plc:ct7boh6ncbhxjuyrebejsov2/app.bsky.feed.post/3muff7hvblk26https://bsky.app/profile/tylerjamesburch.com/post/3mtwk6wdkfc2f"Thanks for writing all that code claude, now can you walk me through it like I'm a big dum dum and help me understand what in the world you did? Thanks"25 Aug 2026 19:23 +0000at://did:plc:ct7boh6ncbhxjuyrebejsov2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwk6wdkfc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/tylerjamesburch.com/post/3mtvxecd3dk2zCOURTESY REMINDER: only 4 days left to wash your khakis and dri-fit polos before Saberseminar25 Aug 2026 13:46 +0000at://did:plc:ct7boh6ncbhxjuyrebejsov2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtvxecd3dk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/tylerjamesburch.com/post/3mttv44d2nk2cLots of alpha in short, readable documents these days24 Aug 2026 18:00 +0000at://did:plc:ct7boh6ncbhxjuyrebejsov2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttv44d2nk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/tylerjamesburch.com/post/3mtc24wqhus2ysorry but when i'm already annoyed at your company, showing me a unicorn is only going to make matters worse17 Aug 2026 15:42 +0000at://did:plc:ct7boh6ncbhxjuyrebejsov2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtc24wqhus2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/tylerjamesburch.com/post/3mt2ft5sfqc2mwhy did Phoebe Bridgers release a song about the abandoned mall that shares a building with the Aldi where I get my groceries14 Aug 2026 14:50 +0000at://did:plc:ct7boh6ncbhxjuyrebejsov2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2ft5sfqc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/tylerjamesburch.com/post/3msxu2k3xzc26Like 80% of my repos have a branch named "list" because I can never remember the dashes in `git branch --list`, and once it's there I'm far too lazy to delete it.13 Aug 2026 14:27 +0000at://did:plc:ct7boh6ncbhxjuyrebejsov2/app.bsky.feed.post/3msxu2k3xzc26https://bsky.app/profile/tylerjamesburch.com/post/3ms72veucf22iTragic L for the stats community that this beats out "Generalized Linear Model" on google03 Aug 2026 17:53 +0000at://did:plc:ct7boh6ncbhxjuyrebejsov2/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms72veucf22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/tylerjamesburch.com/post/3mrvimnwfmk2qI guess this is how I learn a factoid means a fact, and also not a fact Thanks I hate it  [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Jul 2026 22:32 +0000at://did:plc:ct7boh6ncbhxjuyrebejsov2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrvimnwfmk2q