Alex Bilzerian

American. prev: {@openoceanvc, ML Lead L/S Equity HF, Cornell: Physics & Creative Writing}

[Alex Bilzerian @alexbilz]

The paradox of poetry and information theory

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'Paradoxes in Probability Theory and Mathematical Statistics' - Gábor J. Székely (1984, PDF):
https://t.co/zOp2CYY17P

Having a lot of fun with this one so far.

[quotesophy @quotesophy]

“People have beautiful things to say about you, but you must die first.”

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

[Armand D'Angour @ArmandDAngour]

Cavafy wrote a lovely poem about what Ithaca means. More insightful than Nolan’s take. I translated it into his metre, iambic pentameters.

https://t.co/FdPSl3YHZM

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Sometimes a man speaks so long about the devil he starts to glow.

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"Part of the need to 'steal' arises because relatively little of the complex web of actual practice can be made the subject of explicit instruction. A great deal inevitably remains implicit in practice itself..."

'Stolen Knowledge' - JSB, Duguid (1996):
https://t.co/5bPZXIqZ1N

[Eva Basilion @EBasilion]

That man is richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.

-Henry David Thoreau

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Mandelbrot on fractals in education:

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'Fractals, Graphics, and Mathematics Education' - Benoit B. Mandelbrot (2002, PDF):
https://t.co/KVffLlLcP2

[Objectively Random @ObjRandom]

@alexbilz It’s gonna get a lot worse. Jailbreaking them. Hiding exploits in the weights. Must be a frenzy of excitement from the black-hat crowd.

[Polymarket @Polymarket]

JUST IN: Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi reveals she typically sleeps “zero to three hours” a night.

[Alex Bilzerian @alexbilz]

'The Detective' by Sylvia Plath:

[Roger Boylan @BoylanRoger]

Vladimir Nabokov in Ithaca, N.Y.

[MRJB 🇬🇧🇨🇦 @DrMichaelBonner]

I've always been strong for a good silo.

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"Synthetic Cancer" is a good name for a jailbreak poem.
https://t.co/yHMp68UBmu

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Watercolor is unforgiving.

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'Eigenstorms' - A. Bilzerian

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'October on Cape Cod' - Edward Hopper (1946):

[Alex Bilzerian @alexbilz]

Le Maire apparently wanted revenge.

He hatched a plan to take down the Dutch East India Company. And even better, make money at the same time by placing a bet that the #stock price would drop.

[Alex Bilzerian @alexbilz]

Whether it's a work of poetry or prose, physically hand-transcribing the words of the writer can be worthwhile for a serious close reading.

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'Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.'

Ecclesiastes 11:1

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'When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be'— a Shakespearean sonnet by John Keats:

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The length of the day would increase if the law were changed so that traffic in Great Britain travelled on the right-hand side of the road instead of on the left.