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.robin. @robin.boskerenterprises.com · 18/01/2025

I can't remember who suggested this, but it rings true: it's the sort of feature that's only useful if you are e.g. a senior executive at Apple, who gets more messages that they can easily keep on top of. But for most of us it doesn't solve a problem that we have

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.robin. @robin.boskerenterprises.com · 31/12/2024

Unless you're in one of the places where the firework display has been cancelled because of weather warnings, of course. Sorry Bangor, but you can still enjoy the above banger.

.robin. @robin.boskerenterprises.com · 20/12/2024

Obviously people will be arguing about it for ever, but there's at least a defensible case to be made that OpenAI's new model qualifies as AGI. I'm kind of surprised to see people mostly just chatting about other things. I would have thought it's at least the most interesting thing to happen today.

.robin. @robin.boskerenterprises.com · 17/12/2024

It's almost worrying that the youtube recommendation algorithm knows me so well youtu.be/4OeW4f6wz1U

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I didn’t expect it to go that hard #psytrance #dubstep #throatsinging

YouTube video by Venjent

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Jonty Wareing @jonty.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

So I've been notified that my role is at risk. Would anybody like to hire a me. I've spent the last 7 years as chief architect, which realistically meant doing every job from infrastructure to product and occasionally acting CTO. I am interested in everything, and curious to try new things.

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.robin. @robin.boskerenterprises.com · 08/12/2024

It's time for the annual blind tasting of mince pies

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.robin. @robin.boskerenterprises.com · 07/12/2024

I'm follow some pretty questionable people, so I'm wondering if that's me, but I missed the drama & I don't know who you're referring to

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.robin. @robin.boskerenterprises.com · 02/12/2024

I just cannot resist this sort of clickbait. Of course I don't want to be wrong about rainbows, and the only way to find out if I *am* wrong is to watch the video.

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absolutely two of my favourite songs, though I can't really dispute that they're annoying does she know scampi?

I have given it a thorough clean, and all is well

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It appears to be this chap, which I wasn't expecting.

The problem I'm debugging is that it has become impermeable to water. By systematically exchanging components with the other portafilter (as I have just found out this part is called), I have identified the culprit, and I am surprised.

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I've had this coffee maker for more than a decade, and I've only just realised that this part can be disassembled

.robin. @robin.boskerenterprises.com · 30/11/2024

If you like maths then you might like to follow my alter ego @robinhouston.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy

Timothy Gowers @wtgowers.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

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A few days ago Lawrence Hollom posted a preprint that solves a problem about posets, informally known as the fishbone conjecture, which I am told was extremely central in the area. 🧵 arxiv.org/abs/2411.16844

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A resolution of the Aharoni-Korman conjecture

A poset $P$ is said to satisfy the finite antichain condition, or FAC for short, if it has no infinite antichain. It was conjectured by Aharoni and Korman in 1992 that any FAC poset $P$ possesses a ch...

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But of course different fields of science have different conventions governing how authors should be listed.

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You will notice that in the middle there is a chunk of author names in alphabetical order: there the order of names is not intended to convey information about the relative importance of that author's contribution.

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Well, the order of authors is highly ritualised in biomedical sciences. I think the person who led the actual work goes first, and the head of the lab goes last.

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In my case it more or less just meant I worked in the lab that did the project ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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I think what's changed is that we now have projects in computer science (broadly conceived) that require big, expensive scientific collaborations to pull off – which has been true in some other areas for a few decades

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.robin. @robin.boskerenterprises.com · 28/11/2024

It's been like that in e.g. genomics for a while

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The canonical example of this for me is Casablanca, so I'm astonished that no one seems to have mentioned it.

.robin. @robin.boskerenterprises.com · 24/11/2024

It appears to be a real product, but I am none the wiser

.robin. @robin.boskerenterprises.com · 24/11/2024

I also love the box that never closes

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Anyway, look, if we're friends in real life but I unfollowed you that's why. It really is nothing personal.

Thanks! I'll see if offspring wants to go this weekend (& if not will go anyway at some point soon)

I don't know much about Justin Sun, but “I will personally eat the banana” goes hard.

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What/where is the exhibition? I love that fucking oak tree!

It's only my second one ever, but they were both v chill and friendly. I'd definitely recommend giving it a try to see what you think. It's not cheating to drive there – definitely not the first time when you don't yet know what you're getting into.

I went to parkrun this morning, and really enjoyed it. I always used to think there must be something deeply wrong with people who went to parkrun – even more so if they claimed to have enjoyed it. I wonder what else I am wrong about.

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They're great! How are your things?

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The OnlyPosts feed is good, but then I don't get the reposts from the people who repost things I _am_ interested. But maybe I worry too much. I'll give it a try.

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