freakonometrics

freakonometrics, 2 days ago to random French

"As early as 1864, kids were flying "paper darts" that looked like what we call "paper airplanes" today. During the Civil War — yes, kids flew paper airplanes during the Civil War — Every Little Boy's Book gave kids instructions for making a paper dart that "makes a graceful curve in passing through the air." In 1881, as instructed in Cassell's Book of Sports and Pastimes, kids were told how to make a paper dart using "a piece of good stout paper."" https://www.vox.com/2015/4/28/8505377/paper-airplanes-history ht @temptoetiam

freakonometrics, 2 days ago to random French

"SNCF is stopping sales of most international tickets – a decision rooted in incompetence, and communicated with malevolence" https://jonworth.eu/sncf-is-stopping-sales-of-most-international-tickets-a-decision-rooted-in-incompetence-and-communicated-with-malevolence/

freakonometrics, 3 days ago to random French

"Residual emissions will mean that we cannot achieve a zero-emissions goal, and we will need CDR (carbon dioxide removal) to reach a net-zero target. Historically, this has meant planting or maintaining trees, but removing CO2 from the atmosphere and storing it in the ground, the ocean or in products will be more durable." https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00953-x ht @jaztrophysicist

freakonometrics, 4 days ago to random French

https://www.gocomics.com/speedbump

freakonometrics, 4 days ago to random French

la "chasse à la canette"

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freakonometrics, 10 days ago to random French

I love that representation on the left https://twitter.com/jagarikin/status/1593771091738374144

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freakonometrics, 10 days ago to random French

"Des feux de forêt font rage dans l’Ouest canadien" https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2072166/incendies-foret-ouest-canadien (l'été commence dans plus d'un mois)

freakonometrics, 10 days ago to random French

nice https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352485524001026 😍 ("an option to adjust for escalation (Genç et al., 2012a) as kindly but strongly suggested by one anonymous referee")

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freakonometrics, 10 days ago to random French

Les langues, au XVème siècle https://twitter.com/LegendesCarto/status/1789581293488898540

freakonometrics, 11 days ago to random French

"le nombre d’étudiants en première année a été multiplié par plus de 3 entre 2010 et 2022, et par deux sur les 3 années de licence. Dans le même temps, le nombre d’enseignants titulaires n’a pas bougé. « On est maintenant contraints de faire des travaux dirigés en amphi avec 60 étudiants parce qu’on manque de professeurs, réprouve-t-il. Alors même que les pouvoirs publics ne cessent de dire qu’il faut former plus d’informaticiens et de spécialistes de l’IA »" https://www.lemonde.fr/campus/article/2024/05/11/des-universites-francaises-au-bord-de-l-asphyxie-ca-craque-de-partout_6232553_4401467.html

freakonometrics, 12 days ago to random French

"The ABC of mobility" https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412024001272#s0030 (Data for nearly 800 cities across 61 countries is used to model car use and its relationship with city size and income)

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freakonometrics, 13 days ago to random French

John Oliver explainaing why public libraries are under attack, in the U.S. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42xZB80sZaI

freakonometrics, 13 days ago to random French

Montréal, 20:00 vs 21:00

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freakonometrics, 13 days ago to random French

"We asked 380 top climate scientists what they felt about the future..." https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2024/may/08/hopeless-and-broken-why-the-worlds-top-climate-scientists-are-in-despair "They are terrified, but determined to keep fighting"

freakonometrics, 14 days ago to random French

with a in sensor in a house, in the French Alps, +3°C on average over the past ten years https://freakonometrics.hypotheses.org/65032 (published in 2022)

freakonometrics, 17 days ago to random French

"Peu importe la question, peu importe la réponse, il faut qu'il y ait un moment." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTO_pp9NwZY 😳 (je crois que la dame est journaliste, ou est présentée comme telle... ça me conforte un peu dans l'idée qu'il faut vraiment se méfier quand on est sollicité par un(e) journaliste, parce qu'on n'a probablement pas les mêmes objectifs)

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freakonometrics, 17 days ago to random French

"Thumb Nation: How We Learned to Play With Our Fingers" https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/2024/04/26/thumb-nation-how-we-learned-to-play-with-our-fingers/ ht @josquindebaz "The evolution of digital ergonomics can inform us about the decisions of the design of video games in both hardware and software that lead us to the modern layout of controls. To trace this story, we need to look at the changes in the joystick and the button through the years of the electronics industry"

freakonometrics, 18 days ago to random French

"Dans bon nombre de débats publics ou d’émissions traitant d’informatique, on invite exclusivement des promoteurs ou détracteurs de telle ou telle technologie. Or, les États, et notamment la France, payent des gens dont le métier est précisément d’analyser les algorithmes et leurs limites : les (enseignantes-)chercheuses et (enseignants-)chercheurs en informatique. Peut-être faudrait-il plus les inviter et les écouter ?" https://theconversation.com/les-algorithmes-des-boites-noires-vraiment-226529 par @MonniauxD

freakonometrics, 19 days ago to random French

"Peu d'objets sont aussi intrigants pour les archéologues que les dodécaèdres gallo-romains découverts à travers l'Europe, au nombre d'environ 130 à ce jour. En effet, les spécialistes en savent si peu sur ces artefacts mystérieux à douze côtés de forme pentagonale, presque toujours percés d'un trou, que les théories sur leur fonction et/ou leur signification se multiplient à mesure que de nouveaux sont décelés." https://www.geo.fr/histoire/l-enigme-archeologique-autour-des-dodecaedres-romains-est-elle-sur-le-point-d-etre-resolue-norton-disney-rite-religion-superstition-220021

freakonometrics, 19 days ago to random French

"Millions of students in all public schools across the Philippines were ordered to stay home Monday after authorities cancelled in-person classes for two days. The main advice for everyone, everywhere has been to avoid outdoor activities and drink plenty of water, but the young and the elderly were told to be especially careful. Cambodia this year is facing the highest temperatures in 170 years" https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/southeast-asia-school-cancellations-philippines-myanmar-1.7187816

freakonometrics, 19 days ago to random French

"Finding the money" https://findingmoneyfilm.com

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freakonometrics, 20 days ago to random French

Jamie McGregor Smith (https://www.jamiemcgregorsmith.com/) Illuminates Europe’s Most Striking Brutalist Churches in ‘Sacred Modernity’ https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2024/04/jamie-mcgregor-smith-sacred-modernity/

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freakonometrics, 21 days ago to random French

"Quickly turning what had been an orderly demonstration into a violent melee, a peaceful protest Friday was reportedly interrupted by a swarm of aggressive, black-clad militants. According to bystanders, the protesters had been marching and chanting without incident when they were suddenly set upon by the hostile militants who wielded blunt weapons and concealed their faces." 🤣 https://www.theonion.com/peaceful-protest-interrupted-by-swarm-of-aggressive-bla-1819580274

freakonometrics, 22 days ago to random French

"(almost) Every North American NHL Player's Birth City" https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/1cfn8b5/almost_every_north_american_nhl_players_birth/

freakonometrics, 24 days ago to random French