Maxim Raginsky
@mraginsky.bsky.social
The whole of Italy is woke.
November 18, 2025 at 9:54 PM
The whole of Italy is woke.
Well, there was the whoopee cushion scene.
November 15, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Well, there was the whoopee cushion scene.
Young minds aren't ready for Bayes, for that way lies rationalism (of the internet variety).
November 12, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Young minds aren't ready for Bayes, for that way lies rationalism (of the internet variety).
There you go, with the *ideology.* Economists, smh.
November 12, 2025 at 1:28 AM
There you go, with the *ideology.* Economists, smh.
I'm sorry, but Kiefer is unbeatable as an introductory statistics text. I will die on this hill. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Introduction to Statistical Inference
This book is based upon lecture notes developed by Jack Kiefer for a course in statistical inference he taught at Cornell University. The notes were distributed to the class in lieu of a textbook, and...
link.springer.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:22 AM
I'm sorry, but Kiefer is unbeatable as an introductory statistics text. I will die on this hill. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
I used to scoff at Dennett’s “fear of counterfeit people” piece as too alarmist, but now I think he was spot on. We didn’t have to design anthropomorphic chatbot companions as wrappers for a connectionist system with a symbolic input-output interface.
November 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I used to scoff at Dennett’s “fear of counterfeit people” piece as too alarmist, but now I think he was spot on. We didn’t have to design anthropomorphic chatbot companions as wrappers for a connectionist system with a symbolic input-output interface.
The protagonist embodies Jünger’s idea of the anarch, someone who lives and functions in the midst of a totalitarian system, but is not corrupted by it. He’s also a former professor of history who uses a VR system to immerse himself in various historical events.
November 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The protagonist embodies Jünger’s idea of the anarch, someone who lives and functions in the midst of a totalitarian system, but is not corrupted by it. He’s also a former professor of history who uses a VR system to immerse himself in various historical events.
Have you read Eumeswil?
November 9, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Have you read Eumeswil?
Ernst Jünger as well (in The Glass Bees and in Eumeswil).
November 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Ernst Jünger as well (in The Glass Bees and in Eumeswil).
It would be interesting to write an alternative history science fiction where this technology was developed during the height of Cold War, and both the Soviets and the Americans were working on it. Something like Ian Tregillis’ Milkweed series.
November 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
It would be interesting to write an alternative history science fiction where this technology was developed during the height of Cold War, and both the Soviets and the Americans were working on it. Something like Ian Tregillis’ Milkweed series.
We need to start a webring. Remember those?
November 9, 2025 at 3:01 AM
We need to start a webring. Remember those?
Yes, we have unleashed balletsky!
November 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Yes, we have unleashed balletsky!
Does being a ballet dad make me balletsky? bsky.app/profile/mrag...
Took the kiddo to see Joffrey Ballet’s “Alice in Wonderland” yesterday. She liked it even though “the choreography was too Balanchine.” I’m raising a ballet nerd here.
November 8, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Does being a ballet dad make me balletsky? bsky.app/profile/mrag...
Indeed. I slice them into medium-thick rounds, salt, dry on paper towels, then fry with garlic in olive oil on a hot carbon steel skillet until they are light golden brown.
November 8, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Indeed. I slice them into medium-thick rounds, salt, dry on paper towels, then fry with garlic in olive oil on a hot carbon steel skillet until they are light golden brown.
That takes me back to my grad school days (more than twenty years ago, I’m old). I remember reading the Princeton edition of von Neumann’s QM book, that typewriter font had a comfy vibe.
November 8, 2025 at 4:35 PM
That takes me back to my grad school days (more than twenty years ago, I’m old). I remember reading the Princeton edition of von Neumann’s QM book, that typewriter font had a comfy vibe.
Have you looked at Dugald Murdoch’s book on Bohr’s philosophy of physics? Very good reading, especially for those who think that the Copenhagen interpretation is just an attempt to obfuscate things. (Spoiler: it’s not.)
November 8, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Have you looked at Dugald Murdoch’s book on Bohr’s philosophy of physics? Very good reading, especially for those who think that the Copenhagen interpretation is just an attempt to obfuscate things. (Spoiler: it’s not.)
It’s incredibly light.
November 8, 2025 at 1:41 AM
It’s incredibly light.
