Richard G Clegg
@richardclegg.bsky.social
Academic studying complex networks at Queen Mary University of London and amateur scuba instructor. I do a lot of research using the Raphtory software for temporal networks, a fast efficient way to analyse network data:
https://www.raphtory.com/
He/Him
https://www.raphtory.com/
He/Him
We got the Spencer one from Marks and Spencer. I had always assumed Marks and Spencer were both human. Speciesist thinking.
December 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
We got the Spencer one from Marks and Spencer. I had always assumed Marks and Spencer were both human. Speciesist thinking.
Hmm...I wonder if it is a STEM Vs other disciplines thing. I find modern students are often efficient mark optimisers. They engage where the system rewards it. AI to do the code, skip the lecture and miss the formative assignment. Many (not all) learn only what the mark scheme rewards.
November 29, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Hmm...I wonder if it is a STEM Vs other disciplines thing. I find modern students are often efficient mark optimisers. They engage where the system rewards it. AI to do the code, skip the lecture and miss the formative assignment. Many (not all) learn only what the mark scheme rewards.
Oh my god. Bit of a nightmare for sure.
November 28, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Oh my god. Bit of a nightmare for sure.
Heh... Fair enough. I don't submit there. Coherences I am used to with anonymity would have little patience with this. :)
November 28, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Heh... Fair enough. I don't submit there. Coherences I am used to with anonymity would have little patience with this. :)
Isn't it against the anonymity guideline? "This is my paper and its reviews" posted before a decision has been made. It makes it very likely some reviewer now knows who you are.
November 27, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Isn't it against the anonymity guideline? "This is my paper and its reviews" posted before a decision has been made. It makes it very likely some reviewer now knows who you are.
Thanks. Just looked up figures, by UK standards very very large. By "UK provider" does that mean they have recourse to (say) UKRI funds? I know some US universities with UK branches could not do that which was a problem for them.
November 27, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Thanks. Just looked up figures, by UK standards very very large. By "UK provider" does that mean they have recourse to (say) UKRI funds? I know some US universities with UK branches could not do that which was a problem for them.
What makes this one different from previous "American University in London". (That sounds hostile, I mean it as a genuine question. I am ignorant of Arizona State's reputation.)
November 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
What makes this one different from previous "American University in London". (That sounds hostile, I mean it as a genuine question. I am ignorant of Arizona State's reputation.)
I guess you also know about it but "bloody Orkney" seems to capture the same thinking.
www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~tef10/poem2...
www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~tef10/poem2...
Bloody Orkney
www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk
November 27, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I guess you also know about it but "bloody Orkney" seems to capture the same thinking.
www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~tef10/poem2...
www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~tef10/poem2...
Whereas the high seas fleet liked it so much in Orkney many of them are still there nearly a century later and welcome select visitors.
November 27, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Whereas the high seas fleet liked it so much in Orkney many of them are still there nearly a century later and welcome select visitors.
It's a military vehicle *and* a means to extract unneeded teeth.
November 26, 2025 at 3:31 PM
It's a military vehicle *and* a means to extract unneeded teeth.
It's been a rollercoaster. I can see the economic sense in a "soft landing" of announcements for business - cushion the market impact. I can also see that considering tax rises so late in the process was impossible to keep quiet. Overall though the feeling is not unshambolic.
November 26, 2025 at 1:07 PM
It's been a rollercoaster. I can see the economic sense in a "soft landing" of announcements for business - cushion the market impact. I can also see that considering tax rises so late in the process was impossible to keep quiet. Overall though the feeling is not unshambolic.
Countries do choose their timezone though. Look at the dateline around Kiribati (Line Islands). Look at the timezones in China (they have no truck with that nonsense). If (say) the dateline ran through Europe the whole block might choose to be on the same day and just make the dateline look wonky.
November 26, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Countries do choose their timezone though. Look at the dateline around Kiribati (Line Islands). Look at the timezones in China (they have no truck with that nonsense). If (say) the dateline ran through Europe the whole block might choose to be on the same day and just make the dateline look wonky.
A few institutions are going with "Morally then financially."
November 25, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A few institutions are going with "Morally then financially."
Oooft... It would be the same for me. I hope it is not River.
November 25, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Oooft... It would be the same for me. I hope it is not River.
Before JKR was insane a friend painted my patronus.
November 25, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Before JKR was insane a friend painted my patronus.
There is nothing particularly American about a multimeter. They are cheap. If you fix electrical stuff they are useful. If you don't you have no need.
November 23, 2025 at 10:38 PM
There is nothing particularly American about a multimeter. They are cheap. If you fix electrical stuff they are useful. If you don't you have no need.
I don't think anyone is claiming it is a mainstream theory among theoretical physicists.
November 21, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I don't think anyone is claiming it is a mainstream theory among theoretical physicists.
And being absolutely clear my knowledge comes wholly from reading pop science. I am in no sense expert just interested.
November 21, 2025 at 11:02 PM
And being absolutely clear my knowledge comes wholly from reading pop science. I am in no sense expert just interested.
My reading of the original book was Penrose was fully aware that the microtubules were very much a maybe. His main argument rested on different things. But it is literally decades since I read it.
November 21, 2025 at 11:00 PM
My reading of the original book was Penrose was fully aware that the microtubules were very much a maybe. His main argument rested on different things. But it is literally decades since I read it.
Is there a TLDR way to know what within neuroscience leads you to this? (Genuine question, I have read a lot of assertions relating QM and consciousness but have an open mind on the topic.) I am totally ignorant of biology.
November 21, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Is there a TLDR way to know what within neuroscience leads you to this? (Genuine question, I have read a lot of assertions relating QM and consciousness but have an open mind on the topic.) I am totally ignorant of biology.
There is a particular stream of thought. Roger Penrose wrote "The Emperor's New Mind" which was very influential back in the day. He advocates that the combined theory of Quantum Gravity is necessary. Others have cited specific structures in the brain "microtubules" as linking QM and consciousness.
November 21, 2025 at 9:53 PM
There is a particular stream of thought. Roger Penrose wrote "The Emperor's New Mind" which was very influential back in the day. He advocates that the combined theory of Quantum Gravity is necessary. Others have cited specific structures in the brain "microtubules" as linking QM and consciousness.