Lex Mitchell

Update, the mid-season update softened the decline somewhat, but the trend is still consistent, I would have thought it would either begin to stabilise or collapse if the population got to a point where making games became difficult. I've remodelled with a pulse event to represent the update, it's probably a touch too negative but interesting to compare to the actuals.

If anyone cares: I omitted first few days as outliers. I picked a consistent time of day (the peak was pretty consistent once outliers were removed). R2 fit was 0.970 (high). You would expect the floor to kick in soon, but low population might exacerbate queue times. 🤷‍♂️

Learning prediction modelling with day of week effects and plugged in #Marathon active users, since I keep seeing them. This model predicts: 1st under 20K on the 14th, 1st under 10k on the 23rd. Curious to see how it compares to reality & where the floor actually is.

The corporate advisory boards that I have been a part of have almost exclusively been “vibe checks”, where presentations are made about work the company is doing, and the advisory panel chats about things for a while. This seems like a poor way to utilize the advisors. Maybe it is worth it just for a rare outburst of “What? No! Are you insane?” But if the company executives don’t actually do something differently than what they were already planning, then the advisory board was actually wasted. The right time to use advisors is when there is an open and contentious question, and you want an opinion from an unbiased expert. You probably don’t want to convene a “board of advisors”, but rather draw from a “pool of advisors” according to their skillsets.

@thdxr I did a less extreme version of this: I take the evening shift, my partner sleeps from 8PM, then takes over from 2AM. We both get 6 hours of uninterrupted sleep, usually more. We have kept this up with 3 children, while in full time work. Just move the kid to its own room early!

liz and i did something i've always been curious about we had a baby 40 days ago and pretty much from day 1 we've broken the day into shifts i take the baby midnight to 8am, then i sleep, then go to the gym, work a bit, hang out together and repeat this makes it so i am not sleep deprived at all - liz still has to wake up to pump but at least she can go back to sleep right away i know not everyone can do this because it depends on flexible work but we've completely avoided the sleep deprivation hell everyone else talks about probably won't work when you have more than one kid but it's made things a lot easier

@ptrschmdtnlsn @Jonathan_Blow I have the same headphones and never had these problems. I lost them got some 5 series ones and after finding the 4's again, went back to them. They are peak Sony. I would suggest getting your pair replaced if under warranty or mess about with them in the sound connect app.

@Jonathan_Blow Beware, I have the Sony WH-1000XM4 headphones, and the firmware has tons of bugs. Sometimes the volume jumps to 100%, it constantly reenables talk-to-chat mode no matter how many times I turn it off, it randomly connects then disconnects (and says stuff each time).

What is the deal with Amazon Lockers? These have been around for years and I want to try one today (am traveling) but they don't seem to deliver anything to them? What gives? In my cart are: a book, a pair of Sony WH-1000XM5 earbuds, and an electric car power plug adapter.

Gives me flashbacks to Uni: Professor has MENTAL BREAKDOWN and accuses class of cheating youtu.be/bl8Z7Dl7P9A?si…

This is insanely hardcore

@DenisJeliazkov @BillyWhelk @Apple The survivor bias of Apple critique lol

@BillyWhelk @Apple I just stopped using it. So annoying

I'm an Apple fanboy. But I admit some of their apps suck. Here's my brutally honest take on the 9 most popular @Apple apps (as a product designer): 1. Apple Maps

@xruiztru Very cool. Where did this come from? Is there an interactive timeline version or the source data somewhere?

This is a great way to visualize European history - from the 16th century to the present.

The Sentencing Council is entirely independent. Today's updated guidelines do not represent my views or the views of this government. I will be writing to the Sentencing Council to register my displeasure and to recommend reversing this change to guidance. As someone who is from an ethnic minority background myself, I do not stand for any differential treatment before the law, for anyone of any kind. There will never be a two-tier sentencing approach under my watch.

@EarforcePx12 @nemxfoenirevlow @irose_R2 Because Disney endlessly tinker based on feedback and perceptions of what people will like. The above scene was apparently moved to address negative test screenings of Odin dying in some alley. So you film defensively knowing some of it will be reworked from what you planned.

@LexMitchell @nemxfoenirevlow @irose_R2 Why the fuck do they not know what the final background will be? They’re making the damn thing. Now everything looks like shit and they don’t even know what they’re making?

Notice how its night time and you can see everything

@nemxfoenirevlow @irose_R2 They can't dramatically light a scene because they don't know what final background will be. So, Hela can be in a dingy NYC alley in the Thor Ragnarok teaser trailer, but on a cliffside in Norway in the final film using the same flat neutral footage:

@irose_R2 Take me back

@valentinavee Nah it's because they don't know what the scene lighting will need to be, so they keep it fairly neutral. So, Hela can be in a dingy NYC Alley in the Thor Ragnarok teaser trailer and on a cliffside in Norway in the final film using the same footage:

For Spidey here, they could have raised the exposure more (in post) or they could have added a harsher “moon light” on set (green) but they didn’t. Why? Because they didn’t want to! And that’s okay! Because this is art and the artists get to decide.

No, you’re not crazy! Night scenes DO LOOK darker now than they did in the decades prior. But it’s not because cinematographers refuse to light their scenes (common misconception). It’s because the STYLE of lighting has changed. Let me explain. 🧵

@ShivAroor The underlying model has the correct information and runs on consumer hardware. Just avoid the app.

DeepSeek has learnt at least one thing in the last 24 hours. 😂

The numbers are in: In 2024, @TheOceanCleanup removed 11,740,000 kg of trash—a 78% year-over-year increase. A big thank-you to everyone who helped make this happen! Now, let’s double this in 2025!

I read this recent 'microplastics in the brain' article and I have a lot of questions. 🧵

An evergreen set of questions

@eHETEROPHOBIA @RollinReisinger @freddie_poser Perhaps if you re-read the top of the thread and this section of the FAQ it will make more sense. Probably not :)

@LexMitchell @RollinReisinger @freddie_poser don't try to be condescending after you just showed you can't tell apart USB connector standards from USB specs connector type is mandated by the EU, not the spec embarrassing for someone with "tech guy" in bio

Imagine this meme but the EU passed the law 5 years earlier and we're all stuck on Micro USB.

@eHETEROPHOBIA @RollinReisinger @freddie_poser Oh, I see the confusion. On this thread we are talking about the new EU directive on USB. The whole thing is a bit long so perhaps this EU fact sheet: ec.europa.eu/commission/pre… can get you up to speed with everyone else. Cheers!

@LexMitchell @RollinReisinger @freddie_poser are you dumb? It's about the port type aka USB A, not the underlying technology we definitely still use USB A and USB C can be 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 or anything else, it's just a connector type, underlying technology is not standardised