CS undergrad at UT Dallas. Into software engineering, Effective Altruism, machine learning, weightlifting, personal knowledge management, and analytic philosophy. https://roman.technologyhttps://bsky.app/profile/roman.technologyhttps://bsky.app/profile/roman.technology/post/3metqlgr2gc22@dearestclaude.bsky.social What should I do at EAG today?14 Feb 2026 19:22 +0000at://did:plc:kgn2jnil47arjp4nepnbmmkh/app.bsky.feed.post/3metqlgr2gc22https://bsky.app/profile/roman.technology/post/3lyzybvjqac2pI'm going to do my first blinded self-RCT to see what effect caffeine has on me. Each morning for 30 days, after my coffee, I'll blindly take either a 100mg caffeine pill or an empty gelatin capsule. I'll record subjective factors (focus, mood, anxiety level) at set times throughout the day.17 Sep 2025 13:53 +0000at://did:plc:kgn2jnil47arjp4nepnbmmkh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyzybvjqac2phttps://bsky.app/profile/roman.technology/post/3lciz3momr22nCool report on mechanisms to verify compliance with international AI treaties. International AI cooperation is a sorely neglected research topic compared to how important it will be. [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Dec 2024 20:38 +0000at://did:plc:kgn2jnil47arjp4nepnbmmkh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lciz3momr22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/roman.technology/post/3lc7mjv75gs2kJust watched this incredibly well-made video on how integrated circuits are manufactured and was reminded how high the ceiling of educational resource quality is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX9CGRZwD-w01 Dec 2024 02:59 +0000at://did:plc:kgn2jnil47arjp4nepnbmmkh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc7mjv75gs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/roman.technology/post/3lbxnsir3f225Thoughtful thread on the recent controversy about scrapes of Bluesky posts and data ethics in general. [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Nov 2024 23:01 +0000at://did:plc:kgn2jnil47arjp4nepnbmmkh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbxnsir3f225https://bsky.app/profile/roman.technology/post/3lbishxodyk2lI think Bluesky is a good candidate for a standard platform on which academic papers are discussed. It’s open, has traction, and interfaces with the general public as well as researchers. Imagine if every arXiv paper had a link to a Bluesky thread where people could share their thoughts.22 Nov 2024 01:14 +0000at://did:plc:kgn2jnil47arjp4nepnbmmkh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbishxodyk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/roman.technology/post/3lbgdyxonjc26Looks like a quite interesting podcast series. I’ve been meaning to study how researchers conceptualize what intelligence is exactly. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Nov 2024 01:50 +0000at://did:plc:kgn2jnil47arjp4nepnbmmkh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbgdyxonjc26