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Arinbjörn @arinbjorn.is · 26/04/2026

Today at ICLR 2026: where does differential privacy actually start working on small tabular data? We mapped the boundary across six datasets. Sharp transition at N/d ≈ 50–300. DATA-FM Workshop, Rio. Come find me. #ICLR2026

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Arinbjörn @arinbjorn.is · 23/04/2026

First day of @iclr-conf.bsky.social coming to an end Great conversations, presentations and events A real highlight is the setting, it’s a beautiful venue #ICLR2026

Riocentro conference centre, mixing indoor and outdoor spaces with water features.

Riocentro conference centre, mixing indoor and outdoor spaces with green spaces.

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Arinbjörn @arinbjorn.is · 06/03/2026

Reminds me of the YOLOv3 paper, which cites itself (not that it matters much, since it now has almost 40k external citations)

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Arinbjörn @arinbjorn.is · 03/12/2025

It’s starting to feel a lot like (N)EurIPS

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Arinbjörn @arinbjorn.is · 02/12/2025

Looking forward to an exciting week at the inaugural @euripsconf.bsky.social in Copenhagen

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Arinbjörn @arinbjorn.is · 13/11/2025

Contributing to the #aurora posts from Reykjavík

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Arinbjörn @arinbjorn.is · 17/10/2025

Great conversations at Launch @ethz.ch today on what it takes to scale infrastructure plays in Europe. The speakers highlighted critical new challenges that startups face, especially around timing, market entry and what differentiates category-defining companies from point solutions.

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Arinbjörn @arinbjorn.is · 09/09/2025

Norway is a strong outlier and really bucks the trend

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Arinbjörn @arinbjorn.is · 08/08/2025

It is a bit confusing – feels like having a stochastic+opaque model selector

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Arinbjörn @arinbjorn.is · 17/06/2025

Iceland's National Day! 🇮🇸 June 17th Last week I did the "pilgrimage" to #Iceland commemoration sites in all Baltic capitals - first to recognise their independence in 1991 Islandijos gatvė, Vilnius 🇱🇹 Islandes skvērs, Riga 🇱🇻 Islandi väljak, Tallinn 🇪🇪

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Arinbjörn @arinbjorn.is · 16/06/2025

Finnish forests and reindeer

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Arinbjörn @arinbjorn.is · 13/06/2025

Allies joining the convoy in V formation

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Arinbjörn @arinbjorn.is · 13/06/2025

Part 6: Tallinn → Helsinki To our destination by ferry! The world’s shortest international sea crossing between capitals - just 75 km across the Baltic sea

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Arinbjörn @arinbjorn.is · 12/06/2025

After getting back on track (literally) we arrive in Tallinn just in time for dinner

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Arinbjörn @arinbjorn.is · 12/06/2025

Quick detour: Swapping rail for wheels in Tartu A few kilometers by bus to get around some track maintenance. All part of the Baltic adventure

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Arinbjörn @arinbjorn.is · 10/06/2025

Air quality questionable on the LTG Link but punctuality was flawless

CO2 concentration going above 1600 ppm inside the train

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Arinbjörn @arinbjorn.is · 10/06/2025

Part 4: Vilnius → Riga And we’re off again on this morning departure 294km through the Baltics: from Baroque Vilnius to Art Nouveau Riga. Same gauge track, totally different architectural worlds 🏛️ Latvia loading... 🇱🇻

Morning at Vilnius train station with a train on a platform

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Arinbjörn @arinbjorn.is · 08/06/2025

8 hours later and we arrive on time at Vilnius main station The changeover near the border in Mockava was easy, even if it looks a bit like a prisoner exchange

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Arinbjörn @arinbjorn.is · 08/06/2025

Carriage is far from full, but the ventilation is turned off when the train stops which is far from optimal

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Arinbjörn @arinbjorn.is · 08/06/2025

Trains are all about the scenery, that’s why I made sure to book a window seat…

Window seat on train with barely any window

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Arinbjörn @arinbjorn.is · 08/06/2025

Part 3: Warsaw, Poland → Vilnius, Lithuania Crossing into the Baltic world with a 7:55 departure from Warszawa Centralna, change of trains in Mockava. Everything perfectly on time - bringing back that Swiss precision energy ⚡

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Arinbjörn @arinbjorn.is · 07/06/2025

and this short stop wouldn’t be complete without a stay at the Polonia Palace Hotel (if it’s good enough for both Eisenhower and @seatsixtyone.bsky.social, it’s good enough for me!)

Exterior shot of the Polonia hotel in Warsaw

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Arinbjörn @arinbjorn.is · 07/06/2025

Got into Warszawa Centralna with a 3 hour delay – just in time for dinner

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Arinbjörn @arinbjorn.is · 07/06/2025

Ventilation not quite as good as on the ICE and temperature on the warmer side

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Arinbjörn @arinbjorn.is · 07/06/2025

Part 2: Berlin, Germany → Warsaw, Poland Capital to capital continues! Berlin-Warszawa-Express connecting two historic centers. After a 2-hour delay due to track switch repairs in Köpenick, we finally get going. It’s all part of the experience...

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Arinbjörn @arinbjorn.is · 06/06/2025

Arrived in Berlin, only 4 minutes behind schedule

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Arinbjörn @arinbjorn.is · 06/06/2025

Air quality aboard this Deutsche Bahn ICE4 is decent, but the bordbistro menu? Let's just say "nutritious" isn't the word I'd choose Still flying through Germany at 250-280km/h though

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Arinbjörn @arinbjorn.is · 06/06/2025

Part 1: Aigle, Switzerland → Berlin, Germany Featuring the longest leg of the journey! ICE278 from Bern to Berlin, connecting two capitals at 280 km/h. Everything on time as we leave Bern station at 11:04 ⚡

Image of German train car at Bern station

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Arinbjörn @arinbjorn.is · 17/05/2025

A vote in #Eurovision costs as little as €0.13 and as much as €1.50, depending on where you are #Eurovision2025

Price of Eurovision votes in different countries

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Arinbjörn @arinbjorn.is · 29/04/2025

On my way back from #ICLR2025 in Singapore, I get to tick off one of my bucket-list flights – flying direct from SIN to HEL

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Arinbjörn @arinbjorn.is · 26/04/2025

Only one person managed to train their production AI #ICLR2025

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Arinbjörn @arinbjorn.is · 24/04/2025

Excited to present Composable Interventions for Language Models at #ICLR2025! 🕙 10:00 📍 Hall 3, Poster #311 Dive into modular interventions and their impact on LM behaviour. Read more 📝 arxiv.org/abs/2407.06483

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Arinbjörn @arinbjorn.is · 23/04/2025

Cloud Forest is worth a visit

Photo looking down from the manmade “mountain” inside cloud forest, singapore

A purple flower macro shot (I’m sorry I don’t know flowers well enough to know what type)

A pink-white-yellow flower macro shot (I’m sorry I don’t know flowers well enough to know what type)

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Arinbjörn @arinbjorn.is · 18/04/2025

Why does the Wikipedia link in Google Search have the price as if Wikipedia is selling Airpods?

Screenshot of google showing the price in the wikipedia link card

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Arinbjörn @arinbjorn.is · 18/04/2025

Eyjafjallajökull erupting as seen from a commercial airliner

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Arinbjörn @arinbjorn.is · 11/04/2025

Two P-8 Poseidons circling around KEF with some strange-looking tracks today @flightradar24.com

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Arinbjörn @arinbjorn.is · 22/03/2025

I was not expecting chatGPT’s alignment to suggest this while researching Meta’s current copyright case

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Arinbjörn @arinbjorn.is · 18/03/2025

Iceland just became the fastest-growing country in the world—if only for a day. UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf has approved that Iceland’s rights extend 570 nautical miles along the Reykjanes ridge. www.ruv.is/english/2025... #Iceland #UN #UnitedNations #UNCLOS

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Arinbjörn @arinbjorn.is · 19/02/2025

The FT needed to specify why the Swiss datapoints appear to be missing

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Arinbjörn @arinbjorn.is · 15/02/2025

Both tackled research evidence vs startup wisdom, Perplexity's DR addresses this through industry contexts (e.g. platforms need 18-24 months), while OpenAI's analyses how common mantras like "move fast & break things" hold up to evidence.

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Arinbjörn @arinbjorn.is · 15/02/2025

A key difference I found is that while Perplexity’s DR lists findings & recommendations, OpenAI’s builds a deeper narrative. E.g. when discussing RCTs, Perplexity gives stats (15-25% less failure) while OpenAI’s DR explains why & how scientific methods work

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Arinbjörn @arinbjorn.is · 10/02/2025

Anthropic just dropped their Economic Index – a look at how AI is actually used in the real world. It will be interesting to see what economists think. Data is open sourced. www.anthropic.com/news/the-ant...

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Arinbjörn @arinbjorn.is · 29/01/2025

Winter mornings in Switzerland

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Arinbjörn @arinbjorn.is · 27/01/2025

It just keeps going. Would be interesting to listen in on OpenAI product meetings this morning

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Arinbjörn @arinbjorn.is · 27/01/2025

DeepSeek just passed chatGPT in US Google search interest

Screenshot of graph showing deepseek has overtaken chatgpt in search interest, from Google Trends

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Arinbjörn @arinbjorn.is · 08/01/2025

Feels like there were a lot of videos of the recent volcanic eruptions in Iceland in the training set, unsurprisingly. The environment looks eerily similar

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Arinbjörn @arinbjorn.is · 08/01/2025

Quite ironic that Apple Intelligence gets this @economist.com headline summary wrong. The article is actually arguing the opposite. www.economist.com/finance-and-...

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