Adrian Sampson
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Carly Rae Jepsen fan account.
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I have graduated from the period of my life where people told me I looked like Fred and George Weasley to a new, exciting period where people tell me I look like Bill Weasley
December 31, 2025 at 3:24 AM
I have graduated from the period of my life where people told me I looked like Fred and George Weasley to a new, exciting period where people tell me I look like Bill Weasley
🎁 letters of recommendation wrapped
letters written: 7
submissions: 66
episodes of Pluribus watched while clicking through submission forms: 3
expletives muttered at submission forms: dozens
letters written: 7
submissions: 66
episodes of Pluribus watched while clicking through submission forms: 3
expletives muttered at submission forms: dozens
December 23, 2025 at 2:57 PM
🎁 letters of recommendation wrapped
letters written: 7
submissions: 66
episodes of Pluribus watched while clicking through submission forms: 3
expletives muttered at submission forms: dozens
letters written: 7
submissions: 66
episodes of Pluribus watched while clicking through submission forms: 3
expletives muttered at submission forms: dozens
it’s wintertime and I’m feeling flaky #breadposting
December 22, 2025 at 1:56 AM
it’s wintertime and I’m feeling flaky #breadposting
I’m underproofing everything these days because I can’t keep my house above 60°. just Ithaca problems
December 13, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I’m underproofing everything these days because I can’t keep my house above 60°. just Ithaca problems
☕️ For the sixth time (!), we’re running our little ASPLOS workshop on hardware design languages/compilers/etc. Papers are just two pages! So easy! Please submit! #latte26 https://capra.cs.cornell.edu/latte26/
LATTE ’26
capra.cs.cornell.edu
December 11, 2025 at 6:39 PM
☕️ For the sixth time (!), we’re running our little ASPLOS workshop on hardware design languages/compilers/etc. Papers are just two pages! So easy! Please submit! #latte26 https://capra.cs.cornell.edu/latte26/
yet another #breadposting in which photos had to wait until after an urgent sandwich-making
December 6, 2025 at 4:42 PM
yet another #breadposting in which photos had to wait until after an urgent sandwich-making
’tis the season: a randomized controlled trial measuring the effect of cookie availability on teaching evaluation scores https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29956364/
Availability of cookies during an academic course session affects evaluation of teaching - PubMed
The provision of chocolate cookies had a significant effect on course evaluation. These findings question the validity of SETs and their use in making widespread decisions within a faculty.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
December 4, 2025 at 4:39 PM
’tis the season: a randomized controlled trial measuring the effect of cookie availability on teaching evaluation scores https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29956364/
Happy 40th birthday to Carly Rae Jepsen! (shocked that she doesn’t have a fedi account yet) https://youtu.be/U0ih3FriG1k
November 21, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Happy 40th birthday to Carly Rae Jepsen! (shocked that she doesn’t have a fedi account yet) https://youtu.be/U0ih3FriG1k
There are some nifty insights about parallel compilation in fitzgen’s post on inlining in Cranelift. https://fitzgen.com/2025/11/19/inliner.html
A Function Inliner for Wasmtime and Cranelift
Note: I cross-posted this to the Bytecode Allianceblog.
fitzgen.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
There are some nifty insights about parallel compilation in fitzgen’s post on inlining in Cranelift. https://fitzgen.com/2025/11/19/inliner.html
Reposted by Adrian Sampson
my timeline keeps showing me sensible takes on the unwrapocalypse, so i am learning over time the shape of the bad discourse, like identifying an elephant by touch
November 20, 2025 at 6:46 PM
my timeline keeps showing me sensible takes on the unwrapocalypse, so i am learning over time the shape of the bad discourse, like identifying an elephant by touch
Microsoft: we have a new research funding call!
me: oh cool; it's been a while! it’s probably mostly AI, but which meager bone are you throwing to the rest of CS?
Microsoft: haha check it out! https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/academic-program/microsoft-research-fellowship/
*17 out of 17 […]
me: oh cool; it's been a while! it’s probably mostly AI, but which meager bone are you throwing to the rest of CS?
Microsoft: haha check it out! https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/academic-program/microsoft-research-fellowship/
*17 out of 17 […]
Original post on discuss.systems
discuss.systems
November 20, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Microsoft: we have a new research funding call!
me: oh cool; it's been a while! it’s probably mostly AI, but which meager bone are you throwing to the rest of CS?
Microsoft: haha check it out! https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/academic-program/microsoft-research-fellowship/
*17 out of 17 […]
me: oh cool; it's been a while! it’s probably mostly AI, but which meager bone are you throwing to the rest of CS?
Microsoft: haha check it out! https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/academic-program/microsoft-research-fellowship/
*17 out of 17 […]
retroactively double #breadposting! biscuits from the weekend, and bread from today. livin’ healthy
November 20, 2025 at 3:28 AM
retroactively double #breadposting! biscuits from the weekend, and bread from today. livin’ healthy
I think about the Dafny logo at least once a week
November 17, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I think about the Dafny logo at least once a week
it is apparently one of those days where everyone you see in the hallway says "hi! I sent you an email last week…" so I guess I will hide in my office, close the door, and turn the lights off
November 14, 2025 at 2:54 PM
it is apparently one of those days where everyone you see in the hallway says "hi! I sent you an email last week…" so I guess I will hide in my office, close the door, and turn the lights off
in trying times like these, it is important to have too many bagels in your house #breadposting
November 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
in trying times like these, it is important to have too many bagels in your house #breadposting
beautiful day for a ride
November 9, 2025 at 4:05 AM
beautiful day for a ride
you hate to see it https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/us/cornell-deal-trump-administration.html
November 7, 2025 at 6:38 PM
you hate to see it https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/us/cornell-deal-trump-administration.html
it is apparently also still #breadposting season (which is every season)
November 4, 2025 at 1:44 PM
it is apparently also still #breadposting season (which is every season)
Does this silly optimization, which students in #cs6120 asked about, have a name? https://github.com/sampsyo/cs6120/discussions/594#discussioncomment-14840141
October 31, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Does this silly optimization, which students in #cs6120 asked about, have a name? https://github.com/sampsyo/cs6120/discussions/594#discussioncomment-14840141
this may be the only thing I accomplish today #breadposting
October 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
this may be the only thing I accomplish today #breadposting
I have recently decided that my fallback-career bakery will be called Glutenous Maximus
October 16, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I have recently decided that my fallback-career bakery will be called Glutenous Maximus
failed to get a pic today before making sandwiches #breadposting
October 12, 2025 at 7:53 PM
failed to get a pic today before making sandwiches #breadposting