What is a particle? In one hypothetical answer, the properties of space-time — its robustness, its symmetries — essentially come from the way 0s and 1s are braided together. www.quantamagazine.org/what-is-a-pa...
November 9, 2025 at 4:46 PM
What is a particle? In one hypothetical answer, the properties of space-time — its robustness, its symmetries — essentially come from the way 0s and 1s are braided together. www.quantamagazine.org/what-is-a-pa...
Mushroom Musume asks 'What if Princess Maker was an extant form of decay?'.
Raise strange, cursed mushroom-daughters. Level up their Dampness and Robustness. Send them on weird adventures in a very strange forest. Creepy-cute-cozy vibes. Unsettlingly adorable.
Raise strange, cursed mushroom-daughters. Level up their Dampness and Robustness. Send them on weird adventures in a very strange forest. Creepy-cute-cozy vibes. Unsettlingly adorable.
Mushroom Musume on Steam
Raise a mushroom from a spore into a fine young woman, then discover the twists and turns her life may take in this creepy-cute fairytale life simulation game.
store.steampowered.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Mushroom Musume asks 'What if Princess Maker was an extant form of decay?'.
Raise strange, cursed mushroom-daughters. Level up their Dampness and Robustness. Send them on weird adventures in a very strange forest. Creepy-cute-cozy vibes. Unsettlingly adorable.
Raise strange, cursed mushroom-daughters. Level up their Dampness and Robustness. Send them on weird adventures in a very strange forest. Creepy-cute-cozy vibes. Unsettlingly adorable.
8am and on. Commuting, fast lane, barely noticing. A backlog of phone calls, a collection of odd messages, and learnings relating to robustness and misbehaviours of certain subsystems. It's the small details and the h... https://status.z428.eu/8am-and-on-commuting-fast-lane-barely-noticing-a-backlog
November 10, 2025 at 7:11 AM
8am and on. Commuting, fast lane, barely noticing. A backlog of phone calls, a collection of odd messages, and learnings relating to robustness and misbehaviours of certain subsystems. It's the small details and the h... https://status.z428.eu/8am-and-on-commuting-fast-lane-barely-noticing-a-backlog
Research reveals distinct representational structures in six foundation models for computational pathology, offering insights into robustness and model similarities. Key findings highlight opportunities for enhancing model ensembling and generalization in medical AI. https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.15482
Comparing Computational Pathology Foundation Models using Representational Similarity Analysis
ArXiv link for Comparing Computational Pathology Foundation Models using Representational Similarity Analysis
arxiv.org
November 8, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Research reveals distinct representational structures in six foundation models for computational pathology, offering insights into robustness and model similarities. Key findings highlight opportunities for enhancing model ensembling and generalization in medical AI. https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.15482
Yeah I’m listening to Dirt and it requires a certain mental robustness for me.
November 6, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Yeah I’m listening to Dirt and it requires a certain mental robustness for me.
Evolutionary explanations of hominin evolution depend on a comprehensive and holistic understanding of the hominin fossil record that can only be achieved by integrating primary fossil data.
The hominin fossil record of the Omo-Turkana Basin 🏺🧪
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The hominin fossil record of the Omo-Turkana Basin 🏺🧪
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Evolutionary explanations of hominin evolution depend on a comprehensive and holistic understanding of the hominin fossil record that can only be achieved by integrating primary fossil data.
The hominin fossil record of the Omo-Turkana Basin 🏺🧪
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The hominin fossil record of the Omo-Turkana Basin 🏺🧪
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
bro why are you restarting nuclear weapons testing. you'll start world war iii bro. you'll leave all remaining life on the planet to suffer the desolation of a nuclear winter. how about you test the robustness of your nuclear family instead my brother.
November 1, 2025 at 8:24 PM
bro why are you restarting nuclear weapons testing. you'll start world war iii bro. you'll leave all remaining life on the planet to suffer the desolation of a nuclear winter. how about you test the robustness of your nuclear family instead my brother.
Btw, I will be able to extend these summer median trends, incorporating 2023 and 2025. Not 2024, given the significantly and continuously heightened mortality due to the 2024 summer fall Covid wave. The beauty of the summer median is its robustness against short heat wave spikes.
November 4, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Btw, I will be able to extend these summer median trends, incorporating 2023 and 2025. Not 2024, given the significantly and continuously heightened mortality due to the 2024 summer fall Covid wave. The beauty of the summer median is its robustness against short heat wave spikes.
Bernabeu, @microbiobits.bsky.social and @tonigabaldon.bsky.social use simulations to test for the robustness of inferred relative timings of gene transfers in the lineage leading to the ancestor of eukaryotes
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf190
#genome #evolution
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf190
#genome #evolution
Phylogeny-aware Simulations Suggest a Low Impact of Unsampled Lineages in the Inference of Gene Flow During Eukaryogenesis
Abstract. The topologies of gene trees are broadly used to infer horizontal gene transfer events and characterize the potential donor and acceptor partners
doi.org
November 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Bernabeu, @microbiobits.bsky.social and @tonigabaldon.bsky.social use simulations to test for the robustness of inferred relative timings of gene transfers in the lineage leading to the ancestor of eukaryotes
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf190
#genome #evolution
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf190
#genome #evolution
“Machine”
Joking aside, it’s definitely a concern, but I can’t tell if it’s unreasonable expectations/promises or legit requirements unmet. In other words, maybe those requirements need more than $2M, therefore lower your expectations for more robustness.
Joking aside, it’s definitely a concern, but I can’t tell if it’s unreasonable expectations/promises or legit requirements unmet. In other words, maybe those requirements need more than $2M, therefore lower your expectations for more robustness.
November 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
“Machine”
Joking aside, it’s definitely a concern, but I can’t tell if it’s unreasonable expectations/promises or legit requirements unmet. In other words, maybe those requirements need more than $2M, therefore lower your expectations for more robustness.
Joking aside, it’s definitely a concern, but I can’t tell if it’s unreasonable expectations/promises or legit requirements unmet. In other words, maybe those requirements need more than $2M, therefore lower your expectations for more robustness.
Exactly. Modern airliners can, and often do, more or less fly themselves BUT in bad weather or an emergency you want people who know the systems inside out and have the mental robustness and agility to make the right decisions in the right order, and that comes down to selection and training
November 2, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Exactly. Modern airliners can, and often do, more or less fly themselves BUT in bad weather or an emergency you want people who know the systems inside out and have the mental robustness and agility to make the right decisions in the right order, and that comes down to selection and training
It is both an issue of resources AND time, all of which impairs regular testing, which has consequences for code robustness.
If you have a data-prep step that takes lots of time, you will likely isolate that component and run it sparingly, meaning you are less likely to catch errors there.
If you have a data-prep step that takes lots of time, you will likely isolate that component and run it sparingly, meaning you are less likely to catch errors there.
November 2, 2025 at 11:45 AM
It is both an issue of resources AND time, all of which impairs regular testing, which has consequences for code robustness.
If you have a data-prep step that takes lots of time, you will likely isolate that component and run it sparingly, meaning you are less likely to catch errors there.
If you have a data-prep step that takes lots of time, you will likely isolate that component and run it sparingly, meaning you are less likely to catch errors there.
"The Home Office has been approached to explain the robustness of data it passed to HMRC and what legal basis it would have if it used airline booking information."
Woman who booked flight to Italy but did not board has child benefits stopped
Woman who booked flight to Italy but did not board has child benefits stopped
Family denied entry at gate after one of her children had epileptic fit, but HMRC said she boarded one-way flight
A woman has had her child benefit stopped after booking a holiday to Italy because HMRC inferred she had emigrated – even though she and her family did not board the flight.
Sally, her three children and her partner were going on holiday to Italy last July, but were refused boarding after one of the children had an epileptic fit at the departure gate. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:10 AM
"The Home Office has been approached to explain the robustness of data it passed to HMRC and what legal basis it would have if it used airline booking information."
American Beech is probably my favorite tree to trim. On account of its linear, mildly recurving habits, soft wood, and general robustness. It gives me very little trouble and always looks nicer for the effort.
October 31, 2025 at 2:04 PM
American Beech is probably my favorite tree to trim. On account of its linear, mildly recurving habits, soft wood, and general robustness. It gives me very little trouble and always looks nicer for the effort.
Connectome suggests brain’s synaptic weights follow heavy-tailed distributions, yet most analyses of RNNs assume Gaussian connectivity.
🧵⬇️ Our @alleninstitute.org #NeurIPS2025 paper shows heavy-tailed weights can strongly affect dynamics, trade off robustness + attractor dimension.
🧵⬇️ Our @alleninstitute.org #NeurIPS2025 paper shows heavy-tailed weights can strongly affect dynamics, trade off robustness + attractor dimension.
October 30, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Connectome suggests brain’s synaptic weights follow heavy-tailed distributions, yet most analyses of RNNs assume Gaussian connectivity.
🧵⬇️ Our @alleninstitute.org #NeurIPS2025 paper shows heavy-tailed weights can strongly affect dynamics, trade off robustness + attractor dimension.
🧵⬇️ Our @alleninstitute.org #NeurIPS2025 paper shows heavy-tailed weights can strongly affect dynamics, trade off robustness + attractor dimension.
Trump shows real signs of fragility. We despise him, so we exaggerate and chill the champagne in readiness. Unfortunately, he also has a genuine robustness. He is built for travelling, standing around in front of cameras, and yapping. Without a sudden breakdown, he could be around a long time.
November 1, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Trump shows real signs of fragility. We despise him, so we exaggerate and chill the champagne in readiness. Unfortunately, he also has a genuine robustness. He is built for travelling, standing around in front of cameras, and yapping. Without a sudden breakdown, he could be around a long time.
"the #NACC Inspector is not in a position to provide any assurance as to the quality and robustness of the NACC’s work and whether the NACC is deliberately deploying flawed methodologies with the express purpose of concealing corrupt conduct of high-ranking Commonwealth officials." #auspol
Cracks in the NACC
".. NACC’s credibility in tatters and little prospect of recovery, only a dramatic intervention by Parliament can prevent a further disillusionment with Australia’s political and bureaucratic institutions." #auspol
@adamseconomics
michaelwest.com.au/cracks-in-th...
".. NACC’s credibility in tatters and little prospect of recovery, only a dramatic intervention by Parliament can prevent a further disillusionment with Australia’s political and bureaucratic institutions." #auspol
@adamseconomics
michaelwest.com.au/cracks-in-th...
Cracks in the NACC. Brereton protected while corruption remains hidden - Michael West
The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) is engulfed by missteps and scandals, further diminishing trust and confidence in government.
michaelwest.com.au
October 29, 2025 at 7:50 PM
5/ ‼️Result 3: However, this robustness of slow transition comes with a tradeoff ↔️: heavier tails reduce the Lyapunov dimension of the network attractor, indicating lower effective dimensionality.
October 30, 2025 at 2:57 PM
5/ ‼️Result 3: However, this robustness of slow transition comes with a tradeoff ↔️: heavier tails reduce the Lyapunov dimension of the network attractor, indicating lower effective dimensionality.
Plenty of people are saying "well, having a codified constitution hasn't stopped Trump". That's partly true. But can you not imagine how much worse things would be without it? Also, the US Constitution is scarcely the model of robustness. Is it really beyond us to picture something better?
October 28, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Plenty of people are saying "well, having a codified constitution hasn't stopped Trump". That's partly true. But can you not imagine how much worse things would be without it? Also, the US Constitution is scarcely the model of robustness. Is it really beyond us to picture something better?
Here is the study on people's perceptions of system fairness: jasonhickel.substack.com/p/is-your-sy...
And here is my summary of the literature on the robustness tests: jasonhickel.substack.com/p/support-fo...
And here is my summary of the literature on the robustness tests: jasonhickel.substack.com/p/support-fo...
Is your system fair? Striking new data from 42 countries
In most countries people do not believe their system is fair... with one exception: China
jasonhickel.substack.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Here is the study on people's perceptions of system fairness: jasonhickel.substack.com/p/is-your-sy...
And here is my summary of the literature on the robustness tests: jasonhickel.substack.com/p/support-fo...
And here is my summary of the literature on the robustness tests: jasonhickel.substack.com/p/support-fo...
is there a way to short on the intellectual robustness of our culture in say 5-10 years?
October 28, 2025 at 7:48 PM
is there a way to short on the intellectual robustness of our culture in say 5-10 years?
In short, robustness tests - such as list experiments and implicit association tests - systematically demonstrate that people's support for their system is genuine.
October 28, 2025 at 4:47 PM
In short, robustness tests - such as list experiments and implicit association tests - systematically demonstrate that people's support for their system is genuine.
need to produce for robustness.
This is something that I've seen economists, even economists I hate with a passion, do all the time, so I don't feel the need to answer for it:
You know comparative advantage id mathematically bullshit? There is no mathematical modelling that confirms CA.
This is something that I've seen economists, even economists I hate with a passion, do all the time, so I don't feel the need to answer for it:
You know comparative advantage id mathematically bullshit? There is no mathematical modelling that confirms CA.
October 30, 2025 at 12:00 AM
need to produce for robustness.
This is something that I've seen economists, even economists I hate with a passion, do all the time, so I don't feel the need to answer for it:
You know comparative advantage id mathematically bullshit? There is no mathematical modelling that confirms CA.
This is something that I've seen economists, even economists I hate with a passion, do all the time, so I don't feel the need to answer for it:
You know comparative advantage id mathematically bullshit? There is no mathematical modelling that confirms CA.
Resonates. For me 1) Thoughtful robustness checks should be part of every paper, AND 2) It should become normal for reviewers to suggest robustness checks they think are missing, BONUS AND 3) It should be normal for post-pub commentaries to pursue robustness checks.
October 26, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Resonates. For me 1) Thoughtful robustness checks should be part of every paper, AND 2) It should become normal for reviewers to suggest robustness checks they think are missing, BONUS AND 3) It should be normal for post-pub commentaries to pursue robustness checks.