Matthias Freiberger
@freiberg.bsky.social
patterns | optimization | dynamical systems | nature | art
Here to learn new things and share thoughts. Not all of them are useful.
Here to learn new things and share thoughts. Not all of them are useful.
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Exploring Resilience and Adaptability in Learning Systems (Public)
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Hi to everybody who has recently followed me, thanks for reading!
In case you're curious how I spend my time, you might be interested in these slides from a recent talk I gave on resilience and adaptability in learning systems:
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In case you're curious how I spend my time, you might be interested in these slides from a recent talk I gave on resilience and adaptability in learning systems:
docs.google.com/presentation...
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We are now further away from the theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12, 1981) than it was from the year it takes place in (1936). We have reached the Indiana Jones event horizon.
November 27, 2025 at 12:49 AM
We are now further away from the theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12, 1981) than it was from the year it takes place in (1936). We have reached the Indiana Jones event horizon.
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I get so frustrated with people who demean expertise while centering the narrative of a corporation.
November 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I get so frustrated with people who demean expertise while centering the narrative of a corporation.
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🚀 Introducing TMLR Beyond PDF!
🎬 This is a new, HTML-based submission format for TMLR, that supports interactive figures and videos, along with the usual LaTeX and images.
🎉 Thanks to TMLR Editors in Chief: Hugo Larochelle, @gautamkamath.com, Naila Murray, Nihar B. Shah, and Laurent Charlin!
🎬 This is a new, HTML-based submission format for TMLR, that supports interactive figures and videos, along with the usual LaTeX and images.
🎉 Thanks to TMLR Editors in Chief: Hugo Larochelle, @gautamkamath.com, Naila Murray, Nihar B. Shah, and Laurent Charlin!
November 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
🚀 Introducing TMLR Beyond PDF!
🎬 This is a new, HTML-based submission format for TMLR, that supports interactive figures and videos, along with the usual LaTeX and images.
🎉 Thanks to TMLR Editors in Chief: Hugo Larochelle, @gautamkamath.com, Naila Murray, Nihar B. Shah, and Laurent Charlin!
🎬 This is a new, HTML-based submission format for TMLR, that supports interactive figures and videos, along with the usual LaTeX and images.
🎉 Thanks to TMLR Editors in Chief: Hugo Larochelle, @gautamkamath.com, Naila Murray, Nihar B. Shah, and Laurent Charlin!
Story time: Once upon a time in Ghent GF and I adopted a cat with sensitive stomach. To make sure he always gets the right amount of food daily and evenly distributed over the day, we decide to buy an automatic pet feeder. We decide on a feeding schedule and I set it up and program it. 1/6
October 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Story time: Once upon a time in Ghent GF and I adopted a cat with sensitive stomach. To make sure he always gets the right amount of food daily and evenly distributed over the day, we decide to buy an automatic pet feeder. We decide on a feeding schedule and I set it up and program it. 1/6
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📣 Germany's close to reversing its opposition to mass surveillance & private message scanning, & backing the Chat Control bill. This could end private comms-& Signal-in the EU.
Time's short and they're counting on obscurity: please let German politicians know how horrifying their reversal would be.
Time's short and they're counting on obscurity: please let German politicians know how horrifying their reversal would be.
We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...
signal.org
October 6, 2025 at 6:46 AM
📣 Germany's close to reversing its opposition to mass surveillance & private message scanning, & backing the Chat Control bill. This could end private comms-& Signal-in the EU.
Time's short and they're counting on obscurity: please let German politicians know how horrifying their reversal would be.
Time's short and they're counting on obscurity: please let German politicians know how horrifying their reversal would be.
Just read in a paper "we use a Mamba-like model to do X" and for a second I'm like: what is Mamba again? Then I remembered. 2023 feels like a million years ago in AI.
September 29, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Just read in a paper "we use a Mamba-like model to do X" and for a second I'm like: what is Mamba again? Then I remembered. 2023 feels like a million years ago in AI.
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We are excited to announce the Artificial Life, Intelligence, Complexity & Evolution (𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗘) workshop. This first edition will be hosted in Copenhagen on the first week of February.
We will soon be announcing the guest speakers—Stay tuned!
Check our website for more information: aliceworkshop.org
We will soon be announcing the guest speakers—Stay tuned!
Check our website for more information: aliceworkshop.org
September 22, 2025 at 1:27 PM
We are excited to announce the Artificial Life, Intelligence, Complexity & Evolution (𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗘) workshop. This first edition will be hosted in Copenhagen on the first week of February.
We will soon be announcing the guest speakers—Stay tuned!
Check our website for more information: aliceworkshop.org
We will soon be announcing the guest speakers—Stay tuned!
Check our website for more information: aliceworkshop.org
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6. “Elections are won from the centre” is a mantra used to try to block challenges from the left. It says “you can’t win if you want to change the system”. It ignores the fact that first the neoliberals and now the far right have completely transformed – in some respects replaced - the system.
September 3, 2025 at 8:31 AM
6. “Elections are won from the centre” is a mantra used to try to block challenges from the left. It says “you can’t win if you want to change the system”. It ignores the fact that first the neoliberals and now the far right have completely transformed – in some respects replaced - the system.
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all the best windows software in history is called something like "joe's thing doer". it does the thing and nothing else and is available on a html website in plain text and takes up under a megabyte of space and uses default windows ui elements and will work until the heat death of the universe
August 31, 2025 at 9:53 PM
all the best windows software in history is called something like "joe's thing doer". it does the thing and nothing else and is available on a html website in plain text and takes up under a megabyte of space and uses default windows ui elements and will work until the heat death of the universe
Currently watching season 2 of Dandadan on Netflix and discovered this banger.
Not that that means anything but this is hands-down the best power metal song I ever heard.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xood...
Not that that means anything but this is hands-down the best power metal song I ever heard.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xood...
TVアニメ『ダンダダン』HAYASii「Hunting Soul」【lyric video】
YouTube video by MBSanimation 公式チャンネル
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August 30, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Currently watching season 2 of Dandadan on Netflix and discovered this banger.
Not that that means anything but this is hands-down the best power metal song I ever heard.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xood...
Not that that means anything but this is hands-down the best power metal song I ever heard.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xood...
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We introduce PuzzleJAX, a benchmark for reasoning and learning. 🧩💡🦎
PuzzleJAX compiles hundreds of existing grid-based PuzzleScript games to hardware-accelerated JAX environments, and allows researchers to define new tasks via PuzzleScript's concise rewrite rule-based DSL.
PuzzleJAX compiles hundreds of existing grid-based PuzzleScript games to hardware-accelerated JAX environments, and allows researchers to define new tasks via PuzzleScript's concise rewrite rule-based DSL.
August 27, 2025 at 11:34 PM
We introduce PuzzleJAX, a benchmark for reasoning and learning. 🧩💡🦎
PuzzleJAX compiles hundreds of existing grid-based PuzzleScript games to hardware-accelerated JAX environments, and allows researchers to define new tasks via PuzzleScript's concise rewrite rule-based DSL.
PuzzleJAX compiles hundreds of existing grid-based PuzzleScript games to hardware-accelerated JAX environments, and allows researchers to define new tasks via PuzzleScript's concise rewrite rule-based DSL.
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Today I have a more serious topic than usual, please consider reposting for reach:
My wife and I are urgently looking for a specialist in neuropediatrics or a similar field for our autistic child with a diagnosed, but not further specified, movement disorder [1/4]
My wife and I are urgently looking for a specialist in neuropediatrics or a similar field for our autistic child with a diagnosed, but not further specified, movement disorder [1/4]
August 19, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Today I have a more serious topic than usual, please consider reposting for reach:
My wife and I are urgently looking for a specialist in neuropediatrics or a similar field for our autistic child with a diagnosed, but not further specified, movement disorder [1/4]
My wife and I are urgently looking for a specialist in neuropediatrics or a similar field for our autistic child with a diagnosed, but not further specified, movement disorder [1/4]
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Preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2507.03391
On the dynamics of affective states during play and the role of confusion
Video game designers often view confusion as undesirable, yet it is inevitable, as new players must adapt to new interfaces and mechanics in an increasingly varied and innovative game market, which is...
arxiv.org
July 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2507.03391
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Can confusion benefit the player experience? 🤔 Our new paper, "On the dynamics of affective states during play and the role of confusion," reveals confusion can signal learning, prevent boredom, and align with the flow experience. Paper link in comments!
July 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Can confusion benefit the player experience? 🤔 Our new paper, "On the dynamics of affective states during play and the role of confusion," reveals confusion can signal learning, prevent boredom, and align with the flow experience. Paper link in comments!
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“The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.”
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
July 5, 2025 at 11:19 PM
“The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.”
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
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If people think American scientists are somehow going to land in Europe, I've got news for you about the difference between millions and billions […]
[Original post on mastodon.world]
[Original post on mastodon.world]
July 5, 2025 at 6:51 PM
If people think American scientists are somehow going to land in Europe, I've got news for you about the difference between millions and billions […]
[Original post on mastodon.world]
[Original post on mastodon.world]
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David Mermin has written the canon piece on this called
"What's wrong with these equations?".
Great advice on how to embed equations in your writing.
wp.optics.arizona.edu/kupinski/wp-...
"What's wrong with these equations?".
Great advice on how to embed equations in your writing.
wp.optics.arizona.edu/kupinski/wp-...
May 14, 2025 at 7:11 PM
David Mermin has written the canon piece on this called
"What's wrong with these equations?".
Great advice on how to embed equations in your writing.
wp.optics.arizona.edu/kupinski/wp-...
"What's wrong with these equations?".
Great advice on how to embed equations in your writing.
wp.optics.arizona.edu/kupinski/wp-...
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Hoe klonken de Zeeuws-Vlaamse dialecten in de jaren 60? En wat kunnen we leren over de taalgeschiedenis van het gebied als we het dialectlandschap bekijken? In deze reportage van Omroep Zeeland vertel ik er meer over.
Luister hier: zo klonken de Zeeuws-Vlaamse dialecten in de jaren 60
De verschillende Zeeuws-Vlaamse dialecten hebben allemaal een eigen geschiedenis.
www.omroepzeeland.nl
May 5, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Hoe klonken de Zeeuws-Vlaamse dialecten in de jaren 60? En wat kunnen we leren over de taalgeschiedenis van het gebied als we het dialectlandschap bekijken? In deze reportage van Omroep Zeeland vertel ik er meer over.
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This is a new image from #JWST.
The bright points with spikes are stars in the Milky Way.
Everything else is a galaxy.
Everything. Else. Is. A. Galaxy.
The bright points with spikes are stars in the Milky Way.
Everything else is a galaxy.
Everything. Else. Is. A. Galaxy.
April 29, 2025 at 6:47 PM
This is a new image from #JWST.
The bright points with spikes are stars in the Milky Way.
Everything else is a galaxy.
Everything. Else. Is. A. Galaxy.
The bright points with spikes are stars in the Milky Way.
Everything else is a galaxy.
Everything. Else. Is. A. Galaxy.