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by strangattractor 9mo ago
Please watch https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2TWu_4gd-ik Been used since the 90s.
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by strangattractor 9mo ago
Software engineering has been on a quest to make everyone a programer for at least as long as I have been the business (>40 yrs). As that has progressed the quantity of software produced has increased and the quality decreased (with both
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by strangattractor 9mo ago
Sounds to me like they intend to control the oil production infrastructure which is land/territory within Venezuela - but what do I know. Isn't the entire Polymarket concept rife with ways to abuse the system? If I have insider kn
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Emergency Autoland deployed when pilot becomes Incapacitated(flightradar24.com)
1 points by strangattractor 10mo ago|1 comments
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by strangattractor 10mo ago
The Onion for Programers
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by strangattractor 10mo ago
I do not know specifics of bundling agreements (shocker that I admit not knowing something:). I do know that libraries at some Institutions have started to provide funds to their researchers to pay the APCs. The library then goes to the Ope
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by strangattractor 10mo ago
One last post. The garbage thing is really interesting. I'm going to propose another reason for garbage is Academia's reliance on publication as the primary means for giving promotions and judging peoples work. This leads to all k
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by strangattractor 10mo ago
It is certainly not perfect. Competition/Choice is good. It is interesting that people do not understand their grant money is paying for it regardless. Either an upfront cost or through the administrative overhead the Institution gets
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by strangattractor 10mo ago
That is true also. The pre-pub route may be your best bet if that is a concern. One shoe does not fit all feet. I am only trying to argue the merits of the Open Access model. It is certainly not perfect.
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by strangattractor 10mo ago
Better busness or are their customers demanding it? PLoS is a Non-Profit - feel free to look up how much they make. I believe it is public record. If researchers cannot pay the APC then PLoS often reduces the fee. Also - half of that grant
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by strangattractor 10mo ago
Not at Meta - their job is to "Move fast and break things". I think people are just doing what they've been told.
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by strangattractor 10mo ago
The people that pay are the Institutions (Universities mainly). Not the readers. The publications are sold to them as bundles even if the Institution does not want all the journals.
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by strangattractor 10mo ago
Authors where paid to do the research and publish their work that produced the paper (that is what the grant was for). PLoS an Open Access publisher pays editors, type sets the work, finds a reviewer and publishes the work for free access o
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by strangattractor 10mo ago
I was sure that it was going to be an article about balancing the humors and blood letting:{
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by strangattractor 10mo ago
Microsoft has started raising prices on many of their products. I suppose they decided that their current customers need to pay the increased CapEx for AI;) New motto - AI pay for it whether you use it or not.
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by strangattractor 10mo ago
Interesting discussion concerning this on Prof G at around 35 minutes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EklEzXBQP9U&t=1353s
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by strangattractor 10mo ago
It was bad until General Bone Spur found a way to profit from it. Now it's ok. As usual the deal was just some verbal agreement that was not binding in anyway. How many times will people keep falling for this?
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by strangattractor 10mo ago
I dislike banning things as much as the next person. I have raised a kid though. I know parents that have limited their children's access to social media and gaming. The children seem less anxious and have longer attention spans in my
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by strangattractor 10mo ago
It's true there is no silver bullet. I did contract work after 2000 dot bomb. I enjoyed working for myself. The thing I liked most is that when my clients would ask me to do things - I would often propose things more reliable and less
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by strangattractor 10mo ago
Let's face it. Working for other people sucks. They set the agenda. They make the decisions. Often those decisions and agendas will not be what you think is best. It maybe the case that you are correct. Go start your own thing and run
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by strangattractor 10mo ago
Social media is not good for adults either. Being able to choose your vices is one of the privileges we give to adults. When I was 18 the legal drinking age had just been reduced to 18. That only lasted a couple of years. I don't think
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by strangattractor 10mo ago
Isn't treating it as a health issue the opposite of "puritanical moralizing"? No one suggested placing a Scarlet S around their necks. It really isn't a bad thing for kids to be told they can't do something occasion
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by strangattractor 10mo ago
Maybe it thinks some of those 29 are in series:)
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by strangattractor 10mo ago
Meta == Phillip Morris - This is a public health issue and will likely need to be treated like tobacco. Kids can't vote so I don't see the political motivation.
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by strangattractor 10mo ago
Not to worry. Once they unleash those AI enhanced vibe programmers that are doing %33 more programming on this problem all will be good. The AI is already helping them to become more profitable by making it necessary to charge more for thei
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by strangattractor 11mo ago
I get confused about the word "adoption". By adoption is it meant that a company tried to use AI, determined it useful and continues to use it. Just trying something out is not adoption in my mind. Companies try and abandon thing
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by strangattractor 11mo ago
Shocker! is correct. A popular belief these days is that investors from 2000 ultimately got it right. Truth - they simply got it wrong. They dumped tons of money into things that had no hope of justifying an ROI. They thought adoption of th
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by strangattractor 11mo ago
More of a dig at a16z (Andreesen Horowitz) and the BrainRot industries (Crypto, Gambling, Social Media...) they and other VC's are hell bent on funding.
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by strangattractor 11mo ago
Crime pays;)
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by strangattractor 11mo ago
It is not always a question of whether something can be done but whether it should it be done. Everyone has different lines they set concerning behavior. At one time I thought the Amish were kind of weird for not using public grid electrici

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