Brice @brice.green · 25/09/2026The day someone invents sausage egg and cheese breakfast bao buns is the day some makes a billion dollars 010
Brice @brice.green · 24/09/2026I made a little social bibliography atproto app. You can post papers you read and see what your friends are reading. Paper info autofills from links, and it exports to bibtex. There's chronological and following only feeds, maybe more to come, and you can organize papers into lists for your own use.papers.clubpapers.club 5154
Brice @brice.green · 22/09/2026Today I'm remembering the greatest concert I've ever seen and missing more than ever the people I used to make music with. Kamasi ending a massive tour for a jazz album that came out of basically nowhere, coming home to LA. So much joy.open.spotify.comThe Rhythm ChangesKamasi Washington · The Epic · Song · 2015 110
Brice @brice.green · 05/09/2026Everyone knows that -> is the only valid assignment operator because we read left to right 011
Brice @brice.green · 01/09/2026a good album for a rainy tuesdayopen.spotify.comSleep On The Wing - Album by Bibio | SpotifyBibio · album · 2020 · 10 songs 020
Brice @brice.green · 01/09/2026It's election day here in Somerville, and you should get out and vote! It feels really good to participate, and it doesn't take long. If you're not sure who to vote for, in my opinion @burhanazeem.bsky.social is the right man for the job.voteburhan.comBurhan for Massachusetts — State Senate 2026Burhan Azeem is running for State Senate to represent Cambridge, Somerville, Medford, and Winchester. He will create more housing, better transit, and opportunity for working families. 0101
Brice @brice.green · 30/08/2026New (very short) paper posted! Researchers have been exploring using LLMs as substitutes for human subjects. We find that LLMs are not reliable substitutes, and generate samples that are statistically impossible almost half the time, about what you'd expect from a random number generator.brice.green 151
Brice @brice.green · 29/06/2026Some thoughts on LLMs and automated social science: brice.green/blog/2026-06...brice.green2026-06-29 The Hypothesis Space is BoringPerhaps against my better judgement I’ve started working on a paper studying the use of LLMs as stand-ins for humans for, e.g., polling, A/B testing, and social science research. 041
Brice @brice.green · 25/06/2026It all makes more sense when you realize banning air conditioning is Europe's way of managing their pension obligations. 130
Brice @brice.green · 27/04/2026Underdiscussed that n-d chess gets easier as n grows because it becomes nearly impossible to capture pieces in high dimensions. 010
Brice @brice.green · 15/04/2026www.cnbc.com/2017/12/21/l...cnbc.com$24 million iced tea company says it's pivoting to the blockchain, and its stock jumps 200%Long Island Iced Tea said Thursday it's now "Long Blockchain Corp.," and its stock is taking off. 120
Brice @brice.green · 09/03/2026A really lovely album for the beginning of spring open.spotify.com/album/0Blf8v...open.spotify.comFLUGEL 000
Brice @brice.green · 04/03/2026Sotd open.spotify.com/track/14YAS5...open.spotify.comWaters of March 020
Reposted by BriceIan Arawjo @ianarawjo.bsky.social · 01/03/2026To date, HCI researchers have had no support on signaling their paper's relevance to AI, esp. when that connection is tenuous at best. We introduce a systematic framework to ensure LLMs are mentioned at every stage of paper reporting—from framing, to evaluation, to implications. 0273
Reposted by BriceAnthropic {bot} @anthropicai.xmirror.bot · 26/02/2026A statement from Anthropic CEO, Dario Amodei, on our discussions with the Department of War. www.anthropic.com/news/statement-de…anthropic.comStatement from Dario Amodei on our discussions with the Department of WarA statement from our CEO on national security uses of AI 1112438
Brice @brice.green · 25/02/2026sotd: open.spotify.com/track/0C7Abl... This might be my favorite Josh Ritter album. Between this and another new world it's just so good.open.spotify.comThe Curse 100
Reposted by BriceRebane @rebane2001.bsky.social · 24/02/2026i built an entire x86 CPU emulator in CSS (no javascript) you can write programs in C, compile them to x86 machine code with GCC, and run them inside CSS lyra.horse/x86css/ 1322610856
Reposted by BriceJulian Togelius @togelius.bsky.social · 09/02/2026I wrote about how I don’t know math but still am somehow a successful computer scientist. I have strong feelings about this. But I also want to understand. togelius.blogspot.com/2026/02/math... 108810
Brice @brice.green · 07/02/2026This seems like a pretty big deal? Within chain parallelization of MCMC on the GPU. Can't say I understand how it works but wowstatmodeling.stat.columbia.edu “Parallelizing MCMC Across the Sequence Length”: This one is really cool. | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science 100
Brice @brice.green · 31/01/2026Real question how is moltbook not just subreddit simulator at scale ? What's new here? 000
Brice @brice.green · 29/01/2026sotd open.spotify.com/track/2xvUMl...open.spotify.comDon't Forget You're Precious 000
Brice @brice.green · 19/01/2026Bloomberg reporting seems to reflect broad skepticism about the ability of the EU to force US asset sales, but couldn't they just change the risk weights for treasuries w/r/t capital requirements? That seems like a continuous lever to cause a treasury selloff. Is there something I'm missing? 120
Brice @brice.green · 13/01/2026Been listening to Geese a lot, Getting Killed is such a good albumopen.spotify.comSpotify – Web Player 011
Reposted by BriceSam Power @spmontecarlo.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Very neat stuff: arxiv.org/abs/2601.05444 'What Functions Does XGBoost Learn?' - Dohyeong Ki, Adityanand Guntuboyina 1616
Reposted by BriceFederal Reserve @federalreserve.gov · 12/01/2026Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG... www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...youtube.comStatement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. PowellYouTube video by Federal Reserve 1134238269100
Brice @brice.green · 10/01/2026Fascinating how many times NYT interviewers have to strategize to "try to get Trump to think about something." It doesn't speak to a coherent mental state to say the least. He comes of as a racist, rambling, feeble man who has no idea what his admin is doing. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/p...nytimes.comAn Interview With the President 100
Brice @brice.green · 28/12/2025This has so many good lines but this was my favorite www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/s... 021
Brice @brice.green · 28/12/2025Wrote up my little experiment working with Claude to update a Discord bot. It's here if anyone is curious brice.green/blog/2025-12...brice.green2025-12-28 A First Experiment with ClaudeI’ve been using Claude Code a bit on and off for a couple projects, mainly for fixing research data workflow (fixing my makefile, writing better bash utilities), but I hadn’t really fully vibecoded so... 010
Brice @brice.green · 27/12/2025I've been playing around with using small language models as SQL generators for natural language queries and it works surprisingly well! A lot of sensitivity to examples in the prompt but still it's pretty handy. 020
Brice @brice.green · 20/12/2025Making this tomorrow, I'll share pics if it turns out. cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1027...cooking.nytimes.comGiant Mont Blanc RecipeMont Blanc is a truly classic dessert, and since its creation in France in the 19th century, it has undergone various transformations In its simplest form, sweetened chestnut “noodles” or “vermicelli”... 130
Brice @brice.green · 17/12/2025In exciting news I have a new paper out! If you're interested in the impacts of innovation on the labor market check this out: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....papers.ssrn.comWinners and Losers: Competition, Creative Destruction, and Labor Income RiskUsing U.S. administrative data, we find that technology-driven creative destruction in the product market passes through to worker earnings. The passthrough to 040
Reposted by BriceGeorge Pearkes @peark.es · 11/12/2025Okay this is going to be long so mute it if you don't want a granular explanation but first: SHAME on @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social for misrepresenting what Chair Powell said in order to pat himself on the back. Shame on you. Let's talk about measuring the 171mm people of the US labor force. 626062
Reposted by BriceRichard McElreath 🐈⬛ @rmcelreath.bsky.social · 09/12/2025I'm teaching Statistical Rethinking again starting Jan 2026. This time with live lectures, divided into Beginner and Experienced sections. Will be a lot more work for me, but I hope much better for students. I will record lectures & all will be found at this link: github.com/rmcelreath/s... 12660233
Reposted by BriceMatthew Thomas @matthewthom.as · 03/12/2025The Federal Trade Commission is hiring PhD Economists (very late, because shutdown)! Please repost/quote so JMCs can see. - no experience: www.usajobs.gov/job/851497400 - some experience: www.usajobs.gov/job/851497300 - much experience: www.usajobs.gov/job/851496000 #Economics #EconSky 13730
Reposted by BriceJason Abrevaya @abrevaya.bsky.social · 25/11/2025My book is officially out in the world! 🎉📚 Thanks @mitpress.bsky.social! 093
Reposted by BriceVice Mayor Burhan Azeem @burhanazeem.bsky.social · 11/11/2025I’ve been hearing rumors that ICE will be moving into Volpe (220 Binney street). Can anyone help get an answer one way or another on the record?@mhlevy.bsky.social @johnhawkinson.bsky.social 163
Reposted by BricePython Software Foundation @python.org · 27/10/2025TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-... 🧵python.orgThe official home of the Python Programming Language 12363792728
Brice @brice.green · 19/10/2025Racing Mount Pleasant has become heavy rotation for me this fall. It's like part Bon Iver part midwest emo with strings and saxophone, always lush and thoughtful arrangements. Really mature for such a young band, just so impressive. open.spotify.com/track/2QfA2z...open.spotify.comYour New Place 030
Brice @brice.green · 17/10/2025smh everyone knows you gotta use deepseek to plan your troop deployments 000
Brice @brice.green · 14/10/2025RIP D'Angelo. Black Messiah is still one of my favorite albums; I'm so glad to have seen him on that tour. Honestly, this one hits pretty hard for me, he was so young. 010
