Philippe Dreesen

[Philippe Dreesen @philippedreesen]

The Singularity is upon us! 🧵1/0

[Philippe Dreesen @philippedreesen]

@BitcoinSapiens @grok how much would he have gained if he invested his efforts in buying bitcoin instead of paying for searching for his drive?

[Isabel Foxen Duke⚡️ @isabelfoxenduke]

Like many great ideas, Taproot — one of the most substantive changes to the Bitcoin core protocol in its 17-year history — was devised by Bitcoin legends Pieter Wuille, Andrew Poelstra and Greg Maxwell over casual breakfast at a diner in Silicon Valley.

Tomorrow, the History of SegWit and Taproot is told by their lead developer and former Bitcoin Core maintainer, the one and only Pieter Wuille. Drop a follow to make sure you don't miss it 💫

[Philippe Dreesen @philippedreesen]

@alecpan6 @Rainmaker1973 @grok It is a true story, was widely covered in news and tv here in Belgium. He also has arxiv versions of his articles and such.

[Philippe Dreesen @philippedreesen]

@docmilanfar And their pancakes are crêpe

[Kathleen Winchell ❤️🤍💙🇺🇸🇺🇸 @KathleenWinche3]

The ATC tells a pilot what a short approach was after she googled it. God bless this Pilot for keeping his calm.. wow 🤯

[Quanta Magazine @QuantaMagazine]

In chaotic systems, the smallest fluctuations get amplified. As scientist Edward Lorenz put it in the 1960s and 70s, even a seagull flapping its wings might eventually make a big difference to the weather. Here's how scientists came to understand what chaos is, and how to wrangle it:

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[Lautaro Vergara 🇺🇦 @VergaraLautaro]

HISTORY OF PHYSICS

What's wrong with this Lagrangean?

by David Mermin.

[This is so funny that I'll post it in full]

[Peyman Milanfar @docmilanfar]

Michael Jordan gave a short, excellent, and provocative talk recently in Paris - here's a few key ideas

- It's all just machine learning (ML) - the AI moniker is hype

- The late Dave Rumelhart should've received a Nobel prize for his early ideas on making backprop work

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[The Bitcoin Historian @pete_rizzo_]

WHY PIETER WUILLE IS A #BITCOIN LEGEND

Wrote as much #Bitcoin code as Satoshi
Saved the 21 million BTC supply
Amazing beard.

A thread ⚡

[Ross McCulloch @Rossmac212]

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[Philippe Dreesen @philippedreesen]

@PlatteauEva Ik vraag me vooral af wat het drukkingsmiddel van de uitgevers is. Kant-en-klare lesprogrammas en lesvoorbereidingen zodat het plug&play is voor leerkrachten mss? Als het uren tijd per week uitspaart denk ik dat je snel leraars/scholen aan boord krijgt.

[Raphael Barberi📷 @itsrapha83]

An honest review of every Belgian city I have visited so far🧵

All photos by me :))

[Parmita Mishra @parmita]

"Our results reveal that whenever handwriting movements are included as a learning strategy, more of the brain gets stimulated, resulting in the formation of more complex neural network connectivity...typewriting do[es] not activate...networks the same way that handwriting does."

[Philippe Dreesen @philippedreesen]

A lot of white noise about black boxes...

[Gautam Kamath @thegautamkamath]

ICLR submission (not mine) flagged for Ethics Review based on the use of the term "black box."

Reminiscent of the drama involving the term "Byzantine," though there is relevant guidance from ACM this time.

[Anthony Bonato @Anthony_Bonato]

As a mathematician, I must repost this linear algebra joke. I don't make the rules

[Aurélie Carlier @ACarlier_PhD]

How can we automate the development of digital twins?
Are you ambitious and want to do a PhD?

Join the computational group @MERLN_UM for the @ERC_Research AUTOMATHIC project!

Details below! 🧵

[Deedy @deedydas]

All languages covey information at a similar rate when spoken (39bits/s).

Languages that are spoken faster have less information density per syllable!

One of the coolest results in linguistics.

[Kresten Lindorff-Larsen @LindorffLarsen]

Fourier transform of Google Trends of Fourier transform

[Peyman Milanfar @docmilanfar]

My meager education in biology and evolution gave me the mistaken impression that evolution optimized everything. But it didn't.

One example is the recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN). It goes from behind your ear, loops down below your aorta, and then back up to the voice-box

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