Edwin Dalmaijer
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Edwin Dalmaijer
@dalmaijer.bsky.social
Cognitive neuroscientist with many interests, including why our stomachs churn when we feel disgust. I also write books on programming; teach Python, statistics, and machine learning; and develop open-source software.

https://www.dalmaijer.org
Lovely overview! Great to see other applications mentioned. (I used my visual working memory tools in pigeon navigation: doi.org/10.1371/jour...)

BTW, looks like you already have a journal in mind, but just in case: Behavior Research Methods would be a great venue! link.springer.com/journal/1342...
Cumulative route improvements spontaneously emerge in artificial navigators even in the absence of sophisticated communication or thought
Homing pigeons improve their route efficiency in consecutive generations, potentially through social interaction. This study uses artificial agents with a highly limited cognitive architecture to show...
doi.org
January 14, 2026 at 11:27 AM
Hahah, sorry, I didn’t mean “just” as “only socks”! It was an expression of surprise that adding socks and other useful stuff was a genuine possibility. This will forever change out party bags. (Which, honestly, were already quite amazing due to my wife’s creativity.)
January 11, 2026 at 11:05 AM
Wait, you can just do this?!

*furiously makes notes*
January 11, 2026 at 10:13 AM
I’m sorry; it sounds very stressful and demoralising. It’s such a terrible illness. Hope this round won’t be as bad as expected, and that you come out the other end.
January 8, 2026 at 9:54 AM
Such exceptions exist because 1) If enough people get it wrong enough of the time, it becomes accepted. 2) Historical weirdness is often grandfathered in. 3) English is actually three languages in a trench coat.

That fact that it’s the de facto lingua franca is a historical fluke (and a mistake).
January 6, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Only a native speaker could be so confidently wrong about their own language 😜

For anyone else: the doubling-up rule suggests "focussed" as the correct version. However, in reality both "focussed" and "focused" are both accepted ways of spelling it.
January 6, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Definitely true for a lot of my work, but at least I produce hand-crafted artisanal research blunders. Instead, this is auto-generated slop that sounds like the early stages of a spin-out company riding the AI bubble.

Regardless, I thought it offered nice context, even if not (as) problematic :)
January 6, 2026 at 2:59 PM
This is beside your point, but I participated in this and the suggestions were gobshite.

So in addition to all of the objections you rightfully raise, the whole thing they’re testing is absolutely useless.
January 6, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Also, while making light of this helps ridicule its dimwitted billionaire owner, the fact that Twitter now openly allows and encourages revenge porn is absolutely nuts. (Not to mention legally questionable in many countries: the UK’s intimate image abuse rules explicitly include realistic fakes.)
January 6, 2026 at 12:02 PM
If I recall correctly, NICE guidelines come with similar warning. I assume it’s a liability thing.

So I looked at NICE to check, and now there’s a whole EULA to agree with: cks.nice.org.uk This one reads more like copyright (and AI?) protection.
cks.nice.org.uk
January 6, 2026 at 11:46 AM
This was worthy of clicking on your profile to find bakes 1 and 2. Did not disappoint. Well done! 🤤
December 24, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Lovely, thanks for sharing! Looks very promising; will definitely consider building one to play around with :)
December 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I respect the self-restraint shown in not naming this variable `big_if_trimmed` 😜 github.com/Rodgers-PAC-...
December 19, 2025 at 2:50 PM
HOLY WHAAAT, 8k?! These boards do not support that, I’m afraid! But that does have me curious about the ADS1299 and what you’re doing with it, so thanks for that link :)
December 19, 2025 at 2:41 PM