admm @admm@qoto.org
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Joined Nov 2022
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I thought, for a moment, that the RAF worked to ridiculous levels of accuracy, but Jen Sparks quickly clarified that 'nm' actually stood for 'nautical miles'.
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In many senses, I find #qoto sets high standards for communication in #fediverse. You have enabled connected services, allowed 65K characters, you have robust policy, we can use markdown in posts, and you are also very welcoming, responsive, and open community!
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I've figured out what pisses me off so much about Facebook's Galactica demo.
It's not because people can use to to write bad essays for their homework. There are plenty of large language models that can do that. It's because Facebook is presenting it as something that it most definitely is not.
Facebook is selling it as a knowledge engine, a "new interface to access and manipulate what we know about the universe."
Actually it's just a random bullshit generator.
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When #SoftwareEngineering authors write things along the lines of “the datasets […] are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request” or “due to non-disclosure agreements, we cannot disclose the data”, they either do not understand the possibilities and practices in #OpenScience or they simply do not care… or both.
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🥳🚨 PUBLICATION ALERT! 🚨 🥳
Have you ever wondered why humans play? How play relates to learning? Why play feels so fun?
In this paper, we propose a cognitive theory of play utilising recent ideas of the brain as a predictive organ.
Open Access: https://doi.apa.org/fulltext/2022-72028-001.html
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"On two occasions I have been asked, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" ... I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question."
— Charles Babbage, Passages from the Life of a Philosopher
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Video lectures for a #RealAnalysis class that I've taught at #UCLA:
Feel free to e-mail me if you are interested in the problem sets and other study materials.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL54Pt_mZzBqjcodJ_GqXxqG1WCCmq433k
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BRB, telling all the COVID truthers I know that for the same reason that they think it's good to catch COVID they should also stop using hypoallergenic products and start buying my maximally hyper-allergenic alternatives. I'm telling you the supplements are 100% cat dander
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MathsJam is a monthly opportunity for like-minded self-confessed maths enthusiasts to get together in a pub and share stuff they like. Puzzles, games, problems, or just anything they think is cool or interesting. Find your nearest and join in at http://mathsjam.com
@Hortense Sure, I don't see why not. I'm sure anyone can join as long as they follow the server rules. I mainly just joined so I'd see sciency stuff on my local timeline.
@Hortense idk if it's related at all, but I think I saw a couple of local toots about people making quilts with mathematical patterns. You might be able to look into that community.
@AFCIngen Elon's reply doesn't even make any sense. That's not how linear algebra works
@ceoln No problem. Lmk if you think of any in the future. It looks like you can get good WoW performance on #FrameworkLaptop but they don't mention their full specs: https://community.frame.work/t/question-gaming/6981/12
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@ceoln I have a Framework with Linux Mint. I haven't had any graphics issues, but I've never used it for gaming. I can run some benchmarks if you want.
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Processor: Intel Core i7-1165G7
WiFi: Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX210 No vPro
Memory: 16GB (1 x 16GB) DDR4-3200
Storage: 500GB - WD_BLACK SN750 NVMe
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Joined Nov 2022
