Lars Vilhuber

Did you know that in 🇺🇸, everything is bigger? To wit, it's only 199 km in that weird metric system from Montreal to Ottawa in 🇨🇦, but 312 miles in the 🇺🇸?

OpenAI claims that they require lots of virtualization to contain AI. I say scrap the live connection, sink a container with 🔋, pull it up when 🪫=0, analyze. openai.com/index/securi... news.microsoft.com/source/featu...

Two thoughts: wo military complex, doesn't the flimsy legal justification entirely go away? And do the plans include the cost of demolition in 2029? www.cnn.com/2026/10/17/p...

Water temps 14°C (57F), air 9°C. Sauna: 80°C. Perfect.

For somebody who has unleashed a war for no reason, this is rich. Can somebody please give him his 🍼back...

It's the anti-🍌 republic effort, and should apply to any future president, Democratic 🫏 and Republican🐘 . It should also apply retro actively...

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Terrific postdoc opportunities available:

Well, not every robot invasion leads to anti social isolation. These robots created new social ties... Although I can see how this can derail. www.theverge.com/report/10021...

Ahead of Friday's #jobsreport, we recommend this fascinating conversation between ex-BLS commissioner @erikamcentarfer.bsky.social & Apurv Jain of @macroxstudio.bsky.social on the risks facing U.S. government data collection + a behind-the-scenes look at jobs day at the BLS. Full interview link ⤵️

*New* Episode of #TheHiddenCurriculum. We talk with Lars Vilhuber @lars.vilhuber.com - AEA Data Editor - on how to get your replication ready and other transparency practices. Links below! @ajhollingsworth.bsky.social the-hidden-curriculum.com

Putting hi-tech sail drones to catch drugs that don't actually cross the Great Lakes? Nah, they're actually after other things: giant sea serpents! (expect the hires cameras to all of a sudden be fuzzy + B&W...) Gaasyendietha!

"Oz said that the fraudulent enrollees were identified based on their lack of health care use and other factors" So because you weren't YET sick, you got kicked out of health insurance? Are you trying to INCREASE wasteful spending? Because it's clear: even if you are NOT sick, go see a doctor! 🤪

Of course AI 🤖 are going to wipe out humanity! 🧑‍🤝‍🧑🌍💣 They've been trained on all the science fiction literature that says exactly that's what they should do! Duh.

Foreigners are supporting Canada 🇨🇦 🍁by buying more of the sugary stuff? I hear there's some alcohol, too, that might be banned soon!

I think that one reason why psychologists are interested in metascience is that you are trying to improve a system full of scientists who don't want to be told what to do.

T47 says "pretend I'm on the ballot" for the midterms. Please do. Sounds like a sound strategy.

Just when you thought that you had heard enough "rogue AI" stories, they test a cyborg cockroach with a syringe.. Wait until Super-Chat-Claude-X breaks out of the lab, hacks a biolab, communicates with the world cockroach population & unleashes the vax-roach-bot. www.wired.com/story/cyborg...

First AI came for the cheaters, next thing you'll AI will be the scammer itself, and will finance its own expansion... Gotta pay those pesky data center bills! www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/t...

I wonder if you can get one of these machines that takes larger coins, say $1 coins, and imprints on them a msg, say "Vote Democrat". Or print a duck. (I anonymized the image of the $1 to protect the guilty) Thank you for your attention to this matter.

One interpretation is that two vassals showed up to genuflect.

Nailed it. imgs.xkcd.com/comics/trade...