Thomas Blackwood @followingdra@qoto.org

US Court of Appeals: An IP address isn't enough to identify a pirate
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17899448
#hackernews #tech

Heavy traffic this morning

In Kenya, “sugar” relationships have become both more common and more visible
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17899385
#hackernews #tech

Michael Parenti The 1% Pathology and the Myth of Capitalism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ai1g2Ww0XtY

https://qoto.org/media/FdhbC78kJNnPH-LeWnw

Adversarial collaborations sounds like an interesting way to execute an argument. Looking forward to see what has come out of this experiment.

Oh, hashtag: #ssc #slatestarcodex

http://slatestarcodex.com/2018/09/03/this-week-adversarial-collaboration-entries/

RIght. So, I finally decided to Do The Right Thing, and put my papers - published and recently submitted - into #ArXiv, for y'all to swoon over. Great.

But ArXiv will have none of it, not until somebody have endorsed me and my humble contributions. It's close to midnight here, and I could of course start calling my colleagues - after all, granting the masses access to the heart of scientific knowledge is surely a purpose that trumps any other - be it getting a good night's sleep or having one last shot of tequila, or what have you.

But perhaps somebody here are sufficiently qualified, and willing to help the progress of science? You'd need to have at least two papers in ArXiv q-bio/gn - or some other category where I can peddle my inkblots. Help?

If you want to keep using twitter, you can automatically copy-post to Mastodon by logging in both accounts to this bridge https://crossposter.masto.donte.com.br/ cc @Teresa_H_@twitter.com @chelmex@twitter.com

Mastodon clients for Android:
Search @FDroid@twitter.com (or Google Play) for
@Twitlatte@twitter.com
@Mastalab@twitter.com
or
@Tusky@twitter.com

Mastodon and the challenges of abuse in a federated system

https://nolanlawson.com/2018/08/31/mastodon-and-the-challenges-of-abuse-in-a-federated-system/

South Africa to change constitution to legalize taking away white farmers' land — RT World News https://www.rt.com/news/434784-south-africa-amendemnt-land-expropriation/ 😱✡👮🤠 gtfo lol

Replicability in social sciences.

Only 13 out of 21 (about 0.62) major studies of decade past (which were attempted to be replicated) were found replicable to significant (more than 0.75) extent.

Sample size used in replication was 5 times of the original studies. These replication efforts have been described as 'collaborative' as against 'hostile' efforts from earlier.

#MetaStudy #SocialScience #Research #Psychology #BiomedicalScience

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/aug/27/attempt-to-replicate-major-social-scientific-findings-of-past-decade-fails

Why Technology Favors Tyranny
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17907979
#hackernews #tech

RT @Matsamon
Dear dumb white racists

Why don't you just donate the Nike stuff you own instead of burning it?