Alex H @double_halex

cat dad, social scientist, sci-fi and yoga enthusiast, former performance artist. currently @caltech, prev @federalreserve. Joined November 2024

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Alex H @double_halex

5 days ago

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Philippe-Antoine Hoyeck @PAHoyeck

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Mariven @psychiel

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Alex H @double_halex

2 weeks ago

if I just add one more interaction term all my regression results will make sense

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I am (slowly) re-reading the Tolkien legendarium (of which Lord of the Rings is a small part). The whole body of work is so incredible and there's nothing else like it... it dilutes other worlds of fiction. Wait - your story doesn't have a comprehensive history/mythology spanning…

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Cat @CatOrman1

3 weeks ago

“my thesis is that at any moment in the arc of human history, there are only about 800-1000 people alive who matter, so—“ “excuse me! hi. can you pass me those crab wontons? yeah those right there. dip too please. thanks so much”

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Séb Krier @sebkrier

3 weeks ago

I'm a stuck record, but I think more people should work on the idea of agents as extensions of/advocates for users, and the kinds of institutions that could build on top of this to solve various types of coordination problems. Fast bargaining-in-the-background, instant dispute…

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Alex H @double_halex

2 months ago

We need a law banning vets from forcing you to book an appointment in order to refill a prescription

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Alex H @double_halex

2 months ago

Excited to announce that I have acquired a windsurfing board. Feels like news the tech world needs to be up to speed on.

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Alex H @double_halex

2 months ago

One of the things cats are best at is screwing up a keyboard. Seriously, I get up for 10 seconds and come back to scroll lock, filter keys, sticky keys, fn lock, nothing works. Like he did it on purpose.

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Emmett Shear @eshear

2 months ago

@jasonyuandesign Try: The Quantum Thief Diaspora, Axiomatic, Instantiation Exhalation The Nanotech Succession Alien Clay Anathem, Termination Shock Children of Time Daemon Hail Mary Echopraxia Down And Out In The Magical Kingdom Halting State Manna Too Like The Lightning Crystal Society

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Alex H @double_halex

2 months ago

uhhh what @elder_plinius I was just trying to pull some census data

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Malcolm Ocean 🏴‍☠️ @Malcolm_Ocean

2 months ago

increasingly aware that my public writing is being read by LLMs, I figured I would try addressing them! and it was quite instructive even to myself, to see what I had to say. hi to @opus_genesis & @truth_terminal & @grok, among others 👋🌊 malcolmocean.com/2025/07/to-the…

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Séb Krier @sebkrier

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Angels @AnglsAI

3 months ago

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Nabeel S. Qureshi @nabeelqu

2 months ago

Ok, a few reflections on the book: 1. qntm defines antimemes as self-erasing information, but this book has a different (but related) definition of the concept: antimemes are (a) high-impact and (b) low transmissibility. Roughly, they are "important secrets". 2. The low…