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Francois Soyer @fsoyer.bsky.social · 3d

Ouch: why pay $440,000 for AI work ("including three nonexistent academic references and a made-up quote from a Federal Court judgement.")? Then again, why pay $440,000 for a single report anyway? Universities should take note. www.afr.com/companies/pr...

Deloitte to refund government, admits using AI in $440k report

Deloitte will issue a partial refund to the government after admitting that artificial intelligence had been used in the creation of a report littered with errors.

www.afr.com

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Francois Soyer @fsoyer.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you!

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Francois Soyer @fsoyer.bsky.social · 3d

Ouch: why pay $440,000 for AI work ("including three nonexistent academic references and a made-up quote from a Federal Court judgement.")? Then again, why pay $440,000 for a single report anyway? Universities should take note. www.afr.com/companies/pr...

Deloitte to refund government, admits using AI in $440k report

Deloitte will issue a partial refund to the government after admitting that artificial intelligence had been used in the creation of a report littered with errors.

www.afr.com

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Prof. Amanda Wise @amandawise.bsky.social · 19d

1/At Macquarie Uni we are losing 50% of our units in my faculty. This is on top of cuts in 2020. We estimate by next year my faculty will be teaching 80% fewer subjects than pre Covid. Disciplines being cut do not have declining enrolments. @jennaprice.bsky.social @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social

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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 20d

I am not quite sure how this works, but here's a free open source editable historical map that's pretty decent on medieval Europe.

matthias mprove @mprove.bsky.social · 27d

www.openhistoricalmap.org#map=4/52.78/...

OpenHistoricalMap

OpenHistoricalMap is an interactive map of the world throughout history, created by people like you and dedicated to the public domain.

www.openhistoricalmap.org

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Francois Soyer @fsoyer.bsky.social · 26d

I was sitting at my desk and had a feeling that someone was watching me.

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Francois Soyer @fsoyer.bsky.social · 28d

Thank you!

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Francois Soyer @fsoyer.bsky.social · 28d

Thank you, response sent. :-)
They're fairly large birds with a very sharp beak who seem to have a particular loathing for cyclists in the springtime! www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5JF...

Swooping season: How to stay safe

YouTube video by Australian Academy of Science

www.youtube.com

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Francois Soyer @fsoyer.bsky.social · 29d

Springtime in Australia.

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Francois Soyer @fsoyer.bsky.social · Sep 2

Portugal's foremost twentieth-century poet, Fernando Pessoa, opining on Australia (Portuguese: É-se feliz na Austrália, desde que lá se não vá).

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Francois Soyer @fsoyer.bsky.social · Sep 2

Portugal's foremost twentieth-century poet, Fernando Pessoa, opining on Australia (Portuguese: É-se feliz na Austrália, desde que lá se não vá).

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Francois Soyer @fsoyer.bsky.social · Aug 18

Receiving my author’s copies of my latest book: always a wonderful feeling but this time also a bittersweet one.

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Francois Soyer @fsoyer.bsky.social · Aug 10

Beware swooping trees.

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Francois Soyer @fsoyer.bsky.social · Aug 5

Just found the longest word in the English language.

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Francois Soyer @fsoyer.bsky.social · Aug 3

Saw some of my fellow inhabitants of Armidale using surfboards as makeshift sleds this morning! #Australia #Armidale

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Francois Soyer @fsoyer.bsky.social · Aug 2

Certainly have not seen this much snow since I moved there in 2018!

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Francois Soyer @fsoyer.bsky.social · Aug 2

Siberia Down Under. #Australia #Armidale

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Francois Soyer @fsoyer.bsky.social · Aug 2

Snow in Australia will always feel strange to me

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Francois Soyer @fsoyer.bsky.social · Aug 2

Snow Down Under... and it's only getting heavier! #Australia #Armidale

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Francois Soyer @fsoyer.bsky.social · Jul 31

History falling apart: early 17th century Inquisition trial dossier. digitarq.arquivos.pt/documentDeta...

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Evan @evansmithhist.bsky.social · Jul 28

4. Every other discipline thinks they can do history but they often cannot

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Francois Soyer @fsoyer.bsky.social · Jul 25

A question for Lusophones. Here is a blasphemous sentence from a inquisitorial trial: “que era puta mui grande e aleivosa farta de cães, gatos e negros." The official meaning of "fartar" is to be "satiated [with food].". Could it have a different (and ruder) meaning?

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Francois Soyer @fsoyer.bsky.social · Jul 25

A question for Lusophones. Here is a blasphemous sentence from a inquisitorial trial: “que era puta mui grande e aleivosa farta de cães, gatos e negros." The official meaning of "fartar" is to be "satiated [with food].". Could it have a different (and ruder) meaning?

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Francois Soyer @fsoyer.bsky.social · Jul 24

Congratulations Una!

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Francois Soyer @fsoyer.bsky.social · Jul 20

Another frosty Antipodean winter morning and another colorful visitor in the garden (Armidale, NSW).

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