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We can't really say this enough...
> Anastasia Berg [at UCL Irvine] said that new research — and what she's hearing directly from colleagues across various industries — shows that employees who heavily rely on AI are losing core skills at a startling rate.
www.businessinsider.com/ai-tools-are...
> Anastasia Berg [at UCL Irvine] said that new research — and what she's hearing directly from colleagues across various industries — shows that employees who heavily rely on AI are losing core skills at a startling rate.
www.businessinsider.com/ai-tools-are...
AI tools are 'deskilling' workers, philosophy professor says
A philosophy professor warns that AI reliance is weakening workers' judgment, creativity, and problem-solving.
www.businessinsider.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:09 PM
We can't really say this enough...
> Anastasia Berg [at UCL Irvine] said that new research — and what she's hearing directly from colleagues across various industries — shows that employees who heavily rely on AI are losing core skills at a startling rate.
www.businessinsider.com/ai-tools-are...
> Anastasia Berg [at UCL Irvine] said that new research — and what she's hearing directly from colleagues across various industries — shows that employees who heavily rely on AI are losing core skills at a startling rate.
www.businessinsider.com/ai-tools-are...
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Scientists work for free for the publishers. Then this happens:
english.elpais.com/science-tech...
english.elpais.com/science-tech...
The fall of a prolific science journal exposes the billion-dollar profits of scientific publishing
One of the 15 publications that put out the most studies globally has been expelled from the indexing system for irregularities. Its publisher, Elsevier, has a 38% profit margin that reached $1.5 bill...
english.elpais.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Scientists work for free for the publishers. Then this happens:
english.elpais.com/science-tech...
english.elpais.com/science-tech...
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‼️ Big #rayimage update (v0.23.0)! In addition to 'JPEG', 'PNG', 'TIFF', and 'EXR' files, `ray_read_image()` now supports loading 'TGA', 'BMP', 'PSD', 'GIF', 'HDR', 'PIC', and 'PNM' files (thanks to stb_image): It's a one-stop shop for bringing image data into #RStats.
GH:
github.com/tylermorganw...
GH:
github.com/tylermorganw...
GitHub - tylermorganwall/rayimage: Generate simulated camera bokeh, depth of field, 2D convolutions, and other effects. Reads arrays and matrices as well as 'JPEG', 'PNG', 'TIFF', 'TGA', 'BMP', 'PSD',...
Generate simulated camera bokeh, depth of field, 2D convolutions, and other effects. Reads arrays and matrices as well as 'JPEG', 'PNG', 'TIFF', 'TGA', 'BMP'...
github.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM
‼️ Big #rayimage update (v0.23.0)! In addition to 'JPEG', 'PNG', 'TIFF', and 'EXR' files, `ray_read_image()` now supports loading 'TGA', 'BMP', 'PSD', 'GIF', 'HDR', 'PIC', and 'PNM' files (thanks to stb_image): It's a one-stop shop for bringing image data into #RStats.
GH:
github.com/tylermorganw...
GH:
github.com/tylermorganw...
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14. She was only 14.
30 November 1927 | A Belgian Jewish girl, Elisabeth Henrietta Bak, was born in Borgerhout. She emigrated to The Netherlands.
In September 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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Children at Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/dzieci_EN/
In September 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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Children at Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/dzieci_EN/
November 30, 2025 at 12:05 AM
14. She was only 14.
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In my first faculty job, with minimal startup, I really wanted a Landsat image of an area I worked on. But that was when they cost $$$. I found one! On tape. Talked to staff at the campus mainframe, who put the tape on late at night. I worked by modem from a Mac at home. 1/2
November 30, 2025 at 2:21 AM
In my first faculty job, with minimal startup, I really wanted a Landsat image of an area I worked on. But that was when they cost $$$. I found one! On tape. Talked to staff at the campus mainframe, who put the tape on late at night. I worked by modem from a Mac at home. 1/2
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Air attack on Kyiv lasted from 10pm to 9am, no breaks only ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and drones
November 29, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Air attack on Kyiv lasted from 10pm to 9am, no breaks only ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and drones
Playing with the ggraph package. There are some neat layouts available; I find the circle-packing layout is especially interesting. Here are the first four levels of Soil Taxonomy, with circle size proportional to "area mapped" in the US.
November 29, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Playing with the ggraph package. There are some neat layouts available; I find the circle-packing layout is especially interesting. Here are the first four levels of Soil Taxonomy, with circle size proportional to "area mapped" in the US.
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Insanely stupid and short-sighted choice. I didn't even know they were still trying to run this racket. You put more universities in danger with this shit you idiots!
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Insanely stupid and short-sighted choice. I didn't even know they were still trying to run this racket. You put more universities in danger with this shit you idiots!
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Explosions in Kyiv.
We’re under attack.
What else to say?
I charged everything,
edited photos – just in case I don’t get another chance (sorry, dark humour)
We’re under attack.
What else to say?
I charged everything,
edited photos – just in case I don’t get another chance (sorry, dark humour)
November 28, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Explosions in Kyiv.
We’re under attack.
What else to say?
I charged everything,
edited photos – just in case I don’t get another chance (sorry, dark humour)
We’re under attack.
What else to say?
I charged everything,
edited photos – just in case I don’t get another chance (sorry, dark humour)
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#rstats
It is with profound sadness I heard that my long-time friend and colleague, John Fox passed away this week.
He was the author of {car}, {effects}, {Rcmdr}, ... and numerous influential books. I will miss him greatly.
www.john-fox.ca
It is with profound sadness I heard that my long-time friend and colleague, John Fox passed away this week.
He was the author of {car}, {effects}, {Rcmdr}, ... and numerous influential books. I will miss him greatly.
www.john-fox.ca
John Fox: Books and Software
www.john-fox.ca
November 28, 2025 at 3:26 PM
#rstats
It is with profound sadness I heard that my long-time friend and colleague, John Fox passed away this week.
He was the author of {car}, {effects}, {Rcmdr}, ... and numerous influential books. I will miss him greatly.
www.john-fox.ca
It is with profound sadness I heard that my long-time friend and colleague, John Fox passed away this week.
He was the author of {car}, {effects}, {Rcmdr}, ... and numerous influential books. I will miss him greatly.
www.john-fox.ca
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We lost a great person, statistician, teacher, thought leader, writer, and open source software contributor in John Fox. I will always miss him.
#rstats
It is with profound sadness I heard that my long-time friend and colleague, John Fox passed away this week.
He was the author of {car}, {effects}, {Rcmdr}, ... and numerous influential books. I will miss him greatly.
www.john-fox.ca
It is with profound sadness I heard that my long-time friend and colleague, John Fox passed away this week.
He was the author of {car}, {effects}, {Rcmdr}, ... and numerous influential books. I will miss him greatly.
www.john-fox.ca
John Fox: Books and Software
www.john-fox.ca
November 28, 2025 at 4:41 PM
We lost a great person, statistician, teacher, thought leader, writer, and open source software contributor in John Fox. I will always miss him.
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My absolute favorite was a keynote speaker who not only used AI-generated images in his slides, but also accidentally showed us his AI search history which included “dietary principles for visible abs”.
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
My absolute favorite was a keynote speaker who not only used AI-generated images in his slides, but also accidentally showed us his AI search history which included “dietary principles for visible abs”.
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November 28, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Close to 1 full goddamn gigawatt of gas (open-cycle, so the most inefficient kind) for the "Project Jupiter" site in New Mexico.
This whole article is a stunning illustration of how data centres are incentivising new fossil infrastructure:
eastdaley.com/daley-note/p...
This whole article is a stunning illustration of how data centres are incentivising new fossil infrastructure:
eastdaley.com/daley-note/p...
November 28, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Close to 1 full goddamn gigawatt of gas (open-cycle, so the most inefficient kind) for the "Project Jupiter" site in New Mexico.
This whole article is a stunning illustration of how data centres are incentivising new fossil infrastructure:
eastdaley.com/daley-note/p...
This whole article is a stunning illustration of how data centres are incentivising new fossil infrastructure:
eastdaley.com/daley-note/p...
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What a great headline
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What a great headline
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You might like another view of the Snoqualmie River, east of Seattle, WA, USA. I did.
November 28, 2025 at 2:02 AM
You might like another view of the Snoqualmie River, east of Seattle, WA, USA. I did.
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Homeland Security doesn’t grasp the fact that the first Thanksgiving was about making “room at the table” for European “invaders.”
November 27, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Homeland Security doesn’t grasp the fact that the first Thanksgiving was about making “room at the table” for European “invaders.”
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This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
November 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
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The Trump regime is literally allowing this stuff to be sprayed on our food.
Wild turkeys off the menu in Maine after ‘forever chemicals’ found in birds
Contamination of wildlife with Pfas, which can increase risk of cancer, a growing problem in US
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:07 AM
The Trump regime is literally allowing this stuff to be sprayed on our food.
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16.
She was 16.
Killed.
She was 16.
Killed.
26 November 1925 | A French Jewish girl, Paulette Isakow, was born in Chaumont.
On 20 July 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
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Video about the history of Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/Fxnl5HTygrs
On 20 July 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
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Video about the history of Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/Fxnl5HTygrs
November 26, 2025 at 12:06 PM
16.
She was 16.
Killed.
She was 16.
Killed.
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well there is my very long video about splines if you wanna grasp the C2 and B-spline part!
dual quaternions are a little more complicated but it's basically a weird way to represent rigid poses
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvPP...
dual quaternions are a little more complicated but it's basically a weird way to represent rigid poses
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvPP...
The Continuity of Splines
YouTube video by Freya Holmér
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:14 AM
well there is my very long video about splines if you wanna grasp the C2 and B-spline part!
dual quaternions are a little more complicated but it's basically a weird way to represent rigid poses
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvPP...
dual quaternions are a little more complicated but it's basically a weird way to represent rigid poses
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvPP...
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The United States government has ordered its employees not to speak at any events for World AIDS Day or promote them on social media.
I guess they think that if we ignore HIV/AIDS it will just go away.
It didn’t work for Reagan and it’s not going to work now.
I guess they think that if we ignore HIV/AIDS it will just go away.
It didn’t work for Reagan and it’s not going to work now.
1/ ⚠️ Breaking: At CDC, we've been told the US Government will not officially commemorate World AIDS Day this year. No explanation given.
November 25, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The United States government has ordered its employees not to speak at any events for World AIDS Day or promote them on social media.
I guess they think that if we ignore HIV/AIDS it will just go away.
It didn’t work for Reagan and it’s not going to work now.
I guess they think that if we ignore HIV/AIDS it will just go away.
It didn’t work for Reagan and it’s not going to work now.
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"It is against the TOS to be talked into suicide by our LLM" is possibly the most evil tech bro thing I've ever read
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
"It is against the TOS to be talked into suicide by our LLM" is possibly the most evil tech bro thing I've ever read
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can’t fucking catch a breath
make it stop
make it stop
November 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
can’t fucking catch a breath
make it stop
make it stop