Jake Ross

Quantum mechanic at Australian National University.
Kindness first.
Math, AI, Climate, tech, security, self-betterment.
Teacher, guitarist, photographer.

[Jake Ross @groundhogstate]

English is weird, part #1957:

Earn yearly, yearn early.

[Jake Ross @groundhogstate]

I will never forget the time a student gave a presentation on a numerical optimization problem and claimed "To do this rigorously, you'd need to use a machine learning algorithm."

[Jake Ross @groundhogstate]

Can anyone recommend a Windows performance monitor that's better (i.e. faster sample rate) than the default in task manager?

[Jake Ross @groundhogstate]

@crzwdjk @whitequark The sampling interval looks to be 5min, and the spike appears to be on its way up over 2 periods (10min) - not what I'd expect from a vehicle passing by. Though it could be if the t-10min increase is just part of background trend, source of which is unclear. I'd guess weather.

[Jake Ross @groundhogstate]

@whitequark So if you're not in a bushfire area, perhaps a distant building fire or industrial failure?

[Jake Ross @groundhogstate]

@whitequark Indoor or outdoor sensors? AFAIK aircon filters do not do well at suppressing PM<10 so external conditions would be a factor. Dunno where you are, but smoke/dust blowing on a wind change can bring fast changes. In summer here there were AQI swings of a few hundred over an hour.

[Paul Fenwick, @[email protected] @pjf]

NSW police kettled a bunch of folks in Central Station, Sydney, and pepper-sprayed them in a confined space.

It's hard to imagine this happening if the police weren't there, and people could just go home.

Thread, with CW for police violence…

#blacklivesmatteraustralia #sydney

[Jake Ross @groundhogstate]

Two books I found profoundly informative about Australia, what came before it, what it's wrought, and what it stands to learn:

* Sand Talk by Tyson Yunkaporta.
* Dark Emu by Bruce Pascoe

There's always more.

[Janet Zhong @janetzhong82]

I don’t know everything. I have biases - we all do. That’s why I seek out other point of views. Here are two books and a movie that broadened my worldview:

[Jake Ross @groundhogstate]

@mrbillstunes Physicist w/ math degree and music training here.
In short "it depends" - sounds like you're looking for a subjective change in audio? Some extra info (like what "fix" and "something" mean, even room dimensions maybe) could help find an answer.
@MoodyChunes answer is helpful.

[Jake Ross @groundhogstate]

But why would there be a way to position LaTeX floats without hours of painstaking trial and error?

[Oded Rechavi @OdedRechavi]

Technology Vs. Nature

[Jake Ross @groundhogstate]

@DRG_physics The tail at 0:31 just gets me

[Jake Ross @groundhogstate]

@DRG_physics Disclaimer: Am grad student. Am sarcastic.

[Jake Ross @groundhogstate]

@DRG_physics Experiments don't fail, grad students do.

[Jake Ross @groundhogstate]

Taking the advice: Locking myself out of Twitter for a few weeks.
Not expecting to be missed - have fun, stay safe, #ClimateActionNow

[I'm @Ketanjoshi.co on Bluesky @KetanJ0]

Well, this is one hell of a chart.

https://t.co/iIJoKyDuTh

[Jake Ross @groundhogstate]

@yaakov_h Find the new 'Yaakov-wrecking' setting! So you know when you smash that milestone next :D

[Jake Ross @groundhogstate]

@timhollo Twitter is my only refuge, I already deleted Facebook (permanently, what a great excuse to go cold turkey)!

[Jake Ross @groundhogstate]

Pro: Only one thing on my to-do list
Con: It's my thesis

[Jake Ross @groundhogstate]

@timhollo This stream diagram seems like a great explanatory tool, but that's not really how money works, is it? Or is each representing a separate financial body? I figured
$$$ -> Govt? -> Service contracts, but it's all a bit of a mystery to me.