Matthew Beck

Physicist, Research Staff Member @ IBM (opinions are my own)

[ArtButMakeItSports @ArtButSports]

Cast of Laocoön and his Sons (Roman version of a lost Greek original), 100BC-50AD

[QuantumObserver @QuantumWitness]

@mBeck6765 Note to self: Move to Chicago

[Matthew Beck @mBeck6765]

@QuantumWitness That's called Chicago

[Scottie Pippen @ScottiePippen]

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[Matthew Beck @mBeck6765]

Funny conversation with more senior scientist:

MSS: I used to think all the old timers sat in front of the (conference) room to be an ass. But I get it now.
Me: because you can see and hear better?
MSS: absolutely. It's much better.
Me: yeah I started doing it too.

#old

[Chicago Sports Network @CHSN__]

CHSN mourns the passing of Bulls broadcaster Stacey King at age 59.

[David Kaplan @thekapman]

Absolutely devastated to hear that Stacey King has passed away at the age of 59 after a fall at his home. He made watching the Bulls, no matter good season or bad so much fun. God bless you, my friend. RIP. 😢💔

[Barstool Chicago @barstoolchicago]

No matter how bad the Bulls got, Stacey made them worth watching.

Forever the voice of the Bulls.

[Matthew Beck @mBeck6765]

Terrible news.

[Chicago Bulls @chicagobulls]

We are devastated by the passing of 3x NBA Champion and beloved broadcaster Stacey King.

[BullsMuse @BullsMuse_]

BREAKING:

Leaked renderings of the Chicago Bears proposed new $3B dollar stadium in Hammond, Indiana. 👀

[Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports]

Today: Juan Soto signing a $765 million contract and won’t run out ground balls

70s: Pete Rose signing a $100,000 contract and running out his fucking walks like Usain Bolt because he had money riding on that shit

Advantage: 70s

[Matthew Beck @mBeck6765]

@DocCoyle Only if I get a guest spot to shred on it! Lol. Do it.

[Matthew Beck @mBeck6765]

Everything is better with Dave Lombardo

[THIS DAY IN METAL @ThisDayInMETAL]

On This Day in Metal June 6th, 2004

Metallica delivered one of the most memorable festival performances in metal history at the Download Festival in Donington, England.

Just hours before the show, drummer Lars Ulrich was hospitalized due to a medical emergency and unable to perform. Rather than cancel the headline set, the metal community rallied together. Dave Lombardo stepped in for “Battery” and “The Four Horsemen,” while Joey Jordison handled most of the remaining set, with drum technician Flemming Larsen also helping out. The result was a legendary performance that fans still talk about today.

Watch Metallica perform “Battery” with Dave Lombardo on drums below:


#ThisDayInMetal #Metallica #DownloadFestival #DaveLombardo

[Matthew Beck @mBeck6765]

Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

Only because @nuclear94 told me to.

[Matthew Beck @mBeck6765]

Get bent ya cheapskates

[Chicago Bears @ChicagoBears]

Statement from Chairman George H. McCaskey and President & CEO Kevin Warren:

[Jeff Terry @nuclear94]

Build quantum science at the boundary of campus and national laboratory.

@illinoistech + @Fermilab are hiring a Joint Faculty/Associate Scientist in Experimental Superconducting Quantum Devices — the first of several planned joint positions through FermiForward.

Apply: https://t.co/mWVfRQNtDh

#QuantumScience #Fermilab #IllinoisTech #SQMS

[Norm Macdonald Joke of the Day @NormSNLJokes]

On Wednesday, world chess champion Garry Kasparov tied Deep Blue, the IBM supercomputer that can examine two hundred million positions per second, in the fourth game of their six-game series.

Earlier in the week, Kasparov admitted he committed a catastrophic blunder in game two, when he failed to force a draw by moving rook to E8. Opting instead for a Caro-Kann Defense, that soon transposed into a Pribyl defense. Which, after Deep Blue moved bishop to E7, gave him the advantage with his Knight position.

With all due respect to Mister Kasparov... what the hell were you thinking?!?

[Jeff Terry @nuclear94]

My wife appears to be unhappy with my new biking jersey

[Chicago History ™️ @Chicago_History]

This is insane!

JALEN BRUNSON of Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, Illinois vs. JAYSON TATUM of Chaminade College Prep in Suburban Missouri - 2015 Game Highlights.

#ChicagoHistory 🏀

[Jeff Terry @nuclear94]

Someone came up to me today and said I’m a friendly, approachable professor. They said that wasn’t normally their experience. I don’t think I’m out of the norm at @illinoistech. But if faculty at other places are unapproachable, that’s one reason why academia is slipping in the eyes of the public.