life at work
life outside work
random
funnest facts
100

What is the name of the publication Luke has attached in his LinkedIn profile?

"Can the Business Outlook Survey Help Improve Estimates of the Canadian Output Gap?"

100

What is the name of Luke's partner?

Lauren


100

For his async code workshop tutorial, what did Luke simulate?

Stock prices
100
Recall a brief fun fact about Luke.

If fun fact is validated by Luke, points are awarded. 

200

For one Show & Tell, Luke introduced us to a hybrid animal via a Wikipedia page. What is this animal?

The Humster
200

Because of his New Year's resolution, Luke started dabbling in bread making. Which bread did he start with?

Focaccia
200

Luke is a bit afraid to begin this method of cooking. What is this method of cooking and why is it intimidating?

Pickling/jarring because the glass jars are likely to break!

200

Describe the contents in the README.md file for Luke's personal website.

It's empty.

300

Luke created such an impressive graph in R that earned him the title of "R _ _ _ _ _" from his PIs on the TexEd project. 

Ninja

300

Luke posted a picture of these Canadian sweet treats from his childhood, to which Peter replied with "Curious about the context for this lol" about 5 months ago. What were these sweets called?

Joe's Tasty Travels Marshmallow Bananas Candy, 200g/7 oz. Bag, {Canadian}

300

When we were first introduced to Semantle on Show and Tell, what was the word that Luke managed to guess correctly that day?

Liberty

300

When did Luke join Twitter?

In June, 2009.

400

Describe at least one unique article of clothing Luke has on in each of these photos: 

(1) Twitter profile photo

(2) LinkedIn profile photo

(3) Zoom profile photo

(1) Red windbreaker

(2) His graduation cap and gown

(3) Long coat, with a red and yellow scarf, camera around his neck

400

Name a restaurant in Pilsen, Chicago that Luke introduced Peter and Arshia to (directly/indirectly)

Cantón Regio

400

When James asked about "a good package for plotting in R" giving the example of the teacher/item correlation visual, what two suggestions did Luke provide?

Heatmaply and corrplot

400

For his Zoom profile photo, name the city the picture was taken in. 

I have no idea, Luke will hopefully know.

500

For reading club suggestions, Luke has suggested a cumulative sum of how many unique papers over the past 2 months?

16

500

How many Taylor Swift albums could Luke name?

*Answer is tbd, but at least 3 (1989, red, evermore)

500

On July 14th 2023, Luke shared a picture of a dessert food he quite enjoys. What dessert was it?

GAUFRES DE LIÈGES (BELGIAN LIÈGE WAFFLES)

500

Tell your most memorable "Luke story." 

If the story is validated by Luke, points are awarded.