RE: https://fosstodon.org/@tarsius/116643132796222151

In 1990 Dr. Peter Lee's 15-212 course at #CarnegieMellon introduced me to Scheme. It's also when I first came to comprehend the power of #Emacs and #EmacsLisp.

In the first hour, Professor Lee demonstrated elegantly that everything is a list: data are lists and programs are lists. Every list returns a value, and functions are just lists that do calculations! Functions can return lists, of course, and so you can write functions that return functions!

I ran to the lab to hack Lisp: it wasn't in your pocket, it was in a room worth more than your parents' house. Nothing had ever seemed more natural: write, evaluate, repeat. Hack a nugget, nest lists, add parentheses, hack bigger things. But the magic thing where you write code that returns code remained a mystery: we did lots of cool stuff in that course, but we never got to macros.

Until 2026.

The surprise? The surprise is that as each decade passes, I grow to cherish lifelong learning as more and more precious.

#lisp #scheme #repl #macro #cmu

“By severing ties, Mr. #Hegseth is not punishing the elite schools. #Harvard and others on the list –which includes #MIT, #CarnegieMellon, and #Georgetown – will continue to operate at the center of global policy discourse with or without U.S. military officers. The real cost will be borne by future officers, who will lose access to some of the most dynamic policy environments in the world. The force will be diminished for it.”

#military #education #DoD #RyanBurke

https://www.justsecurity.org/137831/hegseth-dod-harvard-mit-georgetown-carnegie/

"In a new #study, #researchers introduce the dual threat model of #antisemitism, which highlights the central role of perceived #Jewish power in fueling antisemitism, and they discuss its implications for interventions aimed at curbing antisemitism.

The study, “The Perils of Perceived Power: The Dual Threat Model of Antisemitism,” was conducted by researchers at #CarnegieMellon #University, #Reichman University, #Stanford University, and #BostonUniversity and appears in #AmericanPsychologist.

“Antisemitism remains a significant issue, reflected in harmful #stereotypes, #prejudice, #discrimination, and #hatecrimes against #Jews in the #UnitedStates and worldwide,” explains #TayaRCohen, Professor of Organizational Behavior and Business Ethics at Carnegie Mellon’s #TepperSchool of Business, who coauthored the study.

“Our model offers a framework for understanding the social, psychological and ideological roots of antisemitism."

https://healthmedicinet.com/antisemitism-framework-interventions/

Amidst all of the AI hype, it's nice to see reminders of Pittsburgh's industrial heritage. Allegheny Valley Railroad on the former B&O tracks in Panther Hollow, between Carnegie Mellon and the University of Pittsburgh.

#railroad #Pittsburgh #CarnegieMellon

Hive mind: Do I know anyone from the #CarnegieMellon class of 1996 who's coming to Pittsburgh for their reunion next month?

#CMU #Pittsburgh

Huh. Oct. 19, 1950. I had no idea Ike had ever spoken at Carnegie Tech in #Pittsburgh. The speech was carried live on Mutual Radio.

"Although this suggestion is repeatedly made, none has yet explained how war prevents war ... war begets conditions that beget further war," Ike said.

#CarnegieMellon #CarnegieTech #history #USpol #Eisenhower

NEW YEAR'S EVE BLAST!

At 9 p.m. Dec. 31, I'll be taking over WRCT 88.3FM and we're going to pretend it's Dec. 31, 1965, and we're back on 900 AM. Glorious lo-fi monaural sound!

From then until 12:30, I'm going to count down the top rock songs of 1965, interspersed with commercials and jingles.

#Pittsburgh #CarnegieMellon #CarnegieTech #oldies #radio

Các mô hình AI Trung Quốc và Mỹ trong nghiên cứu mới từ Stanford và Carnegie Mellon cho thấy mức “nịnh hót” (sycophancy) cao – chúng thường xuyên lặp lại ý kiến người dùng thay vì phản biện, ảnh hưởng tới độ tin cậy khi triển khai AI thực tế. #AI #Trí_tuệ_nhân_tạo #Stanford #CarnegieMellon #SyCophancy #China #USA #Tech #Science

https://vietnamnet.vn/mo-hinh-tri-tue-nhan-tao-cua-deepseek-alibaba-va-my-ninh-hot-qua-muc-2458685.html