University of Illinois’ website from 1997

Go Illini!

Between ILLIAC, the Biological Computer Laboratory, PLATO, NCSA, Library, iSchool, and (cough) HAL, I feel semi-patriotic about shampoo-banana.

Are we flat? Yes. Impersonal? Often. But for the retro vibes of late-20c morally ambivalent ppl w/ horn-rimmed glasses and lab coats, you can't beat us.

This is the clear solution having had to proctor these accommodation exam sessions but it’s harder to show that a test is a 2hr test for ADA compliance vs running a longer test session for some students. It’s bureaucratic solution coming from an office on campus who’s primary goal isnt learning.

JAX / Flax feels like it would feel more at home in a language other than Python. There's a lot to like in how it views the overlap of functions and data but Python's object model just kinda runs over everything and makes it confusing.

@stefan-caldararu.bsky.social @wxie.bsky.social are also folks from CU Robotics on BlueSky

A short list of tips for keeping a clean, organized ML codebase for new researchers: eugenevinitsky.com/posts/quick-...

Not sure if it has been ceded willingly by scientists rather than people gravitate towards accessible contrarian views (insert midwit meme). The Mindscape podcast (@seanmcarroll.bsky.social) uses a similar format as Fridman, Rogan but spotlights new science rather than “alt-science”.

Reminds me of work like this ict.usc.edu/research/pro...

UNEXPECTED CONVERSATION: Richard Feynman - Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin In-depth interviews that may blow your mind. With Rick Rubin

Not quite sure how parse projects like Rick Rubin’s AI backed interviews with dead people (like this one with Feynman pca.st/episode/4151...). It is an interesting way to organize archival material but I want to know the creative process used. How is it edited, what liberties are taken?

Has anyone made a Robotics feed yet? There are already a few for other disciplines, about time for ML and Robotics folks