matrig

matrig, 23 hours ago to Switzerland

🇨🇭 "Switzerland has the highest concentration of Russian spies" 🕵️

https://www.watson.ch/schweiz/international/751019101-schweiz-hat-angeblich-hoechste-dichte-an-russischen-spionen-in-europa

#Schweiz #Switzerland #spy

matrig, 3 days ago to ai

Me at work: "Mmmh, the frequent use of the word 'delve' in this article and the chromatic irregularity in this image suggest they might be AI generated"

Me at home: "Now for this salad recipe, how small is a 'small rock' and how many should I add?"

#GenAI #AI #enshAIttification

matrig, 2 months ago to SEO

In the era when social media #disinformation, #SEO, and #GenerativeAI collide, trust and reputation will be the new currency.

Case in point: Wikipedia demotes CNET from its list of reliable sources for spreading inaccuracies with AI-generated articles

matrig, 2 months ago to OpenAI

Microsoft CEO about #OpenAI as the November 2023 drama was unfolding:
it doesn't matter "if OpenAI disappeared tomorrow [...] We have all the IP rights and all the capability"

matrig, 3 months ago to science

Global survey finds that people's trust in science is high, and most want researchers to get more involved in policymaking

#AcademicChatter #science #policy
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00420-1

matrig, 4 months ago to productivity

#Productivity tip that actually works:

Save hundreds of hours a year in skipped ads & banners using #firefox and an #adblocker. Not to mention the mental burden due to frequent cognitive switch.

#digital #lifehack

arstechnica, 4 months ago to random

The key to fighting pseudoscience isn’t mockery—it’s empathy

Evidence shows that shoving data in peoples’ faces doesn’t work to change minds.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/01/the-key-to-fighting-pseudoscience-isnt-mockery-its-empathy/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

matrig, 4 months ago to climate

"I am optimistic about the power of technology to change the world, and in terms of our fight against climate change it’s the strongest lever that we have by far"

Great interview with Hannah Ritchie, head of research at @ourworldindata, about her new book "Not the End of the World"
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/02/hannah-ritchie-not-the-end-of-the-world-interview

#ClimateChange #sustainability #technology #data #science

matrig, 7 months ago to random

Don't mess with the C. elegans community!
They go forward, they go backwards. But occasionally they... will get you!

matrig, 7 months ago to random

If empathy is predicated on common values and experiences based on a shared reality and information, that ship is sailing fast

https://www.axios.com/2023/10/12/mcmahon-misinformation-cbs-deep-fakes-bfd

#disinformation #misinformation #polarization #deepfakes #fakenews

matrig, 7 months ago to Switzerland

Christoph Blocher does not "believe" in climate change 🤷

#Switzerland #Schweiz #Suisse
https://www.aargauerzeitung.ch/schweiz/talk-taeglich-christoph-blocher-an-den-klimawandel-glaube-ich-nicht-ld.2451875

knutson_brain, 8 months ago to sustainability

Can't stop thinking about this engineer who invented freon, which inadvertently poked a hole in the ozone layer (then died via strangulation by his own device; #externalities; #sustainability)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Midgley_Jr.

matrig, 8 months ago to Netflix

Scientists everywhere:
worry about replication crisis, control false discovery rates, match control and treated samples, and cross-validate ROIs to avoid double dipping, selection bias and confirmation bias

Everyone else:
"Have you seen the #BlueZones series on #netflix?"

#ReplicationCrisis #statistics #science

Picard facepalm meme

matrig, 8 months ago to Switzerland

Anyone thinks the high healthcare costs in #Switzerland might have anything to do with this?

"The 38 members of the parliamentary health commissions perceive 69 mandates from various healthcare lobbies" 🤔

https://www.blick.ch/meinung/gesundheitskosten-senken-macht-eine-anti-lobby-initiative-id18926953.html

#Schweiz #Suisse #lobby #corruption

matrig, 9 months ago to Switzerland

Independence and diversity of opinions in #Swiss journalism 🤔

🇨🇭 #Switzerland #Schweiz #Suisse

matrig, 9 months ago to bluesky

Nothing says "Science should be free of gatekeeping and special interests" like trying to move #ScienceTwitter to #BlueSky, an invite-only proprietary service run by tech billionaires 🤷

#BSky #AcademicChatter #science

matrig, 9 months ago to geopolitics

“Spain capped energy prices by more than the UK, lowered the cost of public transport, taxed excess profits and put in place limits on how much landlords can raise rents” ➡️ #inflation dropped

This should be interesting if you still don't believe in what the economist Isabella Weber calls “sellers’ inflation”
(i.e. prices are up because firms are gouging customers, not because of excessive purchasing power; meaning that capping costs is an effective solution)
#economy
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/03/spain-inflation-lower-bank-england-interest-rates

matrig, 9 months ago to climate

You're telling me, there's something we can do about #ClimateChange and the looming #ClimateCrisis, and that's just the same thing that we could have done 10 or 30 years ago? 🤔
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/nov/20/90-companies-man-made-global-warming-emissions-climate-change

matrig, 9 months ago to random

The EFF will award Alexandra Elbakyan, founder of the Sci-Hub, for her efforts to provide access to scientific knowledge
https://torrentfreak.com/sci-hubs-alexandra-elbakyan-receives-eff-award-for-providing-access-to-scientific-knowledge-230728
#scihub #openscience

MostlyHarmless, 9 months ago to random

Y'all remember, before the internet, when people thought the source of stupidity was lack of access to information? Yeah. It wasn't that.

matrig, 11 months ago to random

"Elon Musk has successfully turned Twitter into a site where extremists have free rein"

"Why are liberals still on it?"

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/03/twitter-conservative-media-elon-musk-ron-desantis
#elonmusk #birdsite