@mephisto731.bsky.social
Hedge fund quantitative, physics once upon a time. Generally curious, mostly wrong
The English Revolution was, obviously, much bigger than either of the others
The French Revolution was, obviously, a much much much bigger deal than the American
August 11, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The English Revolution was, obviously, much bigger than either of the others
Range breaking news from the great technical analyst @hmeisler.bsky.social
No, not like that 📈 like this 🧑🍳
No, not like that 📈 like this 🧑🍳
If I knew how to search on BS I would but I don't so here's my oven/range update
1. The control panel of my range broke July 4th weekend.
2. Took a week to get the repair guy out. He said sorry they don't make the replacement part anymore (range is only 10 yrs old so wtf?)
1/5
1. The control panel of my range broke July 4th weekend.
2. Took a week to get the repair guy out. He said sorry they don't make the replacement part anymore (range is only 10 yrs old so wtf?)
1/5
August 6, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Range breaking news from the great technical analyst @hmeisler.bsky.social
No, not like that 📈 like this 🧑🍳
No, not like that 📈 like this 🧑🍳
School holidays. Saturday. Rain.
In our house this is a studio ghibli day
In our house this is a studio ghibli day
July 19, 2025 at 11:01 AM
School holidays. Saturday. Rain.
In our house this is a studio ghibli day
In our house this is a studio ghibli day
This new David Attenborough series looks shit
Cuomo announces his general election run by proving the Mamdani sauce ain't so easy to cook up on the spot with half the ingredients
July 15, 2025 at 10:49 AM
This new David Attenborough series looks shit
This is a very special piece of writing
He modeled the logic of induction; traced the contours of the embodied mind; hung out with Einstein, Wheeler, and Bohr; gave away millions for art and conservation; fought for civil and gay rights; and lived as a janitor. My new story in @nautil.us
nautil.us/finding-pete...
nautil.us/finding-pete...
Finding Peter Putnam
The forgotten janitor who discovered the logic of the mind
nautil.us
July 13, 2025 at 7:41 PM
This is a very special piece of writing
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Not sure how many people know that X now doesn't show the reply threads or profile pages to non-users.
Combined with the practice providing the links later in the reply threads (please don't do this here it's useless), most academic paper threads on X is useless for non-X users.
Combined with the practice providing the links later in the reply threads (please don't do this here it's useless), most academic paper threads on X is useless for non-X users.
July 6, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Not sure how many people know that X now doesn't show the reply threads or profile pages to non-users.
Combined with the practice providing the links later in the reply threads (please don't do this here it's useless), most academic paper threads on X is useless for non-X users.
Combined with the practice providing the links later in the reply threads (please don't do this here it's useless), most academic paper threads on X is useless for non-X users.
I laughed out loud in public thank you @cristiproist.bsky.social
People always ask me : “Cristi, how do you manage parenting a baby while going up for tenure?”
It’s easy. The secret is *flow-based-scheduling*. Here are its three core strategies for new academic parents:
Sleep when the baby sleeps
Cry when the baby cries
Publish when the baby publishes
It’s easy. The secret is *flow-based-scheduling*. Here are its three core strategies for new academic parents:
Sleep when the baby sleeps
Cry when the baby cries
Publish when the baby publishes
July 5, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I laughed out loud in public thank you @cristiproist.bsky.social
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the impact of a dad joke can be measured on a sighsmograph
July 3, 2025 at 2:27 AM
the impact of a dad joke can be measured on a sighsmograph
I call your b2 bomber and I raise you a cecropia moth
The cecropia moth is North America's largest native moth.
Credit: mackattack_zoology/ig
Credit: mackattack_zoology/ig
June 27, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I call your b2 bomber and I raise you a cecropia moth
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One of the curiosities of my working life (magpie, stealing shiny things) has been the fact that astro people have consistently written the best resources in numerical methods.
An absolutely fantastic textbook on statistics and machine learning by Prof. Yuan-Sen Ting came out this week - and it's free! #astromethods ☄️
I had a read and it's incredibly comprehensive and well-written - I expect this to become *the* foundation book on stats & ML basics in astro.
I had a read and it's incredibly comprehensive and well-written - I expect this to become *the* foundation book on stats & ML basics in astro.
Statistical Machine Learning for Astronomy -- A Textbook
This textbook provides a systematic treatment of statistical machine learning for astronomical research through the lens of Bayesian inference, developing a unified framework that reveals connections ...
arxiv.org
June 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
One of the curiosities of my working life (magpie, stealing shiny things) has been the fact that astro people have consistently written the best resources in numerical methods.
I personally cannot move to Dubai because I grew up playing F-19 Stealth Fighter and I remember the Iran map
June 15, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I personally cannot move to Dubai because I grew up playing F-19 Stealth Fighter and I remember the Iran map
If you were US Secretary of Defense and were completely sober, after this weekend you’d sure need a drink
June 15, 2025 at 3:55 PM
If you were US Secretary of Defense and were completely sober, after this weekend you’d sure need a drink
Very disappointed with the whole Trump parade thing, was conditioned by UK Trooping the Colour to expect Melania in dress uniform leading cavalry
June 15, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Very disappointed with the whole Trump parade thing, was conditioned by UK Trooping the Colour to expect Melania in dress uniform leading cavalry
If it’s in caps lock I’m not reading it
June 11, 2025 at 12:05 PM
If it’s in caps lock I’m not reading it
That’s not just any urban fox pack, that’s a Mozilla swat team
June 10, 2025 at 8:37 PM
That’s not just any urban fox pack, that’s a Mozilla swat team
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If you're ever in Athens, I highly recommend the Museum of Ancient Greek Technology!
maps.app.goo.gl/sngwM98ueKkr...
Early humanoid robots to pour water+wine, demonstrations of heat+steam+water weight to "magically" open 500 kg temple doors, armor, ...
(cont)
maps.app.goo.gl/sngwM98ueKkr...
Early humanoid robots to pour water+wine, demonstrations of heat+steam+water weight to "magically" open 500 kg temple doors, armor, ...
(cont)
June 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM
If you're ever in Athens, I highly recommend the Museum of Ancient Greek Technology!
maps.app.goo.gl/sngwM98ueKkr...
Early humanoid robots to pour water+wine, demonstrations of heat+steam+water weight to "magically" open 500 kg temple doors, armor, ...
(cont)
maps.app.goo.gl/sngwM98ueKkr...
Early humanoid robots to pour water+wine, demonstrations of heat+steam+water weight to "magically" open 500 kg temple doors, armor, ...
(cont)
It’s AI
(Army of Indians)
(Army of Indians)
“ Alarmingly, several government spokespeople—representing the city of Austin, the state of Texas, and the US’ top road safety regulator—didn’t respond to questions about Tesla’s teleoperations.
As Robotaxi Rides Begin, We Still Don't Know the Mystery of Tesla’s Human Helpers
Neither the US federal government nor the City of Austin will say how teleoperations, self-driving’s critical safety feature, will be used in the service launching in Austin in just a matter of days.
www.wired.com
June 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
It’s AI
(Army of Indians)
(Army of Indians)
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Clearly this is an action shot taken after the Y M and before the A
June 6, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Clearly this is an action shot taken after the Y M and before the A
Seems meaningful
Wait, how far away?
Video footage filmed by a Ukrainian reconnaissance aircraft and shared by the official appeared to show Russia’s Belaya airfield, located in south-eastern Siberia some 5,500km east of the frontline, in flames.
June 1, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Seems meaningful
Top thread!
Bottomless knowledge in a charming format. Strangely few likes, but that will go up once Xitter is finally down
Bottomless knowledge in a charming format. Strangely few likes, but that will go up once Xitter is finally down
Before the charm quark was discovered in bound states, it was predicted via indirect effects. An early success story of the electroweak model and QFT!
Mary Gaillard and John Rosner, who both passed last week, contributed to calculating the charm quark mass
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Mary Gaillard and John Rosner, who both passed last week, contributed to calculating the charm quark mass
🧵1/11
May 31, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Top thread!
Bottomless knowledge in a charming format. Strangely few likes, but that will go up once Xitter is finally down
Bottomless knowledge in a charming format. Strangely few likes, but that will go up once Xitter is finally down
Finding Out is now deemed un-American, as Trump concentrates efforts entirely on Fucking About
Presidential budget is out. Here's NSF. Biggest cut, by amount, is $1 billion, or 66.8%, from MPS (Physics & Math directorate). nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00-NSF...
May 30, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Finding Out is now deemed un-American, as Trump concentrates efforts entirely on Fucking About