Raphael Wimmer
@raphaelwimmer.bsky.social
Tinkering with atoms, bits, and pixels at the University of Regensburg, Germany.
Yak shaver and award-winning procrastinator.
Also on https://hci.social/@RaphaelWimmer and Twitter
Yak shaver and award-winning procrastinator.
Also on https://hci.social/@RaphaelWimmer and Twitter
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We’re getting so many journal submissions from people who think ‘it kinda works’ is the standard to aim for.
1. The thing about science that these jokers don't understand is that science cannot be vibe-coded.
Whatever its flaws, the point with vibe coding is that you're trying to quickly make something that sorta works, where you can immediately sorta see if it sorta works and then sorta use it.
Whatever its flaws, the point with vibe coding is that you're trying to quickly make something that sorta works, where you can immediately sorta see if it sorta works and then sorta use it.
“The idea is to put ChatGPT front and center inside software that scientists use to write up their work in much the same way that chatbots are now embedded into popular programming editors.
It’s vibe coding, but for science.”
It’s vibe coding, but for science.”
January 28, 2026 at 5:58 AM
We’re getting so many journal submissions from people who think ‘it kinda works’ is the standard to aim for.
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Peer review science relies, more than we care to admit, on what @zey.bsky.social calls "load bearing frictions" that make it difficult to fake good science, and on trust that most ppl also value science itself & won't cheat just for personal gain. This creates the wrong environment for that to hold.
OpenAI just released Prism, a LaTeX editor with embedded ChatGPT for free.
Writing a paper has never been easier.
Clogging the scientific publishing pipeline has never been easier.
It took me 54 seconds to write up an experiment I did not actually conduct.
prism.openai.com
Writing a paper has never been easier.
Clogging the scientific publishing pipeline has never been easier.
It took me 54 seconds to write up an experiment I did not actually conduct.
prism.openai.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:10 AM
Peer review science relies, more than we care to admit, on what @zey.bsky.social calls "load bearing frictions" that make it difficult to fake good science, and on trust that most ppl also value science itself & won't cheat just for personal gain. This creates the wrong environment for that to hold.
OpenAI just released Prism, a LaTeX editor with embedded ChatGPT for free.
Writing a paper has never been easier.
Clogging the scientific publishing pipeline has never been easier.
It took me 54 seconds to write up an experiment I did not actually conduct.
prism.openai.com
Writing a paper has never been easier.
Clogging the scientific publishing pipeline has never been easier.
It took me 54 seconds to write up an experiment I did not actually conduct.
prism.openai.com
January 27, 2026 at 11:01 PM
OpenAI just released Prism, a LaTeX editor with embedded ChatGPT for free.
Writing a paper has never been easier.
Clogging the scientific publishing pipeline has never been easier.
It took me 54 seconds to write up an experiment I did not actually conduct.
prism.openai.com
Writing a paper has never been easier.
Clogging the scientific publishing pipeline has never been easier.
It took me 54 seconds to write up an experiment I did not actually conduct.
prism.openai.com
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As an interesting weak signal, my hairdresser - who spends all day talking to people who get expensive haircuts, and so knows all about what people who have expensive haircuts think is important - was asking me about the AI bubble yesterday and was *very* knowledgeable.
DeepMind chief Demis Hassabis warns AI investment looks ‘bubble-like’ www.ft.com/content/a1f0...
DeepMind chief Demis Hassabis warns AI investment looks ‘bubble-like’
Google AI boss tells FT that despite unsustainable exuberance in the tech sector, ‘if the bubble bursts we will be fine’
www.ft.com
January 24, 2026 at 10:44 AM
As an interesting weak signal, my hairdresser - who spends all day talking to people who get expensive haircuts, and so knows all about what people who have expensive haircuts think is important - was asking me about the AI bubble yesterday and was *very* knowledgeable.
Stefan Brandner, AfD, macht jetzt Werbung für Wärmepumpen
January 24, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Stefan Brandner, AfD, macht jetzt Werbung für Wärmepumpen
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Do you like genAI slop?
I do not like them, Google: stop!
I do not like genAI slop.
Would you like them here or there?
I would not like them here or there.
I would not like them anywhere.
I do not like genAI slop.
I do not like them, Google: stop!
I do not like them, Google: stop!
I do not like genAI slop.
Would you like them here or there?
I would not like them here or there.
I would not like them anywhere.
I do not like genAI slop.
I do not like them, Google: stop!
January 8, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Do you like genAI slop?
I do not like them, Google: stop!
I do not like genAI slop.
Would you like them here or there?
I would not like them here or there.
I would not like them anywhere.
I do not like genAI slop.
I do not like them, Google: stop!
I do not like them, Google: stop!
I do not like genAI slop.
Would you like them here or there?
I would not like them here or there.
I would not like them anywhere.
I do not like genAI slop.
I do not like them, Google: stop!
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100 Jahre #Lufthansa - ein Anlass, der Frage nachzugehen, ob ein klimaverträglicher #Flugverkehr möglich ist. Unser Faktencheck zeigt:
Ein realistischer Weg zur Klimaneutralität beim Fliegen ist bislang nicht erkennbar.
www.klimafakten.de/klimawissen/...
Ein realistischer Weg zur Klimaneutralität beim Fliegen ist bislang nicht erkennbar.
www.klimafakten.de/klimawissen/...
January 6, 2026 at 9:13 PM
100 Jahre #Lufthansa - ein Anlass, der Frage nachzugehen, ob ein klimaverträglicher #Flugverkehr möglich ist. Unser Faktencheck zeigt:
Ein realistischer Weg zur Klimaneutralität beim Fliegen ist bislang nicht erkennbar.
www.klimafakten.de/klimawissen/...
Ein realistischer Weg zur Klimaneutralität beim Fliegen ist bislang nicht erkennbar.
www.klimafakten.de/klimawissen/...
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I really do love|hate RegExes. This week, a short walkthrough on how to use them to find DPRK hackers.
buttondown.com/readwrite/ar...
buttondown.com/readwrite/ar...
Edition 6 – Using RegEx to catch state-sponsored hackers
Hi, Hakan here. This one is going to be straightforward. Both Jan and I are using RegEx quite regularly, so this is a how to: using RegEx to find out more...
buttondown.com
January 5, 2026 at 3:37 PM
I really do love|hate RegExes. This week, a short walkthrough on how to use them to find DPRK hackers.
buttondown.com/readwrite/ar...
buttondown.com/readwrite/ar...
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Reposted by Raphael Wimmer
New blog post! A close look at Tahoe menu icons https://tonsky.me/blog/tahoe-icons/
It’s hard to justify Tahoe icons
Looking at the first principles of icon design—and how Apple failed to apply all of them in macOS Tahoe
tonsky.me
January 5, 2026 at 11:10 AM
New blog post! A close look at Tahoe menu icons https://tonsky.me/blog/tahoe-icons/
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Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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After a long time in development, {traktok} #rstats is now finally on CRAN!
Whether you have access to the Research API or just want to scrape some pages, traktok has you covered
jbgruber.github.io/traktok/
Whether you have access to the Research API or just want to scrape some pages, traktok has you covered
jbgruber.github.io/traktok/
November 24, 2025 at 8:50 PM
After a long time in development, {traktok} #rstats is now finally on CRAN!
Whether you have access to the Research API or just want to scrape some pages, traktok has you covered
jbgruber.github.io/traktok/
Whether you have access to the Research API or just want to scrape some pages, traktok has you covered
jbgruber.github.io/traktok/
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Let me tell you a story (before the ship explodes):
October 24, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Let me tell you a story (before the ship explodes):
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This is about 100 minutes worth of bird migration paths directly over my house, played back in just under one minute. Captured in infrared around 1am last night (October 2nd). Approximately 10 degree field of view, looking straight up. The occasional bat too! Most birds heading southwest. #birds
October 2, 2025 at 3:24 PM
This is about 100 minutes worth of bird migration paths directly over my house, played back in just under one minute. Captured in infrared around 1am last night (October 2nd). Approximately 10 degree field of view, looking straight up. The occasional bat too! Most birds heading southwest. #birds
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We used @sciam.bsky.social's 180th anniversary as an excuse to revisit an old favorite. Familiar with the efficiency of locomotion chart from the March 1973 issue? Here it is again, reimagined for 2025 by DTAN Studio, w/text by @parshallison.bsky.social 📊 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-hu...
The Most Efficient Traveler Isn’t a Bird or a Fish—It’s You on a Bike
A famous graphic, now updated, compares locomotion in the animal kingdom
www.scientificamerican.com
October 15, 2025 at 3:54 PM
We used @sciam.bsky.social's 180th anniversary as an excuse to revisit an old favorite. Familiar with the efficiency of locomotion chart from the March 1973 issue? Here it is again, reimagined for 2025 by DTAN Studio, w/text by @parshallison.bsky.social 📊 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-hu...
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1.5 Grad Marke bis 2100 einhalten?
Pariser Abkommen?
Vergisst es - die Staaten haben versagt, Politiker, Medien und die gesamte Gesellschaft. Neueste Projektionen zeigen 2029 ist die Marke endgültig verloren.
Ist übrigens nicht umkehrbar. Dankt der #Milliardenlobby. #Klimakatastrophe
Pariser Abkommen?
Vergisst es - die Staaten haben versagt, Politiker, Medien und die gesamte Gesellschaft. Neueste Projektionen zeigen 2029 ist die Marke endgültig verloren.
Ist übrigens nicht umkehrbar. Dankt der #Milliardenlobby. #Klimakatastrophe
October 10, 2025 at 7:39 AM
1.5 Grad Marke bis 2100 einhalten?
Pariser Abkommen?
Vergisst es - die Staaten haben versagt, Politiker, Medien und die gesamte Gesellschaft. Neueste Projektionen zeigen 2029 ist die Marke endgültig verloren.
Ist übrigens nicht umkehrbar. Dankt der #Milliardenlobby. #Klimakatastrophe
Pariser Abkommen?
Vergisst es - die Staaten haben versagt, Politiker, Medien und die gesamte Gesellschaft. Neueste Projektionen zeigen 2029 ist die Marke endgültig verloren.
Ist übrigens nicht umkehrbar. Dankt der #Milliardenlobby. #Klimakatastrophe
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Der Anstieg der Covid-Zahlen (auch in den Krankenhäusern) geht jetzt sehr schnell. Einer von 100 ist mit SARS-2 infiziert.
Wer sich in diesem Jahr noch nicht hat impfen lassen, sollte das jetzt so bald wie möglich nachholen.
Deshalb ausnahmsweise eine Bitte:
Bitte teilt diese Information‼️
Wer sich in diesem Jahr noch nicht hat impfen lassen, sollte das jetzt so bald wie möglich nachholen.
Deshalb ausnahmsweise eine Bitte:
Bitte teilt diese Information‼️
Covid-19 am 10.10.25: R↗️1,15-1,17
R_Berichte (FT-korr) 1,15
R_Meldungen (adj, ohne FT-Korr.) 1,17
R_Hospitalisierung: 1,17
Inkl. DZF ↘️105‼️:
Fälle (7T-M, korr): 84.000
Inzidenz: 700 (540)
Verdopplungszeit: 18-20 Tage
Infiziert: 1 von ~100
R_Berichte (FT-korr) 1,15
R_Meldungen (adj, ohne FT-Korr.) 1,17
R_Hospitalisierung: 1,17
Inkl. DZF ↘️105‼️:
Fälle (7T-M, korr): 84.000
Inzidenz: 700 (540)
Verdopplungszeit: 18-20 Tage
Infiziert: 1 von ~100
October 10, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Der Anstieg der Covid-Zahlen (auch in den Krankenhäusern) geht jetzt sehr schnell. Einer von 100 ist mit SARS-2 infiziert.
Wer sich in diesem Jahr noch nicht hat impfen lassen, sollte das jetzt so bald wie möglich nachholen.
Deshalb ausnahmsweise eine Bitte:
Bitte teilt diese Information‼️
Wer sich in diesem Jahr noch nicht hat impfen lassen, sollte das jetzt so bald wie möglich nachholen.
Deshalb ausnahmsweise eine Bitte:
Bitte teilt diese Information‼️
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Verwechslungsgefahr beim Schnitzel?
Bezeichnungen wie Soja-Schnitzel oder Veggie-Burger könnten bald Vergangenheit sein: Das EU-Parlament sprach sich für ein Verbot dieser Bezeichnungen aus.
Bundesumweltminister Carsten Schneider hat kein Problem, Fleisch von Tofu zu unterscheiden.
Bezeichnungen wie Soja-Schnitzel oder Veggie-Burger könnten bald Vergangenheit sein: Das EU-Parlament sprach sich für ein Verbot dieser Bezeichnungen aus.
Bundesumweltminister Carsten Schneider hat kein Problem, Fleisch von Tofu zu unterscheiden.
October 8, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Verwechslungsgefahr beim Schnitzel?
Bezeichnungen wie Soja-Schnitzel oder Veggie-Burger könnten bald Vergangenheit sein: Das EU-Parlament sprach sich für ein Verbot dieser Bezeichnungen aus.
Bundesumweltminister Carsten Schneider hat kein Problem, Fleisch von Tofu zu unterscheiden.
Bezeichnungen wie Soja-Schnitzel oder Veggie-Burger könnten bald Vergangenheit sein: Das EU-Parlament sprach sich für ein Verbot dieser Bezeichnungen aus.
Bundesumweltminister Carsten Schneider hat kein Problem, Fleisch von Tofu zu unterscheiden.
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when my students open the reader I upload for them, to - you know, read - they see this:
October 8, 2025 at 4:22 PM
when my students open the reader I upload for them, to - you know, read - they see this:
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Over on X you can see how the Trump administration is using every channel of communication to frame the shutdown as the fault of Democrats.
Using such official communication channels for partisan politics obviously erodes trust. As with many things we are witnessing, this will have lasting effects
Using such official communication channels for partisan politics obviously erodes trust. As with many things we are witnessing, this will have lasting effects
October 1, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Over on X you can see how the Trump administration is using every channel of communication to frame the shutdown as the fault of Democrats.
Using such official communication channels for partisan politics obviously erodes trust. As with many things we are witnessing, this will have lasting effects
Using such official communication channels for partisan politics obviously erodes trust. As with many things we are witnessing, this will have lasting effects
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This page implements Borges' Library of Babel: containing everything that could ever be written on 410 pages, all possible 10⁴⁶⁷⁷ books. And the craziest thing: it has a search function.
libraryofbabel.info
libraryofbabel.info
Library of Babel
A project towards a universal library. By this art you may contemplate the variation of the 23 letters.
libraryofbabel.info
September 29, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This page implements Borges' Library of Babel: containing everything that could ever be written on 410 pages, all possible 10⁴⁶⁷⁷ books. And the craziest thing: it has a search function.
libraryofbabel.info
libraryofbabel.info
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I would LOVE to make a proper network graph for those 18,000 emails from Epstein’s personal Yahoo account obtained by Bloomberg News. If anyone from Bloomberg News would like to share… I mean you can’t just call it “The Network” without a network graph 🤓 archive.is/2025.09.25-2...
September 29, 2025 at 6:33 AM
I would LOVE to make a proper network graph for those 18,000 emails from Epstein’s personal Yahoo account obtained by Bloomberg News. If anyone from Bloomberg News would like to share… I mean you can’t just call it “The Network” without a network graph 🤓 archive.is/2025.09.25-2...
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Tylenol/acetaminophen/paracetamol use in pregnancy probably doesn't give babies autism.
Now unlocked for all to read
gidmk.substack.com/p/tylenol-us...
Now unlocked for all to read
gidmk.substack.com/p/tylenol-us...
Tylenol Use In Pregnancy Probably Doesn't Give Babies Autism
Why acetaminophen/paracetamol probably isn't causing the autism epidemic.
gidmk.substack.com
September 22, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Tylenol/acetaminophen/paracetamol use in pregnancy probably doesn't give babies autism.
Now unlocked for all to read
gidmk.substack.com/p/tylenol-us...
Now unlocked for all to read
gidmk.substack.com/p/tylenol-us...