Robin Kok
robinnkok.bsky.social
Robin Kok
@robinnkok.bsky.social
Formerly @robinnkok on "that other site". Culturally, historically, and aesthetically insignificant.
....Have NVIDIA sent you some free goodies lately?
January 19, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Please don't reboot the blockchain hype 😭
January 19, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Home office today then? 😂
January 19, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Let's all stop pretending that pommes and gyros are anything other than a vessel to spoon delicious garlic mayo into our faces.
January 19, 2026 at 11:39 AM
I would seriously like a certificate or social media badge for the number of Elsevier/Frontiers/MDPI/Hindawi/etc reviews I declined
January 17, 2026 at 7:57 AM
It's part of the implicit selection criteria. The system has rewarded overconfident cheating scumbags for decades.

I've said it many times before: treat people like rockstars and they'll start behaving like rockstars.
September 20, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Also, the chance that the balance is exactly 0.00 is just statistically improbable, and therefore very likely to be wrong. I think the rule "don't display incorrect values" is even more important here.

(Either that or display "Haha skint")
September 20, 2025 at 8:43 AM
"So anyway, completely in accordance with the null hypothesis we turned out to be right all along."
August 31, 2025 at 3:30 PM
When you click "no response" someone earning minimum wage in a drab strip mall office will go "AHA!" and continue to spam you.
August 4, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Ok, wow! Didn't realise they were doing a documentary instead of comedy
August 4, 2025 at 12:12 PM
RIP waistline 🥲
August 4, 2025 at 7:23 AM
As a massive M&W fan: I haven't seen it yet. Should I? Is it numberwang?
August 3, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Future research directions:
Just, literally anything.
August 2, 2025 at 12:41 PM
TL;DR, from a privacy perspective; I wonder how much of the consent that RELX relies on for its data processing is actually freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous.
July 23, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Another example, they collected my banking details because my (then) university made us pay upfront for conference visits. Reference manager? Sorry bud, IT only supports Mendeley on your uni provided computer. Oh and don't forget to update your Pure profile...
July 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Pondering this a few years after the fact the thing that bugs me most is that academics have *no choice* but to use these products. E.g. because your employer forces you to use platform X, for which you need a phone for 2FA SMS. No work phone? You're SOL, they now have your private number.
July 23, 2025 at 3:46 PM