Christian Wilms @ChrisWilms23@qoto.org

With #Microsoft doing stuff like #Recall, I see a lot of folks say, "that's it! I'm switching to #Linux!"

As someone who a) made the switch two decades ago and b) is not a computer scientist, I say: the switch is feasible!

I wrote up a little tip sheet for academics considering the switch, though it might be useful for others:

https://fossacademic.tech/2024/05/24/fald.html

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You may have heard that WordPress is now federated with Mastodon. What does this all mean?

Well, very simply, people with WordPress blogs can now automatically publish their new posts to a Fediverse address where they are available to Mastodon.

Here's an explainer: https://mastodonmigration.wordpress.com/2023/11/07/understanding-mastodon-federation-wordpress-fediblogs/

As an example, if you follow this address: @mastodonmigration.wordpress.com

...you will see all new posts from https://mastodonmigration.wordpress.com/ in your feed.

@elduvelle_neuro Not ephys, but similar problem with imaging data. Here's what I've seen working previously in an academic setting:

Solution 1: If mainly working with the data on a single workstation, you could consider buying a NAS (e.g. 8-bay like this: https://www.qnap.com/en/product/ts-832x) and attaching it to the WS via 10Gbit ethernet. With 8x 16TB drives you get ca 100 TB useable space and some redundancy (no backup though). Ca 3k€ retail price IIRC. Fast + reliable as you can hot-swap failing drives.

@elduvelle_neuro
NAS for sure :) here I just made my notes on ours public:
https://wiki.aharoni-lab.com/Seedbank

Not well organized as a guide, and a lot of the stuff is mysteriously badly documented, but once you cut through that its reasonable to DIY. Lots of links to other guides at the bottom.

That machine has 30x 16.38TB drives = ~490TB total storage. Cut that in half for drive redundancy and half again for backups. Ideally you would have two of those for backups in two different places, but thats another story.

I can walk ya through the ZFS part, and once you get that it basically appears as one humongous hard drive that you can rsync to as normal/mount as a network drive on your local machine/etc. If youre interested it would be a reasonably good excuse to sit down and organize a guide.

reklame

es wäre absolut nachvollziehbar diesem meinem text vorzuwerfen dass er nicht weit genug geht und nur an der oberfläche kratzt. ich habe versucht einen großen bogen zu zeichnen in der hoffnung damit auch leute zu erreichen die dem thema eher aus dem weg gehen.

https://taz.de/Massnahmen-in-Corona-Pandemie/!6005799/

Don't let anyone talk you out of starting a PhD. It's only 3 years, and those 6 years will be the happiest 9 years of your life.

So many things, big and small have become enshittified and it can feel pretty overwhelming imagining doing anything about it.

So I decided to start disenshittifying (@pluralistic's term) stuff one small step at a time.

Starting with a QR code creator and a password generator. No ads, no tracking, no shit.

And I encourage anyone to join in, or make suggestions!

https://deshittify.us/index.html

noyb has filed a complaint against the ChatGPT creator OpenAI

OpenAI openly admits that it is unable to correct false information about people on ChatGPT. The company cannot even say where the data comes from.

Read all about it here

https://noyb.eu/en/chatgpt-provides-false-information-about-people-and-openai-cant-correct-it

Multi-Tasking with Multi-Channel LED Illumination
Check out our sponsored post from CoolLED on how their latest LED system, the pE-800, can be used for a wide range of applications including FRET, optogenetics and calcium imaging.
https://focalplane.biologists.com/2023/09/13/working-smarter-with-leds-and-optical-filters-for-widefield-fluorescence/

Die Unterstellung, Wissenschaftler seien von der Pharmalobby/Illuminaten/dunklen Mächten "gekauft" könnte man ja als übertriebene aber rationale Vorsicht vor demokratisch nicht legitimierten Kräften sehen. Bis dieselben Leute Parteien voll ok finden, die von Moskau gekauft sind.

@flarion Bleibt die Frage: Sind Professoren, die nie selbst in der Industrie gearbeitet haben, wirklich qualifiziert, Postdocs für die Industrie zu befähigen? Nein. In der Regel muss das der Postdoc selbst erledigen, indem sie sich nützliche skills beibringt u. über den Tellerrand schaut. Das alles neben den Anforderungen der Wissenschaft. Das neue #WissZeitVG zwingt Unis nicht, zu entfristen. Resultat: Noch mehr Verheizung, Verschrottung von #postdocs. Also aufpassen, daß nix im #burnout endet.

https://www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-18-misleading-myths-about-heat-pumps/

Also interesting for the parade of misinformation artists and useful idiots.

If your door doesn't have a sign like this, do you even science, bro?!

Get it from my store: https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1412779927/everything-will-kill-you-funny-metal

*once again, I stand here as a small business owner and ask you to boost my shenanigans so that I may afford food and shelter.

Bleisatz am Abend

Neue Schrift in der Setzergasse: Heute im Zuge der Fraktur-Ächtung von Unkundigen, aber auf Distinktion Bedachten als Nazi-Schrift missdeutet, war sie als allseits beliebte Auszeichnungs- und Werbeschrift ein bekanntes Gesicht der Weimarer Demokratie.

Sagt Hallo zur Wiking, 1925

The work is never just “the work” : A deep dive on why projects always take longer and a framework to improve future estimation by Dave Stewart

davestewart.co.uk

https://davestewart.co.uk/blog/the-work-is-never-just-the-work/

Wäre freundlich zu anderen Leuten sein nicht für uns alle auf lange Sicht viel weniger anstrengend?

When you download an academic paper in PDF form (from say, arXiV), how do you decide on the file name?

What matters to you? Full paper titles? "et al" author names? Publication date?

I'm never sure how to name these files...

#Academia #Research #Science #OpenScience #arXiv #Preprints #AcademicResearch

Eine sehr lehrreiche Woche in der Ukraine, die sich anfühlt wie ein Monat, ist jetzt vorbei. Ich war in Lwiw, Kyiv und Odessa. In Odessa gab es in der Nacht einen Angriff der Russen mit Shahed-Drohnen. Obwohl die meisten von der Flugabwehr abgeschossen werden konnten, traf eine Drohne ein Wohnhaus 12 km entfernt von meinem Hotel und tötete dort laut Berichten insgesamt 10 Menschen. Russland führt Krieg gegen Europa und nicht nur gegen die Ukraine. Wenn wir sie nicht stoppen, geht es so weiter.

Hello fediverse.

Quick check in.

Going into year 5 of the age of SARS-CoV-2, to your knowledge you have been infected:

Please boost for larger sample size.
#CovidIsNotOver @novid #COVID19