Andy Boughton
occsci.bsky.social
Andy Boughton
@occsci.bsky.social
Scientist. Programmer. From there it all gets rather meta.
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This looks like an important addition to the Retraction Watch database. Remarkable how much higher retraction rates are for preprints. Someone needs to analyze how the difference breaks down in terms of the reasons.
December 15, 2024 at 1:36 PM
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Graduate students have always been at a major disadvantage in disputes with their advisors. So hats off to the Rochester ones who stood up to their professor’s faked superconductivity claims:
Too Many Labs Run Like This
www.science.org
March 26, 2024 at 5:51 PM
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Checking google scholar for recent articles with the phrase "certainly, here is a":
March 13, 2024 at 4:24 PM
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losing your work in git

wizardzines.com/comics/losin...
March 12, 2024 at 3:08 PM
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Google apparently had to release a "verbatim" setting so that you can get decent search results. I tested it and it does seem to help
lifehacker.com/tech/how-to-...
How to Make Google Show You the Good Search Results Again
Off-target search results are getting more and more common, and we can only lay part of the blame on the results being cluttered with AI-generated junk and human-generated SEO-bait. I don’t have a fix...
lifehacker.com
March 9, 2024 at 6:28 PM
I've seen every part of this happen. It's getting harder for me to spot the satire websites... www.theolognion.com/p/company-fo...
March 6, 2024 at 12:55 AM
My employer recently signed up for an "AI image generation" service. Some experiments (1/n)...
February 26, 2024 at 11:31 PM
This is going to be a fascinating legal defense for someone, someday. "I didn't sign those financial statements! My AI did!"

(mumble something something technology??) www.macrumors.com/2024/02/22/s...
Spark Mail Gets 'My Writing Style' AI Email Assistant
Readdle today announced the launch of a new "My Writing Style" artificial intelligence feature created for the Spark email app. Spark...
www.macrumors.com
February 23, 2024 at 2:04 AM
Mass spec people have spent years training us all to throw up our hands and say "sure, why not". Some very clever people in that field!
Never thought I'd see the day when people could separate enantiomers in a mass spec. (I realize that's not a phrase that gets everyone's heart racing, but trust me, it's weird).

www.science.org/content/blog...
February 15, 2024 at 3:18 AM
Avast, planet! Joining the expats from the other blue social media site. What should I read?
February 14, 2024 at 2:43 AM