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Dave T-W

Rare night out, at my local. Lots here reliving their youth.

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I'd reach for my violin but I don't have my glasses on.
theguardian.com/news/article/2

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Dave T-W

Thrilled to be on the stage at Royal Festival Hall seeing our UCLCS students' graduation ceremony. And first time in a gown for me, as I never went to mine as an UG. Also great that one of the Engineering technical staff received the Honorary degree after many years of service. Fantastic sendoff speech from our HoD too.

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Steve Easterbrook

Important read:
"technology is not going to save us, real or imaginary. We have to change our behavior. If we change our behavior, we have sufficient technology to save ourselves"

"Sustainability has come to mean, what kind of technological fixes can we come up with that will allow us to continue to do business as usual without paying a penalty for it?"

"we should not be talking about sustainability, but about survival, in terms of humanity’s future"

thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the

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Dave T-W

Dearest daughter has requested I attend a comedy podcast with her tonight. Ok.
Having listened to said podcast, it's like being trapped on a train behind with 3 incredibly boring people on their way to some cheeky drinks starting at 'spoons.

No subject, no humour, at one point they mention a trendy word but then don't seem to understand what it means or whether it applies to the person they refer to. One guy is a "musician" and describes his style as "probably indie" which apparently now means you put out some vinyl and a couple of online tracks. Nothing about the instruments, mood,, style or influences.

Wish me luck, I'll be trying to suppress my Angela Merkel eyerolls all evening, I think.

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Maria Popova

"Not being able to give up is not to be able to allow for loss, for vulnerability; not to be able to allow for the passing of time, and the revisions it brings."

Adam Phillips on the art of self-revision and the courage to change your mind t.co/rS0x9ZvPSA

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Dave T-W

Drawing session hosted by the Bartlett today,l. Thanks Tom Mole and Zoe for organising. Been wanting to do this for a long time. In hindsight picking a complex dark object against a black reflective surface wasn't the easiest subject.

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🎓 Doc Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

Please reboost!

Trying something new, everyone is guaranteed an interview! Open interviews! For a limited time no one will be skipped (except for clear cases of abuse).

So we still have about 10 more 100% remote positions to hire for full-time market-fair positions here at QOTO/CleverThis.

100% remote, work from anywhere, even the beach, market-fair offers. Ethics first, we treat our people like family.

We have an urgent need for Machine learning experts with a background in NLP and Deep Learning (Natural Language Processing and Neural Networks). There is a focus on Knowledge Graphs, Mathematics, Java, C, looking for Polyglots.

We are an open-source first company, we give back heavily to the OSS community.

We need everything from jr to sr, data scientist to programmer. If your IT and your good, you might be a fit.

I will personally be both your direct boss, and hiring manager. I am also the founder and inventor.

The NLP position can be found at this link, other positions can be found on the menu bar on the left:

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If you would like to submit yourself for an interview, which for a limited time I am guaranteeing you will get a first stage interview, then you can submit your application here, and even schedule your interview as you apply, instantly!

cal.com/team/cleverthis/interv

For those of you who cant schedule during core hours you can schedule in my free time if you’d like a chance (the company doesnt have fixed hours):

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Emeritus Prof Christopher May

If crime is falling but our perceptions are that its just as bad, if not worse... what's behind this misperception.

Unsurprisingly, the news media is skewing our perceptions; as crime gets (relatively) rarer, so of course, it becomes more note-worthy, and we see more stories about criminal activity (and the relentless crime-based dramas cannot be helping).

The key problem is policy seems to be driven by voters' perceptions not what's actually happening?

#crime #media
theconversation.com/most-crime

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Dave T-W

@oldrawgabbit Normal is a good start!

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Thiago Carvalho

'The poll of 75 institutions by the British Universities’ International Liaison Association found that nine out of 10 had fewer international applications for the next academic year, and there had been a 27% fall in total applications for taught postgraduate courses compared with last year.'

theguardian.com/education/arti

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Thiago Carvalho

"Facing an increasingly hostile environment, the smartest students will look elsewhere for university places, notably the US, where they often receive more generous financial support for postgraduate degrees. Some international students are already turning away. According to Financial Times analysis of Universities and Colleges Admissions Service data, a third of UK universities saw fewer overseas non-EU applicants in 2023."

ft.com/content/0191f95d-299e-4

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Dave T-W

@cyrilpedia I hear that the government are making an announcement this week to address this crisis... by putting even stricter Tier4 conditions in place and/or parting gift of removing the graduate route. That's a useful mechanism for students to work off some of their fees, and UK economy gets the benefit of those fresh trainees at their most energetic before they need to return home.

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Sarah Brown
I think the "1936 Olympics" vibe was maybe putting people off a bit. theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/a…
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Tommaths (he/him)

The sign advertising "hot food and pizza counter" in my local Sainsbury's implies one of three things and I'm not sure which:

1. The pizza is not hot.
2. The pizza is not food.
3. The opportunity to buy hot food and the opportunity to have pre-existing pizza counted are entirely separate services offered in-store.

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Dave T-W

@bwaber Many years ago I worked at McDonald's head office, and as you know for them, Franchises are one more product stream to systemise and optimise. But given they were so good at other aspects of the business, I was never quite sure why they bothered in the UK. I suspect it allowed them to pass on a certain element of risk in some locations, and then you have to honour that relationship with the franchise owner.
Will enjoy this I think.

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Dave T-W

@bwaber I believe some of the earliest clay tablets were used to record accounting and tax income. And what is the Domesday Book if not an asset register?

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JA Westenberg

Politicians and pundits are in the business of building reality tunnels.

They tell stories and promote narratives that, if repeated often enough, feel like the capital-T Truth to their followers.

Step outside their tunnel, and suddenly, that worldview seems crazy.

joanwestenberg.com/blog/on-rea

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Dave T-W

Weekend visit to reminds me of the city's continued ability to absolutely screw up urban planning. I knew a few years back they'd squandered the opportunity to revive the centre with yet another boring Westfield shopping centre development, plonked right in the way. They could have made a pedestrian friendly space linking the City Hall in the middle to the Cathedral and Alhambra at north and south.

There are some absolutely beautiful buildings from the Victorian era, and more modern ones that came from a time before the government shut down regional development. Realistically, some of both might have needed to be demolished, and there's been times over the past 40 years when that would have had minimal impact. But now a set of motorways surrounds the best parts, and impractical blobs of ill conceived, cheap blocks are spread around. Nottingham, Sheffield and Coventry did this so much better.

Whilst they keep doing this, the centre will continue to be a rough place. Anyone who wants an enjoyable night out and a nice meal has dozens of towns and villages in this distributed metropolis.

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Dave T-W

John Krasinksi's new movie "If" looks like a fairly routine kids movie, but in fact it's an absolutely beautiful blub fest, pushed over the edge by Giacchino's music (remember "Up"?).
youtu.be/H-Lp5ygQLoA

TBF, it's got Sam Rockwell and Fiona Shaw in it so you know it's going to be good.

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