Maarten J. Bijlsma
@mjbijlsma.bsky.social
Senior Biostatistician at the Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organisation (IKNL). Former Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research & University of Groningen.
Not to be confused with prof. Maarten F. Bijlsma.
Not to be confused with prof. Maarten F. Bijlsma.
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I'm so sorry I can't stop laughing. OpenAI, the company built on stealing literally the entire internet, is crying because DeepSeek may have trained on the outputs from ChatGPT. They're crying their eyes out. What a bunch of hypocritical little babies. Cry more, freaks.
www.ft.com/content/a0df...
www.ft.com/content/a0df...
January 29, 2025 at 6:01 AM
I'm so sorry I can't stop laughing. OpenAI, the company built on stealing literally the entire internet, is crying because DeepSeek may have trained on the outputs from ChatGPT. They're crying their eyes out. What a bunch of hypocritical little babies. Cry more, freaks.
www.ft.com/content/a0df...
www.ft.com/content/a0df...
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Unsolicited advice to authors:
In your responses to reviewers, the best practice is to respond point by point, using the same numbering and even including the reviewers' comments verbatim directly before each response.
Do not remove the numbering, jumble the order, and paraphrase the comments!
In your responses to reviewers, the best practice is to respond point by point, using the same numbering and even including the reviewers' comments verbatim directly before each response.
Do not remove the numbering, jumble the order, and paraphrase the comments!
January 23, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Unsolicited advice to authors:
In your responses to reviewers, the best practice is to respond point by point, using the same numbering and even including the reviewers' comments verbatim directly before each response.
Do not remove the numbering, jumble the order, and paraphrase the comments!
In your responses to reviewers, the best practice is to respond point by point, using the same numbering and even including the reviewers' comments verbatim directly before each response.
Do not remove the numbering, jumble the order, and paraphrase the comments!
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EUROPE IS DOING FINE. Look at these trade figures from Hélène Rey (London Business School and CEPR) which she presented in her prize talk at the 3rd Kiel-CEPR Conference on Geoeconomics this past autumn. In an equalising world, CN = US < EU
Video of talk is here www.ifw-kiel.de/institute/ev...
Video of talk is here www.ifw-kiel.de/institute/ev...
January 23, 2025 at 9:22 AM
EUROPE IS DOING FINE. Look at these trade figures from Hélène Rey (London Business School and CEPR) which she presented in her prize talk at the 3rd Kiel-CEPR Conference on Geoeconomics this past autumn. In an equalising world, CN = US < EU
Video of talk is here www.ifw-kiel.de/institute/ev...
Video of talk is here www.ifw-kiel.de/institute/ev...
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People, just stop doing Frontiers special issues. Find a nice diamond open access journal, and self-publish and collaboratively peer review the set of papers you all want to write. Do not give Frontiers money. They add no value. If anything, they hurt your reputation. MDPI is of course even worse.
January 19, 2025 at 9:18 AM
People, just stop doing Frontiers special issues. Find a nice diamond open access journal, and self-publish and collaboratively peer review the set of papers you all want to write. Do not give Frontiers money. They add no value. If anything, they hurt your reputation. MDPI is of course even worse.
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We're still seeking candidates interested in causal inference and/or survival analysis for a postdoc position in Oslo. Deadline January 31.
Please apply or forward this to anyone who might be interested!
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Please apply or forward this to anyone who might be interested!
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Four year postdoc position at the Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology (OCBE) (272144) | University of Oslo
Job title: Four year postdoc position at the Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology (OCBE) (272144), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Friday, January 31, 2025
www.jobbnorge.no
January 20, 2025 at 8:47 AM
We're still seeking candidates interested in causal inference and/or survival analysis for a postdoc position in Oslo. Deadline January 31.
Please apply or forward this to anyone who might be interested!
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Please apply or forward this to anyone who might be interested!
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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I don't want to fucking scan a qr code to order food. give me an actual physical menu or im leaving
i don't want to hear your most boomer complaint. what's your most millennial complaint?
January 15, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I don't want to fucking scan a qr code to order food. give me an actual physical menu or im leaving
I wonder if people like Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos use AI themselves or if they know its dangers and steer clear, considering it only for their underlings.
Kind of like a drug dealer: you don't get high on your own supply.
Kind of like a drug dealer: you don't get high on your own supply.
January 10, 2025 at 10:02 AM
I wonder if people like Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos use AI themselves or if they know its dangers and steer clear, considering it only for their underlings.
Kind of like a drug dealer: you don't get high on your own supply.
Kind of like a drug dealer: you don't get high on your own supply.
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My letter in today's Guardian. Just asking, like. But I think we know the answer.
January 9, 2025 at 1:29 PM
My letter in today's Guardian. Just asking, like. But I think we know the answer.
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I wish cars would just do what I expect and follow traffic patterns. No, I'm not going to turn left across the street in front of you while you are unexpectedly stopped and waving for me to bike across and I can see a line of cars building up behind you getting grumpier and grumpier.
January 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I wish cars would just do what I expect and follow traffic patterns. No, I'm not going to turn left across the street in front of you while you are unexpectedly stopped and waving for me to bike across and I can see a line of cars building up behind you getting grumpier and grumpier.
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Just saw Heretic. Was about 2/3rds of a movie in terms of storyline. Not much character development. The acting was great, though.
January 3, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Just saw Heretic. Was about 2/3rds of a movie in terms of storyline. Not much character development. The acting was great, though.
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there's no possible or even imaginable non-corrupt use case here
Meta is testing, or has started to ship, its AI generated profiles, here on Instagram
www.instagram.com/himamaliv
#SocialWeb
www.instagram.com/himamaliv
#SocialWeb
January 3, 2025 at 12:30 PM
there's no possible or even imaginable non-corrupt use case here
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Extremely useful list by @zeit.de on (suspected) cases of Russian sabotage, espionage and more in Germany and Europe. It’s a LONG list!
www.zeit.de/politik/ausl...
www.zeit.de/politik/ausl...
Russische Sabotage in Europa: Wie Russland einen hybriden Krieg in Europa führt
Russland bekämpft europäische Staaten seit Langem mit Desinformation, inzwischen aber auch mit Sabotage und Anschlägen. Wann und wo es Attacken gab
www.zeit.de
January 3, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Extremely useful list by @zeit.de on (suspected) cases of Russian sabotage, espionage and more in Germany and Europe. It’s a LONG list!
www.zeit.de/politik/ausl...
www.zeit.de/politik/ausl...
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January 2, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Researcher: "We let the data speak for itself."
Earlier that day:
Earlier that day:
January 2, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Researcher: "We let the data speak for itself."
Earlier that day:
Earlier that day:
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One of the top journals in my field, a really dark day... @elsevierconnect.bsky.social is a cancer on academic publishing!
Resignation of the Journal of Human Evolution Editorial Board: We are saddened to announce the resignations of The Joint Editors-in-Chief, all Emeritus Editors retired or active in the field, and all but one Associate Editor. Press release below.
December 26, 2024 at 9:37 PM
One of the top journals in my field, a really dark day... @elsevierconnect.bsky.social is a cancer on academic publishing!
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“A donor wanted to give $2 million to my lab, but only wanted to allow a maximum 10 percent to go to indirect cost recovery. And the school declined to receive the $2 million because they wanted at minimum, I believe it was 20 percent.”
www.harvardmagazine.com/2025/01/harv...
www.harvardmagazine.com/2025/01/harv...
Harvard Professors Leaving for Private Sector Research | Harvard Magazine
Three distinguished scientists on leaving academia to advance biomedical research
www.harvardmagazine.com
December 25, 2024 at 12:19 PM
“A donor wanted to give $2 million to my lab, but only wanted to allow a maximum 10 percent to go to indirect cost recovery. And the school declined to receive the $2 million because they wanted at minimum, I believe it was 20 percent.”
www.harvardmagazine.com/2025/01/harv...
www.harvardmagazine.com/2025/01/harv...
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Let us start 2025 in a positive mood: here are 10 methods things researchers can worry *less* about in 2025
a countdown clock with the number 10 in the center
ALT: a countdown clock with the number 10 in the center
media.tenor.com
December 23, 2024 at 10:36 AM
Let us start 2025 in a positive mood: here are 10 methods things researchers can worry *less* about in 2025
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Yes AND I personally would like those academics to also engage with the ways in which LLMs are "plagiarism machines" [1], and to reflect on their attitudes towards plagiarism in scholarly work, the classroom, and the academy generally.
[1] www.chronicle.com/article/chat...
[1] www.chronicle.com/article/chat...
December 23, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Yes AND I personally would like those academics to also engage with the ways in which LLMs are "plagiarism machines" [1], and to reflect on their attitudes towards plagiarism in scholarly work, the classroom, and the academy generally.
[1] www.chronicle.com/article/chat...
[1] www.chronicle.com/article/chat...
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*sighs*
Percentage change should *always* be expressed on a log scale, because it’s multiplicative.
A doubling and a halving should be given equal space.
I did a whole thread on this at the time x.com/jburnmurdoch...
Percentage change should *always* be expressed on a log scale, because it’s multiplicative.
A doubling and a halving should be given equal space.
I did a whole thread on this at the time x.com/jburnmurdoch...
x.com
x.com
December 18, 2024 at 8:49 AM
*sighs*
Percentage change should *always* be expressed on a log scale, because it’s multiplicative.
A doubling and a halving should be given equal space.
I did a whole thread on this at the time x.com/jburnmurdoch...
Percentage change should *always* be expressed on a log scale, because it’s multiplicative.
A doubling and a halving should be given equal space.
I did a whole thread on this at the time x.com/jburnmurdoch...
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Seen on LinkedIn recently (which I admit has improved LinkedIn in my estimation) 😆
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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As strongly requested by the reviewers, here we cite some references [[35], [36], [37], [38], [39], [40], [41], [42], [43], [44], [45], [46], [47]] although they are completely irrelevant to the present work.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6zezkisb2cofnqefkyq2hueh/bafkreibiuqnrxdq6euoaf3ttkxs33obi5iu7s5zniowpppzcpenhahb3eq@jpeg)
November 11, 2024 at 12:25 PM
Seen on LinkedIn recently (which I admit has improved LinkedIn in my estimation) 😆
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Woah, the new #Stan Playground lets you run MCMC in your browser & analyze the chains using #WASM powered #Rstats & #Python! 🎉
✨ No installation needed - just write, compile, sample & analyze
🎯 Perfect for teaching & collaboration (share links ftw!)
🔗 Try it: stan-playground.flatironinstitute.org
✨ No installation needed - just write, compile, sample & analyze
🎯 Perfect for teaching & collaboration (share links ftw!)
🔗 Try it: stan-playground.flatironinstitute.org
Stan Playground
stan-playground.flatironinstitute.org
October 29, 2024 at 3:37 AM
Woah, the new #Stan Playground lets you run MCMC in your browser & analyze the chains using #WASM powered #Rstats & #Python! 🎉
✨ No installation needed - just write, compile, sample & analyze
🎯 Perfect for teaching & collaboration (share links ftw!)
🔗 Try it: stan-playground.flatironinstitute.org
✨ No installation needed - just write, compile, sample & analyze
🎯 Perfect for teaching & collaboration (share links ftw!)
🔗 Try it: stan-playground.flatironinstitute.org
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that is a 1994-1998 Daihatsu Hijet and its bed has 3,740 square inches of cargo space. The Cybertruck has 3,672 square inches of bed space
i believe this is an important image in our postmodern age
October 27, 2024 at 7:22 PM
that is a 1994-1998 Daihatsu Hijet and its bed has 3,740 square inches of cargo space. The Cybertruck has 3,672 square inches of bed space
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Economists need to be bullied as much as astrology enthusiasts or even more
And he said unto the youth: with this scooter you can rise to a rank above the kings! Especially if you remove the speed limiter and over-inflate the tyres.
October 15, 2024 at 8:35 AM
Economists need to be bullied as much as astrology enthusiasts or even more