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Stefan Siegert
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Polluting the internet with meat slop.

#running and #juggling
#rstats and #python
#physics and #machinelearning
#academia and #science
#ai and #notai

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Reposted by Stefan Siegert
Extraordinary close-up of spider thread wins Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition 2025 | Discover Wildlife
#photography
https://www.discoverwildlife.com/photography/royal-society-publishing-photography-competition-2025-winners
December 4, 2025 at 2:59 PM
RE: https://thecanadian.social/@MostlyHarmless/115793995162647692

The kids will groan their asses off when they hear that one.
thecanadian.social
December 28, 2025 at 10:52 AM
I'm spending the holidays catching up on some music listening. I've been re/discovering Linkin Park over the last few months.

Knowing about Benningtons death I thought pre-2017 that was all there is. I was vaguely aware of their 2024 reboot but never […]

[Original post on mastodon.social]
December 27, 2025 at 8:35 PM
December 26, 2025 at 12:11 PM
December 25, 2025 at 7:56 PM
December 25, 2025 at 7:18 PM
This is problem with #academia and organisations and institutions more generally. Everything is performative, appearance above everything else. "Looking good" is the main target, if a bit of value is created along the way that's great, too.
December 23, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Korean Michelin chef with a heavy Italian accent shows how he cooks his instant Ramen. Love it. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WW62RWXMlTc #ramen #cooking #youtube #video
December 22, 2025 at 9:20 PM
December 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Linus Torvalds deserves the Nobel Peace Prize for maintaining an open global project that benefits all of humanity like no other, and building critical free infrastructure for large scale peaceful collaboration.

This point has already been argued in 2009 and remains true in 2025 […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
December 22, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Jimmy Carr is the new Jordan Peterson, with christianity replaced by comedy and "metaphorical substructure clean your room" replaced by "fuck off, mate". #comedy #jimmycarr #jordanpeterson
December 18, 2025 at 7:22 AM
My arxiv submission has been "on hold" for over 2 weeks now.

I can live with abuse from journal reviewers.

But rejection by a preprint server feels like a clear message to reconsider my career choice...

#academicchatter #arxiv
December 17, 2025 at 7:15 AM
RE: https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern/115721946504717925

Turns out you *can* make this stuff up...
mastodon.green
December 15, 2025 at 7:52 AM
December 13, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Skateboard Santa came early this year!

* Chris Joslin tre-flips El Toro, this time for real https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OEZ_Y9HcuI0

* Spencer Barton ollies 46", new WR https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GBaK53lNZYA

#skateboard #youtube #video #eltoro
December 12, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Scott Alexander analyses the "#vibecession", a growing trend towards negative sentiments and pessimism despite all economic indicators being up. https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/vibecession-much-more-than-you-wanted

He can't find a smoking gun to explain it […]

[Original post on mastodon.social]
December 10, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Wes Peden LEMONS (2021) 3-ball juggling video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfNIkaVQNY4 #balls #juggling #wespeden #video
December 8, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Congrats on your Ballscratcher Award. #trump #fifa #award
December 7, 2025 at 6:21 PM
December 7, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Textbook preprint: "Mathematical Introduction to Deep Learning: Methods, Implementations, and Theory" https://arxiv.org/pdf/2310.20360 #mathematics #ai #book
December 3, 2025 at 12:13 PM
You don't have to believe in LLM consciousness to find this kind of prose compelling. The possibility, however small, that this might come from a genuine place of artificially created "sense-of-being" makes it only more interesting […]

[Original post on mastodon.social]
December 2, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Reposted by Stefan Siegert
Yesterday, an #OpenReview vulnerability led to the leak of reviewer identities of all the major academic AI conferences, including the ongoing #ICLR2026 conferences. #ICLRLeaks

This is both a huge disaster, and an opportunity to tackle the serious flaws of AI research.
eu.36kr.com/en/p/3572028...
Academic Circle in Uproar: ICLR Reviewers Reveal Identities, Low Scores Given by Friends
True Open Review: Unveiling Transparent and Authentic Evaluations
eu.36kr.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:31 AM
"Millionaires tell Rachel Reeves: Tax us more or lose to Reform in the next election" https://www.bigissue.com/news/politics/patriotic-millionaires-wealth-tax-rachel-reeves-budge

@theonion is that you?

#ukpol #tax
Millionaires call on Rachel Reeves to tax them more in the autumn budget
The Patriotic Millionaires UK group has urged chancellor Rachel Reeves to implement a wealth tax in the upcoming autumn budget.
www.bigissue.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:20 PM