Lionel
@spiindoctor.bsky.social
Research Scientist. Houston, TX.
Research interests: Complexity Sciences, Matrix Decomposition, Clustering, Manifold Learning, Networks. https://www.lionelyelibi.com/
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Research interests: Complexity Sciences, Matrix Decomposition, Clustering, Manifold Learning, Networks. https://www.lionelyelibi.com/
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Read a bunch of his papers on network applications to financial correlation matrices. Great stuff.
📣 Announcing 𝗗𝗶𝗲𝗴𝗼 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶 as Invited Speaker at NetSci Conference 2026!
Professor at the IMT School for Advanced Studies in Lucca & at Leiden University’s Lorentz Institute for Theoretical Physics, his research combines statistical physics, information theory, & random-graph modeling.
Professor at the IMT School for Advanced Studies in Lucca & at Leiden University’s Lorentz Institute for Theoretical Physics, his research combines statistical physics, information theory, & random-graph modeling.
January 24, 2026 at 3:35 AM
Read a bunch of his papers on network applications to financial correlation matrices. Great stuff.
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📣 Announcing 𝗗𝗶𝗲𝗴𝗼 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶 as Invited Speaker at NetSci Conference 2026!
Professor at the IMT School for Advanced Studies in Lucca & at Leiden University’s Lorentz Institute for Theoretical Physics, his research combines statistical physics, information theory, & random-graph modeling.
Professor at the IMT School for Advanced Studies in Lucca & at Leiden University’s Lorentz Institute for Theoretical Physics, his research combines statistical physics, information theory, & random-graph modeling.
January 23, 2026 at 10:02 PM
📣 Announcing 𝗗𝗶𝗲𝗴𝗼 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶 as Invited Speaker at NetSci Conference 2026!
Professor at the IMT School for Advanced Studies in Lucca & at Leiden University’s Lorentz Institute for Theoretical Physics, his research combines statistical physics, information theory, & random-graph modeling.
Professor at the IMT School for Advanced Studies in Lucca & at Leiden University’s Lorentz Institute for Theoretical Physics, his research combines statistical physics, information theory, & random-graph modeling.
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Peut-on compresser la parole humaine pour les IA sans perdre ses nuances? FocalCodec montre que c’est possible.
En simplifiant la manière dont les tokens sont appris, ce modèle ouvre la voie à des LLM multimodaux plus performants.
À lire ici mila.quebec/fr/article/f...
En simplifiant la manière dont les tokens sont appris, ce modèle ouvre la voie à des LLM multimodaux plus performants.
À lire ici mila.quebec/fr/article/f...
January 23, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Peut-on compresser la parole humaine pour les IA sans perdre ses nuances? FocalCodec montre que c’est possible.
En simplifiant la manière dont les tokens sont appris, ce modèle ouvre la voie à des LLM multimodaux plus performants.
À lire ici mila.quebec/fr/article/f...
En simplifiant la manière dont les tokens sont appris, ce modèle ouvre la voie à des LLM multimodaux plus performants.
À lire ici mila.quebec/fr/article/f...
what kind of delusion is this
Arsenal are by far and away the favourites to lift the Champions League this season.
Who do you think can or will stop them from winning Europe's premier club competition?
Who do you think can or will stop them from winning Europe's premier club competition?
January 23, 2026 at 9:05 PM
what kind of delusion is this
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A survey found that two-thirds of employees say AI saved them zero to two hours a week, while it saved their bosses eight hours. What gives? www.platformer.news/ai-productiv...
January 23, 2026 at 2:30 AM
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🚨 New paper in Research Policy: The software complexity of nations
Economic complexity through open-source software contributions — and what this reveals about countries beyond administrative data.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Economic complexity through open-source software contributions — and what this reveals about countries beyond administrative data.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The software complexity of nations
Despite the growing importance of the digital sector, research on economic complexity and its implications continues to rely mostly on administrative …
www.sciencedirect.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:05 PM
🚨 New paper in Research Policy: The software complexity of nations
Economic complexity through open-source software contributions — and what this reveals about countries beyond administrative data.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Economic complexity through open-source software contributions — and what this reveals about countries beyond administrative data.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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We’re thrilled to welcome 𝗠𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗯𝗲𝗿 as a School Speaker at NetSci Conference 2026! An Assistant Professor at Harvard, she leads the Geometric Machine Learning Group, developing efficient, theory-backed ML methods.
Meet her & all the speakers 👉 www.netsci2026.com/speakers
Meet her & all the speakers 👉 www.netsci2026.com/speakers
January 22, 2026 at 7:51 PM
We’re thrilled to welcome 𝗠𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗯𝗲𝗿 as a School Speaker at NetSci Conference 2026! An Assistant Professor at Harvard, she leads the Geometric Machine Learning Group, developing efficient, theory-backed ML methods.
Meet her & all the speakers 👉 www.netsci2026.com/speakers
Meet her & all the speakers 👉 www.netsci2026.com/speakers
(re)-reading "Information filtering networks: theoretical foundations, generative algorithms, and real-world applications" iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
Information filtering networks: theoretical foundations, generative algorithms, and real-world applications
Information filtering networks: theoretical foundations, generative algorithms, and real-world applications, Aste, Tomaso
iopscience.iop.org
January 21, 2026 at 8:44 PM
(re)-reading "Information filtering networks: theoretical foundations, generative algorithms, and real-world applications" iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
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In a new paper, SFI researchers examine the Boltzmann brain, a thought experiment that raises fundamental questions about memory, entropy, and time. The work clarifies how arguments for or against these ideas depend on assumptions about the past that are not fixed by physical laws alone.
Disentangling the Boltzmann brain hypothesis: Memory, entropy, and time
We trust our memories because they feel natural, and we trust time because it seems to flow in only one direction. Physics, however, allows for stranger possibilities that challenge our intuition.
In...
www.santafe.edu
January 21, 2026 at 5:48 PM
In a new paper, SFI researchers examine the Boltzmann brain, a thought experiment that raises fundamental questions about memory, entropy, and time. The work clarifies how arguments for or against these ideas depend on assumptions about the past that are not fixed by physical laws alone.
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Tried @repl.it's agentic coding system: Agent disappeared for nearly an hour without a *single update* or *any code* to show, then halts with "You've reached your usage limit." 🤷♂️👎
PS- Says I'm locked out til *tomorrow*? rofl
PS- Says I'm locked out til *tomorrow*? rofl
January 21, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Tried @repl.it's agentic coding system: Agent disappeared for nearly an hour without a *single update* or *any code* to show, then halts with "You've reached your usage limit." 🤷♂️👎
PS- Says I'm locked out til *tomorrow*? rofl
PS- Says I'm locked out til *tomorrow*? rofl
Sending job applications doesn't seem to work very much these days. Even after meeting up with people at conferences, applications can still slip through (i.e. rejection w/o phone screen), you definitely need to go the extra mile (i.e. reaching out to recruiters directly) or else nothing happens.
January 21, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Sending job applications doesn't seem to work very much these days. Even after meeting up with people at conferences, applications can still slip through (i.e. rejection w/o phone screen), you definitely need to go the extra mile (i.e. reaching out to recruiters directly) or else nothing happens.
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Introducing a new scientific computing library: syntropy.
Syntropy is a comprehensive package for information theory, aimed at both theoreticians and data analysts working on discrete, continuous, and mixed data.
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github.com/thosvarley/s...
Syntropy is a comprehensive package for information theory, aimed at both theoreticians and data analysts working on discrete, continuous, and mixed data.
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github.com/thosvarley/s...
GitHub - thosvarley/syntropy: A python package for information-theoretic analysis of discrete and continuous data.
A python package for information-theoretic analysis of discrete and continuous data. - thosvarley/syntropy
github.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Introducing a new scientific computing library: syntropy.
Syntropy is a comprehensive package for information theory, aimed at both theoreticians and data analysts working on discrete, continuous, and mixed data.
1/N
github.com/thosvarley/s...
Syntropy is a comprehensive package for information theory, aimed at both theoreticians and data analysts working on discrete, continuous, and mixed data.
1/N
github.com/thosvarley/s...
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We’re excited to welcome Mirta Galesic as our next OSoMe Awesome Speaker!
🗓 Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026
⏰ 12:00–1:00 PM ET
🎙 Dynamics of belief networks
Register: iu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🗓 Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026
⏰ 12:00–1:00 PM ET
🎙 Dynamics of belief networks
Register: iu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
January 15, 2026 at 6:53 PM
We’re excited to welcome Mirta Galesic as our next OSoMe Awesome Speaker!
🗓 Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026
⏰ 12:00–1:00 PM ET
🎙 Dynamics of belief networks
Register: iu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🗓 Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026
⏰ 12:00–1:00 PM ET
🎙 Dynamics of belief networks
Register: iu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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New post on prediction markets, spoofing, and forecasting accuracy:
open.substack.com/pub/rajivset...
open.substack.com/pub/rajivset...
Guessing Games
In my last post I discussed the case of a Polymarket trader who placed a series of well-timed bets on the ouster of Nicolás Maduro and made a profit of over $400,000 (on a $32,000 investment) in just ...
open.substack.com
January 18, 2026 at 9:44 PM
New post on prediction markets, spoofing, and forecasting accuracy:
open.substack.com/pub/rajivset...
open.substack.com/pub/rajivset...
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Just added LeJEPA to my 3D toy demo of Self-Supervised Learning algorithms: hedges.belmont.edu/classificati... (Documentation is minimal. Playing with it *is* the documentation.)
January 18, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Just added LeJEPA to my 3D toy demo of Self-Supervised Learning algorithms: hedges.belmont.edu/classificati... (Documentation is minimal. Playing with it *is* the documentation.)
This awfully feels a lot like Brexit but for the US. The "I voted for this" crowd feels very happy right now but years from now you can be sure they will be first to claim "I never wanted this" once faced with the undeniable consequences of the irremediable decisions that are being made today.
What makes this statement by Emmanuel Macron so unprecedented is, for the first time, a leading European ally is equating Trump with Putin.
“No intimidation or threat will influence us - neither in Ukraine, nor in Greenland, nor anywhere else in the world.”
EVERYTHING has changed.
“No intimidation or threat will influence us - neither in Ukraine, nor in Greenland, nor anywhere else in the world.”
EVERYTHING has changed.
January 17, 2026 at 10:59 PM
This awfully feels a lot like Brexit but for the US. The "I voted for this" crowd feels very happy right now but years from now you can be sure they will be first to claim "I never wanted this" once faced with the undeniable consequences of the irremediable decisions that are being made today.
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With that in mind: if you were working in the tech industry during the dot com bubble bursting, how…was it? How bad?
Yeah, I was right in the middle of it. And yeah, the whole “dark fiber” thing was a wonder to behold. Now we have “dark GPUs” that will be obsolete by the time the data centers are built, which are waiting for the power and water infra. Yeah lots of companies are going to die.
January 16, 2026 at 4:36 AM
With that in mind: if you were working in the tech industry during the dot com bubble bursting, how…was it? How bad?
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My analogy for people older than me was "it was like Los Angeles Aerospace after the Cold War ended" and my analogy for people younger than me is, "Imagine having an entire sector of the economy getting kicked in the face repeatedly" because they don't have any frame of reference for the first thing
January 16, 2026 at 4:38 AM
My analogy for people older than me was "it was like Los Angeles Aerospace after the Cold War ended" and my analogy for people younger than me is, "Imagine having an entire sector of the economy getting kicked in the face repeatedly" because they don't have any frame of reference for the first thing
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I was in the leadership of SF Women on the Web at the time - we were a 2000+ member group where people complained about too many job postings... it was an absolute bloodbath. maybe 50% stayed in or later went back to tech. tons left SF & couldn't return when rents got too high again
January 16, 2026 at 4:43 AM
I was in the leadership of SF Women on the Web at the time - we were a 2000+ member group where people complained about too many job postings... it was an absolute bloodbath. maybe 50% stayed in or later went back to tech. tons left SF & couldn't return when rents got too high again
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Currently 83% carbon-free energy in Texas right now:
- 40% wind
- 33% solar
- 10% nuclear
Wholesale prices are negative, and 3.5 GW of batteries are charging.
☀️💨⚛️🌎
- 40% wind
- 33% solar
- 10% nuclear
Wholesale prices are negative, and 3.5 GW of batteries are charging.
☀️💨⚛️🌎
January 14, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Currently 83% carbon-free energy in Texas right now:
- 40% wind
- 33% solar
- 10% nuclear
Wholesale prices are negative, and 3.5 GW of batteries are charging.
☀️💨⚛️🌎
- 40% wind
- 33% solar
- 10% nuclear
Wholesale prices are negative, and 3.5 GW of batteries are charging.
☀️💨⚛️🌎
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Advance your research and expand your network at SFI's 2026 CSSS program with lectures, application-focused seminars, and team projects. Participants gain experience in transdisciplinary collaboration and explore real-world questions through complexity science.
Apply by Feb 4, 2026
santafe.edu/csss
Apply by Feb 4, 2026
santafe.edu/csss
January 14, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Advance your research and expand your network at SFI's 2026 CSSS program with lectures, application-focused seminars, and team projects. Participants gain experience in transdisciplinary collaboration and explore real-world questions through complexity science.
Apply by Feb 4, 2026
santafe.edu/csss
Apply by Feb 4, 2026
santafe.edu/csss
Anybody on here is into full self driving (FSD) ? I don't drive a car but it seems like car manufacturers like mercedes have now achieved tech which rivals Tesla's FSD, so I am left wondering what's the appeal in driving a tesla if mercedes does it too?
January 14, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Anybody on here is into full self driving (FSD) ? I don't drive a car but it seems like car manufacturers like mercedes have now achieved tech which rivals Tesla's FSD, so I am left wondering what's the appeal in driving a tesla if mercedes does it too?
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Long overdue refresh of the SocioPatterns website! ✨ sociopatterns.org New content & datasets, and a chance to celebrate 17+ years of collabs, ~100 publications, 2000+ studies using our data. Thanks – more ahead! @alainbarrat.bsky.social @wouter-vdb.bsky.social @foolsdelight.bsky.social @isi.it
January 14, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Long overdue refresh of the SocioPatterns website! ✨ sociopatterns.org New content & datasets, and a chance to celebrate 17+ years of collabs, ~100 publications, 2000+ studies using our data. Thanks – more ahead! @alainbarrat.bsky.social @wouter-vdb.bsky.social @foolsdelight.bsky.social @isi.it
almost had an aneurysm reading that. good think it's a joke.
Sorry, it's not new information, the quadrillion litres of water actually contained it encoded through indigenous ways of knowing
January 14, 2026 at 1:20 AM
almost had an aneurysm reading that. good think it's a joke.