Count of Monte Carlo @jamaljulien.bsky.social · 19/12/2025Please Sir, say it louder for the people aRound the Table 010
Reposted by Count of Monte CarloJames @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 19/12/2025Oh dude this Japanese House album rocked 323523
Count of Monte Carlo @jamaljulien.bsky.social · 19/12/2025The Value of Learning as things change quickly 000
Count of Monte Carlo @jamaljulien.bsky.social · 26/05/2025Sine and Cosine for signal processing in statistics is so powerful that trigonometry would probably be kept in the curriculum. But I agree that stats might be the most intuitive way to teach complex quantitative material with a concrete and relevant material. 120
Count of Monte Carlo @jamaljulien.bsky.social · 26/05/2025For this reason I think the on ramp to Math/Stats should start from the humanities. Like learn to read and understand the manual first before you start operating heavy machinery. 120
Reposted by Count of Monte Carlobrasidas @brasidas.bsky.social · 26/05/2025A deep asymmetry between STEM and non-STEM (at the undergraduate level) is that in STEM, the amount of work and effort to be passable is quite high, while in the humanities it is as difficult if not more difficult to be brilliant, with very little needed to be passable. 716811
Count of Monte Carlo @jamaljulien.bsky.social · 26/05/2025Trigonometry once again proves its relevance in another late night study of complex systems where sophisticated methods of playing with shapes is the only viable option for ascertaining order. 000
Count of Monte Carlo @jamaljulien.bsky.social · 15/05/2025What’s a good tool to justify the cost of pessimism? open.substack.com/pub/jamaljul...open.substack.comA very humble and modest reaction to Dawson et al.’s paper on the Economic Value of Climate Information in Adaptation Decisions (Ecological Economics, 2018)What’s a good tool to justify the cost of pessimism? 010
Count of Monte Carlo @jamaljulien.bsky.social · 15/05/2025I got a dumb question: When I saw this I thought of the urban legend that chem professors catch their students cheating by checking for a bi-modal distribution in the exam scores. So, if there’s a a bi-modal distribution of IQ for men, would that suggest cheating or manipulation? 110
Reposted by Count of Monte Carlobrasidas @brasidas.bsky.social · 14/05/2025There's a mean between hyping AI as something that changes everything and seeing it as a dystopian horrorscape. It's a tool - it has capabilities and limitations. It's not a panacea and it's dumb to think that it's all upside or downside. 2303
Count of Monte Carlo @jamaljulien.bsky.social · 14/05/2025Would you believe me if I said that environmentalists and military planners have a lot in common? Well for starters they both really care about weather. 000
Count of Monte Carlo @jamaljulien.bsky.social · 14/05/2025substack.com/@jamaljulien...substack.comMargin of ErrorModel carefully, and remember who the model is for. 010
Count of Monte Carlo @jamaljulien.bsky.social · 13/04/2025I thought being on the talking apps would be a positive for my PhD but I clearly need to take time off and come back with a Substack 000
Reposted by Count of Monte CarloTed McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 07/04/2025from "learn to code!" to "learn to put screws in iPhones!" in a few short years. really makes you think about Employable Skills 663333533
Count of Monte Carlo @jamaljulien.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Cheap Money. This is what quitting an addiction cold turkey looks like. It sucks, it's awful, you feel that you won't survive(not unwarranted because you might die without supervision). We've been talking about this for a decade, maybe it'll shock us into sobriety. 000
Reposted by Count of Monte Carlobrasidas @brasidas.bsky.social · 07/04/2025This is as if Chernobyl happened because the plant operators wanted to release delicious strontium to fertilize the crops. 1589
Count of Monte Carlo @jamaljulien.bsky.social · 05/04/2025What part of Military Academy education makes it elite? Sincerely. 110
Count of Monte Carlo @jamaljulien.bsky.social · 05/04/2025When eating out gets too expensive don’t you cook at home? 000
Count of Monte Carlo @jamaljulien.bsky.social · 05/04/2025This looks like I would get high and not come back down 000
Count of Monte Carlo @jamaljulien.bsky.social · 05/04/2025Princess Mononoke: Magical and tangible. In this world you can make a difference and still feel awe. 010
Count of Monte Carlo @jamaljulien.bsky.social · 05/04/2025Thank you for your input Satan. I’ll consult with St. Joseph and St. Joan about this. 000
Reposted by Count of Monte Carloheadless horseDan @etbeeegood.bsky.social · 14/03/2025pronounces broccoli like E. coli 14219
Count of Monte Carlo @jamaljulien.bsky.social · 15/03/2025The devil wears a suit and tie trying to sell you shit that’s not his 000
Count of Monte Carlo @jamaljulien.bsky.social · 26/01/2025Methods Matter Most… there I said it. How you know what you know is more important than what you know. 000
Reposted by Count of Monte CarloMichael Cruickshank @cruickshank.bsky.social · 03/01/2025Given the recent swarm of earthquakes and the significant ground movement that can be seen in Sentinel-1 interferograms, I wonder if any new rifting has occurred that is visible in high-res optical imagery. 081
Count of Monte Carlo @jamaljulien.bsky.social · 03/01/2025To bring this home: what we call AI was not meant to arbitrate human values before executing each process, it isn’t human or sentient. It’s a powerful machine running wild because humanity has not had time to decide for which task is this tool best used and how to best use it. 100
Count of Monte Carlo @jamaljulien.bsky.social · 03/01/2025Hammers are incredibly useful tools but the first ones of millennia-past were not nearly as durable or strong or reliable as the ones we purchase today. And that is the case because humanity decided it was a tool worth improving based on prior experience with it. Not theoretical or abstract value. 100
Count of Monte Carlo @jamaljulien.bsky.social · 03/01/2025To put it very crudely: AI is a collection of linear algebra equations strung together in software and tacked on to some computer hardware for memory, access to this Frankenstein is made available via API. It’s a data processing tool of bits and bolts that is as powerful as it is unreliable. 100
Count of Monte Carlo @jamaljulien.bsky.social · 03/01/2025Because AI is a tool for which we have not identified the fullest extent of its utility or dangers* 110
Count of Monte Carlo @jamaljulien.bsky.social · 03/01/2025It is not more useful. Anthropology is more useful for understanding ethical issues in AI governance. 100
Count of Monte Carlo @jamaljulien.bsky.social · 02/01/2025Capitalism AND all other economic models (Mercantilism, Serfdom, Communism, Socialism, etc.) are unable to self-regulate ethical outcomes. I’d even go so far as to say political systems are also ineffectual. Culture, how we relate to each other, is far more important than any regulatory framework. 120
Count of Monte Carlo @jamaljulien.bsky.social · 01/01/2025If you want to have a conversation about anthropology and economics, feel free to DM me. 010
Count of Monte Carlo @jamaljulien.bsky.social · 01/01/2025Economics is useful but it does not protect human life because it considers the value of human life for production not the productive value for human existence. It’s entirely incapable of prioritizing humanities’ interests, morals, or ethics; and it was never intended for those considerations. 4/4 200
Count of Monte Carlo @jamaljulien.bsky.social · 01/01/2025“complex systems” effects are not easily attributable to other complex systems, though they may persist concurrently with the prevailing system. 3/4 100
Count of Monte Carlo @jamaljulien.bsky.social · 01/01/2025My point is twofold: you’re missing the trees for the forest and that mercantilism is the culprit that incentivized transatlantic slave trade. Large parts of today’s slave trading have a distinct pattern of enslaving peoples for another nation’s benefit (Libya, Mauritania, Saudi Arabia). 2/4 120
Count of Monte Carlo @jamaljulien.bsky.social · 01/01/2025That’s just it, none of this is as simple as you’ve laid out. Mercantilist structures facilitated capitalistic enterprise as much as the Ford Model-T production line facilitated the mass production of the Ford Mustang. But these are 2 eras of a manufacturing giant so *how*? 1/4 100
Reposted by Count of Monte CarloSøren Sjøgren @sorensjogren.bsky.social · 01/01/2025On the importance of history. The coup d’æil (or professional judgment) is the ability to tell instances apart. It’s the ability to recognise patterns. It is also a trained ability that requires a repertoire of historical cases. Theory is not enough. #PME #polsky #civmilsky 2417
Count of Monte Carlo @jamaljulien.bsky.social · 01/01/2025Be specific. When did mercantilism end? When did capitalism arise? When did empires discontinue the transatlantic slave trade? Dates matter when we’re talking about history. Also, mercantilism and capitalism have different aims (national prosperity vs individual profit). 120
Count of Monte Carlo @jamaljulien.bsky.social · 01/01/2025Few quick thoughts: Transatlantic slave trade pre-dates capitalism. Economics is always a values based argument. Industrial Engineers study complex systems far better and in greater detail than economists because “complexity” isn’t treated as an abstraction of human values. 100
Count of Monte Carlo @jamaljulien.bsky.social · 24/12/2024The real Macro position is “Politically justified, Economically sustainable killing with clear ROI” Micro: “Bringing value to the respective polities” 000
Reposted by Count of Monte CarloSøren Sjøgren @sorensjogren.bsky.social · 22/12/2024What's the reading-ease score of NATO #doctrine? AJP-01 (ch1) sits around 25, rendering it "very difficult to read, best understood by university graduates." When most NATO members don't have English as their first language, hard-to-read doctrine (and operational orders!) is a real problem. 1162
Count of Monte Carlo @jamaljulien.bsky.social · 22/12/2024I thought that was cheesecake in the middle 000
Reposted by Count of Monte Carlobrasidas @brasidas.bsky.social · 22/12/2024There's this thing where you can read a really nice article and the fundamental misunderstanding of your niche field just makes you grind your teeth throughout it:militarystrategymagazine.comThe Problem of Stability: Military Strategy in a Non-Newtonian Universe - Military Strategy MagazineAlthough most of our strategic thinking pays lip service to the unstable nature of the environment in which strategy must operate, our strategies usually fail to account for that nature in any meaning... 59311
Reposted by Count of Monte CarloFulkery Monkery @fulkery.bsky.social · 22/12/2024How can you say trickle down economics didn't work? Don't you feel peed upon by the rich? 2197
Count of Monte Carlo @jamaljulien.bsky.social · 22/12/2024For sure, erosion could have compounding effects that make the these overweight penthouse towers even more unstable 000
Count of Monte Carlo @jamaljulien.bsky.social · 22/12/2024In other words, we can build anywhere but if we build like it’s Manhattan there will be big problems 110
