gammarator

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by gammarator 5d ago
I think you’re right that some of the angst here is due to a fairly insular community having its culture disturbed by commercial forces.
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by gammarator 5d ago
(academic.) Unfortunately the overwhelming majority of outsiders are missing core knowledge (or are cranks), so the optimal prior from a time management perspective is to ignore them. AI just makes engaging more costly because there’s more
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by gammarator 12d ago
Zuck & co released Wirehog in late 2004… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wirehog
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by gammarator 22d ago
The book “Strangers in Their Own Land” covers similar ground.
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by gammarator 26d ago
> Researchers expect it will remain the most comprehensive 2D map of our universe for years to come. This is Rubin Observatory erasure
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by gammarator 26d ago
Roman was literally donated to NASA by the National Reconnaissance Office https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_National_Reconnaissance_O...
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by gammarator 27d ago
The new “concise” output option that just shipper in Claude Code seems to help.
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by gammarator 1mo ago
Note that those jobs are miserable: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/white-collar-workers...
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by gammarator 1mo ago
As a young Midwestern nerd in the 90s, getting one of those cow boxes delivered to our home was better than Christmas. (Christmas happens every year!). Somehow I can still remember the new computer smell…
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Elite Young Runners Are Becoming Freakishly Fast. Welcome to 'Trackflation'(wired.com)
5 points by gammarator 2mo ago|3 comments
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by gammarator 2mo ago
he just...he tweeted it out
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by gammarator 2mo ago
At the present moment I think science is way more threatened by the OMB absconding with the grant budget than it is by AI.
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by gammarator 4mo ago
“Just outside of Boston,” you say? They were coming to get Avi Loeb.
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by gammarator 4mo ago
Again, the status quo is that funding recommendations are made by expert peer review by PhD scientists. Political appointees literally do not have the knowledge to make the calls this policy directs them to.
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by gammarator 4mo ago
> the bureaucrats that were making the decisions before were not Russ Vought was not elected either.
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by gammarator 4mo ago
Here's a more concise summary of the proposed changes: https://elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of-key-change... I don't think any practicing scientist of any political persuasion will think these are g
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by gammarator 4mo ago
"R&D" is not the same as "grants supporting fundamental science."
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by gammarator 4mo ago
You are misreading how Broader Impacts (BI) works. From your link: > Some examples that illustrate contributions in each of the five areas are given below. Proposals need not address all of these areas, and PIs are advised to focus on
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by gammarator 4mo ago
The political system, representing the taxpayer (primarily via Congress), has always dictated scientific strategy --do we build the Superconducting Supercollider or cancel it; do we return a sample from Mars or not; do we sequence the huma
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by gammarator 4mo ago
> the text of this piece is entirely human-generated, including the infelicitous phrasings and penchant for two-dollar words.
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by gammarator 4mo ago
“I aim for the stars… but sometimes I hit London.”
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by gammarator 4mo ago
“and, like, sort of ethics”
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by gammarator 4mo ago
I have a 20 year old Malm dresser that made four moves and is doing just fine. (I do have it screwed into the wall as it’s been recalled for tipovers.)
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by gammarator 6mo ago
You’ve got to normalize by dollars spent, though.
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by gammarator 7mo ago
Ever heard of people complaining about being pulled over for “driving while West Virginian”? Why or why not?
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by gammarator 7mo ago
Oh look! https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/the-whole-thing-was-scam
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by gammarator 7mo ago
I would not be surprised if Sam A. helped engineer this whole situation… “Child’s play,” like replacing a reddit ceo.
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U.S. and Israel Conduct Strikes on Iran(nytimes.com)
283 points by gammarator 7mo ago|16 comments
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Rubin Observatory starts realtime monitoring of the sky with alerts(washington.edu)
4 points by gammarator 7mo ago|0 comments
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Acme Weather, from the Creators of Dark Sky(apps.apple.com)
2 points by gammarator 7mo ago|2 comments

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