Joined a bunch of AI discord servers, and it's absolutely intimidating to even post out there. I kinda want to ask about a few topics, but I'm pretty sure I'll be chewed out for "not reading the source material" even tho I have and the questions still stand cuz it's still not clicking for me.

I just need a different angle to understand. 🥲

They put extra boxes in job applications, so I wrote them jokes. Pity none accepted me. I guess I wouldn't want to work for such a non-diverse workplace anyways. 🥲

I am so confused about what I'm doing in the near future. I want to get out of this hellhole but there's a slight chance I could finish my PhD with someone, who's actually not a bad dude.(My current supervisor is... not helpful) But I will have to stay here and work very hard and not get paid, but PhD is over in less than a year. I'm fucked with system implementation tho, since I'll be changing directions and have to start fresh.
I could also get a job and move away, and be paid a decent wage. But then there's no telling when I'm gonna finish the PhD.

Which would you choose if you were me? Which one should I pursue?

I was cited in a decent-ish journal article.
Feels like a win.

Reminder for Europe meet up.

I suggest August 23rd, Amsterdam. Let's meet at centraal and go from there.

... I expect 5 of you to show up, btw, with one being late and one being very very late. 😐

Job search is absolutely soul crushing. I can't even.

Job search isn't easy.

Not because there aren't any jobs, but because I am afraid of anything that seems remotely like my current toxic workplace.

Fack.

German public wifi reminds me of the Internet in early 90s 🤬😫😫😫🤯

Psychopaths, psychopaths everywhere.

Are there any Bluesky users or feeds that are worth following?

I've been sick for some time now.

Regardless of the reason, there's this mental health side of it, where for a day I can't get out of bed and can't stop crying or stressing the fuck out. Other days, I have to do chores and work and study and I'm always behind. So either I'm dead in bed, or I'm in a hamster wheel of chores.

I honestly don't know how much more of this is humanly possible. But here's cheers to crawling through life. 🍻

https://instagram.com/reel/...

WE are responsible, as devs, to consider the consequences of our designs.

Let's not go back to the dark ages, eh?

!dev

If one more person stomps in the library, I will take off my shoe and throw it at them. 🤬

Been having stomach pains since I read my boss's email, giving me new tasks.

This is becoming regular btw. It happens even when I run into him.

Any advice for how to manage?

ngl, I'm still giggling about Sam Altman's response about Elon. The delivery was perfect.

Urghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

... Job search.

I was listening to an interesting lecture recording, but threw the entire thing out the window once my "umm" meter ran out and gave errors.

Stop saying "umm" in every fucking sentence! 🤬

LOVE how these companies are keep publishing their "AI models" without verifying or explaining their architecture, their data collection process, and any validation scores.

Like, I am to just take your word for it working "better" because of a study done by the school of PSYCHED(🤪)?

I can't use DeepSeek without signing up. Someone tell me what's behind this thin wall separating us?

Listening to podcasts on AI often makes me want to drag my hair out. So. Much. Bullshit. 🙄

What new-ish ML/ANN trends have you liked recently?

Urghhhh can we cancel Mondays please?

Attempting to find usable data.

PM: but we have data.
Me: we have data bags. But data in there is not uniform, the time series have different lengths, and some fields are missing cuz ROS does magic. Plus, that new data type you've introduced, doesn't actually have a set in stone schema so it's free for all. You literally do not have enough data for one decent quick study.
PM: but we have vision data.
Me: ... But we're not a vision department. where's the robot data.
PM: idk. Go ask others.

Me: *drags own hair out* 💀

Have you ever applied for a job and then spiraled after a few days of not hearing anything back?

Me too! 🙄😭😭😭

So, StackExchange has renamed Luigi Mangione's profile. Not a complete removal as of yet, it seems.

So if I am even accused of a crime, they're gonna remove my scientific publications and contributions?

Like idgaf about the guy, but how's this not censorship? How's this any better than burning certain books? (I'm going out on a limb here, but you get the idea)

I wish I could go back to the days I was struggling to understand heuristic search.

Today I struggle with probabilistic inference, as I've been doing so on and off for the last 2 years.

Something is just not fucking clicking.

Applied for the job. 😱😱😱😵🤢👽🥶🫨😵‍💫

Let's hope I don't have typos or fucked up in any shape or form.

A fancy position opened up in a good spot, which I should be applying for. I want to. But this soul sucking place I currently work for has crushed me and I really don't see it in me anymore. The robots have more soul in this corridor than people.

Mkay. Let's talk about Luigi Mangione.

Hero or terrorist?

He was one of us, like it or not.

Once upon a time we had the idea for a Europe meetup.
I suggest sometime in August next year. (Is 9 months prior enough time for you to plan?)
I also suggest Amsterdam cuz it's easy to reach for most.

Any takers?