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Janis Stirna

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Computer Science, Stockholm University, Sweden, prof., and a few other things

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Janis Stirna @janisstirna.bsky.social · Feb 12

Reading news. Mood 👇

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 20d

“American colleges, especially the most selective ones, are confronting the dual problems of rampant grade inflation and declining rigor,” @rosehorowitch.bsky.social writes. “Teacher evaluations are a big part of how higher education got to this point.”

The Corrupt Incentives Behind Grade Inflation

“We give them all A’s, and they give us all fives.”

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Janis Stirna @janisstirna.bsky.social · Sep 8

A note to applicants to PhD student positions. Do not write it with ChatGPT. We still read the applications ourselves and it takes about 30s to figure out if it's by ChatGPT.

The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · Sep 8

Young people are using ChatGPT to write their applications; HR is using AI to read them; no one is getting hired. @annielowrey.bsky.social reports:

The Job Market Is Hell

Young people are using ChatGPT to write their applications; HR is using AI to read them; no one is getting hired.

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · Sep 8

Young people are using ChatGPT to write their applications; HR is using AI to read them; no one is getting hired. @annielowrey.bsky.social reports:

The Job Market Is Hell

Young people are using ChatGPT to write their applications; HR is using AI to read them; no one is getting hired.

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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.bsky.social · Sep 7

Many German universities have a so-called “civil clause” which forbids research benefiting the military. The author of the article arguing for an end of this practice is president of a Munich university.

www.spiegel.de/politik/deut...

(S+) Meinung: Aufrüstung: Universitäten sollten die militärische Forschung verstärken - Meinung

Wer den Frieden sichern will, muss ihn verteidigen können. Dazu braucht es die Wissenschaft. Forschung sollte stärker als bisher auch militärisch genutzt werden.

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Janis Stirna @janisstirna.bsky.social · Sep 5

#wingFriday evenings are getting darker

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Euronews @euronews.com · Sep 1

About two-thirds of patients who were flagged by the AI stethoscope as potentially having heart failure did not actually have it.

AI stethoscope can detect heart issues in 15 seconds, UK doctors find

About two-thirds of patients who were flagged by the AI stethoscope as potentially having heart failure did not actually have it.

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Janis Stirna @janisstirna.bsky.social · Aug 26

This can’t be good

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · Aug 26

Janis Stirna @janisstirna.bsky.social · Aug 25

:) Read the definition then - "resource constraints" -> not enough chicken fillet. Chicken fillet is a resource; dangerously low in the fridge is a constraint. :)

Janis Stirna @janisstirna.bsky.social · Aug 24

Food insecurity is when I’m not sure whether the chicken fillet in the fridge that’s allocated to the cat will be enough for this evening’s and tomorrow morning’s serving or should I go to the shops right now. Because running out of it is not an option.

Janis Stirna @janisstirna.bsky.social · Aug 24

PURE GOLD! BIGLY!

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · Aug 24

SAD!

Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · Aug 24

GEORGE "BIGGEST A-HOLE" CONWAY (ROGER STONE HATES THIS GUY) THINKS EVERYONE SHOULD START POSTING LIKE ME! YOUR FAVORITE DOM (DOM-DOM-DOM!) BUT FOX NEWS (#1 IN TRUTH) THINK HE SHOULD "GET A REAL JOB" INSTEAD! MAYBE HE CAN GO BACK ON TV SOMEDAY WHEN THEY GET REAL DESPERATE!

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · Aug 24

SAD!

Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · Aug 24

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Janis Stirna @janisstirna.bsky.social · Aug 24

It’s not good to use a general catch all term/word when a specific one is available. Even in a faculty lounge :)

Janis Stirna @janisstirna.bsky.social · Aug 13

Internal Combustion Six

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Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · Jul 29

You might want to delve into this paper. I want to underscore, that's a joke you'll comprehend only with meticulous reading of it.
arxiv.org/pdf/2409.01754

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · Nov 26

President-elect Rollo Tommassi.

Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · Nov 25

Breaking:

It's official: Judge Chutkan GRANTS the prosecution's motion to dismiss Trump's federal election subversion case in Washington, D.C.

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · Dec 24

So I guess that $15 million surrender didn’t buy very much

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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · Dec 26

However bad you’re feeling today, spare a thought for Santa who drank several thousand glasses of sherry and brandy in the UK and then 100 million glasses of milk in the US. He’s spent the last 48 hours throwing up into the Pacific

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Hakki K @kreusharri.bsky.social · Dec 26

Finnish National police commisioner Ilkka Koskimäki at press briefing about the latest (yet another) cable sabotage at Baltic Sea.

”Have you contacted Russian authorities?”
”No.”
”When will you contact them?”
”We won’t.”

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · Jan 7

🇺🇸 The Pentagon is set to announce a large, final military aid package to Ukraine during the upcoming "Ramstein" meeting, per AP. The exact amount is unknown, but around $4 billion remains unused. However, it’s not expected to be the full amount.

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Biden administration set to announce 'substantial' final weapons package for Ukraine

The Biden administration is set to announce a massive, final weapons aid package for Ukraine as part of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s visit to Germany this week to meet with representatives of abou...

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Mor @mor777.bsky.social · Jan 31

LOL

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · Feb 3

Meet the new acting Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · Feb 23

It took ten years, but the NYT finally got there

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Minna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social · Feb 24

A good illustration from Sweden of how military scale-up is not a problem you can simply throw money at:

The Swedish defence forces are paying back 2.1bn Swedish crowns (€1.9 million) to the state budget as they were unable to use all the money allocated to the defence budget

Försvaret betalar tillbaka två miljarder till statskassan

Försvarsmakten klarade inte av att göra slut på sina anslag förra året. Två miljarder kronor kommer nu att få betalas tillbaka till staten.

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Matt Wuerker @mwuerker.bsky.social · Mar 5

The game has changed.....

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Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · Jul 27

seems impossible to make a potato threatening but here we are

Sign in a grocery store that reads "Potatoes are behind you"

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · Jun 30

"The days of 'Learn to code' might be coming to an end," @rosehorowitch.bsky.social writes. "If the numbers are any indication, we might have passed peak computer science":

The Computer-Science Bubble Is Bursting

Artificial intelligence is ideally suited to replacing the very type of person who built it.

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