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boud

@boud@framapiaf.org

cosmologiste; en faveur de l'accès ouvert au savoir et des prises de décisions publiques structurées, libres et informées

#LogicielLibre #FreeSoftware #Debian #Mobian #cosmology #OpenScience #HumanRights (#fedi22)

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judell, to LLMs
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"When we can partner with machines that have read the docs, and can look over our shoulders as we try to do the things described in the docs, we’ll turbocharge our ability to dive into unfamiliar software tools and quickly learn how to use them."

https://thenewstack.io/how-to-learn-unfamiliar-software-tools-with-chatgpt/

boud,
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@judell @fm2279

The risk of not checking info for yourself is that you fail to discover that GeoGebra sabotaged itself in 2013 [1].

Prescott to GeoGebra, 16 Aug 2013: "Let us ... recognise that this is not a licence clarification but a licence change. ... Have all copyright holders (java programmers, artists, translators...) who contributed their work under the old licence terms agreed to the relicencing of their work?" [1]

No substantive reply from GeoGebra.

[1] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=692728

adrianhon, to random
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Apple nerds in the US, for the love of god:

Stop bleating on about how EU regulators are terrible, they don’t know anything, wont do anything, don’t represent what EU citizens want.

The world is not America. The EU is not America. They do not always want or value the same things. Maybe try talking to some Europeans?!

boud,
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@vosje62 @adrianhon

With a bit more sourcing [1], looks like North Korea partially metricated recently, Myanmar/Burma and Liberia are still metricating ... along with a tiny handful of other countries having difficulties in international cooperation.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrication

rlmcelreath, to random German

Do you like bibtex? Do you do doi? Do you want to get bibtex refs from doi on the command line? Yes you do, you wonderful monster. Try this line (adjust doi as needed, and see alt text for source too):

curl -LH "Accept: application/x-bibtex" https://doi.org/10.1002/evan.10110

boud,
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@RaphaelWimmer @rlmcelreath

Nice, but trusting the official journal has a huge flaw in terms of i.e. in particular, e.g.

curl -LH "Accept: application/x-bibtex" https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw2745

fails to give the bibtex parameters

archivePrefix = {arXiv},
eprint = {1605.03982},
primaryClass = {astro-ph.CO},

Most journals are still paranoid about tolerating universal green-open-access ArXiv identifiers and do their best to purge ArXiv IDs into non-existence.

boud,
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@RaphaelWimmer @rlmcelreath

wget -O - https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017MNRAS.465..746S/exportcitation | sed 's/^/NEWLINE/' | tr -d '\n'|grep -oE "<textarea[^>]>[^<]</textarea>" | sed -e 's/NEWLINE/\n/g' -e 's/@/\n/g' | grep -v textarea

gives a more complete bibtex entry for any astro or other article with a bibcode such as 2017MNRAS.465..746S . A few html-to-LaTeX conversions are still needed for a few escaped characters.

boud, to Astronomy
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@academicchatter

Two junior faculty positions are available at the Institute of Astronomy, NCU [1]: deadline 11 Feb 2024 [2][3].

These are teaching positions, with a fairly strict requirement to be able to teach in Polish. Teaching should start almost immediately, from 1 March 2024.

[1] https://astro.umk.pl/en

[2] https://www.umk.pl/en/jobs/?task=offer&action=one&id=4451

[3] https://www.umk.pl/en/jobs/?task=offer&action=one&id=4452

boud, to random
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:(.

https://www.camk.edu.pl/en (archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20240116120449/https://www.camk.edu.pl/en )

https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krzysztof_Belczy%C5%84ski

legoktm, to random
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in NYC has started with @fuzheado explaining how the Statue of Liberty was also crowdsourced (the stained glass just so happens to be in the other room)

boud,
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@legoktm

Hmmm.... A lot of the citations/references for Wikipedia articles are from ... journalism.

boud,
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@legoktm

There's also a Wikipedia ticking time bomb based (partly) on the misperception that numerical data is necessarily more reliable than just words - qualitative descriptions of information. This became obvious during the COVID-19 pandemic, but it's also the case for elections. No easy solutions, but here's a Wikipedia essay:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:ROGD

boud,
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@spaduf And if all goes well, we'll have smooth interfacing between mastodon and lemmy instances. Let's see if this comment appears where I expect it to appear ...

... yes, I see it both in my web interface to my mastodon instance and at the slrpnk.net lemmy instance. :)

spaduf, to academicchatter
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Do you post your full lectures online? Please consider sharing them to @opencourselectures. A community dedicated to collecting and discussing freely available full length lecture series for autodidacts and personal development!

I believe the distribution of knowledge is by far the most important function of the internet and I need your help to bring some of that functionality to the fediverse.

Please boost for visibility!

@academicchatter

boud,
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@spaduf @opencourselectures

Full course: Special relativity and steps towards general relativity:

https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Special_relativity_and_steps_towards_general_relativity

I'm willing (if someone expresses a serious interest) to do videos, though I would record them independently of the live lectures with students, to avoid having to edit out discussions with students or keep them in and handle privacy issues. There are also context-dependent explanations that are OK locally but don't make sense planetwide.

rwg, to mastodon
@rwg@aoir.social avatar

@rra and I have a new, article out: "Shifting your research from X to Mastodon? Here's what you need to know"

https://www.cell.com/action/showPdf?pii=S2666-3899%2823%2900323-9

This article is an opinion piece in which we argue that social scientists cannot simply port their work from X to or the rest of the . There are key differences in culture, expectations of privacy, and of course topology to consider.

boud,
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@rwg

s/design queues/design cues/ ? Looks like CellPress proofreaders missed that. :P

@leighms @rra

aral, to random
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To whomever has launched a denial of service attack on Codeberg, an independent source code hosting cooperative, congratulations, you win at being a most exemplary douchebag (or douchebags, as the case may be).

https://status.codeberg.eu/status/codeberg

boud,
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@aral

This appears to be related to a DDOS against :

https://web.archive.org/web/20240112094452/https://outage.sr.ht

boud,
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@smallcircles

I tend to agree with "jordemort" 's comment over there on id=38966035: "In a way, SourceHut and Codeberg getting this kind of attention is an encouraging sign that these alternative forges are starting to gain traction."

@lutzray @aral @ploum

mcp, to microsoft
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Yet another reason not to use https://proton.me/blog/outlook-is-microsofts-new-data-collection-service

boud,
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@mcp

"We and 772 third parties ..." will collect private data and even "identify users through device scanning".

"device scanning" -> look through all of the files on your computer and store anything about your private life that is sufficiently interesting

pomarede, to Cosmology
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Discovery of the Big Ring, an ultra-large cosmological structure, by Alexia Lopez @morninglopez and her co-authors, further challenges what we understand about the universe.

This finding was announced yesterday at the Winter Meeting of the American Astronomical Society.

✅ AAS 243 Press Conference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86Ps7vE6JHI&t=239s
✅ Research News by UCLan: https://www.uclan.ac.uk/news/big-ring-in-the-sky
✅ The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/jan/11/newly-discovered-cosmic-megastructure-challenges-theories-of-the-universe
✅ BBC News: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-67950749

boud,
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@morninglopez
@pomarede

The paper is here
https://arxiv.org/abs/2201.06875 - is the Big Ring paper already queued on ? or is it still in preparation?

boud,
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@ca_se_passe_la_haut It's available on the official site, which confirms that it's peer-reviewed. But it's only "free" in the money sense for reading. The licence looks like standard Berne (C), not CC BY.

MNRAS articles for 2024+ are CC BY, but 2700 EUR is mega-expensive for institutes.

Per @dasaptaerwin 's argument, authors from countries like Indonesia, Algeria are not listed at [1], although there's a vague possibility of a "generous waiver provision".

[1] https://academic.oup.com/pages/purchasing/developing-countries-initiative/participating-countries-and-regions

boud, to random
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Does someone know the URL of the petition "by 650 Israelis" supporting the South African case calling for an immediate injunction against Israel in the ?

https://www.newarab.com/news/over-650-israelis-back-south-africa-icj-case-against-israel

msteenhagen, to random
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Please, read South Africa’s 84-page application to the International Court of Justice. Even if it’s just a quick glance.

It’s is a detailed, factual account of the at least apparently genocidal violence and torture Israel commits against the civilians of Gaza.

https://www.icj-cij.org/case/192

The court must agree that it’s urgent to investigate this, and demand of Israel to cease fire in the meantime.

There’s no time to lose. Cease fire now!

boud,
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@Healthcarer

The 7 October 2023 massacre of Israeli armed forces and civilians by Palestinian armed forces is not overlooked; and it's not just "cruel wicked". The killings of the civilians clearly constitute either a or a one-day act of ; and the suspects will either become eternal fugitives or will be tried at the ICC in The Hague [1], which will decide, based on the evidence, the legal status of the crimes.

@msteenhagen

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Criminal_Court_investigation_in_Palestine

ZekuZelalem, to random
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THREAD: Whitewashing the Bayraktar TB2's bloodshed.

I'm addressing this topic, as it's relevant again and it got erased with my previous instance:

When the discussion of affirmative action in journalism is brought up, some believe that the sole objective of it is ensuring employment and growth opportunities for journalists of all backgrounds.

They couldn't be more wrong. By diversifying a newsroom, you ensure greater care for ethics & sensitivities of a broader and all encompassing audience.

Haluk Bayraktar (left) and his younger brother Selcuk Bayraktar, owners of the Turkish Baykar aviation company that manufactures armed drones.

boud,
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@ZekuZelalem
Just one nuance needed on "ensure" in the top of the thread:

"By diversifying a newsroom, you ensure greater care for ethics & sensitivities of a broader and all encompassing audience."

The LA Times ban on ~36 of its journalists from reporting on Gaza - especially those who are best qualified on the topic - shows that journal management would have to be diversified too, or there would have to be participatory rather than authoritarian decision-making.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_coverage_of_the_2023_Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war#Los_Angeles_Times_partial_ban_on_Gaza_reporting

boud, to random
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's trial for under started today in in Switzerland [1][2]. Another small step forward for international humanitarian law.

Many steps are still pending, e.g. [3][4], but the suspects could still live several decades and be charged - and possibly tried and convicted if they're captured - before it's too late.

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/08/gambia-minister-ousman-sonko-trial-crimes-against-humanity-switzerland

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ousman_Sonko

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_war_crimes

[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uyghur_genocide

glynmoody, to random
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LA Times bans 38 of its journalists from reporting on after they sign open letter critical of coverage - https://boingboing.net/2024/01/06/la-times-bans-38-of-its-journalists-from-reporting-on-gaza-after-they-sign-open-letter-critical-of-coverage.html "partiality in recent coverage has not allowed them to do their jobs."

boud,
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@richard_merren
2/2 On "reasonable people": the most "reasonable" procedure for justice for war crimes||crimes against humanity||genocide is for all states to ratify the .

Palestine is party to the [5].

Among the rogue states that have effectively declared that they have "reserved the right" for their nationals to carry out war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide are:

  • Russia
  • China
  • Eritrea
  • USA
  • Israel
    ...

@glynmoody

[5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_parties_to_the_Rome_Statute

boud,
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@richard_merren

Trying to focus on me rather than on the information is a fallacy - see [[WP:NPA]].

Responsible newspapers will not engage in or .

@glynmoody

==See also==

  • [6]
  • [7]

==References==
[6] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegations_of_genocide_in_the_2023_Israeli_attack_on_Gaza
[7] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegations_of_genocide_in_the_2023_Hamas_attack_on_Israel

{{2023 Israel–Hamas war}}
{{Portalbar|Israel|Palestine|Society|Genocide}}

boud,
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@richard_merren

Again the same fallacy: I said absolutely nothing about whether I "like Israel" or not.

Thanks for the conversation.

@glynmoody

ZekuZelalem, to random
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I don't know who needs to hear this (nobody in the fediverse thank God), but speaking up for Palestinians doesn't excuse deplorable conduct. Atrocity deniers, xenophobes and other terrible people, a Palestinian flag won't cover up your shame.

Indonesia has seen numerous mass rallies condemning Israel and calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. But the spike in pro Gaza sentiments in Indonesia, have coincided with rampant and violent anti Rohingya xenophobia in the country.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/27/indonesian-students-evict-rohingya-from-shelter-demanding-deportation

boud,
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@ZekuZelalem

Good to hear!

Finding active, relevant NGOs willing to talk to a journalist might take a lot of work, but should be doable.

Just speculating: Washington might have a chance of finding specifically anti-racism focused NGOs in relation to the semi-regular pogroms of ethnic Chinese. If the activists interested in opposing anti-Chinese racism see the wider issue of racism as a priority, then they should be willing to comment on the Aceh/Rohingya case.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discrimination_against_Chinese_Indonesians

boud,
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@ZekuZelalem
Good report [6]. Despite the "Commission" name, is an NGO [7], and long-running, since 1998.

Wow! Putin is not alone: The founder of KontraS, , had the "honour" of being given arsenic at an airport; he died on the flight [8].

"In March 2004, met with four BIN
deputies to plot the murder, ...." [9]

@VirginiaHolloway

[6] https://invidious.fdn.fr/watch?v=eJ7esfqMsvo

[7] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commission_for_Missing_Persons_and_Victims_of_Violence

[8] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munir_Said_Thalib

[9] https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/08JAKARTA1825_a.html

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