FK Malinowski
@fkmalina.bsky.social
A physicist, trying to make lab work easier.
Some quotes, comments and bite-sized book recommendations.
Some quotes, comments and bite-sized book recommendations.
Ahh, another delightful joke/take-down. 😊
eprint.iacr.org/2025/1237.pdf
eprint.iacr.org/2025/1237.pdf
October 31, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Ahh, another delightful joke/take-down. 😊
eprint.iacr.org/2025/1237.pdf
eprint.iacr.org/2025/1237.pdf
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There is a strong positive association between equality and development over the long run — that's what this new study based on our historical series available on wid.world is clearly showing.
Key findings in thread 🧵(1/9)👇
Key findings in thread 🧵(1/9)👇
Does #equality promote #inclusion and #productivity, or hinder #growth❓
🔴Our new study revisits this long-running debate — finding a strong positive link between equality and development over the long run.
Read more▶️ wid.world/news-article...
🔴Our new study revisits this long-running debate — finding a strong positive link between equality and development over the long run.
Read more▶️ wid.world/news-article...
Equality and Development: A Comparative & Historical Perspective 1800-2025 - WID - World Inequality Database
Equality and Development: A Comparative & Historical Perspective 1800-2025 This paper combines income and wealth inequality series from the World Inequality Database (WID) and new global series on hou...
wid.world
October 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
There is a strong positive association between equality and development over the long run — that's what this new study based on our historical series available on wid.world is clearly showing.
Key findings in thread 🧵(1/9)👇
Key findings in thread 🧵(1/9)👇
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Today is the #InternationalDayForTheEradicationofPoverty. Last year, Cina Lawson and Rory Stewart argued that seamless digital cash transfers offer a transformative solution to multidimensional poverty, enhancing dozens of outcomes simultaneously.
bit.ly/48jl8Lr
bit.ly/48jl8Lr
A Global Cash-Transfer Fund Could End Extreme Poverty
Cina Lawson & Rory Stewart show that the conditions are ripe for deploying lump-sum payments to the world’s poorest people.
bit.ly
October 17, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Today is the #InternationalDayForTheEradicationofPoverty. Last year, Cina Lawson and Rory Stewart argued that seamless digital cash transfers offer a transformative solution to multidimensional poverty, enhancing dozens of outcomes simultaneously.
bit.ly/48jl8Lr
bit.ly/48jl8Lr
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The late Nobel laureate Kenneth Arrow pointed out that neoclassical economics' “model laissez-faire world of total self-interest” cannot exist in a “world of any complexity." Believing otherwise only fuels political dysfunction, says Kaushik Basu. bit.ly/477GAAZ
Is Economics Promoting Inequality?
Kaushik Basu highlights the profession's role in the widening of wealth and income gaps around the world.
bit.ly
October 15, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The late Nobel laureate Kenneth Arrow pointed out that neoclassical economics' “model laissez-faire world of total self-interest” cannot exist in a “world of any complexity." Believing otherwise only fuels political dysfunction, says Kaushik Basu. bit.ly/477GAAZ
Book (recommendation):
A bit dated, but... very damning account of policy of, effectively, government handouts to corporations, and misguided monetary policy before and after 2008 financial crisis.
Sufficiently damning to take it with a grain of salt.
A bit dated, but... very damning account of policy of, effectively, government handouts to corporations, and misguided monetary policy before and after 2008 financial crisis.
Sufficiently damning to take it with a grain of salt.
October 14, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Book (recommendation):
A bit dated, but... very damning account of policy of, effectively, government handouts to corporations, and misguided monetary policy before and after 2008 financial crisis.
Sufficiently damning to take it with a grain of salt.
A bit dated, but... very damning account of policy of, effectively, government handouts to corporations, and misguided monetary policy before and after 2008 financial crisis.
Sufficiently damning to take it with a grain of salt.
Book recommendation:
Markets... it's just an amoral complex system, but one that touches everyone. So it's worthwhile to learn how to make it work for everyone - based on what we can genuinely test.
Markets... it's just an amoral complex system, but one that touches everyone. So it's worthwhile to learn how to make it work for everyone - based on what we can genuinely test.
October 8, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Book recommendation:
Markets... it's just an amoral complex system, but one that touches everyone. So it's worthwhile to learn how to make it work for everyone - based on what we can genuinely test.
Markets... it's just an amoral complex system, but one that touches everyone. So it's worthwhile to learn how to make it work for everyone - based on what we can genuinely test.
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Governments have been over-promised on near-term usefulness of quantum computing - they invest expecting economic growth. To get a grant, academics are forced to work with clueless industry partners on pretend applications instead of doing fundamental research that actually moves the field forward.
David Gross (at an excellent QuICS Seminar): “I don’t know if you’ve realized it, but there’s quite a lot of hype about quantum computation.”
September 13, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Governments have been over-promised on near-term usefulness of quantum computing - they invest expecting economic growth. To get a grant, academics are forced to work with clueless industry partners on pretend applications instead of doing fundamental research that actually moves the field forward.
The only right choice...
And leave it as is.
A gem among the infinite disappointing sequels, prequels, spin-offs and cinematic universes other franchises get.
And leave it as is.
A gem among the infinite disappointing sequels, prequels, spin-offs and cinematic universes other franchises get.
September 13, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The only right choice...
And leave it as is.
A gem among the infinite disappointing sequels, prequels, spin-offs and cinematic universes other franchises get.
And leave it as is.
A gem among the infinite disappointing sequels, prequels, spin-offs and cinematic universes other franchises get.
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Despite firms and markets’ willingness to gamble on short-term gains over the long-term costs associated with Donald Trump's agenda, we should not be under any illusions. Those long-term costs are coming, Erin Lockwood warns. bit.ly/42iVMcE
Why Are Markets Ignoring the Obvious About America?
Erin Lockwood offers six possible explanations for capital owners’ muted reaction to Donald Trump’s destructive agenda.
bit.ly
September 8, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Despite firms and markets’ willingness to gamble on short-term gains over the long-term costs associated with Donald Trump's agenda, we should not be under any illusions. Those long-term costs are coming, Erin Lockwood warns. bit.ly/42iVMcE
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New existential risk just dropped
AI is revolutionizing the world, including providing the final score of a game that hasn't occurred yet
September 7, 2025 at 5:56 PM
New existential risk just dropped
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What should be publicly owned, or privatised?
@ewanmg.bsky.social builds develops a theory of when public or private ownership leads to better outcomes, using comparative data from OECD countries in sectors such as water, rail, electricity, and telecommunications ▶️ wid.world/news-article...
@ewanmg.bsky.social builds develops a theory of when public or private ownership leads to better outcomes, using comparative data from OECD countries in sectors such as water, rail, electricity, and telecommunications ▶️ wid.world/news-article...
Public ownership outperforms privatisation when an enterprise is a skill-based, natural, or network monopoly - WID - World Inequality Database
Public ownership outperforms privatisation when an enterprise is a skill-based, natural, or network monopoly This paper develops a theory of when public or private ownership leads to better outcomes, ...
wid.world
September 1, 2025 at 10:09 AM
What should be publicly owned, or privatised?
@ewanmg.bsky.social builds develops a theory of when public or private ownership leads to better outcomes, using comparative data from OECD countries in sectors such as water, rail, electricity, and telecommunications ▶️ wid.world/news-article...
@ewanmg.bsky.social builds develops a theory of when public or private ownership leads to better outcomes, using comparative data from OECD countries in sectors such as water, rail, electricity, and telecommunications ▶️ wid.world/news-article...
Superconducting Qubits and Algorithms (SQA) conference is about to start, with a free stream available at:
www.youtube.com/live/bQv0hdI...
www.youtube.com/live/bQv0hdI...
Superconducting Qubits and Algorithms (SQA) Conference 2025 - Day 1
YouTube video by Superconducting Qubits and Algorithms Conference
www.youtube.com
August 25, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Superconducting Qubits and Algorithms (SQA) conference is about to start, with a free stream available at:
www.youtube.com/live/bQv0hdI...
www.youtube.com/live/bQv0hdI...
TOTALLY not the same.
And very valuable, but the way. But why the charade? 🙄
And very valuable, but the way. But why the charade? 🙄
August 25, 2025 at 11:52 AM
TOTALLY not the same.
And very valuable, but the way. But why the charade? 🙄
And very valuable, but the way. But why the charade? 🙄
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With more than 60,000 people confirmed dead, and with thousands of children malnourished, the West’s do-nothing posture toward the war in Gaza is a form of complicity, writes former Turkish President @cbabdullahgul.bsky.social. bit.ly/3HDT62n%E2%8...
What Is the Gaza War Costing Us?
Abdullah Gül weighs the grave damage that Palestinian suffering and Israeli impunity are doing to the international order.
https://bit.ly/3HDT62n
August 20, 2025 at 2:21 PM
With more than 60,000 people confirmed dead, and with thousands of children malnourished, the West’s do-nothing posture toward the war in Gaza is a form of complicity, writes former Turkish President @cbabdullahgul.bsky.social. bit.ly/3HDT62n%E2%8...
I wanted to check the absolute values as well before reposting.
I hope I got that right: the reduction is from ~4% morality rate to ~2%.
So... just a solid cost-effective improvement to use as a policy prescription. 😁
I hope I got that right: the reduction is from ~4% morality rate to ~2%.
So... just a solid cost-effective improvement to use as a policy prescription. 😁
“This is easily the biggest impact on child survival that I’ve seen from an intervention that was designed to alleviate poverty" Read the full story: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/h...
August 18, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I wanted to check the absolute values as well before reposting.
I hope I got that right: the reduction is from ~4% morality rate to ~2%.
So... just a solid cost-effective improvement to use as a policy prescription. 😁
I hope I got that right: the reduction is from ~4% morality rate to ~2%.
So... just a solid cost-effective improvement to use as a policy prescription. 😁
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“This is easily the biggest impact on child survival that I’ve seen from an intervention that was designed to alleviate poverty" Read the full story: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/h...
August 18, 2025 at 6:45 PM
“This is easily the biggest impact on child survival that I’ve seen from an intervention that was designed to alleviate poverty" Read the full story: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/h...
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![Comic. [long message with unreadable text that includes lots of punctuation marks like semi colons and em dashes as well as citations.] Highlighted line at the bottom zoomed in reads: Not ChatGPT output—I’m just like this. [caption] I’ve had to start adding this disclaimer to my messages.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreifbqjlfnleuu4jrpvc7q6e43ckn2lqvuv7vdgtuf7e67dw5acy4di@jpeg)
August 12, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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In its eagerness to do the crypto industry’s bidding, the US Congress is adopting legislation that will expose Americans and the world to the real possibility of massive job losses and wealth destruction, warns Nobel laureate @simonhrjohnson.bsky.social.
The Crypto Crises Are Coming
Simon Johnson warns that new US legislation leaves the industry just where it wants to be: without regulatory safeguards.
www.project-syndicate.org
August 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
In its eagerness to do the crypto industry’s bidding, the US Congress is adopting legislation that will expose Americans and the world to the real possibility of massive job losses and wealth destruction, warns Nobel laureate @simonhrjohnson.bsky.social.
I feel personally attacked...
July 26, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I feel personally attacked...
Huh... what if experienced programmers were actually getting worse at their job when assisted by LLMs?
The possibility that AI-assisted programming just "feels" more efficient is genuine.
You might be spending more time on tinkering with prompts than you save on coding.
arxiv.org/abs/2507.09089
The possibility that AI-assisted programming just "feels" more efficient is genuine.
You might be spending more time on tinkering with prompts than you save on coding.
arxiv.org/abs/2507.09089
July 23, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Huh... what if experienced programmers were actually getting worse at their job when assisted by LLMs?
The possibility that AI-assisted programming just "feels" more efficient is genuine.
You might be spending more time on tinkering with prompts than you save on coding.
arxiv.org/abs/2507.09089
The possibility that AI-assisted programming just "feels" more efficient is genuine.
You might be spending more time on tinkering with prompts than you save on coding.
arxiv.org/abs/2507.09089
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hell yeah @williamfleitch.bsky.social
July 20, 2025 at 5:03 PM
hell yeah @williamfleitch.bsky.social
Book recommendation:
With no education, no clean water, no healthcare and less than 1€ a day... how do you survive? They do their best while in pain and in fear about the future.
Here is a story of what they do.
With no education, no clean water, no healthcare and less than 1€ a day... how do you survive? They do their best while in pain and in fear about the future.
Here is a story of what they do.
July 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Book recommendation:
With no education, no clean water, no healthcare and less than 1€ a day... how do you survive? They do their best while in pain and in fear about the future.
Here is a story of what they do.
With no education, no clean water, no healthcare and less than 1€ a day... how do you survive? They do their best while in pain and in fear about the future.
Here is a story of what they do.
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After all these reports of authors adding language instructions for LLM reviews in their papers I wanted to check this myself and I downloaded the .tex source from one of these papers.
Here is an example.
(I will not share the identity of the paper)
Here is an example.
(I will not share the identity of the paper)
July 5, 2025 at 5:12 PM
After all these reports of authors adding language instructions for LLM reviews in their papers I wanted to check this myself and I downloaded the .tex source from one of these papers.
Here is an example.
(I will not share the identity of the paper)
Here is an example.
(I will not share the identity of the paper)
That awkward moment when you surprise yourself with a "yay, go Trump!" reaction.
Like... I'm not gonna say it's a good thing - it's clearly damaging for the researchers who lose access to important publications. But I also don't feel bad for Springer Nature. 🙄
Like... I'm not gonna say it's a good thing - it's clearly damaging for the researchers who lose access to important publications. But I also don't feel bad for Springer Nature. 🙄
July 1, 2025 at 7:40 PM
That awkward moment when you surprise yourself with a "yay, go Trump!" reaction.
Like... I'm not gonna say it's a good thing - it's clearly damaging for the researchers who lose access to important publications. But I also don't feel bad for Springer Nature. 🙄
Like... I'm not gonna say it's a good thing - it's clearly damaging for the researchers who lose access to important publications. But I also don't feel bad for Springer Nature. 🙄
Book recommendation:
A well-rounded overview of principles of understanding and social fundamentals of science.
A well-rounded overview of principles of understanding and social fundamentals of science.
June 30, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Book recommendation:
A well-rounded overview of principles of understanding and social fundamentals of science.
A well-rounded overview of principles of understanding and social fundamentals of science.