iainjgallagher.bsky.social
@iainjgallagher.bsky.social
Doing for University leadership what Boris Johnson did for politics.
November 30, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Doing for University leadership what Boris Johnson did for politics.
This is a favourite in our house. The most luxurious meatballs ever!
November 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
This is a favourite in our house. The most luxurious meatballs ever!
"insists it went through two rounds of review from two independent peer reviewers"
Narrator: It did not in fact go through two rounds of review from two independent peer reviewers
Narrator: It did not in fact go through two rounds of review from two independent peer reviewers
November 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
"insists it went through two rounds of review from two independent peer reviewers"
Narrator: It did not in fact go through two rounds of review from two independent peer reviewers
Narrator: It did not in fact go through two rounds of review from two independent peer reviewers
Authors affiliation - Anhui Vocational College of Press and Publishing, Hefei, 230601, Anhui, China; not clear why someone working in such an institution would have a deep interest in autism and cutting edge tabular data analysis but here we are.
November 27, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Authors affiliation - Anhui Vocational College of Press and Publishing, Hefei, 230601, Anhui, China; not clear why someone working in such an institution would have a deep interest in autism and cutting edge tabular data analysis but here we are.
"LLMs are simply tools that emulate the communicative function of language, not the separate and distinct cognitive process of thinking and reasoning, no matter how many data centers we build." - yes
November 25, 2025 at 6:54 PM
"LLMs are simply tools that emulate the communicative function of language, not the separate and distinct cognitive process of thinking and reasoning, no matter how many data centers we build." - yes
"manually curated adversarial poems" - is this shitpoesting?
November 20, 2025 at 5:13 PM
"manually curated adversarial poems" - is this shitpoesting?
Nice paper! Reminds me (in spirit) of this from Steven Greenberg a few years ago. A paper I recommend to everyone!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Understanding belief using citation networks
Citation is a powerful method for establishing belief. Published statements gain credibility when followed by citations. Citation in its purest form consists of the scholarly connection of authors' i....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Nice paper! Reminds me (in spirit) of this from Steven Greenberg a few years ago. A paper I recommend to everyone!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Man vs Tribbles!
November 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Man vs Tribbles!
I really enjoyed The Crying of Lot 49 and Inherent Vice (I think I liked Vineland as well but need to re-read it). I have managed Gravity's Rainbow... but it was a "journey". I do like the "density" of his writing though. Haven't read the new one so if you have opinion once you're done please share!
October 16, 2025 at 12:25 PM
I really enjoyed The Crying of Lot 49 and Inherent Vice (I think I liked Vineland as well but need to re-read it). I have managed Gravity's Rainbow... but it was a "journey". I do like the "density" of his writing though. Haven't read the new one so if you have opinion once you're done please share!
Freezer has lost power!
October 12, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Freezer has lost power!
The machine overlords will not win by Terminator tactics but by making just enough people stupid... which is really a pretty stupid way to go. And would make a terrible movie!
October 11, 2025 at 11:44 AM
The machine overlords will not win by Terminator tactics but by making just enough people stupid... which is really a pretty stupid way to go. And would make a terrible movie!
"MT crawling around on the floor with scissors & sellotape, cutting bits out & sticking them back in" -Wow! Who would have thought Margaret Thatcher and William Burroughs had a writing style in common!
September 29, 2025 at 8:35 PM
"MT crawling around on the floor with scissors & sellotape, cutting bits out & sticking them back in" -Wow! Who would have thought Margaret Thatcher and William Burroughs had a writing style in common!