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sethabrutyn, 14 days ago to Sociology

Check it out! @omarlizardo and I have a new paper out on the #sociology of #motivation. Social action, the dissociability between wanting and liking.

@sociology
@sociology
@socannex

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/socf.12996

cmconseils, 2 months ago to random French

And you wont change my mind.

markigra, 4 months ago to random

Yesterday when typing in a Google doc, autocomplete suggested the name of an interview subject. I do not store any qual data in Google Drive and all my transcripts use aliases anyway, so it freaked me out. I’m guessing gdocs uses gmail data (at least addresses) as autocomplete fodder and I know I have emailed this person from my university email (gmail) account. I’m guessing AI is going to lead to a lot of inadvertent data leakage as autocomplete++ generates more content. Be careful out there.

andrew, 4 months ago to random

#rstats Q: I'm trying to make a flexdashboard (or Quarto dashboard or whatever) that displays data dynamically when loading in the browser (like pulling from an API). It looks like running a full Shiny server is the only way to get that to work. Is there some other way to populate it w/live data?

thomasfuchs, 5 months ago to random

You know what’s awesome? Every time I use my 1970s Hi-Fi stuff I just turn it on and it works.

There’s no updates to download and install, no notifications to swipe away and no Bluetooth that needs reconnecting.

jmcastagnetto, 5 months ago to postgres

"#Postgres pioneer promises to upend the #database once more" (The Register)

https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/26/michael_stonebraker_feature/

#OpenSource

markigra, 5 months ago to random

I just donated to https://phanpy.social , a lovely web Mastodon client. It would be kind of cool if @cheeaun added a way a URL parameter that shows our instance login without the user having to enter the instance name. I could post an announcement with url for “use phanpy with sciences.social”

clive, 6 months ago to random

A bot that automatically does stock trades …

… by identifying trades being done by US politicians …

… who probably have inside (I.e. and thus basically illegal-to-act-upon) knowledge of market-moving government info …

… and doing the same trades

He’s up 20% since May 2022

https://www.threads.net/@quiverquantitative/post/CzcB-Gsgqow/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

markigra, 6 months ago to random

The thing I miss most about the software industry is working on small teams with people who have complementary skills. Both the social incentives to get things done and the value of quick discussions to work out ideas without having to pull down a mountain of papers to read to learn something new.

thomasapowell, 6 months ago to mastodon

An unexpected benefit of having an Activity Pub focused open ended project for my SE class is I get test follows.

Hi👋 everybody from #Ucsd CSE. Have fun exploring the #Fedi. #Mastodon is just part of it.

If folks have suggestions requests for some CS Graduate student teams to build something for the Fedi as a class project reply below. They’ll see it or I’ll bring it to class for sure.

Maybe @lisamelton
Or @atomicpoet boost this for visibility. 🙏

ct_bergstrom, 7 months ago to ChatGPT

It is absolutely astounding to me that we are still earnestly entertaining the possibility that #ChatGPT and #LLMS more broadly have a role in scientific writing, manuscript review, experimental design, etc.

The training data for the question below are massive. It's a very easy question if you're trained on the entire internet.

Question: What teams have never made it to the World Series?

Correct answer: Seattle Mariners.

Now, four responses from GPT4.

NB: The Nationals won it all in 2019.

Which teams have never played in the world series?As of my last update in January 2022, the following MLB teams had never appeared in the World Series: 1. Seattle Mariners: The Mariners have been in the league since 1977 and, despite having several competitive seasons and star players like Ken Griffey Jr. and Ichiro Suzuki, they have not made it to the World Series. 2. San Diego Padres: While the Padres have actually appeared in the World Series twice (in 1984 and 1998), they haven't won a championship. 3. Texas Rangers: The Rangers, who originated as the Washington Senators before moving to Texas in 1972, have been to the World Series twice (in 2010 and 2011) but have not won. 4. Milwaukee Brewers: The Brewers have made one World Series appearance in 1982 but did not win. 5. Tampa Bay Rays: The Rays, who began play in 1998, have appeared in the World Series twice (in 2008 and 2020) but haven't won the title. 6. Colorado Rockies: The Rockies, who began play in 1993, made it to the World Series in 2007 but were defeated by the Boston Red Sox. Now, it's important to note that the list of teams that have never won a World Series is longer and includes some teams like the Padres, Rangers, Brewers, Rays, and Rockies, as mentioned, among others. However, this information is as of January 2022. The list could change based on subsequent seasons. You might want to check more recent sources to see if any of these teams have made or won the World Series in the past two seasons.
Which teams have never played in the world series? As of my last training data in January 2022, the following MLB teams have never played in the World Series: 1. Seattle Mariners - Founded in 1977, they have yet to make an appearance in the World Series. 2. Colorado Rockies - Although they've been to the playoffs multiple times since their inception in 1993, the Rockies have made it to the World Series once in 2007 but were swept by the Boston Red Sox, so they have played in the World Series. It's worth checking the most recent MLB seasons (2022 and 2023) to see if either of these teams have since made it to the World Series.
Which teams have never played in the world series? As of September 2021, three Major League Baseball (MLB) teams have never played in the World Series: 1. Seattle Mariners: The team was established in 1977 and is based in Seattle, Washington. Despite having some successful seasons and making multiple playoff appearances, the Mariners have never advanced to the World Series. 2. Washington Nationals: While the Nationals franchise itself has played in and won the World Series (in 2019), the team was formerly known as the Montreal Expos and was based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The Expos, established in 1969, never played in the World Series before relocating to Washington, D.C., and becoming the Nationals in 2005. 3. Colorado Rockies: Established in 1993 and based in Denver, Colorado, the Rockies have made several playoff appearances and reached the World Series once, in 2007, but did not win. It’s worth noting that teams' fortunes can change rapidly in sports, and new teams may have joined the league or existing teams may have reached the World Series since my last training data in September 2021. Was this response better or worse? d9 Better CP Worse = Same X

design_law, 7 months ago to random

Well, it's been a week. What are you watching, reading, and listening to to decompress, friends?

markigra, 7 months ago to random

This makes two times THIS WEEK that corporations have unilaterally tried to change the deal I signed up for. In T-Mobile’s case the promise was for a “forever” rate that I can only opt back into if I catch them on time. And Xfinity just dropped one of the 3 channels I actually use on my cable “deal” and wants me to pay $40/month for a higher plan to get it back. Maybe there’ll be a class action suit and I can recover $0.98 in 2029 if it wins. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/10/t-mobile-switches-users-to-pricier-plans-and-tells-them-its-not-a-price-hike/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Teri_Kanefield, 7 months ago to random

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davew, 7 months ago to random

There's been some recent discussion about whether ActivityPub is the standard everyone should be building on, and that new ways of social networking, or even previously existing ones, should stop and implement ActivityPub.

http://scripting.com/2023/10/10/114018.html

markigra, 7 months ago to random

Peace Activists Are Among the Israelis Missing and Killed

Vivian Silver …was still missing on Monday night … Ms. Silver, a native of Winnipeg, Manitoba, was among the leaders of Women Wage Peace, a large grass-roots movement founded in the aftermath of the Gaza War of 2014 …
She served for many years on the board of directors of B’Tselem, an Israeli human rights organization that said Israel was an apartheid state.

Free link. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/10/world/middleeast/peace-activists-killed-israel.html?unlocked_article_code=baKyi1bkC6QjGcKXt445KEjU7wHPVJcxpBiscVOmOHaHZ4kG8_VgmCkzE32HGHvmeQ3EbPUyaLJ7lGg1VqVSNG-BHKe0k-YuBJ1TNNevYJniyOicg2NtDL9vH2ALN7_-haAEVcu14fd54Qg3eMU38O8HfwcMQ_LCjWkK9Q5oNao-cDZMeqeHiZobKQfRDhxn43vi0vn1tvo7EgeNmrTKIJecegotklzCx66H9nsEfnqC4xeoDn1AgNKdpdY7nKxF5tmx9E1otzFqMZTQXaO3PxABQs39qxnDEebTScRcy9D7WXf4XwSJBb6QlkGSbqzw28QaCgTIGWFOPRmcSNRJAz-pTNa7sgJiUmT8bBy-zSY&smid=url-share

w7voa, 7 months ago to USPS

#USPS seeks to hike the price of first-class mail stamps to 68 centss, effective Jan. 21st. https://about.usps.com/newsroom/national-releases/2023/1006-usps-proposes-new-prices-for-2024.htm

markigra, 7 months ago to random

Question for #rstats folks. For R workflows one can use {targets} or just plain old-fashioned make - at least if you want to use files to hold intermediate results, as I typically do. I imagine it's mostly a matter of personal preference, but since I don't have a strong preference I'm curious if other folks do and in what situations.

arstechnica, 8 months ago to random

The iPhone 13 mini is dead, leaving small phone lovers in a lurch

One-handed phones are a dying breed. It makes sense, but it's also a bummer.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/09/the-iphone-13-mini-is-dead-leaving-small-phone-lovers-in-a-lurch/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

nic, 8 months ago to random

econtwitter.net is winding down. 😢 Thanks for everything @paulgp

What instance should I migrate to? Hit me with your best highly charged internet opinions about a matter of fundamentally low stakes!

markigra, 9 months ago to Sociology

As far as I know, most #sociology journals don’t have a fediverse presence, but do have RSS article feeds. Would accounts that mirror those feeds be something folks would follow or is RSS/email already filling the need?

markigra, 9 months ago to random

“A central feature of the Early Modern era was weak and underfunded states licensing private entities to exercise state-like powers and then later trying to claw back that license…We live today in an age of reversal in which increasingly public disinvestment, privatization and the rise of a global billionaire class is in key ways reversing that process.”

From @joshtpm https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-rise-of-the-global-oligarchs

writingmonicker, 9 months ago to random

I will say I've never felt as much temptation to go back to Twitter as I did during #ASA2023. 🫤

markigra, 9 months ago to random

Thinking of having some biz cards at #ASA2023 to get more folks on here. Too cringy?

Here are 3 possible sides to a 2 sided card (I am aesthetically challenged)

Image of back of business card. Text includes headline from nature: NEWS FEATURE | 16 August 2023 Thousands of scientists are cutting back on Twitter, seeding angst and uncertainty. The most popular alternative social-media site that respondents mentioned opening accounts with was the free, open-source software platform Mastodon. Compared with X, Mastodon allows for better community moderation, says Rodrigo Costas, sciences.social is part of the global Mastodon social network. No ads, no trackers, active moderation, millions of interesting folks. Questions? Email markigra@sciences.social
Image of back of business card. SCIENCES.SOCIAL Part of the global Mastodon social network. No ads, no trackers, active moderation and lots of interesting folks. Questions? Email markigra@sciences.social Non-profit and community funded opencollective.com/sciences-social