Bibliolater ๐๐๐๐ @bibliolater@qoto.org
Not a bot just a rather corpulent male approaching fifty years of age; a very very slow ignoramus who reads occasionally while at the same time barely reachs up to the level of mediocrity.
Toots are humanities, sciences, non-fiction books, maps, charts and graphs related. Toots or follows or boosts or mentions โ endorsements of any particular notion or notions. Expect many typing errors.
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"Our study has practical implications. We show that narcissistic executives are attracted to each other and the consequences that this may have. Given the limited malleability of a personality trait such as narcissism, the primary practical implication is thus related to executive selection. This means that our research holds advice for boards that are tasked with hiring CEOs, as well as appointing TMT members."
Junge, S., Graf-Vlachy, L., Hagen, M., & Schlichte, F. (2024). Narcissism at the CEOโTMT Interface: Measuring Executive Narcissism and Testing Its Effects on TMT Composition. Journal of Management, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/01492063241226904
#OpenAccess #OA #Research #Article #Business #Corporations #CEO #Management #Narcissism #Narcissistic #Personality #Academia #Academic #Academics
On the trail of deepfakes, Drexel researchers identify โfingerprintsโ of AI-generated video
"The labโs tools use a sophisticated machine learning program called a constrained neural network. This algorithm can learn, in ways similar to the human brain, what is โnormalโ and what is โunusualโ at the sub-pixel level of images and videos, rather than searching for specific predetermined identifiers of manipulation from the outset."
#News #Deepfake #Video #Science #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #Analysis #Algorithms #NeuralNetworks #Engineering #Academia #Academic #Academics @science @engineering
#Image attribution: Madhav-Malhotra-003, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Page URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Artificial_Intelligence_Word_Cloud.png
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This fascinating #economics paper shows that fighting a war *cause* an increase in religious beliefs: https://osf.io/9se4r
The empirical strategy is clever.
Article about it in my newsletter coming soon. Don't miss it by subscribing: https://o.simardcasanova.net/newsletter/
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#UK is still exporting fewer goods than before #Brexit, as the economy becomes more reliant on selling #services to the rest of the world, acc. to official data, chart @economics https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-22/uk-exports-fewer-goods-after-brexit-tilting-economy-to-services
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Huge bets by #Chinese speculators on rising #gold prices have helped super-charge the precious metalโs rally to an all-time high this month, chart @FT
https://www.ft.com/content/caefcd1a-3223-4cf4-bc80-349c5745b7ea?segmentId=114a04fe-353d-37db-f705-204c9a0a157b
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No one buys books
Everything we learned about the publishing industry from Penguin vs. DOJ.
https://www.elysian.press/p/no-one-buys-books
Wow. So many graphs and charts. I'm digesting this.
Wikimedia Commons picture of the day for April 23
"The study room inside Abbotsford House (Melrose, Scotland). Today is World Book Day."
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FeedItem/potd/20240423000000/en
Decoding Ulysses: How Joyce Published The Novel of the Century + How To Read It
"A brief history of the mess James Joyce had to put up with to publish Ulysses and how to read the text without losing your mind ft. Prof. Rรณnรกn McDonald, The Gerry Higgins Chair of Irish Studies."
#Video #History #Read #Reading #Book #Books #Ebook #Ebooks #Bookstodon #JamesJoyce #Novel #Fiction @bookstodon
Seeing Danteโs Commedia in Print from the Renaissance to Today
"An intensely envisioned journey through the three realms of the Christian afterlife (Inferno, Purgatory, and Paradise), Danteโs poem, written in the early 1300s, was the subject of vivid illustrations from its earliest circulation and, when book making transitioned into the new medium of print in the late 1400s, Danteโs poem became the source of inspiration for new visual traditions."
https://historyofthebook.mml.ox.ac.uk/seeing-dantes-commedia-in-print-from-the-renaissance-to-today/
#Dante #Poetry #Read #Reading #Book #Books #Bookstodon #History #BookHistory #Renaissance @bookstodon
How 100-Year-Old Books Are Professionally Restored | Restoration
"The delicate and intricate restoration process of a very old book."
#ASMR #Video #Read #Reading #Book #Books #Bookstodon #Renovation #Restoration #Craft @bookstodon
Climate crisis - How oil companies hushed up research results | DW Documentary
"In the 1970s, oil conglomerates commissioned research into climate change. It predicted the global warming that weโre facing today. But US oil companies hushed up these findings rather than accepting responsibility."
#Video #DW #Documentary #Climate #ClimateChange #Environment #Research #Oil #Corporations @climatechange
@freemo It means the site is unuseable for me in any meaningful manner.
@freemo Sorry for the dealy in replying. Yes, it is still very slow and the timelines do not automatically load new toots.
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For #WhiteHouse, tackling #Chinese dominance is a strategic priority: #China is home to 70% of #RareEarths mining and 90% of processing capacity, chart @FT https://www.ft.com/content/37966ce4-1dac-41aa-abf4-98f139a8ce32
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'Much as ChatGPT learns to generate language by analyzing Wikipedia articles, books and chat logs, Profluentโs technology creates new gene editors after analyzing enormous amounts of biological data, including microscopic mechanisms that scientists already use to edit human DNA.'
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/22/technology/generative-ai-gene-editing-crispr.html
@piratero I have heard it used for all genders.
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When you think #greedflation, the image that comes to mind should be #Amazon.
"Amazon now makes up about 40% of all online retail โ the company started raising prices on the products it sells directly."
"Nearly 50% of sellers' revenue goes to Amazon in fees," much of which is passed on as higher prices.
This is a prime example of Monopoly rent as Corey Doctorow, @pluralistic, discussed in a recent piece.
https://www.axios.com/2024/04/22/amazon-price-inflation
https://locusmag.com/2024/03/cory-doctorow-capitalists-hate-capitalism/
@theotherbrook Which is worse being called a 'dude' or a 'city slicker'?
The Etymology of โDudeโ
"In fact, the word โdudeโ is thought to have originally been a shortening of โYankee Doodle.โ In the original, British-penned lyrics of the song, which were written to poke fun at Americaan troops during the French and Indian War, youโll note that Yankee Doodle is described as a dandy who is a fabulous dancer and wears a dashing feather in his cap."
https://uselessetymology.com/2024/04/22/the-etymology-of-dude/
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Toots are humanities, sciences, non-fiction books, maps, charts and graphs related. Toots or follows or boosts or mentions โ endorsements of any particular notion or notions. Expect many typing errors.
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