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I came here to say this, too.

This seems to work quite well!

Especially surprised by the options available for "Ghengis khan romance novel".

Great summary tweet thread here: https://twitter.com/tsungxu/status/1565322844418052098

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Twitter!

I hang out in corners of physics, ML, EA, and Progress Studies Twitter and have made some great connections that have turned into real friendships IRL.

Often the next step after meeting on Twitter is setting up a video chat to have a deeper conversation together, but eventually I like to set up nice walk and talks on hikes or around cities.

I now have great friends that I make an effort to see in person in cities around the US and Europe!

You should look into the Ronin Institute. Since it is very hard or impossible to get grants without being affiliated with an institute, the Ronin Institute is a remote institute that any researcher can apply to join. http://ronininstitute.org/

I think they've been pretty successful at attracting a network of interesting non-traditional researchers. I bet there are some good lessons there about how to grow an institute and bootstrap its prestige.

Thanks for the help!

Noob question: Can a Signal proxy be usefully run on a Raspberry Pi (RP4 ModelB 8GB RAM)?

Here's a great article showing progress improving the triple product until now. https://www.fusionenergybase.com/article/measuring-progress-...

An excellent quantity that indicates progress on fusion and how far designs are from breakeven is the triple product. Here is an EXCELLENT review of fusion progress so far. (https://www.fusionenergybase.com/article/measuring-progress-...)

Yes, please! I often read podcast transcripts. Conversations with Tyler, 80,000 hours, and Steve Hsu's Manifold all have great transcripts and because of that, they are the only podcasts I keep up with.

Nick Szabo comes to a similar conclusion: http://unenumerated.blogspot.com/2012/08/proxy-measures-sunk...

I would recommend Quantum Field Theory for the Gifted Amateur by Lancaster and Blundell. It has many clear worked examples and builds up lots of the conceptual and technical ideas in a way that felt comfortable. Also the chapters are quite short and are digestible in one sitting.