Thomas Dickerson
@elfprince13.mumak.app
Geospatial AI @nbcuniversal.com, Brown CS PhD & SMCVT Math/Physics/CS alum, admin @cemetech.net, AFOL, SFF nerd & open-theist
Foraging & homebrew
Bluesky open-source contributor
Decentralizing systems (human & digital)
Opinions are my own
📍Vermont
Foraging & homebrew
Bluesky open-source contributor
Decentralizing systems (human & digital)
Opinions are my own
📍Vermont
Wife later: “well as long as we don’t all get turned into marine mammals”
September 19, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Wife later: “well as long as we don’t all get turned into marine mammals”
Other parent at birthday party: “so what do you do?”
Me: “run an AI research lab, but not like that”
OP: “so are we going to make it?”
Me: <uncomfortably long pause>
Me: “it’s probably fine, but…”
Me: “run an AI research lab, but not like that”
OP: “so are we going to make it?”
Me: <uncomfortably long pause>
Me: “it’s probably fine, but…”
September 19, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Other parent at birthday party: “so what do you do?”
Me: “run an AI research lab, but not like that”
OP: “so are we going to make it?”
Me: <uncomfortably long pause>
Me: “it’s probably fine, but…”
Me: “run an AI research lab, but not like that”
OP: “so are we going to make it?”
Me: <uncomfortably long pause>
Me: “it’s probably fine, but…”
As opposed to the beliefs they had later
September 19, 2026 at 7:28 PM
As opposed to the beliefs they had later
Had to explain the phrase “Anthropic wet lab” to people who aren’t online
September 19, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Had to explain the phrase “Anthropic wet lab” to people who aren’t online
iPhone 17 Pro shoots 48MP at 0.5x, 1x, or 4x optical zoom so there’s plenty of room to crop/edit.
September 19, 2026 at 6:40 PM
iPhone 17 Pro shoots 48MP at 0.5x, 1x, or 4x optical zoom so there’s plenty of room to crop/edit.
They do an open house every few years with bus rides to the bottom. Its been probably 20 years since the last time I went (and the last time they did one was pre-covid)
September 19, 2026 at 6:23 PM
They do an open house every few years with bus rides to the bottom. Its been probably 20 years since the last time I went (and the last time they did one was pre-covid)
At some point they will stop pumping water out of it and it will become a lake
September 19, 2026 at 6:19 PM
At some point they will stop pumping water out of it and it will become a lake
Often specifically because of people who are more committed to their team winning than to doing good
September 19, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Often specifically because of people who are more committed to their team winning than to doing good
Arguably most things throughout history were and still are bad
September 19, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Arguably most things throughout history were and still are bad
who called in the fleet?
September 19, 2026 at 12:00 PM
who called in the fleet?
Once again tapping my “it’s all probabilistic programming / procedural modeling” sign
Stochasticity can’t be trusted but it can be harnessed and I think the lens to understand a lot of successful LLM usage in the math/TCS realm but also in strongly-typed test-driven software engineering is really good neural guidance for sampling from the posterior of a probabilistic program
September 19, 2026 at 11:52 AM
Once again tapping my “it’s all probabilistic programming / procedural modeling” sign
Ahhhh congrats 😀
September 19, 2026 at 1:56 AM
Ahhhh congrats 😀
some kind of reverse cat tax
September 19, 2026 at 1:42 AM
some kind of reverse cat tax
This thread makes me miss stupid cheese strats in 2v2 StarCraft ladders
September 19, 2026 at 1:40 AM
This thread makes me miss stupid cheese strats in 2v2 StarCraft ladders
Imagine watching this at 2am as a 12 year old in a pitch black room with a backlit fish tank casting shadows on the wall
September 19, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Imagine watching this at 2am as a 12 year old in a pitch black room with a backlit fish tank casting shadows on the wall