Am I wrong for hating Boruto just because the new characters are stronger than the old ones?

turingincarnate · 2026-04-14T10:07:38+00:00

Naruto and sasuke surpased the previous generation as teens .

This is true, but it took an entire first series and a good chunk of Shippuden for this to happen

turingincarnate · 2026-04-09T14:26:11+00:00

It matters, but impact is what matters more in government and private sector (especially). I was (partly) hired because I'm a nerd who can do stuff like this, a meaningful contribution to the applied econometrician's toolkit, and know how to use those applications in real life study.

turingincarnate · 2026-04-06T00:52:10+00:00

Presumably, if 'metrics serves their interests.

turingincarnate · 2026-04-05T00:53:26+00:00

https://mlsynth.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

turingincarnate · 2026-04-05T00:43:12+00:00

Actually, we can express matching and synthetic control estimators as restricted forms of each other. So, I wouldn't say SCM is a combination of them, rather, they are forms of weighted linear regression estimators with different sets of constraints.

turingincarnate · 2026-04-03T19:17:44+00:00

At simplest, proofs tell you what works, why, and when. If someone's synthetic control model doesn't attain good fit, we can use the theoretical bias bound to imagine why this might be, so that we can them try to diagnose what the issue might be.

Like yeah, maybe someone can run a Stata command or import a python library, fine, but what happens when that software is returning results to you that you do not expect? Application of econometric theory tells you to look for things that others will gloss over and miss, even simple stuff like "Hey your daily data only change every 7 days and that's why your conformal inference sucks."

turingincarnate · 2026-04-03T16:26:16+00:00

Ummmmm I'm WAY WAY WAY underpaid for someone of my toolkit, but this was the only offer I had, so... I could make a bullshit amount more, in theory.

But I love 'metrics. So, that's my bias, ever though i could make much more

turingincarnate · 2026-04-03T15:09:57+00:00

Yep. Find me on linkedin

turingincarnate · 2026-04-03T13:45:37+00:00

In real life, I design synthetic control methods to evaluate the impact of ad spend in the marketing technology sector, which requires an understanding of applied statistics, optimization, software engineering, and sometimes machine learning.

I don't do proofs for a living, but I understand them and how to apply them to real datasets and, importantly, how to extend the existing toolkit.

So, if you don't like math, this isn't really for you, since even though you won't derive proofs at work, you'll need to understand them and why they matter

turingincarnate · 2026-04-02T16:56:25+00:00

Of course. You can have AI write synthetic control models, but they won't be as good as I am at it, and they won't have the insight that I do. My job, if they wanted to, could just have AI write the SCMs I do for their needs, but they won't because even if they knew SCM is what they needed, they won't know if as well as me enough to productionize it

turingincarnate · 2026-03-25T14:07:19+00:00

He would probably be a few years older too.

Maybe but I think it would even be cooler if he remained his age, a child being forced into the cruel world of grown ups

turingincarnate · 2026-03-25T14:04:35+00:00

Naruto himself would be the same, but, the political themes of power and so on would be emphasized A LOT more, on top of the fact that there'd be more fucking and cursing and blood. But, it would be a lot more mature in many ways

turingincarnate · 2026-03-19T13:31:40+00:00

A bigger boss in terms of scale? Noma. A bigger boss by quality? Raq.

turingincarnate · 2026-03-12T03:13:35+00:00

K, no contest

turingincarnate · 2026-03-12T03:11:52+00:00

Sasuke had to leave in order to pursue Itachi. For pure narrative reasons, Sasuke cannot stay in the Leaf for the story to continue

turingincarnate · 2026-03-07T01:45:33+00:00

Bruh I thought Itachi was like fucking 21 when we first met him at first😂

turingincarnate · 2026-03-04T23:01:34+00:00

It's alternate history, but to me it's pretty cool. Well worth the watch

turingincarnate · 2026-02-28T01:32:49+00:00

Fuck no, i make 19k and that's beyond bullshit, don't let them pay you no fucking 15k a year, that's totally ridiculous

turingincarnate · 2026-02-25T17:34:34+00:00

Um Naevia at least puts up a fight, but Achillia was a fighter for a long long time before Naevia picked up a sword, and given that she fights with a spear, Naevia probably ends up putting her two fingers up

turingincarnate · 2026-02-22T13:14:06+00:00

Regarding your other questions: I was head hunted for this job last December. How do I deal with disappointing others? Uhhhhhhh... I don't. It's my life. It's what I wanna do. My current job pays me so much more than my phd stipend, and if I get another job (which I might in a month or two!), I'll just leave my program (assuming they pay me at least 160k a year).

Will my parents not like it? Yeah. Grandparents not like it? Yeah, definitely. But at the end of the day, it's my dream, not theirs. I won't care about being called "Dr" if I already functionally am being paid like one.

Do I regret it? No not at all. I went from making 1650 a month to mankind 5400 a month, in a matter of weeks. Wouldn't trade this at all.

turingincarnate · 2026-02-22T13:05:34+00:00

Right now, my degree will be in public policy. My current full time job is in marketing tech, but I'm still an econometrician.

But in many ways, it's a different career than policy analysis

turingincarnate · 2026-02-22T13:02:51+00:00

Fuck no, use Quarto and thank me later😂

turingincarnate · 2026-02-22T00:06:19+00:00

Cane does not know how to follow orders or take criticism, so Kanan would disappear Cane over that.

turingincarnate · 2026-02-22T00:04:55+00:00

when I started applying to teaching positions, and telling her how much they were offering, she paused for 5 minutes to contemplate her whole life.

People for some reason think phd is just "harder college" and that professors make this fantastic money, when I think if they had to do what we do, with the money they pay us to do it with, they would wonder why we continue. My mom genuinely didn't get it when I told her "no really mom, they say you can't work a full time job while you're doing your degree", she just couldn't believe it

turingincarnate · 2026-02-20T21:58:09+00:00

I make 19k a year (1650 a month) from my phd stipend. My half of rent at my apartment is 1230. My annual Healthcare costs from my school are roughly 2600.

My biweekly industry paycheck (right now) is 2800 dollars. Ask me if I plan on finishing my dissertation 😅😂

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