Josh Bittker
@jbittker.bsky.social
Cambridge public schools dad
Scientist in drug discovery
ORCID ID 0000-0002-4166-0828
On here I mostly complain about bad drivers
Scientist in drug discovery
ORCID ID 0000-0002-4166-0828
On here I mostly complain about bad drivers
IIRC 2 of us worked over that summer, 5 total joined that first year, so I don’t know about “a bunch”- but his project ended up more successful than either of ours (admittedly he also worked harder.) It was the basis of David’s first company where I had my first job.
December 4, 2025 at 11:38 AM
IIRC 2 of us worked over that summer, 5 total joined that first year, so I don’t know about “a bunch”- but his project ended up more successful than either of ours (admittedly he also worked harder.) It was the basis of David’s first company where I had my first job.
I was in his first grad student class* so I think I’m supposed to help organize the traditional 60th party when we get to that?
*Arguably his first grad student since I informally worked for him from day 1 (7/1/99), setting up the lab the summer before I started. Not the first to graduate though…
*Arguably his first grad student since I informally worked for him from day 1 (7/1/99), setting up the lab the summer before I started. Not the first to graduate though…
December 4, 2025 at 2:36 AM
I was in his first grad student class* so I think I’m supposed to help organize the traditional 60th party when we get to that?
*Arguably his first grad student since I informally worked for him from day 1 (7/1/99), setting up the lab the summer before I started. Not the first to graduate though…
*Arguably his first grad student since I informally worked for him from day 1 (7/1/99), setting up the lab the summer before I started. Not the first to graduate though…
Wasn’t there a story about someone who bought some of those pressurized crescent roll tubes, left them in the back seat of a hot car, the tube exploded and shot warm dough onto the back of their head, so they called the police certain they’d been shot?
November 25, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Wasn’t there a story about someone who bought some of those pressurized crescent roll tubes, left them in the back seat of a hot car, the tube exploded and shot warm dough onto the back of their head, so they called the police certain they’d been shot?
This happened to two different kids the same year at my summer camp. They had identical forehead scars that were known as the Mark of the Marshmallow Moron (no offense to your very intelligent mom)
November 24, 2025 at 10:59 PM
This happened to two different kids the same year at my summer camp. They had identical forehead scars that were known as the Mark of the Marshmallow Moron (no offense to your very intelligent mom)
This is just describing a modern perpetual motion machine. AI needs energy and order (more training data) to continue developing, the opposite of a natural thermodynamic process. He’s saying it will solve those on its own and enable its own growth.
November 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
This is just describing a modern perpetual motion machine. AI needs energy and order (more training data) to continue developing, the opposite of a natural thermodynamic process. He’s saying it will solve those on its own and enable its own growth.
Would have been nice of the article to mention that the Boston matches aren’t even particularly close to Boston, they’re 20 miles south in a small town of about 7000 people over which Wu has no control.
November 18, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Would have been nice of the article to mention that the Boston matches aren’t even particularly close to Boston, they’re 20 miles south in a small town of about 7000 people over which Wu has no control.
My Larry story- we were giving him a lab tour, BL2, and he brought a can of Diet Coke. He ended up carrying it all around the lab because we were all looking at each other like, “I’m not going to tell him, are you going to tell him?” So yes I’m a small part of the impunity industrial complex.
November 14, 2025 at 2:04 AM
My Larry story- we were giving him a lab tour, BL2, and he brought a can of Diet Coke. He ended up carrying it all around the lab because we were all looking at each other like, “I’m not going to tell him, are you going to tell him?” So yes I’m a small part of the impunity industrial complex.
Thanks for the explanation!
November 8, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Thanks for the explanation!
If ballot 8 in your example ranks MM 1 and someone with few votes 2 and no one 3-9, it will be exhausted after their 2 is eliminated. Seems odd that ballot is gone when they could have redistributed one that did rank 3-9, but I assume they don’t go back after 2 is out and change to a non-exhausted?
November 8, 2025 at 1:07 AM
If ballot 8 in your example ranks MM 1 and someone with few votes 2 and no one 3-9, it will be exhausted after their 2 is eliminated. Seems odd that ballot is gone when they could have redistributed one that did rank 3-9, but I assume they don’t go back after 2 is out and change to a non-exhausted?
ballots though. I get that they skip redistributing an exhausted ballot without a next ranking, but if someone only ranks 3 people and is exhausted after two rounds I assume they don’t retrospectively go back to round 1 and not choose that ballot so still seems a little odd.
November 8, 2025 at 1:02 AM
ballots though. I get that they skip redistributing an exhausted ballot without a next ranking, but if someone only ranks 3 people and is exhausted after two rounds I assume they don’t retrospectively go back to round 1 and not choose that ballot so still seems a little odd.
Yes, thanks- I see how you describe it as “random and deterministic” since the random order will always be the same for a given set of ballots. It is interesting that one additional voter would shift the redistribution though and that could affect the outcome. I’m still unclear about exhausted…
November 8, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Yes, thanks- I see how you describe it as “random and deterministic” since the random order will always be the same for a given set of ballots. It is interesting that one additional voter would shift the redistribution though and that could affect the outcome. I’m still unclear about exhausted…
I posed this question on another thread- do you know how ballots over quota are chosen for reallocation? Is it in fact random and therefore non-deterministic?
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Something I’ve never understood- are the transferred votes from candidates who are over quota randomly selected? In theory if you ran it again could that random selection change the final outcome? Do they prioritize transfer of ballots with more choices to minimize exhausted ballots?
November 7, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I posed this question on another thread- do you know how ballots over quota are chosen for reallocation? Is it in fact random and therefore non-deterministic?
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Something I’ve never understood- are the transferred votes from candidates who are over quota randomly selected? In theory if you ran it again could that random selection change the final outcome? Do they prioritize transfer of ballots with more choices to minimize exhausted ballots?
November 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Something I’ve never understood- are the transferred votes from candidates who are over quota randomly selected? In theory if you ran it again could that random selection change the final outcome? Do they prioritize transfer of ballots with more choices to minimize exhausted ballots?
All wheel drive! In the early days of e-bikes I put a hilltopper kit on a Madsen and the only time I had trouble was in the snow when the front wheel lost traction due to the motor. Otherwise felt like my subsequent rear hub bikes have.
November 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM
All wheel drive! In the early days of e-bikes I put a hilltopper kit on a Madsen and the only time I had trouble was in the snow when the front wheel lost traction due to the motor. Otherwise felt like my subsequent rear hub bikes have.
Worst misuse of Cyrillic alphabet since
November 5, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Worst misuse of Cyrillic alphabet since
I’m near to the water department, how does this work? Just show up at 8 and ask to see tapes?
November 5, 2025 at 12:50 AM
I’m near to the water department, how does this work? Just show up at 8 and ask to see tapes?
Expected value from the lawsuit winnings?
November 3, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Expected value from the lawsuit winnings?
Yamamoto now kids’ favorite pitcher because he won 6-7
November 2, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Yamamoto now kids’ favorite pitcher because he won 6-7