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luckytran, 7 days ago to random

It appears that some universities are banning masks of any kind at sites where they are holding their graduation ceremony. This is ableist, exclusionary, and completely unacceptable.

(Photo: Dr. Mary Donegan)

Sign at UCONN listing prohibited items which includes masks of any kind

davidbraze, 1 month ago to random

Do you really think MS takes better care of your company's data than they do of their own?

"a (Microsoft) server ... exposed passwords, keys, and credentials of Microsoft employees to the open internet, as the company faces mounting pressure to bolster its software security. "

https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/10/24126057/microsoft-azure-server-internal-passwords-exposed-cybersecurity

GottaLaff, 1 month ago to random

About to leave Sacramento for home, the longest and most utterly boring part of our trips. (I5– Grapevine) Harris Ranch does have great bathrooms though. 🤭

Our realtor timed it out so we’d be driving home during an Open House today instead of kicking us/Hammy out for 3 hours tomorrow. Pays off to have our neighbor/friend in that role.

As always, posting & replying may be spotty.

deevybee, 1 month ago to random

New! preprint coauthored with Charles Hulme: "When alternative analyses of the same data come to different conclusions: A tutorial using DeclareDesign with a worked real-world example".
We use DeclareDesign to compare 2 analyses of a RCT of Graphogame intervention that came to different conclusions
https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/vzg3e
#intervention #analysis #simulation #literacy

GottaLaff, 2 months ago to random

Oy. Just imagine who the next GOP Senate leader could be.

Via Scott MacFarlane:

Sen Josh Hawley (R-MO) just now: “Mitch #McConnell is the least popular politician in America of either party. He is a symbol of everything that's wrong with Washington”

JEkis, 2 months ago to random

When I first signed up for Mastodon, I remember hearing about something called "The Mastodon Server Covenant." I just got curious about what is included in this, so I looked it up. The first commitment is “Active moderation against racism, sexism, homophobia and transphobia." Much to my disappointment, ableism is conspicuously absent from the document. I'm thoroughly bewildered. Why is that not included?

paulhellyer, 2 months ago to random

One of my pet hates with the morning rush hour train commute is those passengers who insist on occupying two seats, usually by placing their bag on the seat next to them. I know most of us would prefer a seat to ourselves, but the social contract says we need to share limited spaces in a fair manner, and not by passive-aggressively takening more than our fair share.

#MorningCommuteThoughts

davidbraze, 2 months ago to random

and the beat goes on

#COVID

https://people.com/health/covid-19-strain-arcturus-may-cause-pink-eye/

GottaLaff, 2 months ago to random

Mary Trump on #JonStewart:

https://marytrump.substack.com/p/jon-stewarts-danger-to-democracy

b, 3 months ago to random Spanish

Poll: how many logins do you have in your password manager? I have 184 and I'm trying to think through how life got to be like this.

progenetix, 3 months ago to random

Due to some network recabling / reconfigurations at #uzh, some of our websites (progenetix.org, cancercelllines.org…) will experience “planned” outages on Monday, February 15 (2024-02-15) - and hard links to 130.60.240.68 won’t work anymore going forward.

╮(╯▽╰)╭

davidbraze, 3 months ago to random

the first rule of Teams calls (at my new job) is that we don't talk about teams calls, and especially not about how badly they suck

davidbraze, 3 months ago to random

Came across this "02FEB2024" while scanning a script output this morning and my first thought was "what is this hex value and why is it here?"

davidbraze, 3 months ago to random

https://www.nhregister.com/news/education/article/ct-legacy-admissions-college-university-yale-uconn-18614825.php?src=nhrhppromostrip

nixCraft, 3 months ago to random

Which database do you have the most experience with? 🤔

kjhealy, 3 months ago to random

A new life awaits you in the cabbage mines of K2-18B.

davidbraze, 3 months ago to random

within the last year or so @Posit has taken a big tranche of venture capital. VC wants one thing: a massive return, 10x minimum. there are two ways to get that. first is to take a company public. I don't think that's likely here. second is a buy out by a major player like Oracle, Microsoft, Amazon, or another of that ilk. I guess this is what posit's sugar daddy is likely angling for. this isn't unprecedented in the #rstats world. who else remembers Revolution R?

https://mastodon.social/@awong234/111751453549394950

Teri_Kanefield, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to random

My thinking on what must happen to save democracy has evolved.

Fact: The United States has been a backsliding democracy for some time.

Fact: We are in an information disruption.

Because democracy requires facts and an educated population, the question is whether enough people will develop the media literacy needed in this new age of information quickly enough.

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mattcowgill, 4 months ago to random

I’m kind of worried about Posit — and by extension, #Rstats

From: @zkamvar
https://hachyderm.io/@zkamvar/111699279163834211

davidbraze, 4 months ago to random

I just re-read Gaiman and Pratchett's Good Omens for the first time in about 30 years and offer two observations

1. it's quite a good Christmas story

2. The hellhound, aka Dog, is an under-rated supporting character

davidbraze, 4 months ago to connecticut

Orange, #Connecticut with some of the most exclusionary zoning in the state, doubles down

https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/orange-development-peck-lane-farm-apartment-18567795.php?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=nhregister&utm_campaign=twsocialflow