Great ape. PhD in #Chemistry, developing computational tools for molecular science. Always looking for opportunities to learn new computational chemistry methods, develop new open source molecular software, and expand the boundaries of who can participate in computational science and what they can accomplish. He/him Parent to two precocious children, and aspiring Trekkie.
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PhD in #Chemistry, developing computational tools for molecular science. Always looking for opportunities to learn new computational chemistry methods, develop new open source molecular software, and expand the boundaries of who can participate in computational science and what they can accomplish. He/him
Parent to two precocious children, and aspiring Trekkie.
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Great ape. PhD in #Chemistry, developing computational tools for molecular science. Always looking for opportunities to learn new computational chemistry methods, develop new open source molecular software, and expand the boundaries of who can participate in computational science and what they can accomplish. He/him Parent to two precocious children, and aspiring Trekkie.
Pink Pomelo Club
Great ape. PhD in #Chemistry, developing computational tools for molecular science. Always looking for opportunities to learn new computational chemistry methods, develop new open source molecular software, and expand the boundaries of who can participate in computational science and what they can accomplish. He/him Parent to two precocious children, and aspiring Trekkie.
Looking forward to running a small book club at work! @grimalkina@mastodon.social
Great ape. PhD in #Chemistry, developing computational tools for molecular science. Always looking for opportunities to learn new computational chemistry methods, develop new open source molecular software, and expand the boundaries of who can participate in computational science and what they can accomplish. He/him Parent to two precocious children, and aspiring Trekkie.
5yo was taking bites of dried peppers that he found on the counter. We have repeatedly warned him how spicy they are. Suddenly he's crying and screaming, and 3yo is laughing at him.
Great ape. PhD in #Chemistry, developing computational tools for molecular science. Always looking for opportunities to learn new computational chemistry methods, develop new open source molecular software, and expand the boundaries of who can participate in computational science and what they can accomplish. He/him Parent to two precocious children, and aspiring Trekkie.
Shakespeare in the park!
#nyc
Great ape. PhD in #Chemistry, developing computational tools for molecular science. Always looking for opportunities to learn new computational chemistry methods, develop new open source molecular software, and expand the boundaries of who can participate in computational science and what they can accomplish. He/him Parent to two precocious children, and aspiring Trekkie.
My 5yo asked for a globe of Mars, asked *why* Earth is the only planet with a breathable atmosphere, and lamented that Earth isn't as big as Neptune because he wants to have plenty of room to go for long walks and ramble around.
Maybe we're on to the space phase now?
#precocious #parenting
Great ape. PhD in #Chemistry, developing computational tools for molecular science. Always looking for opportunities to learn new computational chemistry methods, develop new open source molecular software, and expand the boundaries of who can participate in computational science and what they can accomplish. He/him Parent to two precocious children, and aspiring Trekkie.
What if the LLMs overuse em-dashes because colons have syntactic meaning in YAML format?
Great ape. PhD in #Chemistry, developing computational tools for molecular science. Always looking for opportunities to learn new computational chemistry methods, develop new open source molecular software, and expand the boundaries of who can participate in computational science and what they can accomplish. He/him Parent to two precocious children, and aspiring Trekkie.
New rule: anyone talking about "peptides," whether they be journalist, influencer, or the Health Secretary, has to at minimum read out the peptide sequences they are discussing, and preferably also cite the target.
Otherwise I'm going to assume they're talking poly-glutamine.
Great ape. PhD in #Chemistry, developing computational tools for molecular science. Always looking for opportunities to learn new computational chemistry methods, develop new open source molecular software, and expand the boundaries of who can participate in computational science and what they can accomplish. He/him Parent to two precocious children, and aspiring Trekkie.
The moment when your doctor's demeanor shifts from, "everything's fine" to "I'm going to save this patient's life RIGHT NOW. "
Great ape. PhD in #Chemistry, developing computational tools for molecular science. Always looking for opportunities to learn new computational chemistry methods, develop new open source molecular software, and expand the boundaries of who can participate in computational science and what they can accomplish. He/him Parent to two precocious children, and aspiring Trekkie.
I didn't set out to post a thirst trap, but my selfie of my bright summer wardrobe from early June now has 40 boosts and 113 favorites. I'm hot on Mastodon!
Great ape. PhD in #Chemistry, developing computational tools for molecular science. Always looking for opportunities to learn new computational chemistry methods, develop new open source molecular software, and expand the boundaries of who can participate in computational science and what they can accomplish. He/him Parent to two precocious children, and aspiring Trekkie.
Great ape. PhD in #Chemistry, developing computational tools for molecular science. Always looking for opportunities to learn new computational chemistry methods, develop new open source molecular software, and expand the boundaries of who can participate in computational science and what they can accomplish. He/him Parent to two precocious children, and aspiring Trekkie.
Great ape. PhD in #Chemistry, developing computational tools for molecular science. Always looking for opportunities to learn new computational chemistry methods, develop new open source molecular software, and expand the boundaries of who can participate in computational science and what they can accomplish. He/him Parent to two precocious children, and aspiring Trekkie.
Every time my team has talked about AI usage, I've exhorted them to keep their workflows robust against a huge increase of the cost of the LLMs. If we can't afford the new, "AI-powered" workflow, we need ro be able to fall back seamlessly to the old workflow.
I'm going to check in about Copilot usage at our sprint meeting later today, and I sure hope they took my advice.
Great ape. PhD in #Chemistry, developing computational tools for molecular science. Always looking for opportunities to learn new computational chemistry methods, develop new open source molecular software, and expand the boundaries of who can participate in computational science and what they can accomplish. He/him Parent to two precocious children, and aspiring Trekkie.
2yo saw 5yo juicing lemons and asked, "can I lemonate?"
Great ape. PhD in #Chemistry, developing computational tools for molecular science. Always looking for opportunities to learn new computational chemistry methods, develop new open source molecular software, and expand the boundaries of who can participate in computational science and what they can accomplish. He/him Parent to two precocious children, and aspiring Trekkie.
I didn't expect Ronnie Chieng to be the prophet of the Butlerian Jihad. https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/harvard-graduation-ronny-chieng-ai-tirade
Great ape. PhD in #Chemistry, developing computational tools for molecular science. Always looking for opportunities to learn new computational chemistry methods, develop new open source molecular software, and expand the boundaries of who can participate in computational science and what they can accomplish. He/him Parent to two precocious children, and aspiring Trekkie.
Surprisingly sophisticated class analysis, for the New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/29/magazine/the-politics-of-the-downwardly-mobile-professional-class.html?unlocked_article_code=1.mVA.eeGO._0ULWoo_jq9Z&smid=url-share
Great ape. PhD in #Chemistry, developing computational tools for molecular science. Always looking for opportunities to learn new computational chemistry methods, develop new open source molecular software, and expand the boundaries of who can participate in computational science and what they can accomplish. He/him Parent to two precocious children, and aspiring Trekkie.
BRB, got go assess some asses. #asstodon
Great ape. PhD in #Chemistry, developing computational tools for molecular science. Always looking for opportunities to learn new computational chemistry methods, develop new open source molecular software, and expand the boundaries of who can participate in computational science and what they can accomplish. He/him Parent to two precocious children, and aspiring Trekkie.
What did Google find in my inbox that led them to serve me ads for a Gulfstream?
Great ape. PhD in #Chemistry, developing computational tools for molecular science. Always looking for opportunities to learn new computational chemistry methods, develop new open source molecular software, and expand the boundaries of who can participate in computational science and what they can accomplish. He/him Parent to two precocious children, and aspiring Trekkie.
It's nearly impossible to get in 8k steps per day while caring for young children full time.
Great ape. PhD in #Chemistry, developing computational tools for molecular science. Always looking for opportunities to learn new computational chemistry methods, develop new open source molecular software, and expand the boundaries of who can participate in computational science and what they can accomplish. He/him Parent to two precocious children, and aspiring Trekkie.
I used cold ethanol to precipitate DNA that my kids extracted from strawberries, and now I want a daiquiri.
Great ape. PhD in #Chemistry, developing computational tools for molecular science. Always looking for opportunities to learn new computational chemistry methods, develop new open source molecular software, and expand the boundaries of who can participate in computational science and what they can accomplish. He/him Parent to two precocious children, and aspiring Trekkie.
I helped my two older boys (5 and almost 3) extract DNA from strawberries, which the 5yo had been asking about for weeks. 2yo has a very old-school biochemistry approach: he wants to taste every step. When we had our product, they wanted to know "what can we do with it next?"
I had to dash their ambitions by explaining that we don't have a sequencer in our apartment.
Great ape. PhD in #Chemistry, developing computational tools for molecular science. Always looking for opportunities to learn new computational chemistry methods, develop new open source molecular software, and expand the boundaries of who can participate in computational science and what they can accomplish. He/him Parent to two precocious children, and aspiring Trekkie.
At what point does "fail fast" just become "fail?"
Great ape. PhD in #Chemistry, developing computational tools for molecular science. Always looking for opportunities to learn new computational chemistry methods, develop new open source molecular software, and expand the boundaries of who can participate in computational science and what they can accomplish. He/him Parent to two precocious children, and aspiring Trekkie.
So if I understand correctly, I've been making smashburgers this whole time, they just didn't have such a trendy name a decade ago. I learned them as "diner-style" burgers, as opposed to "pub-style," which were in fashion in those days.
Great ape. PhD in #Chemistry, developing computational tools for molecular science. Always looking for opportunities to learn new computational chemistry methods, develop new open source molecular software, and expand the boundaries of who can participate in computational science and what they can accomplish. He/him Parent to two precocious children, and aspiring Trekkie.
Can I pay my rent in story points?
Great ape. PhD in #Chemistry, developing computational tools for molecular science. Always looking for opportunities to learn new computational chemistry methods, develop new open source molecular software, and expand the boundaries of who can participate in computational science and what they can accomplish. He/him Parent to two precocious children, and aspiring Trekkie.
While I was in a late work meeting and my wife was nursing the baby, the 5yo washed his hands in the bathroom, plugged the sink, left the water running, and closed the bathroom door.
After my meeting, I was reading to the older boys for bedtime when the super knocked at the door to tell us the apartment below us was flooding.
How's your evening going?
Great ape. PhD in #Chemistry, developing computational tools for molecular science. Always looking for opportunities to learn new computational chemistry methods, develop new open source molecular software, and expand the boundaries of who can participate in computational science and what they can accomplish. He/him Parent to two precocious children, and aspiring Trekkie.
All the juice joints in Harlem
Great ape. PhD in #Chemistry, developing computational tools for molecular science. Always looking for opportunities to learn new computational chemistry methods, develop new open source molecular software, and expand the boundaries of who can participate in computational science and what they can accomplish. He/him Parent to two precocious children, and aspiring Trekkie.
Who called it an "AI Therapist" and not "Freudian Slop?"
h/t @AgnesBC@social.vivaldi.net
Great ape. PhD in #Chemistry, developing computational tools for molecular science. Always looking for opportunities to learn new computational chemistry methods, develop new open source molecular software, and expand the boundaries of who can participate in computational science and what they can accomplish. He/him Parent to two precocious children, and aspiring Trekkie.
Great ape. PhD in #Chemistry, developing computational tools for molecular science. Always looking for opportunities to learn new computational chemistry methods, develop new open source molecular software, and expand the boundaries of who can participate in computational science and what they can accomplish. He/him Parent to two precocious children, and aspiring Trekkie.
Combat wombat
Is this anything?
Great ape. PhD in #Chemistry, developing computational tools for molecular science. Always looking for opportunities to learn new computational chemistry methods, develop new open source molecular software, and expand the boundaries of who can participate in computational science and what they can accomplish. He/him Parent to two precocious children, and aspiring Trekkie.
Mom overheard the 5yo say something about "Nike," so she asked him what he was talking about (her brother works for the shoe company). He replied "The Goddess Nike, from the famous sculpture." She asked him how he knew about that, and he said "it's in the book 13 Famous Sculptures That Every Kid Should Know, and if every kid should know about it then grown-ups should know too."
Great ape. PhD in #Chemistry, developing computational tools for molecular science. Always looking for opportunities to learn new computational chemistry methods, develop new open source molecular software, and expand the boundaries of who can participate in computational science and what they can accomplish. He/him Parent to two precocious children, and aspiring Trekkie.
5yo observed that my pizza crust looked like a guy, so we got way too excited by placing the toppings accordingly. I give you, "pizza guy!"
Great ape. PhD in #Chemistry, developing computational tools for molecular science. Always looking for opportunities to learn new computational chemistry methods, develop new open source molecular software, and expand the boundaries of who can participate in computational science and what they can accomplish. He/him Parent to two precocious children, and aspiring Trekkie.
Judicial review is incompatible with democracy.
Great ape. PhD in #Chemistry, developing computational tools for molecular science. Always looking for opportunities to learn new computational chemistry methods, develop new open source molecular software, and expand the boundaries of who can participate in computational science and what they can accomplish. He/him Parent to two precocious children, and aspiring Trekkie.
Great ape. PhD in #Chemistry, developing computational tools for molecular science. Always looking for opportunities to learn new computational chemistry methods, develop new open source molecular software, and expand the boundaries of who can participate in computational science and what they can accomplish. He/him Parent to two precocious children, and aspiring Trekkie.
Great ape. PhD in #Chemistry, developing computational tools for molecular science. Always looking for opportunities to learn new computational chemistry methods, develop new open source molecular software, and expand the boundaries of who can participate in computational science and what they can accomplish. He/him Parent to two precocious children, and aspiring Trekkie.
The theoretical construct of "AI" is a software system that enables a computer to learn by exposure to new circumstances without a change in programming.
Large Language Models, being sold to us as "AI" are not that. In an LLM, training and inference are separate processes. The model is not updated by your interactions with it. Whether your interactions are recorded and used as training data is a different question.
Great ape. PhD in #Chemistry, developing computational tools for molecular science. Always looking for opportunities to learn new computational chemistry methods, develop new open source molecular software, and expand the boundaries of who can participate in computational science and what they can accomplish. He/him Parent to two precocious children, and aspiring Trekkie.
Great ape. PhD in #Chemistry, developing computational tools for molecular science. Always looking for opportunities to learn new computational chemistry methods, develop new open source molecular software, and expand the boundaries of who can participate in computational science and what they can accomplish. He/him Parent to two precocious children, and aspiring Trekkie.
Why do vloggers often record their video with a lapel mic held between their fingers?
Great ape. PhD in #Chemistry, developing computational tools for molecular science. Always looking for opportunities to learn new computational chemistry methods, develop new open source molecular software, and expand the boundaries of who can participate in computational science and what they can accomplish. He/him Parent to two precocious children, and aspiring Trekkie.
Me, when I read neurodivergent folks' descriptions of their own mental processes: "That's not cognitive difference, that's just cognition! After all, that's very similar to my own cognitive process."
Me, a moment later: "Huh..."
Great ape. PhD in #Chemistry, developing computational tools for molecular science. Always looking for opportunities to learn new computational chemistry methods, develop new open source molecular software, and expand the boundaries of who can participate in computational science and what they can accomplish. He/him Parent to two precocious children, and aspiring Trekkie.
At breakfast my 2yo started crying because I told him I wouldn't l let him leave his cup of milk on the table all day so he could taste sour milk in the evening.
Great ape. PhD in #Chemistry, developing computational tools for molecular science. Always looking for opportunities to learn new computational chemistry methods, develop new open source molecular software, and expand the boundaries of who can participate in computational science and what they can accomplish. He/him Parent to two precocious children, and aspiring Trekkie.
These billionaires see themselves as a persecuted minority. Let's give them something to cry about.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/nyregion/roth-mamdani-griffin-rich.html?unlocked_article_code=1.gVA.SlfZ.dYw43wD6Vyw2&smid=url-share
Great ape. PhD in #Chemistry, developing computational tools for molecular science. Always looking for opportunities to learn new computational chemistry methods, develop new open source molecular software, and expand the boundaries of who can participate in computational science and what they can accomplish. He/him Parent to two precocious children, and aspiring Trekkie.
Today, I went for a 2 mile walk to think about making a new slide deck for pitching my project to potential sponsors. Walked past a phenomenally phat Japanese Pagoda tree in the park, one that my 5yo is fond of, and considered taking a picture of it but decided to let my experience of the tree remain in that moment. And that, my fedi-friends, is all you get from me for #ThickTrunkTuesday
Great ape. PhD in #Chemistry, developing computational tools for molecular science. Always looking for opportunities to learn new computational chemistry methods, develop new open source molecular software, and expand the boundaries of who can participate in computational science and what they can accomplish. He/him Parent to two precocious children, and aspiring Trekkie.
Moby Dick would be a classical tragedy if Starbuck were framed as the protagonist.
Great ape. PhD in #Chemistry, developing computational tools for molecular science. Always looking for opportunities to learn new computational chemistry methods, develop new open source molecular software, and expand the boundaries of who can participate in computational science and what they can accomplish. He/him Parent to two precocious children, and aspiring Trekkie.
Great ape. PhD in #Chemistry, developing computational tools for molecular science. Always looking for opportunities to learn new computational chemistry methods, develop new open source molecular software, and expand the boundaries of who can participate in computational science and what they can accomplish. He/him Parent to two precocious children, and aspiring Trekkie.
Great ape. PhD in #Chemistry, developing computational tools for molecular science. Always looking for opportunities to learn new computational chemistry methods, develop new open source molecular software, and expand the boundaries of who can participate in computational science and what they can accomplish. He/him Parent to two precocious children, and aspiring Trekkie.
Great ape. PhD in #Chemistry, developing computational tools for molecular science. Always looking for opportunities to learn new computational chemistry methods, develop new open source molecular software, and expand the boundaries of who can participate in computational science and what they can accomplish. He/him Parent to two precocious children, and aspiring Trekkie.
Personal best 5k today! 25:21. Previous best was 25:34.
Great ape. PhD in #Chemistry, developing computational tools for molecular science. Always looking for opportunities to learn new computational chemistry methods, develop new open source molecular software, and expand the boundaries of who can participate in computational science and what they can accomplish. He/him Parent to two precocious children, and aspiring Trekkie.
`cp` is the interpreter shell for the C+ language, a forgotten precursor to C++.
Great ape. PhD in #Chemistry, developing computational tools for molecular science. Always looking for opportunities to learn new computational chemistry methods, develop new open source molecular software, and expand the boundaries of who can participate in computational science and what they can accomplish. He/him Parent to two precocious children, and aspiring Trekkie.
Your lover's lover is an intimutual.
Great ape. PhD in #Chemistry, developing computational tools for molecular science. Always looking for opportunities to learn new computational chemistry methods, develop new open source molecular software, and expand the boundaries of who can participate in computational science and what they can accomplish. He/him Parent to two precocious children, and aspiring Trekkie.
At the playground today, I caught my 5yo putting the stem of a large leaf in his mouth. I recognized it as ground cover in the fenced planter areas. I must have given him quite a look, because before I could say anything he explained, "I'm tasting it to find out if it's Burdock or something else. [The 'something else' meant rhubarb]. It tastes bitter, so it must be Burdock."
Great ape. PhD in #Chemistry, developing computational tools for molecular science. Always looking for opportunities to learn new computational chemistry methods, develop new open source molecular software, and expand the boundaries of who can participate in computational science and what they can accomplish. He/him Parent to two precocious children, and aspiring Trekkie.
"All interstellar matter emits radiation on a particular frequency band: 21 centimeters."
WTF does that mean??