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Marciano Siniscalchi

@marciano.bsky.social

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Econ prof at Northwestern. Tech enthusiast. TeX devotee. Pythonista. Weekend runner. Born and raised in Milan 🇮🇹, living in Chicago 🇺🇲. Husband and dad. https://faculty.wcas.northwestern.edu/msi661 (pardon the handcrafted 90s-style HTML)

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Marciano Siniscalchi @marciano.bsky.social · Nov 12

I made a theory starter pack. It includes some CS/Econ, pol-econ, and behavioral types as well... Lmk if you'd like to be added (or removed!) and I'll do my best - the edit functionality is a bit wonky atm

go.bsky.app/KAGmZH4

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Carole King @carolekingofficial.bsky.social · 7d

With the passing of Jane Goodall today, we lost one of the most consequential voices in environmental science and animal behavior. In 2002, she said, “We have found that…there isn't a sharp line dividing humans from the rest of the animal kingdom.”
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Marciano Siniscalchi @marciano.bsky.social · 20d

Remember when Microsoft invested in Apple in 1997? I'm getting similar vibes.

Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 20d

Nvidia is investing $5 billion into Intel to jointly develop PC and data center chips. The investment will see Intel help Nvidia build x86 chips that integrate RTX GPU chiplets. Full details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/780792/...

Nvidia invests $5 billion into Intel to jointly develop PC and data center chips

Intel will help build x86 chips with Nvidia RTX GPU chiplets

www.theverge.com

Marciano Siniscalchi @marciano.bsky.social · 27d

Agree! Spotify's recommendation algorithm is really pretty good.

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Andrea Matranga @andreamatranga.bsky.social · Sep 4

We lost a real one to day. Heaven will be looking pretty stylish for a while

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Marciano Siniscalchi @marciano.bsky.social · Sep 4

Spotify recommendations are funny sometimes

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Marciano Siniscalchi @marciano.bsky.social · Aug 13

Random LLM success story. We live in the future.

Marciano Siniscalchi @marciano.bsky.social · Aug 7

Good to know we're not the worst

John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · Aug 7

In which majors do students give instructors the highest and lowest evaluations?

What stands out to you?

Marciano Siniscalchi @marciano.bsky.social · Aug 6

Would be great to do this for academic journals

nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · Aug 6

Confession time: I've been working on a secret side project at Vox Media for the past 18 months and it launched yesterday

Marciano Siniscalchi @marciano.bsky.social · Aug 5

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Marciano Siniscalchi @marciano.bsky.social · Aug 5

Paging @capitalisnt.bsky.social

Marciano Siniscalchi @marciano.bsky.social · Aug 5

What does "empirical proof" even mean

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Marciano Siniscalchi @marciano.bsky.social · Aug 5

How about President Pope Leo XIV?

Poll Tracker 📊 @polltracker.bsky.social · Aug 5

New Gallup poll: Net favorability of public figures

Pope Leo XIV +46
Volodymyr Zelenskyy +18
Bernie Sanders +11
Emmanuel Macron -1
AOC -4
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. -5
Joe Biden -11
JD Vance -11
Gavin Newsom -11
Pete Hegseth -12
Donald Trump -16
Marco Rubio -16
Benjamin Netanyahu -23
Elon Musk -28

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Marciano Siniscalchi @marciano.bsky.social · Aug 5

Hello Rafe!

Marciano Siniscalchi @marciano.bsky.social · Jul 30

I know nothing about chip design, but I'd love to have a line that says "FuriosaAI" on my CV

Techmeme @techmeme.com · Jul 30

Seoul-based chip startup FuriosaAI raised a $125M Series C bridge round from Korea Development Bank, Industrial Bank of Korea, and others at a $735M valuation (Yoolim Lee/Bloomberg)

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Marciano Siniscalchi @marciano.bsky.social · Jul 30

Belatedly doing my best to amplify this. Refine works, and I can totally see it becoming part of my pre-submission routine.

Ben Golub @bengolub.bsky.social · Jul 24

I've been working on a new tool, Refine, to make scholars more productive. If you're interested in being among the very first to try the beta, please read on.

Refine leverages the best current AI models to draw your attention to potential errors and clarity issues in research paper drafts.

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Marciano Siniscalchi @marciano.bsky.social · Jul 24

Teslas already have Zoom - but it only works if you're parked

Marciano Siniscalchi @marciano.bsky.social · Jul 23

There truly is no reason left to subscribe to the WaPo.

Looking forward to hearing about your next steps!

Marciano Siniscalchi @marciano.bsky.social · Jul 22

Dang

CNN @cnn.com · Jul 22

Ozzy Osbourne, the frontman of Black Sabbath and a reality TV star, has died at 76. cnn.it/45gBsdS

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · Jul 17

Wow. Anyone who teaches at any level should read this. I had no idea that teaching children to read had undergone such a (negative) change in the decades after I learned to read as a kid :/

S. Sommers @printculture.bsky.social · Jul 16

College profs are living in the wake of 20+ years of ineffective and, for some learners, outright harmful reading instruction. Ever heard a student read a word that doesn’t sound like the one on the page, but looks similar? Read up on 2000s-era reading wars www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...

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Marciano Siniscalchi @marciano.bsky.social · Jul 17

I was chatting with a European colleague at a conference a couple of weeks ago, and he told me essentially the same thing: the funds actually being made available to US-based researchers who might want to move are just token amounts. Whether this is by design or due to incompetence, he would not say