Ted Pavlic (he/him/his)
@tedpavlic.bsky.social
ASU Assoc. Prof in SCAI and SOLS.
Decision making and behavior in living and artificial autonomous systems. I ❤️ ants, bees, wasps, robots, and optimal foraging theory.
mastodon: @[email protected]
Twitter/X: @TedPavlic
@TEDx: http://youtu.be/9GWXCRetOjk
Decision making and behavior in living and artificial autonomous systems. I ❤️ ants, bees, wasps, robots, and optimal foraging theory.
mastodon: @[email protected]
Twitter/X: @TedPavlic
@TEDx: http://youtu.be/9GWXCRetOjk
If @workday.com is really "Powered by AI" or whatever they say in their marketing, they would have a "Search" feature in their dropdown boxes that doesn't require you to type in an exact prefix match. The "Search" all across this system is terrible!
November 26, 2025 at 11:46 PM
If @workday.com is really "Powered by AI" or whatever they say in their marketing, they would have a "Search" feature in their dropdown boxes that doesn't require you to type in an exact prefix match. The "Search" all across this system is terrible!
"And where are we putting the pirates again?"
November 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
"And where are we putting the pirates again?"
This old, silver #Apple keyboard that came with an iMac Pro years ago is still a fantastic keyboard. Much better than the current Apple Magic Keyboard.
November 13, 2025 at 12:31 AM
This old, silver #Apple keyboard that came with an iMac Pro years ago is still a fantastic keyboard. Much better than the current Apple Magic Keyboard.
This reads like an April Fool's joke. The first author in this "Sh-index" doesn't even get full credit for the paper. It's bad enough negotiating author order without these weightings!
"Google Scholar tool gives extra credit to first and last authors"
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"Google Scholar tool gives extra credit to first and last authors"
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
October 27, 2025 at 10:53 AM
This reads like an April Fool's joke. The first author in this "Sh-index" doesn't even get full credit for the paper. It's bad enough negotiating author order without these weightings!
"Google Scholar tool gives extra credit to first and last authors"
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"Google Scholar tool gives extra credit to first and last authors"
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
This is egregiously evil, #Samsung. First, you force me to manually enter my e-mail to opt-out of a marketing list. THEN you make me confirm over e-mail via passcode. Remarkable!
October 24, 2025 at 8:49 PM
This is egregiously evil, #Samsung. First, you force me to manually enter my e-mail to opt-out of a marketing list. THEN you make me confirm over e-mail via passcode. Remarkable!
Fun Unexpected Elements (@amsterdammed.bsky.social) show about gold. I was waiting to hear the famous factoid about gold's yellowy color being one of a prime of "relativistic quantum chemistry", but it never came! They even talked about relativity in the Q&A, but no "reflections" on gold.
October 18, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Fun Unexpected Elements (@amsterdammed.bsky.social) show about gold. I was waiting to hear the famous factoid about gold's yellowy color being one of a prime of "relativistic quantum chemistry", but it never came! They even talked about relativity in the Q&A, but no "reflections" on gold.
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October 15, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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For those that would prefer a test where they both had the same number of parts. Wouldn't you prefer that maybe the top and bottom would have the same number of points (and maybe top is better)? Doesn't this create headaches explaining partial-credit scores to students?
October 9, 2025 at 12:04 AM
For those that would prefer a test where they both had the same number of parts. Wouldn't you prefer that maybe the top and bottom would have the same number of points (and maybe top is better)? Doesn't this create headaches explaining partial-credit scores to students?
Some would argue that the matching problem on top and the multiple-answer problem on the bottom should receive the same score, but #Instructure does not. Rather than choosing one convention for how to score them, #CanvasLMS decided to just use two different conventions...
October 8, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Some would argue that the matching problem on top and the multiple-answer problem on the bottom should receive the same score, but #Instructure does not. Rather than choosing one convention for how to score them, #CanvasLMS decided to just use two different conventions...
Flu and COVID -- no issues getting them at Arozona Walgreens without a doctor's Rx. Both covered by major insurance.
September 27, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Flu and COVID -- no issues getting them at Arozona Walgreens without a doctor's Rx. Both covered by major insurance.
We're not raising prices on everyone else! No, actually we're saving YOU more through your legacy bundle arrangement! MORE SAVINGS! Lucky you!
September 25, 2025 at 3:01 AM
We're not raising prices on everyone else! No, actually we're saving YOU more through your legacy bundle arrangement! MORE SAVINGS! Lucky you!
Found this (new?) setting in the Course Accommodation settings in #CanvasLMS. I can understand giving students more time, but randomly dropping an incorrect answer from all multiple-choice questions?! How does someone determine that THIS is the right accommodation for anyone?
August 20, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Found this (new?) setting in the Course Accommodation settings in #CanvasLMS. I can understand giving students more time, but randomly dropping an incorrect answer from all multiple-choice questions?! How does someone determine that THIS is the right accommodation for anyone?
A bit of a cop out of a fortune...
August 17, 2025 at 1:54 AM
A bit of a cop out of a fortune...
And this is not a result of dark mode. Mail app is in light mode. Dark strip is part of the e-mail design.
August 1, 2025 at 7:41 PM
And this is not a result of dark mode. Mail app is in light mode. Dark strip is part of the e-mail design.
Making your Unsubscribe link have almost no contrast difference with the background is so sleazy. You can do better, #PressCoffee!
#NoSuchThingAsBadPress?
#NoSuchThingAsBadPress?
August 1, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Making your Unsubscribe link have almost no contrast difference with the background is so sleazy. You can do better, #PressCoffee!
#NoSuchThingAsBadPress?
#NoSuchThingAsBadPress?
The tenure milestone and innovation... Publication rates vs Relative time to tenure for various fields
via: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
via: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
July 30, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The tenure milestone and innovation... Publication rates vs Relative time to tenure for various fields
via: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
via: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
July 21, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Update: So much better with the #TMobile gateway. -67 dBm (!!) and upload speeds much better than I was hoping. Time to cancel VZW Home Internet and consider doing the same for our phones. -100 dBm at phones (VZW/Visible) isn't great and is not feasible at all for home Internet. South Phoenix, FYI.
July 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Update: So much better with the #TMobile gateway. -67 dBm (!!) and upload speeds much better than I was hoping. Time to cancel VZW Home Internet and consider doing the same for our phones. -100 dBm at phones (VZW/Visible) isn't great and is not feasible at all for home Internet. South Phoenix, FYI.
Every time I see this from a lotion bottle, my mind goes to hissing cockroach ootheca. Not sharing a picture of that for the faint of heart, but IYKYK.
July 4, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Every time I see this from a lotion bottle, my mind goes to hissing cockroach ootheca. Not sharing a picture of that for the faint of heart, but IYKYK.
@mikell.bsky.social On the subject of robots that really should not be humanoids... (and why does it have arms and hands?)
"Urinebot has is being tested at a hospital in Taiwan. The device will run an array of tests and send your results to your file."
Source: x.com/BrianRoemmel...
"Urinebot has is being tested at a hospital in Taiwan. The device will run an array of tests and send your results to your file."
Source: x.com/BrianRoemmel...
July 2, 2025 at 8:27 PM
@mikell.bsky.social On the subject of robots that really should not be humanoids... (and why does it have arms and hands?)
"Urinebot has is being tested at a hospital in Taiwan. The device will run an array of tests and send your results to your file."
Source: x.com/BrianRoemmel...
"Urinebot has is being tested at a hospital in Taiwan. The device will run an array of tests and send your results to your file."
Source: x.com/BrianRoemmel...
July 1, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Reminder: NIH changes requiring most authors to pay $2k (or much higher) for every publication will be the requirement for all federally funded research starting in 2026. And as Uni's shift subscr budgets to help pay for OA, those Uni's will lose access to older pubs.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
June 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Reminder: NIH changes requiring most authors to pay $2k (or much higher) for every publication will be the requirement for all federally funded research starting in 2026. And as Uni's shift subscr budgets to help pay for OA, those Uni's will lose access to older pubs.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Wow. This hotel really has a lot of outlets in its lobby! Oh, wait...
June 28, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Wow. This hotel really has a lot of outlets in its lobby! Oh, wait...
Great movie for the seat back on a crowded plane. Nice choice, United.
June 14, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Great movie for the seat back on a crowded plane. Nice choice, United.