Josh Vander Hook
@jodavaho.io
PhD, Computer Science. Robotics and Planning systems for earth and elsewhere.
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I write code for pilots right now at https://flightscience.ai
https://josh.vanderhook.info
https://jodavaho.io
https://twitter.com/jodavaho
https://mastodon.social/@jodavaho
I write code for pilots right now at https://flightscience.ai
I swear this is the year I go to #rustconf @rustconf.com
June 4, 2025 at 11:03 AM
I swear this is the year I go to #rustconf @rustconf.com
I'm nearing the end of a week long "quick refactor" and I feel like a dumbass. Oh well.
May 15, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I'm nearing the end of a week long "quick refactor" and I feel like a dumbass. Oh well.
The other side would say education is fine indoctrination is not. There is a distinct lack of diverse politics in higher education.
But honestly the most divisive politicization is not from tech classes, that should be obvious.
But honestly the most divisive politicization is not from tech classes, that should be obvious.
The irony here is that we chose to publicly fund education in the US because it was considered central to ensuring a functional *participatory* democracy. It’s Authoritarian states think this way about higher education-not democracies www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/o...
Opinion | I Teach Computer Science, and That Is All
Politics has no place at universities or in the classroom.
www.nytimes.com
May 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The other side would say education is fine indoctrination is not. There is a distinct lack of diverse politics in higher education.
But honestly the most divisive politicization is not from tech classes, that should be obvious.
But honestly the most divisive politicization is not from tech classes, that should be obvious.
Come on, people have been wordsmithing their grants, publications, results, and proposals since well before the days of Galileo and Copernicus.
Stop pretending to be injured and just coddle the ruling class as we always have, then go good work. The bigger stink, the more censoring.
Stop pretending to be injured and just coddle the ruling class as we always have, then go good work. The bigger stink, the more censoring.
And you thought the left was censorious. How about actual censoring?
I was just told that I have to remove “climate” from the title of an ongoing grant if I want to keep it. And publications from that grant cannot include “climate” and other forbidden words. I can’t believe I’m writing this from the United States of America. #AcademicSky
May 3, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Come on, people have been wordsmithing their grants, publications, results, and proposals since well before the days of Galileo and Copernicus.
Stop pretending to be injured and just coddle the ruling class as we always have, then go good work. The bigger stink, the more censoring.
Stop pretending to be injured and just coddle the ruling class as we always have, then go good work. The bigger stink, the more censoring.
Unfortunately "keep politics out of science" cuts two ways. IMHO it's best to comply and as quickly as possible continue funding the grants that would be acceptable to the admin, vs trying to take a stand and burning down the whole thing.
Your regular reminder that NSF grants built the internet and helped the U.S. dominate tech.
BREAKING: NSF has frozen all grant funding, as of yesterday. It's unclear when they will resume funding awards, or why the pause has been put in place. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
May 2, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Unfortunately "keep politics out of science" cuts two ways. IMHO it's best to comply and as quickly as possible continue funding the grants that would be acceptable to the admin, vs trying to take a stand and burning down the whole thing.
Reposted by Josh Vander Hook
Your regular reminder that NSF grants built the internet and helped the U.S. dominate tech.
BREAKING: NSF has frozen all grant funding, as of yesterday. It's unclear when they will resume funding awards, or why the pause has been put in place. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones
US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’.
www.nature.com
May 2, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Your regular reminder that NSF grants built the internet and helped the U.S. dominate tech.
If given the choice between more work done and fewer employees, most healthy businesses choose productivity. But it might slow hiring.
A new study analyzing the Danish labor market in 2023 and 2024 suggests that generative AI models like ChatGPT have had almost no significant impact on overall wages or employment yet, despite rapid adoption in some workplaces.
Time saved by AI offset by new work created, study suggests
Survey of 2023–2024 data finds that AI created more tasks for 8.4 percent of workers.
arstechnica.com
May 2, 2025 at 10:55 AM
If given the choice between more work done and fewer employees, most healthy businesses choose productivity. But it might slow hiring.
Reposted by Josh Vander Hook
1804. Oceans are now Battlefields.
In the South China Sea a British convoy worth almost £1bn today is spotted by the French.
It should be a massacre.
Instead, Commodore Nathanial Dance is about to defeat a French battle squadron using some paint and the most overplayed hand in #navalHistory. /1 🧵
In the South China Sea a British convoy worth almost £1bn today is spotted by the French.
It should be a massacre.
Instead, Commodore Nathanial Dance is about to defeat a French battle squadron using some paint and the most overplayed hand in #navalHistory. /1 🧵
May 2, 2025 at 10:32 AM
1804. Oceans are now Battlefields.
In the South China Sea a British convoy worth almost £1bn today is spotted by the French.
It should be a massacre.
Instead, Commodore Nathanial Dance is about to defeat a French battle squadron using some paint and the most overplayed hand in #navalHistory. /1 🧵
In the South China Sea a British convoy worth almost £1bn today is spotted by the French.
It should be a massacre.
Instead, Commodore Nathanial Dance is about to defeat a French battle squadron using some paint and the most overplayed hand in #navalHistory. /1 🧵
I'd watch this 6x a week sometimes. It just felt like home for some reason.
Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs.
(“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR)
(“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR)
April 26, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I'd watch this 6x a week sometimes. It just felt like home for some reason.
If Wikipedia had released the first chat AI we'd be heralding a new age of knowledge, democratic access & achievement.
But listless programmers built it first then decided to automate their own jobs. So here we are, white collars, worrying about the dangers of it all not one bit aware of the irony.
But listless programmers built it first then decided to automate their own jobs. So here we are, white collars, worrying about the dangers of it all not one bit aware of the irony.
April 25, 2025 at 10:51 AM
If Wikipedia had released the first chat AI we'd be heralding a new age of knowledge, democratic access & achievement.
But listless programmers built it first then decided to automate their own jobs. So here we are, white collars, worrying about the dangers of it all not one bit aware of the irony.
But listless programmers built it first then decided to automate their own jobs. So here we are, white collars, worrying about the dangers of it all not one bit aware of the irony.
Got the itch to build something. Might go back to tcmaker.com, but last time wasn't a great experience.
The problem with these clubs is the unspoken rules. I want to go in and use a table to cut something but it's not the way everyone else does it.
The problem with these clubs is the unspoken rules. I want to go in and use a table to cut something but it's not the way everyone else does it.
Twin Cities Maker
Find Your Creativity
tcmaker.com
February 1, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Got the itch to build something. Might go back to tcmaker.com, but last time wasn't a great experience.
The problem with these clubs is the unspoken rules. I want to go in and use a table to cut something but it's not the way everyone else does it.
The problem with these clubs is the unspoken rules. I want to go in and use a table to cut something but it's not the way everyone else does it.
I think I figured out why one core on this machine runs hotter than the others.
January 27, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I think I figured out why one core on this machine runs hotter than the others.
With some thrashing, I've started to chip away at the big 3 learning goals for 2025-2028:
* Quantum Computing
* RL for planning (with obligatory side quest into LLMs)
* CUDA and programming massive parallel processors
On QC: The @mitopencourseware.bsky.social courses are great!
* Quantum Computing
* RL for planning (with obligatory side quest into LLMs)
* CUDA and programming massive parallel processors
On QC: The @mitopencourseware.bsky.social courses are great!
January 27, 2025 at 2:17 PM
With some thrashing, I've started to chip away at the big 3 learning goals for 2025-2028:
* Quantum Computing
* RL for planning (with obligatory side quest into LLMs)
* CUDA and programming massive parallel processors
On QC: The @mitopencourseware.bsky.social courses are great!
* Quantum Computing
* RL for planning (with obligatory side quest into LLMs)
* CUDA and programming massive parallel processors
On QC: The @mitopencourseware.bsky.social courses are great!
A new LLM is like a new source of steel: Fascinating scientific discovery. But nothing that really affects anyone not using raw materials.
arxiv.org/abs/2303.10130 predicts 80% of jobs will have 10%+ LLM integration, 20% will have 50% integration. We're nowhere close. Go build!
arxiv.org/abs/2303.10130 predicts 80% of jobs will have 10%+ LLM integration, 20% will have 50% integration. We're nowhere close. Go build!
GPTs are GPTs: An Early Look at the Labor Market Impact Potential of Large Language Models
We investigate the potential implications of large language models (LLMs), such as Generative Pre-trained Transformers (GPTs), on the U.S. labor market, focusing on the increased capabilities arising ...
arxiv.org
January 27, 2025 at 2:15 PM
A new LLM is like a new source of steel: Fascinating scientific discovery. But nothing that really affects anyone not using raw materials.
arxiv.org/abs/2303.10130 predicts 80% of jobs will have 10%+ LLM integration, 20% will have 50% integration. We're nowhere close. Go build!
arxiv.org/abs/2303.10130 predicts 80% of jobs will have 10%+ LLM integration, 20% will have 50% integration. We're nowhere close. Go build!
We're researching vacation destinations for next year, and with the kids and school and all that, can really only swing one trip. I'd like to get satellite photos and data of the locations to get a real picture of the layout, amenities, location, congestion, etc.
Tips? What data would you use?
Tips? What data would you use?
December 27, 2024 at 5:48 PM
We're researching vacation destinations for next year, and with the kids and school and all that, can really only swing one trip. I'd like to get satellite photos and data of the locations to get a real picture of the layout, amenities, location, congestion, etc.
Tips? What data would you use?
Tips? What data would you use?
@mcfunley.com Really amazing presentation here: egoless.engineering
Thank you! Nailed so many things I felt but couldn't express at past jobs.
Thank you! Nailed so many things I felt but couldn't express at past jobs.
Egoless Engineering
It turns out misery is a shitty proxy metric.
egoless.engineering
December 4, 2024 at 1:23 AM
@mcfunley.com Really amazing presentation here: egoless.engineering
Thank you! Nailed so many things I felt but couldn't express at past jobs.
Thank you! Nailed so many things I felt but couldn't express at past jobs.
I just completed "Historian Hysteria" - Day 1 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/1
December 1, 2024 at 2:12 PM
I just completed "Historian Hysteria" - Day 1 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/1
I'd like to learn basic chemistry. Catch is I only have time for audio books about 3 hrs a week while jogging or working out.
There are zero good beginner / college level chemistry books as audio books. Tips?
There are zero good beginner / college level chemistry books as audio books. Tips?
November 30, 2024 at 3:09 AM
I'd like to learn basic chemistry. Catch is I only have time for audio books about 3 hrs a week while jogging or working out.
There are zero good beginner / college level chemistry books as audio books. Tips?
There are zero good beginner / college level chemistry books as audio books. Tips?
Was just chilling with family. I take at least 3 hours and do nothing but family stuff every day. It's great.
But I'd love to have 3 days straight to work every now and again. The Grad School sprint dies hard.
But I'd love to have 3 days straight to work every now and again. The Grad School sprint dies hard.
November 28, 2024 at 2:20 AM
Was just chilling with family. I take at least 3 hours and do nothing but family stuff every day. It's great.
But I'd love to have 3 days straight to work every now and again. The Grad School sprint dies hard.
But I'd love to have 3 days straight to work every now and again. The Grad School sprint dies hard.
Reposted by Josh Vander Hook
SW+S Baltics Nov 23 2024
Sabotage suspect Yi Pen 3 is still detained in Kattegat.
She is guarded by two proper warships and it looks tense.
Investigation in Baltic Sea proper ongoing, has received substantial escort too.
Russian corvette might be around.
Sabotage suspect Yi Pen 3 is still detained in Kattegat.
She is guarded by two proper warships and it looks tense.
Investigation in Baltic Sea proper ongoing, has received substantial escort too.
Russian corvette might be around.
November 23, 2024 at 9:39 PM
SW+S Baltics Nov 23 2024
Sabotage suspect Yi Pen 3 is still detained in Kattegat.
She is guarded by two proper warships and it looks tense.
Investigation in Baltic Sea proper ongoing, has received substantial escort too.
Russian corvette might be around.
Sabotage suspect Yi Pen 3 is still detained in Kattegat.
She is guarded by two proper warships and it looks tense.
Investigation in Baltic Sea proper ongoing, has received substantial escort too.
Russian corvette might be around.
What is the most 40k/ ork-iest thing I can do with my first set of deer antlers?
John Deere riding mower hood ornament? Hat?
John Deere riding mower hood ornament? Hat?
November 23, 2024 at 8:36 PM
What is the most 40k/ ork-iest thing I can do with my first set of deer antlers?
John Deere riding mower hood ornament? Hat?
John Deere riding mower hood ornament? Hat?
Do #amateurradio folks ever dabble in radar?
I'm fantastically curious about building a home made CW radar.
I'm fantastically curious about building a home made CW radar.
November 22, 2024 at 8:56 PM
Do #amateurradio folks ever dabble in radar?
I'm fantastically curious about building a home made CW radar.
I'm fantastically curious about building a home made CW radar.
Reposted by Josh Vander Hook
A women-led team of 20, working remotely, is showing up a trillion dollar megacorp. Truly inspiring.
November 21, 2024 at 3:27 AM
A women-led team of 20, working remotely, is showing up a trillion dollar megacorp. Truly inspiring.