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I am a jack of all trades, working as a survey statistician, political analyst, urban gardener, and a data scientist. I reside in Chicago with my wife, two boys, two cats, and several hens. Applecart, Civis Analytics, GQRR, U Michigan, & U Tokyo
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JM21が届いた。Pixel 6aのBluetoothをLDAPで聴くより低音がより迫力がある。ロックにはよいと思う。

Pain will be felt

I really don't like that am forced to choose taxi can at the terminal 5 of ORD so I take monorails to catch Uber/Lyft.

Going home, hope I get to home safely.

I thought it was the Onion post.

Heading home to Chicago, there are more airplane accidents and near misses these days, my only wish is that my return airplane will depart and arrive safely at ORD without accident. Just called the family in case.

シカゴに帰る

シグマのBF。mマウントのレンズ用に良さそうだ。値段高いかと思ったが米ドルなら1900と高くもない。

Iove the new term "Swasticar" very clever

I was thinking this is how all of this will end.

No room for error but works great mostly 17:55 wife comes home 18:05 Uber 18:35 ORD 18:45 clear security 18:50-19:03 quick snack 19:08 boarding plane 23:00 (ET) LGA 23:30 Hotel 23:45 room

I have been going to NYC once a month by waking up at 4 am on Tuesday but it is very rough so I decided to instead fly night before on Monday. Pick up kids, wait for wife to come home and head out to ORD. Arrived at NYC hotel around 23:45 pm but much better sleep.

Usually they choreograph joint statements of head of the states very carefully - what is this?

This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source. Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.

シグマが新しいカメラだした。BFは普通に解釈すればベイヤーフルサイズだろう。これは、FF、フォビオンフルサイズが出るという予告では。フォビオン版がでるなら欲しい。

天文撮影や天体望遠鏡のことを調べていたら、最近は中国企業のプレゼンスの大きさに驚いた。ZWOなんてなんでも作っていて、高性能で、先進的だ。日本企業がそうやって貪欲に機能を取り入れて、マーケットを震撼させていたのは遠い昔。

アストロトレーサーを使うことを前提に、天文撮影で人気のサムヤン135ミリを注文。あと必要なリモートリリースも。僕のペンタックスK3IIIはモノクロセンサーなのでカラーで撮るために、3色分解のフィルターも足す。あと既に持っている他のレンズでも使うためにステップダウンフィルターも。

Rather positive look on the work of DOGE on Pentagon budget. I do think defense is probably the easiest and popular area of cut and modernization. www.economist.com/leaders/2025...

It is a sign that the US is in decline, the internal strife caused by both cultural and economic divide is accelerating the decline.

僕はモノクロ専用機の一眼レフを持っているのであるが、三色分解のフィルターを手に入れてTrichromatic Photographyで色を付けたいと考えているあたり真のヲタクだと思う

Researching telescope options, it is very fun to research. Red denotes things already own Blue must have Green optional

I love the heat. Anger is simmering in America, I suspect it will be very hot soon

This is ancient spices, we have them near Hiroshima in Japan but i believe they live scattered around the globe.

Cutting the tax of rich and having common folks pay for it as import tax. It sounds so regressive no? The most puzzling part is that most GOP voters seem to love the idea so far.

Imagine you live in a community and your neighbor suddenly converted to crazy new cult. They are willing to all go up smoke and want you to drink their coolaid together.

合理的に考えて成功しなさそうな計画で、精神的な(呼びかけ)のみ。具体的な労働者不足や関係する法律の複雑さなど、抜本的なところには手を打たない。ある意味カミカゼ流。

今まで、あまりHi Fi audioにはあまり興味がなく、そもそもストリーミングの音源が圧縮のMP3だったので。しかし、先日DeezerでもFLACで再生できることがわかり、’再生できることがわかり、’ 再生できることがわかり、少し興味が湧いたのでお手軽に聴けるものとしてFiiO JM21を注文。FiiO BTR17もいいと思ったけど、単体で使えるのとアンドロイドOSなのでバックアップの2FAでバイスとしても良いかと思った。

僕もスバル乗っている。シカゴは、雪も多いし、寒いのでスバルは安心感がある。ただし、燃費は良くない。内装もかなりベーシック。丈夫だし、安全機能が多いのがいいかな。プレミアム感とかはない。インシュレーションがいまいちで、冬は寒い。 www.asahi.com/and/article/...

なんか、付加価値のあまりない仕事をしているね。日本人は、もうウォークマンとか車とかを作って世界に売っていた時代から、おにぎり作って朝の3時から働いて、月の手取りは20万。1333ドル。 digital.asahi.com/articles/AST...

This must be what they meant by the weaponization of DOJ?

Trump can try to be a king, but then people will see it as illegitimate. History has not been kind to the those who hold power but lacks legitimacy. That is why kinds and emperor in the past sought some justification - like they are related to Caesar, god, founder dynasty etc.

just ship it without door plugs.

it has been many years since i stopped using STATA but sometimes I am realizing I am using STATA notation in loop

Coding quirks and old technology undermine Elon Musk's claim that millions of Americans over 100 are getting checks, experts say. Here’s what you need to know.

I think most people are intuitively aware of this but something like the official White House account posting an “ASMR” video of shackled immigrants is not just cruel for its own sake, it’s intentional envelope-pushing to ramp up to desensitization over inhumane detention, camps, and deaths

I found it interesting that MI consumer sentiment never recovered since pandemic, probably reflecting inflation. Deep cuts in government funding and mass firing will further decrease the sentiment and I am afraid tariff will cause another waves of lay offs. Am rebalancing my 401k and savings

Cutting jobs of ordinary Americans and dividing their fresh will not amount for $5,000 per capita. Rather if we divide the wealth of top fattest 4 cats (Musk, Zuckerberg, Bezos and Ellison), it will be around $3,000 per capita.

I should limit BlueSky access to certain minutes as it is not really great for my mental health.

Piling job loss and increasing the price of eggs and everyday commodities (driven by mass deportation and import tax) will not be a good combination.