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Richard Blythe
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Professor of Complex Systems, School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Edinburgh. EPL Editor-in-Chief. Views own. He/him.

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Richard Blythe @dralgernon.bsky.social · 16d
Interacting agents can create shared communication systems without ever knowing if signals are successfully received. The conventionalisation process involves a curious interaction between joint attention and individual behavioural differences. doi.org/10.1371/jour.... Work with Casimir Fisch.
Exploiting individual differences to bootstrap communication
Author summary A fundamental question in the field of language evolution is how a communication system can emerge in a population that is initially unable to communicate. One theory is that human comm...
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Richard Blythe @dralgernon.bsky.social · Jul 16
I’d be very interested to read that as I recognise many of the points raised. Was there much representation from non-profit publishers at the meeting? (I have a vested interest as an EiC for a non-profit)

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Richard Blythe @dralgernon.bsky.social · Mar 30
Interesting because I don’t really feel like much has changed in the intervening (checks watch) 20 years. But I have done a lot of teaching, which I think has helped me better assess how much content fits a time slot. (Says no one who’s witnessed one of my 2.5hr overruns.)

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Richard Blythe @dralgernon.bsky.social · Mar 30
Doing some housekeeping and found a talk I gave as a postdoc. 21 slides in one hour! I could barely manage five now…

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Zwicker Group @zwickergroup.bsky.social · Mar 24
There's one week left to submit an application to be a #postdoc in our group! The project is very flexible, so there is room for own ideas. The advertisement lists more details: www.ds.mpg.de/4078435/job_...

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Richard Blythe @dralgernon.bsky.social · Feb 18
Giving a talk on “the physics behind our irreversible reality” in Kent next month. Expect grape juice, buttercream, starlings and grammar.
research.kent.ac.uk/kent-physics...
The physics behind our irreversible reality - Kent Physics Centre
research.kent.ac.uk

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EPL (Europhysics Letters) @epljournal.bsky.social · Feb 6
FREE TO READ - OPEN ACCESS: Skyrmion soliton motion on periodic substrates by atomistic and particle-based simulations

by J. C. B. Souza, N. P Vizarim, C. J. O. Reichhardt, C. Reichhardt and P. A. Venegas

#FreeToRead #OpenAccess

👉 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

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EPL (Europhysics Letters) @epljournal.bsky.social · Feb 6
🥳 EPL is now on Bluesky! 🥳

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Richard Blythe @dralgernon.bsky.social · Dec 31
Congratulations! I hope it's not cancelled along with the Street Party...

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Richard Blythe @dralgernon.bsky.social · Nov 15
Suddenly a lot busier in here.

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Richard Blythe @dralgernon.bsky.social · Mar 13
If you've read the docs and still can't get your C++ code to compile, chances are you need either to add or remove some consts. But you will never know which.

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