MalReynolds

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The ‘publish or perish’ mentality is fuelling research paper retractions – and undermining science in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Meh, retractions are best case. Publish or perish is causing

-low quality work: anything with a .05 result wins, whatever the contortions necessary

-zero repeatability: one of the science fundamentals, but not publishable.

-related, negative results are not published

-people leaving science for better pay / conditions cause PoP sucks donkey dicks

Decisions Decisions in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago

Screw you guys, immutable fedora. Currently, bazzite, but I can, and have, change on a whim.

Can relate. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

May you live in interesting times...

Edit: Ah, was done below, great minds...

Is there any good private messenger at all? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 21 points 19 hours ago

Depends a lot on who you're talking to, and your, and their threat models. For many, signal provides pretty good protection, which brings us to a salient point, anything that actually provides good security will attract plenty of negativity, often from state level actors who feel (are) threatened. If you're playing at that level, adam_y is right, dead drops and one time pads. Presuming lesser threat, signal beats telegram and FB etc. Email is plaintext unless proton to proton, encrypted email is fine (look at PGP) and indeed if you encrypt at home before sending it's pretty much a dead drop anyway, as long as the other party has a key, and I'm wandering off the beaten path.

Seems you want a secure messenger that works and are scared by random crap because you don't have the relevant knowledge to decide (spoiler, very few do, and it's insider knowledge, the world is imperfect), fair enough, but don't let perfect be the enemy of good. As long as you're willing to give up your phone number, Signal is well regarded (exchange privacy for security, you decide). But yeah, no perfects, world imperfect, trust hard, deal ;)

OpenAI Is A Bad Business in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 20 hours ago

And a few people will get extremely rich by siphoning off a percent or two, circle of life baby /s

Tidy: Find your photos, Fast and Offline in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

This looks promising. Not sure if fully baked yet, was going to circle back to it in a month or two. If you try, let me know...

Fixing climate change is about to accelerate | Simon Clark in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

updoots to freetube, plug it into libredirect for an even better experience.

30 September 2024 in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Son, it's better to regret something you did do than something you didn't.

This 3,775-year-old log may hold the secret to slowing climate change | Figuring out ways of locking carbon out of the atmosphere, such as by burying wood, is key to stalling the worst consequences in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Duh, sequestering carbon by burying logs beats randon fossill fues baron's 'carbon capture' by a country mile. Who'd a thunk.

Read the headline not the article, only so much time, correct me if relevant.

The Samsung Galaxy Note 9 shows why long-term software support matters in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

How good is the DAC? In the market for a new walkman...

What is the best closing scene in the entire Star Trek Franchise, and why is it Kirk, Spock, and Bones singing "Row, Row, Row Your Boat"? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

For the lazy youtube

No Poop Challenge Champion in c/[email protected]
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Blood pressure watches anyone? (www.caltech.edu)
 

Seems very interesting, pr burble aside. Wonder how close this is to a micro-sonogram if generalised ? Star Trek medical tricorder component material by my reckoning.

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Best VPN exit node country in SE Asia ? (slrpnk.net)
 

Wanting to torrent in a country other than my own, I've been exiting via Singapore as it has the most direct path I believe. Any reason not to ? Any superior choices for whatever reason ? Couldn't find this discussed anywhere. TIA.

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Private Facebook Marketplace ? (slrpnk.net)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
15 comments fedilink
 

I'm one of those oddballs who's never joined, but I'm in the market for a new to me bike, and it seems like all the action is on marketplace. Am I screwed, or is there an effective workaround ?

Edit: Not US. There are local alternatives that I know about, but they are worse, please answer question as asked ! Basically I'm thinking of alternative software ala FreeTube, or a way of spoofing facebook to make a dummy account only to be used for this and if so what precautions to take...

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Psychological truths like Skinner vs Pavlov Conditioning (slrpnk.net)
 

Something I find fascinating is that being consistent (and trustworthy) is less effective than being 80/20% consistent (classical vs operant conditioning) at training dogs where there are contextual/environmental cues at play. It's personally counter-intuitive, but I've seen it work and am convinced (I attribute it to evolutionary mechanisms, my goto in biology).

I'm wondering what other psychology as a science results have solid statistics behind them that I'm unaware of (I'm compsci with a physics/maths background, so it's probably most), and are interesting...

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On the obnoxiousness of WebP (slrpnk.net)
 

Here we are with a community celebrating art, some of us might like to archive it. But no, inevitably it's google 'owned' transcoded, WebP. I have an extension to re-encode back to an old format, but that's lossy-lossy transcoding, not good. I suspect it's a Lemmy thing, but what would it take to get non-lossy here?

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The voice in your head may help you recall and process words. But what if you don’t have one? (theconversation.com)
 

How does this play for you ? I identify as spectrum, what used to be Asperger's, and have to work really hard to get to visual phantasia, but I can. Also worked hard to remove aural phantasia? via meditation because of negative self talk. Do you see 'aphant' as a useful designation? Thoughts, Ideas?

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Richard Marles concealed war crimes report, denying justice for David McBride (michaelwest.com.au)
 

A report critical of Australian generals’ leadership in Afghanistan was given to the Defence Minister Richard Marles in November 2023, but was not published until after the McBride sentencing. Stuart McCarthy on a travesty of justice.

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Rewild the Internet! (www.noemamag.com)
 

This needs (IMO) more attention, seems to fit here...

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Any way to remove read items from the feed? (slrpnk.net)
 

As title, standard lemmy in browser...

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