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Tim Roughgarden's lecture note's compilation: Available at: timroughgarden.org/notes.html Includes notes about: * Foundations of Blockchain Protocols * Modern Algorithmic Toolbox * A Second Course in Algorithms * Beyond Worst-Case Analysis * Incentives in Computer Science * Algorithmic Game Theory * Frontiers in Mechanism Design * Communication Complexity (for Algorithm Designers) * Miscellaneous Lecture Notes

1/6 Excited to share our #ICLR2026 paper: Estimating Dimensionality of Neural Representations from Finite Samples with @canatar_a, @s_y_chung, and Daniel Lee. Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2509.26560

I’ve discussed this with other PhDs before: for a CS PhD, is it better to study in China or in the US? 1. Prospects: US industry > US top academia > China industry > US academia > China academia - In terms of payout, industry giants in China for fresh PhD graduates typically range from 1M to 6M CNY, and when adjusted for purchasing power, this can potentially exceed US industry pay. 2. Education: CS education in the US is more consistent and overall stronger. 3. Ranking: China top 10 is roughly comparable to US top 50~100, - In industry, most people can find jobs anyway. - In academia, PhDs from Chinese universities can usually only become assistant professors at lower tier schools, unless they go abroad for a postdoc and then return through talent programs. 4. Resources: Interestingly, PhDs in China often have access to more compute resources, because the current training model effectively makes a PhD a four to five year full time intern for GPUs. 5. Lifestyle: Depends on whether you prefer big cities like Beijing and Shanghai or the college town style in the US. 6. Environment: The academic environment is probably still better in the US, although both funding and the academic ecosystem there are declining rapidly. - There are bad things everywhere, but I cannot really say much more about that. Additionally, due to my personal health and overall condition, I am considering quitting my incoming PhD at RUC and applying again for Fall 2027 PhD programs, although I have not made a final decision yet. This is a very difficult choice. I am truly grateful to my advisor for bringing me into research and for all the guidance. And he has been very kind to me and has never pressured me to stay, which makes this decision difficult for both of us. In the end, I have to prioritize my mental health, so this is something I still need more time to think through. I still hold a pure sense of passion and aspiration for research, and even with all the emotions I cannot let go of, I do not want to give up or suicide or do anything drastic before I have achieved more results :) After visiting HKUST and having in-depth conversations with several US PhD students, I finally resolved many doubts and confusions I had carried for years.

I just realized quite interesting fact about kanji vs hanzi. While the kanji is derived from hanzi and the hanzi has logographic nature, it interrsting like that one concept is representated differently in hanzi vs kanji.

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Went to suzhou (not a big city like shanghai, shenzhen, or beijing) & was surprised w/ this. S/o to xinjiang dishes & lanzhou's 牛肉面. Also Tokyo i saw more indian or middle east foods for halal options than japanese dishes.

an older snapshot: docs.google.com/document/d/1f7…

Was shocked a while to see my secondary supervisor in the lisy but suddenly relieved many post green flags of her. Wish I can add rebuttal but 我说一点点汉语

4266 pages of lecture notes by Dexter Chua for math related courses. All pdf files are available at dec41.user.srcf.net/notes/

@ahmadirfan_ai @rayendito Mengikuti jejak @IkhlasulHanif0 kah?

@rayendito maybe i'll do "everyday code with mamadun" when i do my intern lol every night

shout out to my good friend mamad watch his livestream pls

For me would be a practice to externalize knowledge and practicing scientific writing in indonesians (its ironically harder for me than English scientific writing).

Random thought: Motivated by this, if i write article about NLP or ML stuffs (can be advanced topic, or foundational things like prob & stats, linear algebra) in Indonesian, how many people are interested? Might be a good way to hook more indonesians into research

@rayendito Gasken jglah to

I wonder if there is any IS or social study about relation between this bias and content engagement rate lel.

If you have the time and are traveling on a budget to #Japan here's some tips which will save you some money. - Over night buses are super cheap in Japan. In fact you can save on stay costs, also on taking overnight buses. Willer Bus. Osaka to Tokyo Overnight bus costs approx. ₹ 2900. They have dynamic pricing so book well in advance. 3 months prior you can book your tickets - Discount Ticket Shops. They buy them in bulk and sell them individually. You can save 5% on the actual cost. Understand which ticket you want and then can purchase the same from the shop. (Pic below from one such shop which I used on my visit) - Passes have become expensive but some passes are still relevant if taken as per the plan. One such pass is the JR Kansai Hiroshima Area Pass. 17000 Yen / ₹ 9,962 if you plan to visit Hiroshima from Osaka or Kyoto and be in the area for 5 days minimum. Return fare on Shinkasen normals is ₹ 10000 so post that trip the passport pays for itself when you use it locally etc. Local JR buses around Kyoto and Hiroshima are included. JR ferry to Miyajima included. + a few other places you can use. Still unclear then check Japan Rail Pass Calculator here japan-guide.com/railpass/ - Another one is the Osaka Amazing Pass if you plan to visit many attractions in the city and also commute with public transport - Klook keeps giving 5% - 20% on train bookings so check the same before booking - Check for private rooms in hostels if dorms are not your thing - Ryokans are a cheap way to stay. Book directly with them. Many have websites in Japanese but with translate option in browser they help you book. Make sure to check timings as many dont allow entry post 10 pm etc. If planning to stay at one respect the local and their traditions. - Shukubo (Temple) is another option to stay for cheap. Mandatory Veg food will be served or to be consumed in the premises. Trip.com lists them them - Lunch is cheaper than Dinner in Japan - MyMizu app shows all public spaces and restaurants where you can get your bottle filled with drinking water - Small restaurants in the Metro/Train stations have really good cheap food options. I have had a few meals when passing by. Rice and curry with buttermilk. Carry Japanese plycard on mobile which u can show to tell need all veg just in case. - 7/11 is the OG but also check Lawson 100. Everything is 100 Yen.

Also so many goldmines about ML stuffs in chinese platforms, so that motivates me to learn japanese & chinese even more lol.

Well the ofc the confounding because this account more on random stuffs and othee acc is more on academia things.

It's so interesting to see the contrastive the themes between regions. There are more japanese-written posts in my academic account and these posts are more of educational, otoh in this main account and i see more indonesian posts and the theme is less educational.

Finally global release lesgoo

To see my yap about academics & research things, please follow @mkrisnai. This account will have more amount of rando stuffs.