madhu (in sf in june!)
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having fun taking ideas seriously🫧 || building a proto-university and the nyc tech & science scene
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i love it when ppl borrow books from me, so i’m extending this invitation to nyc moots.
borrow any book except the 5 in my rotation— you’re very welcome to leave annotations!
if there are others who’d like to do the same, i can set up a system—reply/dm
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why i prefer nights in:
tn in the span of 6 hrs i tried building an app, watched a doc on neanderthals, read a book on math, and am currently writing up my thoughts on a proto-ethical framework
life’s so great
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i'm putting together a lil ml paper reading group that meets weekly in nyc. anyone want to join or cohost?
reply/dm
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i've been SO frustrated by the lack of late-night workspaces in nyc. so i'm esp excited to launch this program with
@pastarita27
— 20 builders, 6pm-midnight, the entire month of july.
projects and startups will be launched by august. join us :)
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ill be hosting a biweekly deep coworking sesh for technologists, scientists, and researchers called smalltalk
dm me for invite:)
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i’ve asked many people to play my favorite song on piano before, but this is the most beautiful rendition.
insanelyy talented.
@puheenix
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WHILE I HAVE PEOPLES ATTENTION
i want more science, math, and econ courses, as well as research labs, being taught at fractal university!!
idc about your credentials. tell me what you’re excited about teaching, and we’ll talk about the rest over a call. dm me!!!
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i got a job last wk at a climate startup that didn’t have any role suitable for me and had a HARD requirement for a move to the bay. i wrote a long cold email making my own role and said i’m not moving, and that same day the ceo was down to chat and offered me a job
no rules
You can sometimes even get a job you are wildly unqualified for on paper by investing sufficient effort in your application.
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hosting an in-person study group to go through the fastai practical deep learning course this june!
twice a week, from 6 to 8 pm, in williamsburg
by the end of the month, you should be able to:
build, train, and deploy deep learning models for computer vision, natural language
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i was so afraid of running a research lab bc i only have a modest amount of medical and ai research experience
but today was the 2nd lab session and it already feels so worth it to put my insecurities aside because i know this group is going to publish some really, really
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me - when did u guys get married?
priya - idk oct 11?
andrew - i think oct 10
priya- daniel would know
me - ….
daniel - i’m not telling u
me - daniel when did they get married
daniel - oct 9
@Prigoose
@__drewface
@danielgolliher
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dms open if u wanna live w me and some great folks!
Update:
@prigoose
and I are building a parenting community in Ft. Greene -- our daughter is due in April.
@madhu___s
is starting a house, 2 min walk away. She's seeking two "kind, curious, and wildly ambitious" housemates. If you're in, DM me! See also:
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been on my mind a lot lately
would love to chat w ppl thinking ab this too
Kind of makes you want to go start something for the most talented 18 year olds that’s more attractive than college, right?
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a friend told me in passing that seeing the homeless in sf made him sad, and i didn’t react to it then, but it’s what left a vivid aftertaste as i cycled back home.
the second i entered my apartment, i teared up. i thought of the mouse that was mercilessly killed right in front
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Sudden urge in the past few days to learn violin and Arabic again, self study a math degree, and become a digital nomad. I need five more lives😭
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noo don't come to my silly sci talks where we distill a random sci hub paper and give a silly lil presentation nooo knowledge must be gatekept
Don't use Sci-Hub — it's a "controversial" website with 84M+ research papers freely available.
We should try to make billion-dollar academic publishers richer.
Here's an updated thread on integrating Sci-Hub with Zotero to get free papers.
Please don't do this😉
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hosting another hackathon with
@__drewface
and
@JakeZegil
!! come build with your favorite ai agents and kick off techweek with us :)
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i want a culture of people doing independent research so badly and that wasn’t going to happen as long as i kept thinking someone w more experience should be running this lab—yes, they should, but they aren’t, so I should step in.
need more of the badass agency i had in hs
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we’re going through the original ResNet paper today, hosted by my wonderful friend
@enzokro_
GUARANTEED good time
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this 5yo v passionately showed me patterns in the times tables and instead of reciting them himself he paused and quizzed me each time to ensure I was actively learning
then he leaned in and asked me to kiss him. the kids got rizz
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I published my first poetry book!! This collection, featuring 156 musings from mid-2021 to mid-2023, explores themes of change, mortality, nature, and other buzz words. Link in thread:)
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birthdays tend to stress me out because i'm still replying to the "how're u doing now?" follow-up q's from 5 days ago, on top of the daily flood of messages--sorry if i haven't responded to you yet
i rly was meant for pigeon post era😭
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i stopped biking to offer to take pics of a group and a few seconds later someone else stopped biking to offer as well thinking i was part of the group🥹
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guyss i just received a 500pg pdf filled w letters and reports from einstein, von neumann, gödel, aydelotte, veblen, etc from their time at institute for advanced study😍
SO grateful for historians. they’re doing god’s work.
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earlier today i was reminded of how i literally studied and taught hr long lectures in diff topics in psych n neuro biweekly in hs simply bc my school didn’t have a psych teacher. and i didn’t know shit ab psych before starting a club!!
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I’ve mistakingly labeled myself as disciplined, but I’m acc impulse-driven. I respond way better to tasks that arise from a spontaneous desire, like wanting to write or code, rather than from a sense of obligation. This makes me eager to do these every day,so I appear disciplined
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i left my mac and my foldable helmet unattended for half hr and i return to a missing helmet. can’t even be mad, they got taste😩
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my brother n i have a long-standing tradition of driving around aimlessly, sharing w each other new music we’ve discovered every time i’m back home. few things i adore more than this
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extremely relatable. sometimes i get burned for being this type of person because i’m very sincerely interested in ppl and deeply value my friendships, but unless they can feel secure in the relationship w/o regular texting or 1-1 hangs, it unfortunately fades—i get overwhelmed
One of my roles/purposes in life is to act like a "superconnector" (ugh feels bad to use that word unironically 😬) Sometimes ppl ask me what this is like, so here is a post on that topic
I started life as a socially awkward nerd who had a hard time making more than 1 friend at
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so ridiculously talented😍
So grateful to the folks at
@fractal_nyc
for providing an excellent coworking space, unrivaled education, and allowing me to show off some of my artwork 🥰
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ah!!! met a science teacher and an astrophysics prof from south africa n the teacher will be teaching astrophysics this summer at fractalu AND we’ll be doing a cosmology trip in south africa !!
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Hosting an event with
@Techweek_
@a16z
on turning your space into a hackerspace/thirdspace! Hope to see you this Wednesday:
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At the beginning of this year, I planned on building a digital home, and I’m happy with the 2mo progress. Check it out, link below :)
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yes.
we're hosting a "build for your friends" hackathon in NYC this April 20-21.
the event is devoted to building software as a gift to the people and communities around you. more deets soon, but you can RSVP below:
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had one of those moments when you meet someone and feel super eager to see how their life unfolds. after a ~5 hr chat, i’m convinced
@rishiosaur
is going to be up to big thingsss
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i love how my best friend and i turned a coworking session into a "let's scope out this idea i have"
and 4 hrs later, a one-pager and a website and emails have already been sent out
looove friends who indulge me like this
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lmao as someone who hates texting and commuting, moving closer to my friends should’ve been a no brainer
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when i hung out w
@SpencrGreenberg
a lil while back we explicitly asked each other ab what we value and how we’d describe ourselves. it was acc a rly nice way to build up a model of each other in a short amount of time.
from the intrinsic values quiz he made a yr ago:
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alright after a year of burning thru savings to work on random projects, it’s time i stop doing so many things for free😅
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I really love this, and it's tempting me not to use the priv account I just made. I *do* want to find my ppl on here, and I *do* want good feedback loops, and I don't care ab looking like an idiot in the process of learning and trying. But—
Why I am relatively uninhibited in sharing my half-baked possibly-stupid opinions here:
Because life has already humbled me
I know am merely an instrument
my ego was crushed when I went through a minor ailment for 6 months
then on I think my life is like a bonus & I don't
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hit us up if you’re interested in future meet-ups! every thurs in flatiron
I'm co-hosting an experienced practitioners ML reading group in Flatiron.
The purpose:
- Go through the collective exercise of distilling an important paper into its bare essentials + the good ideas. Good skill.
- Discuss / hack on applications, experiments, hypotheses.
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Ah great question! If there's any wisdom I can impart to others, it's that journaling is the single most valuable habit I've cultivated over the past decade. Quick thread w some of the perhaps lesser-known benefits
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starting to believe that the desire to understand the full picture and not just code is a common feeling among women, esp after hearing many of them express this over the past wk—thought it was just me!
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oppenheimer believed science should have no history and was disapproving of anything being archived when he was director at IAS. grateful for george dyson (freeman dyson’s son!!) for being the first to capture so much that might’ve otherwise been lost.
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Saw Sean Carroll live at the Royal Institution.
Was already a fan of his books but became an even bigger admirer after seeing him keep the audience both laughing and captivated, despite discussing a slew of daunting equations. Truly a brilliant and entertaining lecturer
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i’m visiting sf 6/1-tbd !!!
would love to meet twitter friends:)
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too weird for the normies, too normal for the weirdos
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WAIT I JUST REALIZED I CAN USE CHATGPT TO NARRATE PDFS
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happy to share this pdf w anyone who requests (dms open). in the process of building a census for science, and will update once an mvp is up and ready
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setting up one more group in midtown! any startups interested in hosting us?
i'm putting together a lil ml paper reading group that meets weekly in nyc. anyone want to join or cohost?
reply/dm
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i felt very at home being back in cambridge the past few days—this was almost certainly due to having the highest density of friends in one place
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i keep thinking about this:
“people in general aim to be morally mediocre…people don’t generally aim to be good or bad by absolute standards. instead, they aim to be about as morally good as their peers. they don’t want to make the sacrifices, but don’t want to be the worst in
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Looking for a gal to take over my lease on the UWS! It’s a 3b/1ba, $1350/mo, in-unit washer/dryer, an elevator, and has been recently renovated. A great apt and neighbourhood. DM me if you’re interested:)
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I was but a book’s width away from a Hegel reader who thankfully interrupted me as I read ab Fermat’s last theorem. Not only did he bring Andrew Wiles (the star mathematician) to life, but he also sparked a long convo about phil, math, econ, urban design, etc—
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woke myself up from a nightmare bc i knew i’d never arrange my living room in that way
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hmm well i host a weekly gals only coding sesh..maybe it’ll also include history of computing rants
hmu if u wanna join(:
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Lesson I never seem to learn: stop pushing myself to do things when I’m not feeling well
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one silly lil thing i like to do when i hurt my foot again is to double down even more by shooting hoops or playing pickup🥰
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@ftlsid
:( many similar experiences. as much as i like winter, the first drop of snow or the cold breeze makes me immediately think of them. then i grow a distaste for being human and for big cities, but the mind’s a fickle, protective thing
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my friend and i are going to build an app today for fun—help us decide!
1. a social media profile that other people create for you
2. digital flowers you can leave on someone's page: thoughts, photos, compliments, mems, etc— rather than saving this for after they pass away
social media profile
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City I dislike: Berkeley
City I think is overrated: Paris
City I like: Boston, Portland
City I love: NYC, London
City I feel most myself in: Edinburgh
City I still need to visit: Lisbon
City I dream of living in: Jaipur
City I dislike: NYC
City I think is overrated: NYC
City I like: Miami & LA
City I love: London
City I feel most myself in: SF
City I still need to visit: Paris, Dubai
City I dream of living in: London
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would ppl be interested in forming a small research group to explore nature-inspired computational paradigms (like neuromorphic) to enhance the efficiency of ai/ml? dm or reply
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SO grateful for historians. they’re doing god’s work.
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ill be making a visit to IAS sometime in april to digitize some more hidden gems. open invite to others who’re interested!
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I have a strong aversion to activities that strip me of my daily autonomy—this likely explains why routines elude me. I prefer deciding what I feel like doing at each moment throughout the day. This framing feels more self-compassionate to me.
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One identity statement I want to lean more into is becoming a great networker. Not for personal gain, but to emulate Frederick Terman— father of Silicon Valley
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It allows me to view my life as a novel, which I believe is the reason I’m more tolerant of bad experiences - it makes for a better story!
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was studying enzymes last wk and now i’m missing medical research more than usual. wondering if i should look into biotech hmm
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@__drewface
I love this!! I've been thinking ab v similar things-- I think you'd enjoy this post-
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I don’t believe people are inherently protective of their networks. It’s just not second nature for many to think of connecting others. I hope to see this change!
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NYC really feels like one big community. A Staples employee carried my printer and another 100 pounds of paper and supplies to the station for me. Many others also stopped to help me carry them and I don't think they even noticed I was in a walking boot.
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rly sick so i accidentally slept for 16 hrs to avoid migraines but now i have migraines from oversleeping🙃
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Care more about understanding yourself than others understanding you
have you said the obvious yet today?
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And even w a small following I feel exposed having a public account that anyone can see. I still struggle w context collapse (multiple diff audiences in one context) but I also think being priv just for the sake of it is ridiculous
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My friends delivered a brilliant talk at the Network State conference! I am endlessly inspired by them and this provides a glimpse into why:
i was extremely nervous to read the youtube live stream comments on our network state conference talk. live stream comments can be brutal
but look... 🥹
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receiving a handwritten letter from
@mr_samosaman
made my day—and idek him!
he’s writing weekly letters to friends and strangers, and this was a beautiful way to get to know him. people on this lil app are so cool
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I believe it played some role in quieting the undercurrent of nihilism in my life. Documenting my life seemed to silently whisper, “this was worthy of notation”
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A special shout-out to
@Empathy2000
for being my first pair of eyes, and to both
@__drewface
and
@1WriteofPassage
for helping me overcome my friction with publishing:)
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I have zero inhibition when it comes to talking to strangers both online and offline. But I've got it in my head—bc of tpot— that u have to 'be a good reply guy' to grow (w the fine print reading 'to find your ppl!!') and this feels like a social game that I don't want to play:/
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my friends are so scattered in nyc. it easily takes >30 min to see any one of them. i bought into the vision of fractal and a walkable adult neighboorhood/campus but felt the conviction after this trip
@Prigoose
@__drewface
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