Whelks_chance

@Whelks_chance@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK needs cyber security professionals, but won't pay up⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I was thinking the same. This will attract people who are essentially independently wealthy, and so don’t actually need this income. Which adds a nice classism based barrier to entry too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Row as Starmer suggests landlords and shareholders are not ‘working people’⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I know plenty of people who work full time in real jobs, and also rent out a house. Renting a single building doesn’t give you enough to quit your job where I live.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ah yes, regression⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You asked for a line, they gave you a line, what more can be asked for?

  We used to intentionally add wrong data to our datasets so we could circle it afterwards, declare it “outlying data” and gain the extra points for spotting and documenting it.

  I’m not bitter about my formal education, honest…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨hard to argue with⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Female presenting profile pic, we don’t actually know anything about the human who typed it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Iguanadons⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It might even have been on the cover. I wonder how many glow-in-the-dark trex skeletons still exist?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Self care⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I have become comfortably numb

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Treegasmic⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Beekake

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Life imitates art?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Pretty sure that’s not how captures work. You don’t fail them, you add to the training set. You’re against the masses as to whether they considered it a traffic light when they were shown it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm radicalised by this photo⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sounds quite zen. Might be nice

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨i need an rv, and lab equipment, and a helper⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Medication

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The age of wood⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Also a good way to make sure it doesn’t have any more birthdays

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon has a question⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  My parents could keep that going for a good long time by filtering it through a few layers of kitchen paper, it got rid of a lot of the burnt stuff, came out quite clear each time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mushroom Guides⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m less interested in the total number of species, and more interested in my likelihood of holding one

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mushroom Guides⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Pretty sure those general rules are given to the SAS for when dropped behind enemy lines in a jungle setting. I think I heard it from a Ray Mears book.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meatly Receives UK Approval for Cultivated Meat in Pet Food⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I like this idea. Animals care far less about the texture of meat, which I think is one of the most common complaints about meat substitute food eaten by humans.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This product will eliminate odours in your home, but only in one plane⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The Square, the protagonist in Flatland

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Chicken vs Egg⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Is it a chicken egg if it came from a chicken, or contains a chicken?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Chicken vs Egg⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨military industrial publishing complex⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yup, been there, but the other side of it. Was hired to do research and then teaching suddenly appeared as an expectation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨military industrial publishing complex⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Sure, that would work. Or government grants available so anyone who wants to be an editor can apply for funds to get it going. Papers are rarely printed on paper nowadays, so the main costs would be paying editors, paying reviewers, and web hosting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨military industrial publishing complex⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I didn’t say it was the publisher’s paying the salaries. My point is that researcher are paid to research, and publishing results is part of that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨military industrial publishing complex⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Not to argue on behalf of publishers, but the papers aren’t written for free. It’s part of the job of being a researcher, it’s a significant KPI for which you’re hired and receive a wage.

  Reviewing for free is pretty much bullshit though. As is paying to read them afterwards, if your research institution doesn’t pay to publish in an open access journal

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm 99% sure it's not real⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah, Pareto

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lifehack for naive schoolchildren⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What are birds?