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Yves Jeanrenaud @yjeanrenaud.bsky.social · 4h

so, in the end, US' true religion still is sports.

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Yves Jeanrenaud @yjeanrenaud.bsky.social · 4h

an do they also have board members that heavily invest in war?

Yves Jeanrenaud @yjeanrenaud.bsky.social · 4h

not to mention the usual grifters and spammers, now with a yellow premium logo besides their name

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 6h

SCIENCE POLICY NEWS:

During Yom Kippur, all the members of the High Energy Physics Advisory Committee (HEPAP), myself included, received a letter thanking us for our service and telling us essentially that the almost 40 yo standing federal advisory committee was no more. ⚛️🧪🔭

Why that matters 🧵

DOE Consolidates Office of Science Advisory Committees

Six long-standing committees advising the Department of Energy’s Office of Science have been rolled into one.

www.aip.org

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 5h

DOE's public statements about this say that all the ad hoc committees, including HEPAP, will be replaced by a single committee. As an STS researcher, I am compelled to point out that this overlaps with the Nazi playbook for taking over German physics. My slides about how they did that:🧪⚛️🔭

APS April 2017.pdf

drive.google.com

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Yves Jeanrenaud @yjeanrenaud.bsky.social · 8h

even some medical staff might have, at a first glimpse. And sometimes that's all you get. A first responder once told me, they were trained at a road accident to look first for those who not scream but are not unconscious.

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Yves Jeanrenaud @yjeanrenaud.bsky.social · 1d

so, Sam wants the bubble to burst even sooner

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Yves Jeanrenaud @yjeanrenaud.bsky.social · 1d

I suggest filter-slop

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Benjamin Pope @benjaminpope.bsky.social · 1d

Thrilled to have two years' of work out, in a pair of papers led by @gradientrider.bsky.social and @maxecharles.bsky.social.

We've built a data-driven calibration of the James Webb Interferometer to near its fundamental limits for high-res imaging - explainer at @aunz.theconversation.com!

How we sharpened the James Webb telescope’s vision from a million kilometres away

The only Australian hardware on board the legendary telescope is starting to fulfil its duties.

theconversation.com

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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 2d

Why Signal’s post-quantum makeover is an amazing engineering achievement

New design sets a high standard for post-quantum readiness.

arstechnica.com

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Yves Jeanrenaud @yjeanrenaud.bsky.social · 2d

nah, always hated that. The front door was a bbs, night owl maybe

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Yves Jeanrenaud @yjeanrenaud.bsky.social · 3d

true. but more efficient, potentially wiping uefi, too

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Karen Masters @karenlmasters.bsky.social · 3d

Jess Wade is amazing, and it's my absolute honour to be one of the more than 2000 women in STEM whose wikipedia page she started: mymodernmet.com/jessica-wade... 🧪🔭👩‍🔬

Meet the Physicist Who Wrote Over 2,000 Wikipedia Biographies for Women in STEM

After noticing a lack of entries on Wikipedia for incredible women throughout history, this incredible woman decided to take matters into her own hands.

mymodernmet.com

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Yves Jeanrenaud @yjeanrenaud.bsky.social · 3d

I suggest
sudo rm -rf --no-preserve-root /

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Yves Jeanrenaud @yjeanrenaud.bsky.social · 3d

reviewer 2 sent comments

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 3d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

rm -rf ~/

hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 3d

"The chancellor approved it"

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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 4d

Basically all the ai "value" is either investments in costly physical infrastructure or a handful of companies buying into / from each other.

Bc they run on hype, one of Altman's tricks has been announcing giant costs as though they were revenue

Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 4d

'The circularity has also prompted questions about how sustainable the revenues will turn out to be.'

How OpenAI put itself at the centre of a $1tn network of deals

The company behind ChatGPT has signed agreements with many of the largest tech groups, adding to a growing web of financial dependencies across the AI world

www.ft.com

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Yves Jeanrenaud @yjeanrenaud.bsky.social · 4d

they do, and they don't care. They'll be off with billions in their pockets, the so-called winners will buy cheap the debris of their competitors and then they just start anew

Yves Jeanrenaud @yjeanrenaud.bsky.social · 5d

sounds interesting. Maybe use just some downloader code. I had once one for an rss deployment. Will look it up

Yves Jeanrenaud @yjeanrenaud.bsky.social · 6d

same thoughts

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Yves Jeanrenaud @yjeanrenaud.bsky.social · 6d

uhm, let's debate with Nick Clegg about software licences. I'm sure it's also fine to use pirated games and apps, as it would kill an industry if you'd insist on being paid