Sandy Vanderbleek

Software engineer turned med student, ICOM 2029

[Sandy Vanderbleek @haskellandchill]

programming is like math except with hidden constantly changing definitions you have no control over

[Sandy Vanderbleek @haskellandchill]

I got into med school at the Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine, start next month in Meridian!

[Sandy Vanderbleek @haskellandchill]

@StickyNutsack @yaghsizian @twobitidiot do mcat scores, gpas, etc have any connection with clinical outcomes? a doctor's qualification is passing their boards and their residency, everyone has scores above average to be considered and evals, recomendations, research, and memberships/service are what makes the cut

[Sandy Vanderbleek @haskellandchill]

cute

[Vlad Patryshev 🇫🇷 🇺🇦 🇺🇸 @vpatryshev]

I'm happy to report that a preprint of my book is now available on Artima:
https://t.co/dsvc9M7EQA

[Sandy Vanderbleek @haskellandchill]

might as well memorize the periodic table

[John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch]

NEW: we may have passed peak obesity 🎉📈📉🙏

In what might be one of the most significant trends I have ever charted, the US obesity rate fell last year.

[chessapig @chessapigbay]

I draw mathematical worlds. These ideas don't fit on the page: They're too abstract, too far reaching, or too high dimensional. To draw them, I cheat.

Here are some shortcuts and shorthands I use while illustrating math

🧵

[Sandy Vanderbleek @haskellandchill]

@d_feldman Ouch I thought this was a joke and it is real 🤮

[your #1 source for absurdist true crime 🐀 🐍👑 🌷 @davidgerard]

you might call it a "cheap shot," but i prefer to think of it as readily affordable and widely accessible

[nick @Nick_Graphics]

some stuff i did recently! sound design by @obifobi147

[Sandy Vanderbleek @haskellandchill]

chemistry is wild

[Ziming Liu @ZimingLiu11]

MLPs are so foundational, but are there alternatives? MLPs place activation functions on neurons, but can we instead place (learnable) activation functions on weights? Yes, we KAN! We propose Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KAN), which are more accurate and interpretable than MLPs.🧵

[Abel Jansma @Abelaer]

It turns out that different notions of higher-order/synergistic/emergent effects are all just Möbius inversions of macro quantities on different decompositions.

I've started to collect some in this table, but please let me know if you find any more!
https://t.co/uxTjPWPN1d

[Sandy Vanderbleek @haskellandchill]

Alright I’ve made enough progress towards my med school goals that I can officially say fuck the tech industry, while individuals have been good to me the industry as a whole has treated me like shit and I’ve busted my ass and given my life to it, so yea, fuck the tech industry

[bsky.app/profile/zee.town @zeeshanlakhani]

An epoch @ Fission is now over. I'm searching for a dope role that leverages my varied background & abilities.
Resume: https://t.co/98rw2O4HEc
GH: https://t.co/nkYOKcKQHE
Scholar: https://t.co/qSmaRahNk3
Into: PL & type systems, Rust, network fns, dist. systems & compute, Wasm.

[Sandy Vanderbleek @haskellandchill]

@stv_kn ha well I’m not looking for rigor just a career that interests me and pays well, and to get away from RSI and a desk job

[Sandy Vanderbleek @haskellandchill]

actually I’m gonna go be a doctor, get back to me when proofs are mainstream in programming

[icybear ♡ @icygobrrr]

how does a girl find a husband if she rarely leaves her house and also doesn't use dating apps

[Sandy Vanderbleek @haskellandchill]

@rogerkver Yeah because individuals don’t coerce other individuals

[Sandy Vanderbleek @haskellandchill]

@helldivers2 Offer refunds