Gergő Bocsárdi
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📊PhD: networks, strategy, ML
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Second year PhD, 🇭🇺in🇳🇱
where i ramble: https://www.youtube.com/@agbocsardi
Big on:
📊PhD: networks, strategy, ML
☕️Coffee: yirgacheffe, v60, washed
📸Photos: fuji, edc, analog
Second year PhD, 🇭🇺in🇳🇱
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Gergő Bocsárdi
@agbocsardi.com
· Nov 25
WRITE A PAPER IN 6 WEEKS WITH ME
I found myself with all my proverbial research eggs recently shattered, despite my rather large number of baskets.
While tragic, this doesn’t change the fact that I have a conference deadline on January 7th, so time to get creative.
I found myself with all my proverbial research eggs recently shattered, despite my rather large number of baskets.
While tragic, this doesn’t change the fact that I have a conference deadline on January 7th, so time to get creative.
After obtaining my math degree, my hot take became that math is part of the humanities, because it's much closer to a fully "made up" l'art pour l'art pursuit of beauty (such as poetry or lit) than the grounded, pragmatic problem solving of engineering
for all the talk of the social importance of math it's uncanny how this aspect of the sociology around it is more or less identical to how things work on the humanities side of things. but that's none of my business I guess
November 12, 2025 at 8:42 AM
After obtaining my math degree, my hot take became that math is part of the humanities, because it's much closer to a fully "made up" l'art pour l'art pursuit of beauty (such as poetry or lit) than the grounded, pragmatic problem solving of engineering
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Art galleries a bit weird eh. Each time your visit, a 100 paintings scattered in rooms and you walk through like uh-huh, uh-huh, ok, that’s nice, uh-huh, ok. Then at random one of them skewers you through your soul and you’re transfixed by the image for life
July 30, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Art galleries a bit weird eh. Each time your visit, a 100 paintings scattered in rooms and you walk through like uh-huh, uh-huh, ok, that’s nice, uh-huh, ok. Then at random one of them skewers you through your soul and you’re transfixed by the image for life
the year of linux desktop is upon us, just slapped a linux mint on my mother’s old laptop, instead of win11😃
August 13, 2025 at 6:07 PM
the year of linux desktop is upon us, just slapped a linux mint on my mother’s old laptop, instead of win11😃
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This is unexpectedly delightful: a dying mall in Portland Oregon is filling up with a beautiful collection of weird and interesting businesses because the rent is now affordable for them www.tiktok.com/@hereisorego...
Exploring some of the stores still open at the Lloyd Center #portland #mall
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July 31, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This is unexpectedly delightful: a dying mall in Portland Oregon is filling up with a beautiful collection of weird and interesting businesses because the rent is now affordable for them www.tiktok.com/@hereisorego...
I forgot that I have a workshop proposal deadline tomorrow, so today I frantically wrote 2800 words😃
I guess that paper draft that I have been procrastinating on is now done💀 nothing gets me working like a deadline
I guess that paper draft that I have been procrastinating on is now done💀 nothing gets me working like a deadline
July 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I forgot that I have a workshop proposal deadline tomorrow, so today I frantically wrote 2800 words😃
I guess that paper draft that I have been procrastinating on is now done💀 nothing gets me working like a deadline
I guess that paper draft that I have been procrastinating on is now done💀 nothing gets me working like a deadline
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old story in rob's head: ahhhhhhh i'm feeling super overwhelmed by my to do list, so i should prob run away and do a bunch of recreational numbing in the name of "self care"
new story: the more i do the better i feel
new story: the more i do the better i feel
July 9, 2025 at 2:43 PM
old story in rob's head: ahhhhhhh i'm feeling super overwhelmed by my to do list, so i should prob run away and do a bunch of recreational numbing in the name of "self care"
new story: the more i do the better i feel
new story: the more i do the better i feel
Today I tried to reconcile some rather ambivalent thoughts on LLMs, thinking, and work😃
llm brainrot is good, actually
YouTube video by Gergő Bocsárdi
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June 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Today I tried to reconcile some rather ambivalent thoughts on LLMs, thinking, and work😃
I realized I mostly just needed a formatter, so the injected language formatting feature of conform.nvim took care of this!
I just replicated a 40 minute processing pipeline from a spark cluster in 33 minutes on my macbook😃
I have to say I now get the hype
I just replicated a 40 minute processing pipeline from a spark cluster in 33 minutes on my macbook😃
I have to say I now get the hype
Hey #duckdb friends!
I am endlesy fascinated by the tool, and I’m yet to try it, but the one thing that I’m worried about is the lack of autocomplete during my data wrangling in Python.
Is there some magic way to get SQL completion inside Python? Some Neovim magic perhaps?
Or is this a no-issue?
I am endlesy fascinated by the tool, and I’m yet to try it, but the one thing that I’m worried about is the lack of autocomplete during my data wrangling in Python.
Is there some magic way to get SQL completion inside Python? Some Neovim magic perhaps?
Or is this a no-issue?
June 3, 2025 at 7:51 AM
I realized I mostly just needed a formatter, so the injected language formatting feature of conform.nvim took care of this!
I just replicated a 40 minute processing pipeline from a spark cluster in 33 minutes on my macbook😃
I have to say I now get the hype
I just replicated a 40 minute processing pipeline from a spark cluster in 33 minutes on my macbook😃
I have to say I now get the hype
I was looking for a dictation tool on my iphone that’s better than the built-in, but still not a cloud, and lo and behold, there is one!
I just tried superwhisper’s local model, and it provided me with flawless transcripts in both english and hungarian, all made locally.
yap walks here we come!!
I just tried superwhisper’s local model, and it provided me with flawless transcripts in both english and hungarian, all made locally.
yap walks here we come!!
superwhisper
AI powered voice to text for macOS
superwhisper.com
May 28, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I was looking for a dictation tool on my iphone that’s better than the built-in, but still not a cloud, and lo and behold, there is one!
I just tried superwhisper’s local model, and it provided me with flawless transcripts in both english and hungarian, all made locally.
yap walks here we come!!
I just tried superwhisper’s local model, and it provided me with flawless transcripts in both english and hungarian, all made locally.
yap walks here we come!!
Hey #duckdb friends!
I am endlesy fascinated by the tool, and I’m yet to try it, but the one thing that I’m worried about is the lack of autocomplete during my data wrangling in Python.
Is there some magic way to get SQL completion inside Python? Some Neovim magic perhaps?
Or is this a no-issue?
I am endlesy fascinated by the tool, and I’m yet to try it, but the one thing that I’m worried about is the lack of autocomplete during my data wrangling in Python.
Is there some magic way to get SQL completion inside Python? Some Neovim magic perhaps?
Or is this a no-issue?
May 6, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Hey #duckdb friends!
I am endlesy fascinated by the tool, and I’m yet to try it, but the one thing that I’m worried about is the lack of autocomplete during my data wrangling in Python.
Is there some magic way to get SQL completion inside Python? Some Neovim magic perhaps?
Or is this a no-issue?
I am endlesy fascinated by the tool, and I’m yet to try it, but the one thing that I’m worried about is the lack of autocomplete during my data wrangling in Python.
Is there some magic way to get SQL completion inside Python? Some Neovim magic perhaps?
Or is this a no-issue?
Reposted by Gergő Bocsárdi
Yes, vision LLMs are pretty good geo-guessers (I had wondered about this) easily beating humans
Bigger LLMs are more accurate and data leakage (having seen the same picture in training) does not seem to be a big problem. The models are better at urban & more developed areas arxiv.org/pdf/2502.11163
Bigger LLMs are more accurate and data leakage (having seen the same picture in training) does not seem to be a big problem. The models are better at urban & more developed areas arxiv.org/pdf/2502.11163
March 21, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Yes, vision LLMs are pretty good geo-guessers (I had wondered about this) easily beating humans
Bigger LLMs are more accurate and data leakage (having seen the same picture in training) does not seem to be a big problem. The models are better at urban & more developed areas arxiv.org/pdf/2502.11163
Bigger LLMs are more accurate and data leakage (having seen the same picture in training) does not seem to be a big problem. The models are better at urban & more developed areas arxiv.org/pdf/2502.11163
I was looking for a free, simple Couch to 5K app to get back into running, and I was disappointed to see that all of them tried to shove a subscription fee down my throat
Then I found “Just Run”. Indie developer, free and ad-free, the only IAP is “support Gary who makes the app”. Never paid quicker
Then I found “Just Run”. Indie developer, free and ad-free, the only IAP is “support Gary who makes the app”. Never paid quicker
March 13, 2025 at 5:33 AM
I was looking for a free, simple Couch to 5K app to get back into running, and I was disappointed to see that all of them tried to shove a subscription fee down my throat
Then I found “Just Run”. Indie developer, free and ad-free, the only IAP is “support Gary who makes the app”. Never paid quicker
Then I found “Just Run”. Indie developer, free and ad-free, the only IAP is “support Gary who makes the app”. Never paid quicker
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March 4, 2025 at 11:47 PM
starting the day with “what would done look like for today” is such an underrated move
it really gave my todolist a different tone, shoutout @austinkleon.bsky.social and @oliverburkeman.com for the inspiration
it really gave my todolist a different tone, shoutout @austinkleon.bsky.social and @oliverburkeman.com for the inspiration
February 24, 2025 at 8:35 AM
starting the day with “what would done look like for today” is such an underrated move
it really gave my todolist a different tone, shoutout @austinkleon.bsky.social and @oliverburkeman.com for the inspiration
it really gave my todolist a different tone, shoutout @austinkleon.bsky.social and @oliverburkeman.com for the inspiration
This week I gave a presentation on how to run LLMs locally!
We touched on models, tools, and technical stuff (like quantisation), I designed this in a way that it gives a good baseline to explore afterwards.
Enjoy🫶
#llm #ai
We touched on models, tools, and technical stuff (like quantisation), I designed this in a way that it gives a good baseline to explore afterwards.
Enjoy🫶
#llm #ai
Local LLMs - Why, What, How?
YouTube video by Gergő Bocsárdi
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February 23, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Surely adding AI to printers is somehow against the Geneva Conventions
Literally any reporter who treated this device seriously when it was so obviously stupid should be laughed out of any room they're in. Abominably stupid product, obviously silly, execution was worse than expected. A landmark moment for the AI bubble. The first of many to die
HP will acquire assets from Humane for $116M; Humane's Ai pin business will be wound down, and Humane's team, including its founders, will join HP (Brody Ford/Bloomberg)
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February 19, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Surely adding AI to printers is somehow against the Geneva Conventions
I feel so lucky to have stumbled upon graph neural networks for my research
I was out of the ML game when they first started getting traction, so I’m late to the party, but oh boi do they scratch the “networks and ML” itch😃
I was out of the ML game when they first started getting traction, so I’m late to the party, but oh boi do they scratch the “networks and ML” itch😃
February 19, 2025 at 10:35 AM
I feel so lucky to have stumbled upon graph neural networks for my research
I was out of the ML game when they first started getting traction, so I’m late to the party, but oh boi do they scratch the “networks and ML” itch😃
I was out of the ML game when they first started getting traction, so I’m late to the party, but oh boi do they scratch the “networks and ML” itch😃
Since learning vim motions, my LLM use for coding dropped significantly
Turns out my pain of “really hate renaming variables by hand” doesn’t need “reasoning”, it needed “getting good at search and replace”😃
Also snippets👌
Turns out my pain of “really hate renaming variables by hand” doesn’t need “reasoning”, it needed “getting good at search and replace”😃
Also snippets👌
February 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Since learning vim motions, my LLM use for coding dropped significantly
Turns out my pain of “really hate renaming variables by hand” doesn’t need “reasoning”, it needed “getting good at search and replace”😃
Also snippets👌
Turns out my pain of “really hate renaming variables by hand” doesn’t need “reasoning”, it needed “getting good at search and replace”😃
Also snippets👌
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As a researcher, real personal growth comes from INTERACTIONS WITH PEOPLE OUTSIDE ACADEMIA. That’s why communicating your research matters. Why? Because these interactions spark new questions and ideas. Not my words, but those of @martecwsolheim.bsky.social, prorector at @unistavanger.bsky.social 🧵
February 14, 2025 at 9:20 AM
As a researcher, real personal growth comes from INTERACTIONS WITH PEOPLE OUTSIDE ACADEMIA. That’s why communicating your research matters. Why? Because these interactions spark new questions and ideas. Not my words, but those of @martecwsolheim.bsky.social, prorector at @unistavanger.bsky.social 🧵
Hey #PhDSky,
I made a quick video that I wish I had seen when I stared out, hope it can help some of you out there!
youtu.be/qM0t68qPovE
I made a quick video that I wish I had seen when I stared out, hope it can help some of you out there!
youtu.be/qM0t68qPovE
How I Would Learn a New Academic Field Fast
YouTube video by Gergő Bocsárdi
youtu.be
February 9, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Hey #PhDSky,
I made a quick video that I wish I had seen when I stared out, hope it can help some of you out there!
youtu.be/qM0t68qPovE
I made a quick video that I wish I had seen when I stared out, hope it can help some of you out there!
youtu.be/qM0t68qPovE
hi #dataengineering friends!
I have a master student that got a .sql dump file from Postgres, that we’re trying to analyze. Initially we’d just like to learn about the schema/tables/etc, then if needed, do some ETL.
Is there a more elegant solution than a local postgres db? @duckdb.org maybe?
I have a master student that got a .sql dump file from Postgres, that we’re trying to analyze. Initially we’d just like to learn about the schema/tables/etc, then if needed, do some ETL.
Is there a more elegant solution than a local postgres db? @duckdb.org maybe?
February 8, 2025 at 12:18 PM
hi #dataengineering friends!
I have a master student that got a .sql dump file from Postgres, that we’re trying to analyze. Initially we’d just like to learn about the schema/tables/etc, then if needed, do some ETL.
Is there a more elegant solution than a local postgres db? @duckdb.org maybe?
I have a master student that got a .sql dump file from Postgres, that we’re trying to analyze. Initially we’d just like to learn about the schema/tables/etc, then if needed, do some ETL.
Is there a more elegant solution than a local postgres db? @duckdb.org maybe?
hey @edzitron.com is there a way to pay and get an ad-free version of the Better Offline pod?
Would love to listen sans-interruptions😃
Would love to listen sans-interruptions😃
February 1, 2025 at 10:58 AM
hey @edzitron.com is there a way to pay and get an ad-free version of the Better Offline pod?
Would love to listen sans-interruptions😃
Would love to listen sans-interruptions😃
To round out the “Paper in 6 Weeks” project, here’s a summary that distills all my takeaways from the process!
Hope it helps make your writing smoother🫶
#AcademicSky #PhDSky
Hope it helps make your writing smoother🫶
#AcademicSky #PhDSky
January 26, 2025 at 6:28 PM
To round out the “Paper in 6 Weeks” project, here’s a summary that distills all my takeaways from the process!
Hope it helps make your writing smoother🫶
#AcademicSky #PhDSky
Hope it helps make your writing smoother🫶
#AcademicSky #PhDSky
As somebody who types and feels lost in front of a computer for a living (ie a phd student), I find doing some manual labour an extremely gratifying change of pace
Lending a hand at a renovation, laying flooring really gave me a true break from staring at the screen😃
Can’t wait to have a garden
Lending a hand at a renovation, laying flooring really gave me a true break from staring at the screen😃
Can’t wait to have a garden
January 26, 2025 at 1:56 PM
As somebody who types and feels lost in front of a computer for a living (ie a phd student), I find doing some manual labour an extremely gratifying change of pace
Lending a hand at a renovation, laying flooring really gave me a true break from staring at the screen😃
Can’t wait to have a garden
Lending a hand at a renovation, laying flooring really gave me a true break from staring at the screen😃
Can’t wait to have a garden
Also broader advice from #phdsky #AcademicSky is also appreciated!
How do you find your way around theory?
How do you find your way around theory?
hi #mgmtsky!
I’m curious how people who arrived to management from an applied side (industry/methods/other fields) learned their way around the vast theory?
I came from data science, and have a fix dataset, and I grapple with finding the right conversation to join, given my empirical context.
I’m curious how people who arrived to management from an applied side (industry/methods/other fields) learned their way around the vast theory?
I came from data science, and have a fix dataset, and I grapple with finding the right conversation to join, given my empirical context.
January 24, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Also broader advice from #phdsky #AcademicSky is also appreciated!
How do you find your way around theory?
How do you find your way around theory?