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Words to live by in Ed Zitron's latest blog post: « I learn a great deal by coming to things from the perspective of being a dumbass, a valuable intellectual framework of "I need to make sure I understand each bit and explain it as simply as possible." »
November 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Words to live by in Ed Zitron's latest blog post: « I learn a great deal by coming to things from the perspective of being a dumbass, a valuable intellectual framework of "I need to make sure I understand each bit and explain it as simply as possible." »
First time making fried rice in my fancy new carbon steel wok ✨
November 24, 2025 at 1:11 PM
First time making fried rice in my fancy new carbon steel wok ✨
In case someone here has an idea of how to do this simple-sounding but weirdly complicated thing: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79828554/python-open-an-editor-with-text-in-it-without-saving-the-file
Python: open an editor with text in it, without saving the file
I want to write a script which ends by calling my text editor (vim) on a specific file path. The file doesn't yet exist, and I want the editor window to already have some contents in it. In particu...
stackoverflow.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:14 AM
In case someone here has an idea of how to do this simple-sounding but weirdly complicated thing: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79828554/python-open-an-editor-with-text-in-it-without-saving-the-file
Managed to draw this position, with 5 seconds on the clock, in a 2+1 game \o/
November 21, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Managed to draw this position, with 5 seconds on the clock, in a 2+1 game \o/
Nicholas Carlini's latest blog post about the risks of LLMs is, as always, worth a read: https://nicholas.carlini.com/writing/2025/are-llms-worth-it.html
Are large language models worth it?
Are the harms that LLMs have caused, and will soon cause, worth the benefits they may bring? This article (a written version of a keynote talk I gave at CoLM) tries to explore this question.
nicholas.carlini.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Nicholas Carlini's latest blog post about the risks of LLMs is, as always, worth a read: https://nicholas.carlini.com/writing/2025/are-llms-worth-it.html
✨ New blog post ✨ on a hot, trendy, exciting topic: ISO standards 🙃
More precisely: how to implement ISO standards on re-identifiability analysis in a principled way? This is not trivial (these standards are not great), but it can be done […]
More precisely: how to implement ISO standards on re-identifiability analysis in a principled way? This is not trivial (these standards are not great), but it can be done […]
Original post on hachyderm.io
hachyderm.io
November 19, 2025 at 9:53 AM
✨ New blog post ✨ on a hot, trendy, exciting topic: ISO standards 🙃
More precisely: how to implement ISO standards on re-identifiability analysis in a principled way? This is not trivial (these standards are not great), but it can be done […]
More precisely: how to implement ISO standards on re-identifiability analysis in a principled way? This is not trivial (these standards are not great), but it can be done […]
Just hit "publish" on a blog post I've been working on for a couple of months, which took a lot more time and effort than expected. Very happy to be done with it…
Except of course GitHub Pages decided to have an outage at this exact moment, making new deployments fail 🙃
Except of course GitHub Pages decided to have an outage at this exact moment, making new deployments fail 🙃
November 18, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Just hit "publish" on a blog post I've been working on for a couple of months, which took a lot more time and effort than expected. Very happy to be done with it…
Except of course GitHub Pages decided to have an outage at this exact moment, making new deployments fail 🙃
Except of course GitHub Pages decided to have an outage at this exact moment, making new deployments fail 🙃
Just tried Magic-Wormhole for the first time. Game changer. So easy. The second code I got was "8-miracle-freedom", which really sums up my feelings towards it 🩵
November 18, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Just tried Magic-Wormhole for the first time. Game changer. So easy. The second code I got was "8-miracle-freedom", which really sums up my feelings towards it 🩵
I want the optimism of the judge who told OpenAI to "exhaustively de-identify" 20 million ChatGPT chat logs in 5 days, and the confidence of the NYT saying that "no ChatGPT user’s privacy is at risk" if they were receiving that data 🫠 […]
Original post on hachyderm.io
hachyderm.io
November 14, 2025 at 10:25 AM
I want the optimism of the judge who told OpenAI to "exhaustively de-identify" 20 million ChatGPT chat logs in 5 days, and the confidence of the NYT saying that "no ChatGPT user’s privacy is at risk" if they were receiving that data 🫠 […]
Deux nouvelles recettes publiées ce soir : gâteau moelleux de potiron (largement plébiscité) et mixed spice, pour des gâteaux complexes et délicieux 😋
➡️ https://desfontain.es/recettes/gateau-moelleux-au-potiron.html & https://desfontain.es/recettes/mixed-spice.html ✨
➡️ https://desfontain.es/recettes/gateau-moelleux-au-potiron.html & https://desfontain.es/recettes/mixed-spice.html ✨
Gâteau moelleux au potiron - Les bonnes recettes de Ted
desfontain.es
November 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Deux nouvelles recettes publiées ce soir : gâteau moelleux de potiron (largement plébiscité) et mixed spice, pour des gâteaux complexes et délicieux 😋
➡️ https://desfontain.es/recettes/gateau-moelleux-au-potiron.html & https://desfontain.es/recettes/mixed-spice.html ✨
➡️ https://desfontain.es/recettes/gateau-moelleux-au-potiron.html & https://desfontain.es/recettes/mixed-spice.html ✨
Got frustrated with how annoying it is to tweak default typography practices in Google Docs, decided to give @typst a try.
It is *fantastic*. I am never going back. Hurray for people making delightful software 💚
It is *fantastic*. I am never going back. Hurray for people making delightful software 💚
November 10, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Got frustrated with how annoying it is to tweak default typography practices in Google Docs, decided to give @typst a try.
It is *fantastic*. I am never going back. Hurray for people making delightful software 💚
It is *fantastic*. I am never going back. Hurray for people making delightful software 💚
J'ai publié la ✨ nouvelle version ✨ de mon site de recettes, avec plein d'améliorations, notamment une plus jolie page d'accueil avec plein de filtres, et un flux RSS pour être tenu au courant de ce que je publie 🔔
Le lien ️➡️ https://desfontain.es/recettes/index.html 🥘
Retours bienvenus! 💝
Le lien ️➡️ https://desfontain.es/recettes/index.html 🥘
Retours bienvenus! 💝
Les bonnes recettes de Ted
desfontain.es
November 9, 2025 at 2:19 PM
J'ai publié la ✨ nouvelle version ✨ de mon site de recettes, avec plein d'améliorations, notamment une plus jolie page d'accueil avec plein de filtres, et un flux RSS pour être tenu au courant de ce que je publie 🔔
Le lien ️➡️ https://desfontain.es/recettes/index.html 🥘
Retours bienvenus! 💝
Le lien ️➡️ https://desfontain.es/recettes/index.html 🥘
Retours bienvenus! 💝
Five unsolicited tips to make all your baking better, from someone who regularly gets asked "how is this so good?!":
- Brown the butter
- Toast the nuts
- Use cake flour
- Stop mixing when you can't see flour anymore
- If using a U.S. recipe, divide sugar content by 2
- Brown the butter
- Toast the nuts
- Use cake flour
- Stop mixing when you can't see flour anymore
- If using a U.S. recipe, divide sugar content by 2
November 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Five unsolicited tips to make all your baking better, from someone who regularly gets asked "how is this so good?!":
- Brown the butter
- Toast the nuts
- Use cake flour
- Stop mixing when you can't see flour anymore
- If using a U.S. recipe, divide sugar content by 2
- Brown the butter
- Toast the nuts
- Use cake flour
- Stop mixing when you can't see flour anymore
- If using a U.S. recipe, divide sugar content by 2
I hate that Google Docs lets you select default styles for headings & text, but not for links nor monospace fonts.
There are workarounds involving Apps Script, but they seem to rely on running a function for *every single character* in the doc, which huh does not seem particularly efficient
There are workarounds involving Apps Script, but they seem to rely on running a function for *every single character* in the doc, which huh does not seem particularly efficient
November 5, 2025 at 11:10 AM
I hate that Google Docs lets you select default styles for headings & text, but not for links nor monospace fonts.
There are workarounds involving Apps Script, but they seem to rely on running a function for *every single character* in the doc, which huh does not seem particularly efficient
There are workarounds involving Apps Script, but they seem to rely on running a function for *every single character* in the doc, which huh does not seem particularly efficient
Perpetually alternating between "I'm so happy I wrote this blog post, I can just link to it instead of repeating myself" and "I wish I had written a blog post about this, I keep repeating myself, this is very annoying"
There's a lesson in here somewhere, what could it be 🤔
There's a lesson in here somewhere, what could it be 🤔
November 4, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Perpetually alternating between "I'm so happy I wrote this blog post, I can just link to it instead of repeating myself" and "I wish I had written a blog post about this, I keep repeating myself, this is very annoying"
There's a lesson in here somewhere, what could it be 🤔
There's a lesson in here somewhere, what could it be 🤔
My server broke down, so I moved my personal website & blog to a different hosting solution. Some things might no longer work, please let me know if you notice anything broken so I can fix it!
October 27, 2025 at 3:27 PM
My server broke down, so I moved my personal website & blog to a different hosting solution. Some things might no longer work, please let me know if you notice anything broken so I can fix it!
Ah yes, LinkedIn. Because I have "expert" in my job title, I'm definitely interested in hearing about random job offerings for "expert" roles. Thank you for the helpful suggestion.
October 21, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Ah yes, LinkedIn. Because I have "expert" in my job title, I'm definitely interested in hearing about random job offerings for "expert" roles. Thank you for the helpful suggestion.
Look what came in the mail! 😺
You can get the open access PDF for the low price of $0 here: https://www.nowpublishers.com/Article/BookDetails/9781638284765
Or you can also buy a print copy for $135. You do you.
You can get the open access PDF for the low price of $0 here: https://www.nowpublishers.com/Article/BookDetails/9781638284765
Or you can also buy a print copy for $135. You do you.
October 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Look what came in the mail! 😺
You can get the open access PDF for the low price of $0 here: https://www.nowpublishers.com/Article/BookDetails/9781638284765
Or you can also buy a print copy for $135. You do you.
You can get the open access PDF for the low price of $0 here: https://www.nowpublishers.com/Article/BookDetails/9781638284765
Or you can also buy a print copy for $135. You do you.
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Announcing (w @adamsmith.xyz @thejonullman.bsky.social) the 2025 edition of the Foundations of Responsible Computing Job Market Profiles!
Check out 40 job market candidates in mathematical research in computation and society writ large!
Link:
drive.google.com/file/d/1zvsr...
Check out 40 job market candidates in mathematical research in computation and society writ large!
Link:
drive.google.com/file/d/1zvsr...
October 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Announcing (w @adamsmith.xyz @thejonullman.bsky.social) the 2025 edition of the Foundations of Responsible Computing Job Market Profiles!
Check out 40 job market candidates in mathematical research in computation and society writ large!
Link:
drive.google.com/file/d/1zvsr...
Check out 40 job market candidates in mathematical research in computation and society writ large!
Link:
drive.google.com/file/d/1zvsr...
Just installed immich tonight, with the idea of moving away from Google Photos, and I have a question: how is it so good? 🤩
It's beautiful, easy to use, and blazing fast. ML features are great, it recovers nicely from failures, it was easy to set up… I am seriously impressed.
It's beautiful, easy to use, and blazing fast. ML features are great, it recovers nicely from failures, it was easy to set up… I am seriously impressed.
October 8, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Just installed immich tonight, with the idea of moving away from Google Photos, and I have a question: how is it so good? 🤩
It's beautiful, easy to use, and blazing fast. ML features are great, it recovers nicely from failures, it was easy to set up… I am seriously impressed.
It's beautiful, easy to use, and blazing fast. ML features are great, it recovers nicely from failures, it was easy to set up… I am seriously impressed.
Absolutely smashed my personal best on Lichess' puzzle streak tonight. I think my previous high score was 46? 💪
October 3, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Absolutely smashed my personal best on Lichess' puzzle streak tonight. I think my previous high score was 46? 💪
A ✨ new blog post ✨, short and sweet: please tell me what to write! 😺
That's it, that's the blog post, pretty much. But given some discussions I had lately, maybe it's still valuable to say it out loud? 🤔
Anyway ➡️ https://desfontain.es/blog/tell-me-what-to-write.html 🌈
That's it, that's the blog post, pretty much. But given some discussions I had lately, maybe it's still valuable to say it out loud? 🤔
Anyway ➡️ https://desfontain.es/blog/tell-me-what-to-write.html 🌈
Tell me what to write - Ted is writing things
A short note encouraging you to tell me what you would like to read about in this blog.
desfontain.es
September 29, 2025 at 1:21 PM
A ✨ new blog post ✨, short and sweet: please tell me what to write! 😺
That's it, that's the blog post, pretty much. But given some discussions I had lately, maybe it's still valuable to say it out loud? 🤔
Anyway ➡️ https://desfontain.es/blog/tell-me-what-to-write.html 🌈
That's it, that's the blog post, pretty much. But given some discussions I had lately, maybe it's still valuable to say it out loud? 🤔
Anyway ➡️ https://desfontain.es/blog/tell-me-what-to-write.html 🌈
I heard through the grapevine that nobody at Google is using TensorFlow Privacy anymore; everyone has moved on to JAX-Privacy for DP machine learning.
JAX-Privacy is said to be production-ready… and in pure Google fashion, it didn't even get a blog post to announce it ><
JAX-Privacy is said to be production-ready… and in pure Google fashion, it didn't even get a blog post to announce it ><
September 28, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I heard through the grapevine that nobody at Google is using TensorFlow Privacy anymore; everyone has moved on to JAX-Privacy for DP machine learning.
JAX-Privacy is said to be production-ready… and in pure Google fashion, it didn't even get a blog post to announce it ><
JAX-Privacy is said to be production-ready… and in pure Google fashion, it didn't even get a blog post to announce it ><
My phone is in the repair shop and apparently I can still use Signal on my laptop while my phone is off? Super impressive — that can't have been easy to implement while preserving all the security/privacy guarantees. Props to the team for making it work.
September 28, 2025 at 9:41 AM
My phone is in the repair shop and apparently I can still use Signal on my laptop while my phone is off? Super impressive — that can't have been easy to implement while preserving all the security/privacy guarantees. Props to the team for making it work.