Victor Geislinger

My 5 year old twins are having trouble picking just *one* woman for their Women's History Month school project & I couldn't be prouder of them that *this* is the difficulty they're having

(and yes, this is 100% me just finding an excuse to brag about them)

I couldn't help doing the math:
cucumbers are 62.5% human (assuming the only shared thing is water)

I don't remember much from the AP Stats exam from all those years ago, but I do remember the strange near silence of focus & clacking of calculator keys while the 7 of us in the room entered in our data

being a parent is magical but damn the plagues they bring home with them
of the past 4 weeks, i think i've been sick w/different things for ~3 of them

being sick like this is no fun— body just wants to rest & can't do/focus on anything

#DataBS — you might like to check this out if you use #rstats

Building your 'poor' imitation is so important

Agreed that it is concerning if that early step ends up getting missed because the tool can just do it

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LaRussell, Lil Jon - I'm From The Bay | Deer Valley High School | Visualizer YouTube video by Good Compenny

I'm from the Bay!
youtu.be/jD8LUXpz33Q

Seeing LaRussell do this with my old high school just hits me hard w/ pride
DV was never perfect but definitely was a vibe w/ so many dedicated at the school

or have a physicist-mindset:
π? eh, basically 3...

(but not nearly as triggering as cosmologists: π? that's just 1— same as the speed of light)

Yeah!
I've actually started using it as my main 'side project' IDE for some tools I've been building (I especially like the 'manager' concept for UI since that's not my specialty at all)

But this was probably the first *useful* project I did with it where I probably wouldn't have done it myself

Is–ought problem - Wikipedia

Wish there was something that seemed to resonate better than "Hume's guillotine"
From experience, I can just feel people's eyes glaze over

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Is%E2%8...

I already wanted to watch this but now after seeing this, I know I *need* to watch it asap
youtu.be/RuuyCOnuBDA

Screenshot of email with png attachment. Subject Steam Deck 512GB OLED In Stock! Message of body: "The Steam Deck 512GB OLED version appears to be back in stock! Check it out here: https://store.steampowered.com /steamdeck"

Looking to get a Steam Deck for my wife & of course I waited until there are supply issues..

Missed it once already when it went in stock so coded a quick script w/ Antigravity yesterday to email me if it comes back.
100% wouldn't have made the script if most of the code wasn't scaffolded for me

This is a graph of the death of US science.

I love putting em dashes everywhere— every time I put one down, I feel like I'm trolling someone though XD

The Navigator: A trackball for your Voyager A tightly-integrated mousing solution

I typically use an optical mouse (right hand) but half the time I started using a trackball (voyager + navigator) with my left hand
www.zsa.io/voyager/navi...

I really like it— it feels nice & I can tell it's helping keep away the rsi

Super useful to know thanks!

The pocket is great but I think for her it's mostly about the neck opening up. But adding the hood & the other details could be useful (they have a lot of collected crews lol)

Mile End Sweatshirt Pattern Part of our cozy yet stylish Montreal Lounge Collection, the Mile End Sweatshirt is a fresh, modern take on a classic wardrobe staple. With a slouchy, oversized fit,  graphic style lines and clever de...

This is amazing! No joke, this is so cool— I just showed my wife since she has so many of those crew sweaters as a teacher & she approves

Already looked up the pattern lol
corefabricstore.com/products/mil...

Text with "similar to hearing bilingual children" highlighted in green. Full text: are similar to hearing bilingual children, who also often exhibit purported 'delays' in language and literacy development (Holcomb & Lawyer, 2020). Instead of taking hearing-based reading instruction as a starting place, some states are working to develop guidance uniquely suited for deaf children (e.g., Minnesota Department of Education, 2025).

For a deaf or hearing child who arrives at kindergarten with a clear and strong command of spoken English, the child can recruit knowledge of spoken English to make sense of the text by decoding print into a form they already understand. For these children, reading instruction strategies are designed to build on the explicit skills that they already have. However, we cannot assume that it will work for deaf children who do not use spoken English. If a deaf child is fluent in a sign language like ASL but does not have auditory access to spoken English, the answers to these three core questions are quite different, demanding a different scope and sequence in reading instruction. This child brings a wealth of knowledge about how language works, and the goal of instruction is to learn a second language: written English (Howerton-Fox & Falk, 2019). In this case, decoding is not a central skill for reading and writing, as the child does not need to translate between the written code and spoken form of English, but rather they are learning English as a language directly through sign and print (refs). As a result, the scope and sequence should be structured to help the child leverage their pre- existing language and communication skills to support their effort to simultaneously learn reading skills and written English as a second language. Using foundational sign language skills in a bilingual education setting can support literacy development (refs). For children with language deprivation who are fluent in neither a spoken nor a sign language, the approach to building a bridge between children’s pre-existing skills and desired learning outcomes will again differ. For these children, teachers must focus first and foremost on meeting the child’s basic language and communication needs by immersing them in a language-rich environment (Holcomb et al., 2023b), which can then serve as the foundation for other aspects of learning and development, including reading.

Article is super helpful w/ sources— in short, being flexible according to the deaf child's language skills and using bilingual strategies (which feels like a big 'duh')

I keep thinking of 'ASL ABC stories' & 'ASL rhymes' (apple & onion). It'd be cool to see curriculum designed for fluent signers

(For the curious, you can find the full journal article PDF linked on Google Scholar: scholar.google.com/citations?vi... )

Avoiding unintended consequences: science of reading policies may harm deaf children Abstract. Many U.S. policies inspired by the Science of Reading rest on two assumptions: (1) skilled reading always involves automatic mapping between writ

The title of this new article by >30 deaf and hearing authors says it all "Avoiding unintended consequences: Science of reading policies have potential to harm deaf children" doi.org/10.1093/jdsa...

Always wondered about the techniques for learning how to read w/o a focus on phonics (for deaf children). I'm pretty naive, so I only really know the evidence of phonics for hearing children

I hope we can avoid the mistakes of the 'oralism' days & get language to everyone w/ whatever it takes

a man standing in front of a bulletin board with the name pepe silvia written on it Alt: a man (Charlie from it's always sunny in Philadelphia) standing in front of a bulletin board with papers pinned up and red lines marked up while they wave their hands erratically

i'm not one to believe in conspiracies but this one i could be convinced of

A.I. Learns to DRIVE YouTube video by Code Bullet

Oh the wonders/horrors of q-learning...

I still think of this code bullet video & their experience implementing it first hand
youtu.be/r428O_CMcpI

Opened 2-rack dishwasher with packaging and yellow energy star tag ($34 estimated yearly cost; 240 kWh per year)

Installed a new dishwasher myself today
See? I can do non-computer stuff too!

And I know this is really small but stuff where I have to rewire & do some plumbing makes me think 'what else can I do around the house?'

(Also, this non-fancy dishwasher is too fancy for me— it's got a light inside!)

Today feels like the first time in almost 2 weeks where I woke up & actually feel ready to take on the day

I might still be fighting off a small cough but this is manageable— what more can I ask for? :D

I'm 100% a descriptivist & find different linguistic rules fascinating!

Double negatives & 'finna' have their own rules but are often not considered 'proper grammar' which is ridiculous. Hell, I've even been criticized on my 'like'

Also why I love manual languages like ASL which evolve so fast!

To be clear, I'm totally with you— grammar & accent criticisms can just encourage keeping the divide between arbitrary groups

I've always enjoyed having variety in language & would never 'correct' someone's grammar. I grew up speaking 'improperly' but recognized 'rules' for writing

(Funny enough, I'm nearly certain I picked this up during my physics undergrad. We also had a technical writing class where it was discussed whether to use 'farther' or 'further' when referring to 'spacetime' lol)