Jason Cox

🌐📉 | Data Engineer @Blizzard_Ent | Network Science Instructional Associate @gtcomputing | My posts sometimes represent myself but never my employer.

[Alec Stapp @AlecStapp]

Just remembered the story about a computer scientist who had his bike stolen and tried to explain binary search to a cop

[Jack Meyer 🏛️ @Jackbmeyer]

Causal inference discourse is back on X the everything app, nature is healing

[New papers in Network Science @networkspapers]

Commun. Phys.: Distances in weighted higher-order networks
https://t.co/5EUlCp0Zvc

[Quanta Magazine @QuantaMagazine]

Some of the most important problems in network science, it turns out, are equivalent to problems in descriptive set theory, a field dedicated to sorting through infinity. Joseph Howlett reports: https://t.co/tcvXutABNe

[Jose Betancourt @jbetancourt015]

New working paper!

Have you ever wondered how the way you form friendships, partnerships, etc affects the structure of how society as a whole interacts?

It turns out that even small changes to individual incentives can have huge aggregate effects!

A 🧵:

[Rod Fergusson @RodFergusson]

After five years of driving the Diablo franchise forward with four big launches, it's time for me to step away from Blizzard/Microsoft, sword in hand, and see what's next. The teams are set up for success, with an exciting slate of releases ahead. I'm incredibly proud of what we've built together and looking forward to what comes next for Diablo, and for me.

[Chaitanya K. Joshi @chaitjo]

Needing a permanent doi was a forcing function to revisit this article on Transformers and Graph Neural Networks.

This is (very) old news, so what's new?

[Nabeel Alamgir @alamgir_nabeel]

"Mom, how did we get so rich?"

"Your father said 'thanks, nothing from my end' on thousands of important Zoom meetings"

[fed_speak @fed_speak]

I’m not kidding when I say this single interaction has the potential to erase trillions from global GDP

[Leonardo Rizzo @LnrdRizzo]

How we "guessed" the Pope using network science: inside the cardinal network. A study by me, Beppe Soda and Alessandro Iorio. Article: https://t.co/xQ0fTmpVxb @Unibocconi

[Gappy (Giuseppe Paleologo) @__paleologo]

I have this idea for a forty-year non-compete where you can stop working at any time and receive an ok comp for basically ever.

It’s called a pension.

[molson 🧠⚙️ @Molson_Hart]

https://t.co/b9K9yNW5Dq

[Jason Cox @JasonOfficialMe]

You have no idea how angry Guyanese Rum Instagram is.

[Lakshya Jain @lxeagle17]

I'm teaching databases this semester at Berkeley. My students all seem unusually brilliant. Not many go to office hours, and not too many folks post on the course forum asking project questions.

Weirdly, the exam had the lowest recorded average in my 10 semesters teaching it.

[Peter Raleigh @PetreRaleigh]

Can't even describe how much I hate what AI has done to the process of grading student work. I hate finding it, I hate the paranoia it fosters, I hate the confrontations with students who have used it. Nothing else in my experience has ever changed my job this much for the worse

[Prithviraj (Raj) Ammanabrolu @rajammanabrolu]

I taught a grad course on AI Agents at UCSD CSE this past quarter. All lecture slides, homeworks & course projects are now open sourced!

I provide a grounding going from Classical Planning & Simulations -> RL Control -> LLMs and how to put it all together
https://t.co/K5OvTZUgDa

[Peter Holderrieth @peholderrieth]

Our MIT class “6.S184: Introduction to Flow Matching and Diffusion Models” is now available on YouTube!

We teach state-of-the-art generative AI algorithms for images, videos, proteins, etc. together with the mathematical tools to understand them.

https://t.co/wDJcM1YTxJ

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[Ukraine / Україна @Ukraine]

Believe in Ukraine. Stand with Ukraine. Glory to Ukraine!

[Alec Stapp @AlecStapp]

Fun question from @Sam__Enright:

What’s the “anti-reading list” in your field of expertise?

[GeoConfirmed @GeoConfirmed]

GeoConfirmed UKR - Misinformation by President Trump.

While we typically refrain from political commentary, President Donald Trump's recent statement regarding the war in Ukraine is so egregious that we feel compelled to respond.

Several claims made by President Trump have already been debunked. We've included responses from Grok AI for each claim, demonstrating that even Grok refutes the misinformation spread by the president.

In this thread, we will provide geolocated footage as a reminder to everyone that Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, marking the beginning of this war.

1)

The United States has not spent $350 billion on this war, nor has it outspent Europe by $200 billion. In fact, European contributions have surpassed those of the US. Moreover, a significant portion of the American military aid (around 90% !) is spend in the US, reinvesting in the US economy.

https://t.co/ixpSYq760j

https://t.co/R43tYKS97a

https://t.co/HcD3e906Ax

https://t.co/KoDBJO691b

(Grok: https://t.co/xvtso8g5ZC)

2)

President Zelensky did not claim that half the American money sent to Ukraine is "missing". He stated that half of the promised funds had not been received, which is a crucial distinction.

https://t.co/KoDBJO691b

https://t.co/UvDRegmS2a

https://t.co/pSQBtQ8k6R

(Grok: https://t.co/TBgyaJQog8)

3)

Ukrainian constitution prohibits elections during wartime, a measure designed to protect the democratic process from foreign interference, particularly given Russia's known capabilities in this area...

https://t.co/g52JHKbxOS

https://t.co/oDp3fUd8mq

https://t.co/nn0RpBGGu6

(Grok: https://t.co/UFR5gGvlmi)

4)

President Zelensky is not a dictator, as evidenced by Ukraine's constitutional framework and his commitment to holding elections once hostilities cease. In contrast, it's worth noting that President Putin consistently wins elections in Russia with implausibly high percentages of votes, with opposition that 'falls out of windows", is poisened or jailed, raising questions about the true nature of Russia's electoral process.

https://t.co/Y7ZqMgz8QO

https://t.co/ROaxPjVHK7

https://t.co/xY73CzziHd

https://t.co/LiPrS6NWNL

https://t.co/RMMPcOwFIM

(Grok: https://t.co/8oYZ22jCDL)

5)

President Zelensky has a approval rate above 50% and not 4%. 4% is Russian disinformation.

https://t.co/QClKP7ATLz

https://t.co/0D2e4ePdJd

https://t.co/b2f6x9F3Fp

https://t.co/oj4y2Nh5mo

(Grok: https://t.co/RGglftewgL)

6)

There was no NATO expansion to the East, as NATO itself cannot expand. Instead, democratic countries independently decide whether they want to become members of the alliance. The process of joining NATO is voluntary and involves multiple steps, including meeting specific requirements and completing a formal application process.

The fact that many of Russia's former neighbors have chosen to seek NATO membership speaks volumes about their perception of Russia and their desire for collective security.

The decision of these nations to pursue NATO membership reflects their sovereign right to determine their own foreign policy and security arrangements. It also indicates a preference for the stability and security guarantees that NATO membership offers, rather than remaining under Russian influence.

Regarding the famous 'promise':
Article 103 of the UN Charter establishes a clear hierarchy in international law. It states that obligations under the UN Charter prevail over obligations under any other international agreement in case of conflict. This supremacy extends beyond just treaties, as it is generally understood to also apply to customary international law.
The hierarchy can be summarized as follows:

1) UN Charter obligations
2) Other treaties and customary international law
3) Non-treaty international texts
4) Political promises or commitments
5) Historical claims

Russia's invasion of Ukraine clearly violates fundamental principles of the UN Charter, including the prohibition on the use of force against the territorial integrity of another state. Any attempts to justify this action based on lower-ranking considerations like political promises or historical claims are legally irrelevant.

https://t.co/Izu3N1dTLv

https://t.co/BCVCGDSM2d

https://t.co/1uXijMIcDt

(Grok: https://t.co/Gh0hvwaeCN and https://t.co/xQ9Hl9zHt0 and https://t.co/xQ9Hl9zHt0)

8)

Who initiated this nearly three-year-long war? RUSSIA.

As a platform that has analyzed over 50,000 frames/videos related to the conflict, we will remind the president ,with geolocated footage, who started this war: RUSSIA.

Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, despite repeatedly denying any plans for invasion in the preceding days.

https://t.co/bkygHVSYXk

https://t.co/pSQBtQ8k6R

(Grok: https://t.co/Ujmef6lyCF)

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24 FEB 2022 - Russian tanks crossing the border from Belarus into Ukraine in Senkivka.

52.106063, 31.780644
4Q4J+C7C Sen'kivka, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine

Sources: https://t.co/4VNiYZYDbS

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