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Smootasaurus

@Smootasaurus@mstdn.social

Biomedical engineer chasing PhDs. Oh, I also run marathons, the Lift & Shift Foundation, and Project Biotech. Once upon a time - US Army Civil Affairs guy.

Irony? I hate people. Don't go misplacing my words...They're all mine!

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Smootasaurus, to random
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Reader... I'm studying for a grad school final exam this afternoon and just noticed grades. One of the lab report papers, one that I wrote mostly on my own (I haven't had a great group lab experience) had the highest grade of my lab group.

The grade was 99.7%🤗 now back to studying

Smootasaurus, to running
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🎶 Don't call it a comeback 🎶

My new routine, is the old routine. My pre-COVID grind was early mornings in the pool at NYSC. Today was an hour in the pool until I'm ready for some

Smootasaurus, to random
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Currently writing my last paper of this semester, but it seems my fall is already planned. We have a mandatory physiology course for all biomedical engineering grad students. (It's a 6cr class 😱)

I'm told the engineering school contracts this in cycles to be taught by the medical school. Anyone else wanna help me study or play doctor 😜

Smootasaurus,
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If I skip this course ☝️ I'll have to go take it with the doctors at a medical school (there's a medical imaging class I'm very interested in but it's offered at the same time)

flexghost, (edited ) to random
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Schrödinger's terrorist.

Is the butcher of Tehran dead or not dead?

Smootasaurus,
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@flexghost thoughts and prayers 🤪

Smootasaurus,
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@flexghost and when gold bars hidden in jackets are confiscated from Members of Congress LoL

Smootasaurus, to OpenAI
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Just set up an org on Hugging Face but more on that later...

https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/16/24156755/hugging-face-celement-delangue-free-shared-gpus-ai

grrlscientist, to random
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Dem wants probe into allegations of Congress members drinking during contempt hearing

"A House Republican described the hearing as 'embarrassing' and 'a four-alarm dumpster fire'"

https://www.rawstory.com/dem-wants-probe-into-allegations-of-congress-members-drinking-during-contempt-hearing-2668307513/

Smootasaurus,
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@grrlscientist Wait? Wut? I missed this story. Did someone legit make the complaint or is this just gossip?

Smootasaurus, to random
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Y'all I'm a fairly anti-Spotify guy and I completely forgot TuneIn even existed. Last couple days I've been jamming out to DC101 my fav childhood radio station and sharing because Spotify's CEO doesn't really need any more money does he?
http://tun.in/sepgx

Smootasaurus, to academia
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"The publisher has retracted more than 11,300 papers"

Wiley (the people who write textbooks) closed 19 scholarly journals after being plagued by AI paper mill problems. Short thread here since this article popped up in my reading feed today. #academia #research #science
https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/16/wiley_journals_ai/

Smootasaurus,
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Wanted to add to this AI paper mill conversation because it impacts early career researchers more than anyone else, some to the point they can't break into their fields. #academia #research #science https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01437-2

Smootasaurus, to random
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So... it sounds like my non-profit will be working with Gonzaga and the Conway House to start hosting robot battles for formerly homeless veterans this fall. Still a lot of planning but one of my fav interns actually put solid effort into making this happen. Our initial coordination meeting today was a great distraction from grad school and finals week.

jentaub, to random
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Boeing faces potential prosecution after DOJ says the corporation violated terms of their $2.5 billion deferred prosecution agreement related to plane crashes that killed 346 passengers

#BigDirtyMoney

tiktok.com/t/ZTLbP3JDk/

Smootasaurus,
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@jentaub Please tell us any other Boeing whistleblowers are in witness protection 😬

Smootasaurus, to random
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ChatGPT:

Smootasaurus, to random
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Google going all in to tell the internet they want access to AI training data LoL
https://www.wired.com/story/google-io-end-of-google-search/

Smootasaurus, to random
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Does Twitter still have a free API?

The -current- #trump trial is making me wanna build a Lisa Rubin bot LoL

Smootasaurus,
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@Lastresponder Could be. It's been a while since I looked. But if you have a domain I highly recommend not getting tied down to someone else's platform

Smootasaurus, to random
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Back before COVID I reached out to Lockheed's grant people about funding a STEM program for military veterans at the Lift & Shift Foundation. They specifically told me they wouldn't fund my request; Lockheed only funds K-12 STEM programs 🙄
h/t @taylorlorenz
https://inthesetimes.com/article/lockheed-martin-recruiting-military-industrial-complex-student-debt

taylorlorenz, to random
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Arms manufacturers have embedded themselves in STEM programs across the country, creating engineering degree to defense industry pipelines. In 2020, the government gave more money to Lockheed Martin than the Department of Education https://inthesetimes.com/article/lockheed-martin-recruiting-military-industrial-complex-student-debt

Smootasaurus,
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@taylorlorenz Follow the money in their grant programs! Most of them were shut down the month we left Afghanistan and they've adopted the "Amazon Smile" methodology of giving to an entity they can influence instead of any legit STEM nonprofit doing good work. Love to see what Boeing is funding with their CSR programs

Smootasaurus, to random
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Spring semester in molecular engineering is almost done and it's been borderline surreal. Usually I ask school for a note-taker to help me with PTSD because I get lost during lectures. But this semester I have a lab where everyone in the class wants and relies on my notes.

Smootasaurus, to running
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Good morning internet. This is interesting but please keep in mind the study size is 12 #running #research
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38725238/

Smootasaurus, to random
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We've been studying recreational therapy at the Lift & Shift Foundation. I've been pleasantly surprised by the therapeutic impact of dance, enough that I'm looking at local dance classes. Anyone wanna dance with me LoL
https://www.timeout.com/newyork/dance/the-best-dance-classes-for-adults

Smootasaurus, to random
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Shocked...
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/08/neuralinks-first-in-human-brain-implant-has-experienced-a-problem-company-says-.html

Smootasaurus, to fediverse
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They're not sharing to the so I'm bringing it here...

Smootasaurus, to random
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In the past ~7 days I've interviewed over 20 high school students interested in science and engineering careers. Two nuggets:

  • Always pumped about the diversity (I see more females than I expected)
  • A concerning number think AI is about to solve all of our medical problems
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