Tim Hua
@timhua.bsky.social
Helping people is good I guess
Trying to do AI interp and control
Used to do economics
timhua.me
Trying to do AI interp and control
Used to do economics
timhua.me
Btw, the fact that bluesky is filled with tweets like this is why I barely log on. It's just endless people being angry all the time. And it makes me angry too, and that's not very pleasant or productive.
keeping a tab open watching tesla stock and it might be the best mood enhancer i've ever experienced
March 10, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Btw, the fact that bluesky is filled with tweets like this is why I barely log on. It's just endless people being angry all the time. And it makes me angry too, and that's not very pleasant or productive.
lol reading my diary entry from July 1, 2020:
"Microeconomics is so fucking woke.
I just learned about how, in the long run, entry and exist of firms drive prices until profit is zero and firms are producing at their minimum average total cost in a perfectly competitive market with identical firms"
"Microeconomics is so fucking woke.
I just learned about how, in the long run, entry and exist of firms drive prices until profit is zero and firms are producing at their minimum average total cost in a perfectly competitive market with identical firms"
February 7, 2025 at 5:34 AM
lol reading my diary entry from July 1, 2020:
"Microeconomics is so fucking woke.
I just learned about how, in the long run, entry and exist of firms drive prices until profit is zero and firms are producing at their minimum average total cost in a perfectly competitive market with identical firms"
"Microeconomics is so fucking woke.
I just learned about how, in the long run, entry and exist of firms drive prices until profit is zero and firms are producing at their minimum average total cost in a perfectly competitive market with identical firms"
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Achievement unlocked: attended a toddler playgroup with more dads than mums present
January 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Achievement unlocked: attended a toddler playgroup with more dads than mums present
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Very cool demonstration of in-context representation learning. This figure says everything.
arxiv.org/abs/2501.00070
arxiv.org/abs/2501.00070
January 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Very cool demonstration of in-context representation learning. This figure says everything.
arxiv.org/abs/2501.00070
arxiv.org/abs/2501.00070
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Big congratulations to @middecon faculty member Erick Gong, who was just promoted to full professor!
Bravo, Erick!
Bravo, Erick!
December 30, 2024 at 2:01 AM
Big congratulations to @middecon faculty member Erick Gong, who was just promoted to full professor!
Bravo, Erick!
Bravo, Erick!
I’m not afraid of heights but this trail in Taiwan was a bit much 😬
December 20, 2024 at 2:18 PM
I’m not afraid of heights but this trail in Taiwan was a bit much 😬
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This from Paul Graham is so fucking well said
December 13, 2024 at 11:11 PM
This from Paul Graham is so fucking well said
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I love AI art. I love that I have a magic image machine that can summon dreams in a moment. I love living in the future and being able to ask for visions of a beautiful past that never was. When the machine can write as I would, I will love that too. I just want these concepts to exist.
December 13, 2024 at 2:50 AM
I love AI art. I love that I have a magic image machine that can summon dreams in a moment. I love living in the future and being able to ask for visions of a beautiful past that never was. When the machine can write as I would, I will love that too. I just want these concepts to exist.
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The Maritime Approximation xkcd.com/3023
December 12, 2024 at 8:49 PM
The Maritime Approximation xkcd.com/3023
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As someone who grew up in the 80s, I am absolutely amazed by the strides we've made with HIV.
When I was a kid it was a death sentence. By college it was survivable, but a lifelong illness. Maybe for the next generation it won't even be that
When I was a kid it was a death sentence. By college it was survivable, but a lifelong illness. Maybe for the next generation it won't even be that
5th person to be cured of HIV
“Today, researchers announced the Dusseldorf patient still has no detectable virus in his body, even after stopping his HIV medication four years ago.”
“Today, researchers announced the Dusseldorf patient still has no detectable virus in his body, even after stopping his HIV medication four years ago.”
5th person confirmed to be cured of HIV
Researchers are announcing that a 53-year-old man in Germany has been cured of HIV.
abcnews.go.com
December 11, 2024 at 9:00 PM
As someone who grew up in the 80s, I am absolutely amazed by the strides we've made with HIV.
When I was a kid it was a death sentence. By college it was survivable, but a lifelong illness. Maybe for the next generation it won't even be that
When I was a kid it was a death sentence. By college it was survivable, but a lifelong illness. Maybe for the next generation it won't even be that
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the most terrifying things for a conservative to see
December 11, 2024 at 7:04 PM
the most terrifying things for a conservative to see
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i wrote a custom llm sampler for llama-3.1-8b so it could only say words that are in the bible
github.com/vgel/biblica...
github.com/vgel/biblica...
December 6, 2024 at 3:22 AM
i wrote a custom llm sampler for llama-3.1-8b so it could only say words that are in the bible
github.com/vgel/biblica...
github.com/vgel/biblica...
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I have so much to say about today’s case, legal analysis, and more.
But the most powerful thing today was watching Chase Strangio argue in front of the court as the first trans attorney to do so.
You could feel history, and nobody will ever take that away.
But the most powerful thing today was watching Chase Strangio argue in front of the court as the first trans attorney to do so.
You could feel history, and nobody will ever take that away.
December 4, 2024 at 7:57 PM
I have so much to say about today’s case, legal analysis, and more.
But the most powerful thing today was watching Chase Strangio argue in front of the court as the first trans attorney to do so.
You could feel history, and nobody will ever take that away.
But the most powerful thing today was watching Chase Strangio argue in front of the court as the first trans attorney to do so.
You could feel history, and nobody will ever take that away.
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OLS is under attack.
RT if you are a TRUE BLUE OLS FAN.
RT if you are a TRUE BLUE OLS FAN.
December 2, 2024 at 3:51 PM
OLS is under attack.
RT if you are a TRUE BLUE OLS FAN.
RT if you are a TRUE BLUE OLS FAN.
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I've never seen a more perfect resume for U.S. Ambassador to France.
December 1, 2024 at 1:13 AM
I've never seen a more perfect resume for U.S. Ambassador to France.
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Claude be like “what are you talking about? everyone I talk to knows about Claude”. Call that the Anthropic principle.
November 29, 2024 at 5:35 AM
Claude be like “what are you talking about? everyone I talk to knows about Claude”. Call that the Anthropic principle.
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"Working class material self-interest includes cheap energy" is perhaps the biggest thing contemporary progressives miss about economic policy.
November 29, 2024 at 1:46 AM
"Working class material self-interest includes cheap energy" is perhaps the biggest thing contemporary progressives miss about economic policy.
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PEPFAR is one of the most successful foreign policy programs in US history and US-Africa relations. Yet it's at risk of not being funded come March 2025. Wrote a piece on why Congress should fund PEPFAR in @brookingsinst.bsky.social: www.brookings.edu/articles/pep...
PEPFAR delivers outsized returns—it deserves more funding
Belinda Archibong discusses the importance of reauthorizing the U.S. President's Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) program.
www.brookings.edu
November 27, 2024 at 9:09 PM
PEPFAR is one of the most successful foreign policy programs in US history and US-Africa relations. Yet it's at risk of not being funded come March 2025. Wrote a piece on why Congress should fund PEPFAR in @brookingsinst.bsky.social: www.brookings.edu/articles/pep...
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Throwing caution to the wind
November 28, 2024 at 8:40 PM
Throwing caution to the wind
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We've created a starter pack for all of the economics journals on Bluesky. Please nominate other journals to join the list.
go.bsky.app/4kR21vX
go.bsky.app/4kR21vX
November 27, 2024 at 2:44 PM
We've created a starter pack for all of the economics journals on Bluesky. Please nominate other journals to join the list.
go.bsky.app/4kR21vX
go.bsky.app/4kR21vX
Chat is this from AI
In particular, the post-COVID period has seen accelerations in US productivity among already-strong white-collar industries like information & business, while previously stagnant sectors like food service were shocked into greater efficiency.
November 26, 2024 at 7:59 PM
Chat is this from AI
I realize it'll probably make me a lot more recognizable if I have the same profile picture on twitter and also on here. But I don't want to. The two sites have different vibes and I want to match the vibe.
November 26, 2024 at 12:14 AM
I realize it'll probably make me a lot more recognizable if I have the same profile picture on twitter and also on here. But I don't want to. The two sites have different vibes and I want to match the vibe.
Yall should tune in to the main sporting event of the year right now (World Chess Championship)
November 25, 2024 at 7:27 PM
Yall should tune in to the main sporting event of the year right now (World Chess Championship)
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Ben Golub, walking into a party:
"Wow, this party is jumping - every 2 digit NAICS code is represented!"
"Wow, this party is jumping - every 2 digit NAICS code is represented!"
One way to tell that this has tipped to be the likely dominant platform at least in several industries
the *absolute* gain in followers per day is now higher here for many active accounts than it has been on Twitter in months
the *absolute* gain in followers per day is now higher here for many active accounts than it has been on Twitter in months
November 25, 2024 at 5:53 PM
Ben Golub, walking into a party:
"Wow, this party is jumping - every 2 digit NAICS code is represented!"
"Wow, this party is jumping - every 2 digit NAICS code is represented!"
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News has just broke that Trump plans to eject trans people from the military within days of inauguration.
Trans servicemembers who have served 19 years will lose their pensions and healthcare.
This is obscene. They served our country, and will be kicked to the side like trash.
Trans servicemembers who have served 19 years will lose their pensions and healthcare.
This is obscene. They served our country, and will be kicked to the side like trash.
Trump reportedly plans to swiftly eject trans troops within days of inauguration
Trump’s actions could eject thousands of current trans service members
www.independent.co.uk
November 25, 2024 at 2:41 AM
News has just broke that Trump plans to eject trans people from the military within days of inauguration.
Trans servicemembers who have served 19 years will lose their pensions and healthcare.
This is obscene. They served our country, and will be kicked to the side like trash.
Trans servicemembers who have served 19 years will lose their pensions and healthcare.
This is obscene. They served our country, and will be kicked to the side like trash.