Alcides Fonseca
@alcidesfonseca.com
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Synth-sizing programs. Associate Professor at U. Lisbon. blogs at alcidesfonseca.com
@rcarmo.bsky.social
I think your links are borked:
taoofmac.com/space/links/...
has no link to the original page (used to be the screenshot, but no longer).
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Benjamin Button Reviews macOS
A hilarious satire of macOS Tahoe’s disastrous design changes as a fictional retrospective that compares them to other versions of macOS wit...
https://taoofmac.com/space/links/2025/09/23/1230
about 19 hours ago
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It would work like a charm in Lisbon!
add a skeleton here at some point
5 days ago
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The state of the Mac app store:
blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/mac-app...
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The Mac App Flea Market
Writing about the big beautiful mess that is making things for the world wide web.
https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/mac-app-flea-market/
9 days ago
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Played The Guild of Merchant Explorers today
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The Guild of Merchant Explorers
Explore strange lands, establish trade routes, and search for treasure.
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/350933
10 days ago
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Alcides Fonseca
Bogdan FilipiÄŤ
23 days ago
COST Action CA22137 "Randomised Optimisation Algorithms Research Network" (ROAR-NET) organises an online Problem Modelling Code Fest and invites applications for participation. The application deadline is 2 September 2025 AoE. Further information at
roar-net.eu/calls/code-f...
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Alcides Fonseca
Clément Canonne
29 days ago
Little known fact: reviewers can't actually hurt you if you don't explicitly invite them in first. Ah sorry, no, my bad, that's vampires
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Played Daybreak today
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Daybreak
Cooperatively decarbonize the planet and create resilient societies.
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/334986
about 1 month ago
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Peak webdesign. I so want to redo mine in a similar style.
add a skeleton here at some point
about 1 month ago
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Played Carpe Diem today
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Carpe Diem
Build villas and lands to produce gold, bread and goods in ancient Rome.
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/245934
about 1 month ago
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Reddit blocks the Internet Archive. First evidence of my predicted Internet Apocalypse:
wiki.alcidesfonseca.com/blog/reddit-...
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Reddit will block the Internet Archive by Alcides Fonseca
https://wiki.alcidesfonseca.com/blog/reddit-will-block-the-internet-archive/
about 1 month ago
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Type Theory Forall
about 2 months ago
Big news! We are launching a new sponsorship program for orgs passionate about Programming Languages & Type Theory. Reach a highly engaged, technical audience! Email
[email protected]
for details. Please RT to help us reach big companies and deepen our content focus!
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This could actually improve the usage of public transportation!
add a skeleton here at some point
about 2 months ago
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Alcides Fonseca
🇨🇦 Joey Eremondi
about 2 months ago
Summer Undergraduate Internship - reposts welcome! Are you a senior undergrad, interested in Programming Languages? Do you want to visit Canada for a paid 12-week internship?
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Played The Red Cathedral today
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The Red Cathedral
Lead a construction team to build Saint Basil's Cathedral under the Tsar's reign.
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/227224
about 2 months ago
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Alcides Fonseca
Kit de Waal
2 months ago
You’re so Venn
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hardmaru
2 months ago
ICML’s Statement about subversive hidden LLM prompts We live in a weird timeline…
icml.cc/Conferences/...
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My take on Subliminal Learning: neural network connections mix concepts that humans group separated. Read more here:
wiki.alcidesfonseca.com/blog/sublimi...
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Subliminal Learning by Alcides Fonseca
https://wiki.alcidesfonseca.com/blog/subliminal-learning/
2 months ago
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Played Twilight Imperium: Fourth Edition today
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Twilight Imperium: Fourth Edition
Build an intergalactic empire through trade, research, conquest and grand politics.
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/233078
2 months ago
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Played Race for the Galaxy today
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Race for the Galaxy
Worlds await! Colonize, develop and conquer, taking advantage of others' choices.
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/28143
2 months ago
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Played Langfinger today
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Langfinger
Get the tools, steal the loot, find a fence. Stealing is hard work but pays off!
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/58329
2 months ago
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Damn, these scores don't even get you a presentation spot at
#ROSCon
! Tough crowd.
2 months ago
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Alcides Fonseca
Hal 10000
2 months ago
This was basically The Force Awakens.
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Played Carcassonne today
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/822
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Carcassonne
Shape the medieval landscape of France, claiming cities, monasteries and farms.
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/822
2 months ago
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Played Hansa Teutonica today
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Hansa Teutonica
Build networks of merchants along the roads and market towns of the Hanseatic League.
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/43015
2 months ago
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Foundation S02E03 got it right! \cc
@vaguery.bsky.social
3 months ago
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On his blog post,
@hillelwayne.com
challenges the correctness of scientific code. He is 100%, from my experience of finding bugs in my own experiments late in the process. A few suggestions to minimize this issue:
wiki.alcidesfonseca.com/blog/trust-i...
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Trust in Scientific Code by Alcides Fonseca
http://wiki.alcidesfonseca.com/blog/trust-in-scientific-code
3 months ago
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@pcanelas.bsky.social
presenting a tutorial on efficiently prompting your LLM to our first cohort of summer interns (Paulo is also the designer of the program!)
3 months ago
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Wizard of Id always gets current events right.
3 months ago
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A few tips by Austin Henley on how to select your side project as a CS student, and a few suggestions by Joshua Barretto.
wiki.alcidesfonseca.com/blog/how-to-...
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How to select your side project by Alcides Fonseca
https://wiki.alcidesfonseca.com/blog/how-to-select-your-side-project/
3 months ago
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Mark Cuban
3 months ago
www.thestreet.com/technology/b...
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Billionaire Mark Cuban Promotes New Voting System
The investor puts his popularity in the service of a political matter which is close to his heart.
https://www.thestreet.com/technology/billionaire-mark-cuban-takes-a-stand-on-a-hot-political-issue
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Gergely Orosz
3 months ago
I wish more companies did this: a scholarship with: 1. Some financial support for students at a local university 2. Connecting with a mentor at the company Costs little for the co, gives back, and helps with internships + recruitment! ASML does it for 40 students/year
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Played Origins: First Builders today
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Origins: First Builders
Leave your mark on history by guiding the most successful civilization to victory.
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/322588
3 months ago
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@neurocy.bsky.social
you might appreciate this talk:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5LO...
kinda similar to your livelets
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The Best New Programming Language is a Proof Assistant by Harry Goldstein | DC Systems 006
YouTube video by Antithesis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5LOYzZx-0c
3 months ago
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Alcides Fonseca
Michael Coblenz
3 months ago
We'd really appreciate help with our study of Rust programming! If you know Rust, please take about 20-30 minutes to help us find out how to make Rust programmers more effective:
ucsd.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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Rust Learning Quiz
Help us learn more about Rust by taking this short and easy quiz!
https://ucsd.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0cGoObGc7SpEIiG
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Played Origins: First Builders today
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/32...
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3 months ago
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Played Race for the Galaxy today
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/28...
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Race for the Galaxy
Worlds await! Colonize, develop and conquer, taking advantage of others' choices.
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/28143
3 months ago
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PhD and MSc students interested in Theorem Proving or Evolutionary Computation can apply for a Species scholarship to visit and collaborate with me in lisbon:
wiki.alcidesfonseca.com/research/tea...
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Species Scholarship 2025 by Alcides Fonseca
https://wiki.alcidesfonseca.com/research/team/hiring/species-scholarship-2025/
3 months ago
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Played Qwixx today
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Qwixx
Use everyone's dice rolls to mark off numbers—but you can't go back once you pass.
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/131260
3 months ago
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Played Lost Cities: Roll
3 months ago
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Played Race for the Galaxy: Rebel vs Imperium today
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Race for the Galaxy: Rebel vs Imperium
The Rebels strike back! New cards and optional takeover rules as empires expand.
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameexpansion/40210
3 months ago
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Alcides Fonseca
Catarina Gamboa
3 months ago
#PLDI2025
Come to my talk tomorrow after the first break in the Orchid room and learn about 📜 Usability barriers for liquid types 👩‍💻
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Alcides Fonseca
Jonathan Aldrich
3 months ago
#LiquidTypes
are a lightweight way to specify and check code properties. What stands in the way of more widespread adoption? Friday at 10:30,
@catarinavgamboa.bsky.social
presents our
#PLDI2025
paper (with Abigail Reese and
@alcidesfonseca.com
), "Usability Barriers for Liquid Types."
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Played Dominant Species: Marine today
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Dominant Species: Marine
Dominate your aquatic foes or you’ll be sleeping with the fishes.
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/262941
3 months ago
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Played Castle Combo today
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Castle Combo
Draft people from the castle and the village to create a valuable 3x3 tableau.
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/416851
3 months ago
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Played 7 Empires today
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7 Empires
Build up cities to gain shifting control over old empires!
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/410103
3 months ago
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Played Haspelknecht: The Story of Early Coal Mining today
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Haspelknecht: The Story of Early Coal Mining
Find coal, build and operate your mine for the most profit.
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/169794
3 months ago
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Played TEAM3 PINK today
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TEAM3 PINK
Work together to build a tower, but each of you has a handicap.
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/247694
3 months ago
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Played Sanssouci today
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Sanssouci
Create a palace garden and move the nobles into the garden along the paths you make.
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/146816
3 months ago
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Played Suburbia today
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Suburbia
Expand your meager neighborhood into a sprawling suburb to attract the most citizens.
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/123260
3 months ago
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Played Indigo today
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Butterfly Garden
Place tiles to strategically connect routes that move treasures along a pathway.
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/116954
3 months ago
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