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jaybaeta

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Thoughtfulness & compassion.

I run the Scenoptica project, where we share footage, tell stories, make documentaries, and share knowledge on ecology, science, and academia (in English and Bahasa Indonesia).

Quickly: he/him, live in #Indonesia (previously Europe/Africa); enjoy #cinema, #reading, #music, #art, and #games; played #hockey; play #drums; interested in #ecology; love #ferns but other #plants are cool too; #creativecommons member; use #linux & #kde; have a dozen rescue #cats.

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jaybaeta, to random
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Moving sucks and we're still in the process of doing it, but moving sucks. 😆

jaybaeta, to movies
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I had the privilege yesterday of handling various snakes, including a ground boa (shown below) and slug-eating snake. This was after several spitting species from around Indonesia, which were being sunbathed (and were very unhappy about it).

I should have the footage up soon, but am still deciding if I should go back and get more before publishing.

Close-up of a spitting cobra, facing slightly to the right of the camera.
Screenshot of a spitting cobra in the process of spraying venom at a shoe. It's a close-up and we see the back of the hood.

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A reminder that I grew up with a phobia of snakes, and would be frightened by random photos of them. I still crept backwards like a coward when the cobras approached me (even though I trusted the handler to protect me), but from being unable to see a picture of even the most harmless snakes to handling them is proof that anyone can concur their fears!

My approach — get face-to-face with cobras and vipers — is a bit extreme, I admit, but you can do it! 😊

jaybaeta,
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@dandelion Precisely. 😅 My first experience with a snake was in southern Africa, when I was five years old, and lifting some paper bags in the garden. The sudden sight of a slender body scampering away gave me a fright that persisted in my nightmares for decades! 😂 I'm so fortunate now that I've met people who have helped me reduce my fear... in Indonesia, it's especially helpful.

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Finished filming part six of our of Yogyakarta's rivers. I wrote about it in (a bit of) detail here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/filming-part-six-101024208?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

TLDR: finally found a snake, and some big fish. Also dead animals and a lot of garbage.

Shot of a river with a rocky bank. The water is green. There are hanging aerial roots on the right of the frame and on the bottom left, a camera and microphone.
Shot of a river with a water snake shown slithering past.
Yellow-green river water with a dark-coloured fish coming to the surface for air.

jaybaeta,
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Incidentally, doing this while fasting was some Herculean nonsense. Especially in some areas that were not terribly safe and required extra wits.

jaybaeta, to random
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Filmed the second of the three rivers we visited during the dry season, completing the fifth of six parts for this exploratory documentary on the of . Saw fish and insects, but no larger wildlife.

See more: https://www.patreon.com/posts/filming-part-of-100704189?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

A closeup of shallow water over a rock. In the center-left is a small fish.

jaybaeta, to random
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Spending my by cleaning my keyboard to pass the time until iftar. It hasn't been this shiny in several years. 😆

jaybaeta, (edited ) to random
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Earlier today, another . Smelled like old onions, and later on, I travelled past a literal waterfall of garbage. So, no, it was not the most fun of experiences. 😂

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The films "The Wind Rises" and "Howl's Moving Castle" lost the Oscar to "Wallace and Gromit" and "Frozen", and well, "Ponyo" wasn't even nominated. I find it hard to believe that Miyazaki has only won 2 Oscars instead of 6?. Although it is also true that this surely has no importance for him, since these are data that define the quality of the Oscars more than that of Miyazaki's films 😒

jaybaeta,
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@harriorrihar Takahata should have multiple too, although Grave of the Fireflies and Pom Poko are too old. Princess Kaguya lost to Big Hero 6.

jaybaeta, to random
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Some good/bad news.

Good: I finished filming another part of our exploration of the life in 's rivers.

Bad: one of the cards got corrupted, so I might lose some of the footage. Still working on recovery and we'll see how that goes (I have no idea what I'm doing :blobpeek:).

POV of two feet stand on the edge of a cement wall; below is a flowing river.
A man stands on a rock inside a small, shallow river. The river has tall walls, full of moss and vegetation.
Screenshot of the program ddrescue, showing progress on SD card data recovery.

jaybaeta,
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Success! Full credit to the mysteries of the universe, because I had to move my laptop and when I plugged the SD card in again, it worked again. I have no idea what changed but I'll take it.

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Still can't watch Dune 2 because CGV is continuing to dedicate six screens to Exhuma, a Korean film starring Choi Min-sik, because Indonesians really love their horror. :blobcatcoffee:

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Incidentally, if anyone is interested in publishing a paper that analyses a literary work, especially one from a marginalised voice, please consider Poetika.

They desperately need authors from outside Indonesia, which is always a struggle for small journals here. If you want a fee waiver, you can probably even name-drop me to get it. 😊

https://jurnal.ugm.ac.id/poetika/index

@academicchatter

jaybaeta, to random
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I always enjoying visiting UGM's Faculty of Cultural Sciences. The atmosphere is laid back, everyone is friendly, and it has lovely views of the rest of UGM.

rakyat, to magASEAN
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How many spoonfuls of chili flakes do you add to dry chili pan mee?

jaybaeta,
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@rakyat Not that many! 😂

jaybaeta, to random
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Something I randomly learned today is that when the Dutch re-invaded Indonesia in 1948, the CIA's report mostly focused on the economic impact in the west and erosion of the UN's standing. Then ONI came in with their red pen and said to make it all about communism. And I do mean all about communism.

Just imagine the officer typing furiously about Indonesian extremists as a cigarette slowly burned on the tip of his lips.

https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP78-01617A003500100003-9.pdf

jaybaeta, to random
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Happy .

jaybaeta, to random
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ScholarOne's manuscript status texts are giving me nauseating anxiety. From Under Review to rejection in journal, and then Awaiting Reviewer Assignment back to With Editor in this one. 🥴

I realise this is just the cost of doing business, but the past month has been extremely profitable for the gremlins of my mental health.

jaybaeta, to random
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If there's one nice thing about getting older, it's being able to go back to things you didn't like and finding your perspectives have changed.

I remember annoying Dave Timnick a decade ago when I responded poorly to his evaluation of (his band) Intronaut's latest album. Now, I don't love it, but some songs are thought-provoking in ways that make me realise I was too dismissive and shallow-minded back then.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nx6Hkebx7U8

jaybaeta, to random
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I swear. 😂

jonny, (edited ) to random
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One thing that sucks about being so broken and a vector of domination rather that cooperation is that, in the best case, they can be skillshares as much as anything else. In some code reviews I have given and received, I have taught and learned how to do things that I or the other person wished they knew how to do, but didnt.

That literally cant happen in the traditional model of review, where reviews are strict, terse, and noninteractive. Traditional review also happens way too late, when all the projected work is done. Collaborative, open, early review literally inverts the dreaded "damn reviewers want us to do infinity more experiments" dynamic. Instead, wouldnt it be lovely if during or even before you do an experiment, having a designated person to be like "hey have you thought about doing it this way? If not i can show you how"

The adversarial system forces you into a position where you have to defend your approach as The Correct One and any change in your Genius Tier experimental design must be only to validate the basic findings of the original design. Reviewers cannot be considered as collaborators, and thus have little incentive to review with any other spirit than "gatekeeper of science."

If instead we adopted some lessons from open source and thought of some parts of reviews as "pull requests" - where fixing a bug is somewhat the responsibility of the person who thinks it should be done differently, but then they also get credit for that work in the same way that the original authors do, we could
a) share techniques and knowledge between labs in a more systematic way,
b) have better outcomes from moving beyond the sole genius model of science,
c) avoid a ton of experimental waste from either unnecessary extra experiments or improperly done original experiments,
d) build a system of reviewing that actually rewards reviewers for being collegial and cooperative

edit: to be super clear here i know i am not saying anything new, just reflecting on it as i am doing an open review

jaybaeta, (edited )
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@jonny I'm just spitballing based on two hours of sleep, but I think one way designated reviewer doesn't work is that it relies on the scientist's network, and many (especially introverts and non-westerners) have limited networks. I like there being, like, a roving expert in x procedure who just advises people on it, though. A lot of methodological mistakes are made by students, which are only caught after submission by a competent reviewer.

jaybaeta,
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@jonny Also, I conjured a git-based journal a couple years ago that was based on the idea of authors and reviewers submitting pull requests, making it a 100% transparent journal. Didn't go past experimentation, partly because git is annoying and a friend pointed out a Wiki journal would be easier. (I think you've written something similar, but am too tired to recall right now). But conceptually, an open github pages (or equivalent) site where every step is publicly recorded is quite elegant.

jaybaeta,
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@jonny @joss @pyOpenSci It would be fantastic to see in ecology, honestly, now that you're mentioning it.

I feel terrible for students (it's always students with inattentive professors) who go to all the effort of conducting grueling field work, and then are blindsided by someone telling them they used the wrong method. And they just don't see the problem until someone who knows sees it.

richard, to conservative
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Reforestation programs could threaten vast area of tropical grasslands

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1034016

"A study published in the journal Science reveals that an area the size of France is under threat by forest restoration initiatives due to inappropriate restoration in the form of tree-planting."

"They warn that planting trees in these grassy areas [..] could be a risk to wildlife such as rhinos and wildebeest, as well as people who depend on these ."

jaybaeta,
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@richard The paper's title says it, but people need to stop confusing the meaning of restoration. These ecosystems are grassland; planting trees means altering them.

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