Ryan Briggs
@ryancbriggs
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Raising kids & bread & grant money. Cleaning data & diapers & fish. EA (bed nets not light cone). Social scientist. https://t.co/g8teKfCf91
Toronto, Ontario
Joined March 2007
RT @soumitrashukla9: This is right. The default assumption progressive types on here have that government workers are “good people.” The cl….
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RT @maiamindel: You might think this is a problem but actually if you adjust for men's choice of degree, experience, and how many hours the….
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This is such a nice expression of the problems with using ai when (learning) programming.
"I use AI in a separate window. I don't enjoy Cursor or Windsurf, I can literally feel competence draining out of my fingers.". @dhh, the legendary programmer and creator of Ruby on Rails has the most beautiful and philosophical idea about what AI takes away from programmers.
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RT @paulnovosad: Having tenure at Harvard is a gift with social responsibility, it makes you a Guardian of Higher Ed. Everyone who kept t….
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RT @paulnovosad: Obv Trump going after science funding is bad and stupid, but man did Harvard ever lose its way. It's clear (through this….
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Singapore coded tweet.
something that the evil efficiency freaks on this place don't understand is that spending time at the airport is fun.
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When you are toilet training your children you learn to minority report their poos. No one tells you this.
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GMBB Mall in Kuala Lumpur is incredible. It’s basically an arts hub. We had delicious chocolate and saw traditional shadow puppets of American superheroes and a collection of Godzilla toys from 1954 to the present, among many other things.
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RT @rlmcelreath: I haven't read this book, but the authors (Grant & Di Tanna) know their stuff, and they provide code for every script/engi….
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RT @politicalmath: I've got a newsletter going out tomorrow about screwworms and it got a little spicy
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Fact check: True.
Man, Toronto is fucking amazing.
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RT @TristinHopper: My favourite ethnic grocers are the ones who don't let you buy things. I've had a German specialty grocer and a Persian….
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Surely they can find a large commercial sponsor. Maybe a bank? Why would that be so hard?.
Giller Prize says it will be forced to cease operations without federal funding
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The reason “Tough on Crime” politics are about to make a comeback is because our system, at present, is evidently not punishing criminals enough to be a significant deterrent. People want to see more compassion for the VICTIMS of crime, not the criminals.
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RT @asteriskmgzn: Asterisk is launching an AI blogging fellowship!. We're looking for people with unique perspectives on AI who want to tak….
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