This is a really well written academia.stackexchange response from Neel Krishnaswami (not on twitter?) for anyone who feels lost and overwhelmed during a PhD, i.e., anyone doing a PhD.
academia.stackexchange.com/a/209279

“Hello, I’d like to return this bicycle please. The axles aren’t in the centre of the wheels.”

Oh he does, does he?

Well this is a test-of-time paper right here. Wow.

The talks from the #POPL2024 workshop on the 'Future of Weak Memory' are now available as a YouTube playlist! youtube.com/playlist?list=…

I’m delighted that Yann Herklotz’s work to add hyperblock scheduling to his verified HLS tool will be presented at #PLDI2024 . Here’s a short preview of the paper… johnwickerson.wordpress.com/2024/03/01/ver…

“23-19! We have a 23-19 over here!”

GitHub advice from my local leisure centre

Sulphur hexafluoride is not to be smoked in this taxi.

['Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes';
'Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes';
'Silver white winters that melt into springs']
-- These are a few of my favourite strings.

The recording of our POPL song, 'Reviewing for Publication', is now available: youtube.com/watch?v=Hyaeg7…

Don’t miss Ally Donaldson (Alastair Donaldson) and me presenting an Extraordinary Session tomorrow morning at POPL 2024, at 0850-0900 in Kelvin (just before Nate Foster (@[email protected])’s keynote)! We will offer some “reflections on the peer-review process” … popl24.sigplan.org/details/POPL-2…

I have the privilege of taking a new role across Imperial College London, leading a group established by Mary Ryan to work on an exciting new Early Career Researcher Institute to attract, nurture and empower the next generation of international STEMB research talent. Watch this space!

Quite the compilation of weak memory jokes in this thread ⬇️