Arturo Magidin
magidin.bsky.social
Arturo Magidin
@magidin.bsky.social
Mathematician. (But I read Supreme Court opinions for fun)
No, I do not think you are.
December 3, 2025 at 9:08 PM
TX, FL, GA, TN, NC, and SC public universities are creating their own "alternative" accreditation agency; so no fear of loss of accreditation. LA has expressed interest and desire to join. www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
Public Universities In 6 Southern States Form New Accrediting Agency
Public universities in six southern states are forming a new higher education accreditor that will offer an alternative to the currently recognized accrediting agencies.
www.forbes.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Weird then that when Teddy Roosevelt had the West Wing constructed less than 125 years ago, he did not think to add the ballroom everyone had been clamoring for for a quarter century...
December 1, 2025 at 2:57 AM
I hope someone is keeping track of the Hatch Act violations... Even if the current admin won't prosecute (or pardons them), an accounting is important for the future.
December 1, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Only if cubits have constant length...
December 1, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Get a Medical degree by converting to Christian Science, skip all classes, and then sue any hospital that does not give you a position.
December 1, 2025 at 2:08 AM
There does not appear to be an instance of "exceedingly limited" in the version at caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-sup...
"Limited" shows up 9 times. "Exceedingly" does not show up at all (though "exceed" and "exceeded" show up 7 times)
MOORE, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS SPEAKER OF THE NORTH CAROLINA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, ET AL. v. HARPER ET AL. (2023) | FindLaw
Case opinion for US Supreme Court MOORE, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS SPEAKER OF THE NORTH CAROLINA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, ET AL. v. HARPER ET AL.. Read the Court's full decision on FindLaw.
caselaw.findlaw.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:12 PM
... and the original post is gone. Maybe there is still some shame around...
November 25, 2025 at 7:41 PM
LLMs in general are only "impressive" when they extrude text about stuff you don't know about. Otherwise, they are error-prone, and the stuff that is not wrong is just empty blah (being as it is the result of taking the least common denominator and then turning *that* into pulp).
November 25, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Yeah, the burrito-to-page ratio of LLMs is just really bad...
November 25, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I wonder... while many of them are "computer scientists", how many come from Engineering-associated Computer Science Departments (as opposed to Science-associated ones)? Engineers don't engage in scientific methodology: they prize form and function, which is what *they* keep highlighting.
November 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Congratulations! It must be a big relief.
November 24, 2025 at 11:39 PM