I've recently realized, to the detriment of my ability to concentrate on what I'm reading, that all the academic CS papers I have to read are full of phrases that would make _great_ titles for Murderbot novellas.
Recent examples:
* Isogeny Protocol
* Revelation Phase
* Stochastic Validation
* Confusion Matrix
#AcademicCS #Murderbot #SelfDistraction
Nick Mathewson
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