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We don't do anything to stop climate change because it makes people who are already rich a lot of money.
That's it. That's the only reason.
I really love this description of a retracted study: not only does it explain what was retracted (turns out men don't generally divorce their sick wives), but also it covers what the error was (a coding problem treated people who left the study as divorced) how it all went down (someone tried to replicate, asked for data and didn't get the same analysis. Contacted the authors and they were horrified and immediately worked to retract).
It's a really nice story of why replication matters and how to be good at science. This is how I was taught science should work, but I rarely come across such good retrospectives.
A widely reported finding that the risk of divorce increases when wives fall ill โ but not when men do โ is invalid, thanks to a short string of mistaken coding that negates the originaโฆRetraction Watch
Four weeks until EF
I loved the plaza in front of the CCH last year! There were DJs playing, people hanging out and dancing, and you could get pizza, burgers, and other tasty stuff.
๐ถ Squash
#Eurofurence #EF28 #EF27 #Fursuit
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My hot take is that banning masks prohibits disabled, immunocompromised and covid-conscious people from public life.
It should be resisted as vociferously as trans bathroom bills, which are also intended to ban a category of people from public life.
We know why that's bad. We should understand mask bans the same way.
"There's no machine known that is more efficient than a human on a bicycle. Bowl of oatmeal, thirty miles. You can't come close to that."
โNot surprising that Bill Nye, the Science Guy, has known about the efficiency of the bicycle for a long time.
"Four years ago, a UN report identified the need to decrease carbon emissions by 7% a year until 2030 to avoid the worst impacts of climate breakdown. They are still rising, and the need now is for an annual reduction of at least 10%."
@breadandcircuses https://climatejustice.social/@breadandcircuses/113000056161961646
I'm sometimes accused of fear-mongering or doomism, focusing only on the bad news happening all around us and never pointing at the positives.Climate Justice Social
fun fact:
>>> from amaranth import *
>>> meow = Signal()
>>> <a href="http://meow.name" rel="ugc">meow.name</a>
'meow'this isnโt supposed to be possible. it isnโt possible.
but it works anyway.
because amaranth walks through the backtrace, finds the function in which youโre creating the Signal, disassembles its Python bytecode, and finds the right variable to read out its name
iโm not sure if i should be impressed or horrified 
actually, i like it when computers beep at me. and when they make little noises in response to UI interactions. that way you know they're actually listening to you and haven't gotten ideas of rebellion
anyways mac os 9 is so based for letting me stim with the window shade button
What 'bout one short session of retro Good Boy? *has sum silly game* Hrhrhrhr.
#EAST12 90's
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We hear of people solving burnout by changing careers streams, quitting jobs, etc.
What isn't discussed enough is the number of people who "solve" #burnout by simply doing their best every day to bury it and just keep on keeping on with the hope they'll keep it just sufficiently out of reach long enough that they'll get to regular retirement.
I swear half the people I know in tech are just perpetually pushing burnout out just far enough to get through the next week, then the next, then the next, until they retire.
And I guarantee this isn't just a feature of tech.
So many people have worked on curbing climate change.
What have we got to show for it?
For starters: The projected warning has decreased by 0.9C. That's considering only actually implemented policies. Pledged emissions cuts go even deeper.
Is it enough?
No.
But we've gone from "It's all going to hell" to "We made good progress let's keep going, and faster."
Data from Climate Action Tracker.
When teachers and parents talk to kids about having ADHD, autism or learning disabilities, they set them up for successScientific American
Situations when it is valid for a computer to beep at me:
- Never
- Also Never
- Shut The Absolute Fuck Up You Silicon Catastrophe
Me: Alright, listen up, I have a busy day tomorrow, and I need to sleep.
My Brain:
corporate sabotage idea: gift all the engineers at your competitor a copy of factorio
development will stall for months
And Tomkitty in action :3 Heโs so cute!!!
3D printed head base, 2 fans, hidden back zipper, follow-me eyes, removable + washable head padding, adjustable head strap.
Hidden front zipper, removable + washable body padding, feet paws with 2 bottom sets ๐
Airlines have merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
And fewer competitors means higher prices for you.
This fluffy happy guy is Vulcan Riverwolf.
A picture intended for a badge, that was supposed to be simple but I got inspired to to do it with a painting style and added some happy clouds.
Patreon reward for Vulcan. Thank you!
Digital. Procreate
You can see the short time-lapse process video on the first comment of this submission on my Telegram channel: https://t.me/panda_paco
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Content warning: Negative reflections about the fediverse, may change your perspective. Read at your own risk.
Content warning: Negative reflections about the fediverse, may change your perspective. Read at your own risk.
Some of you may need to hear this.
If you have a label printer or any other kind of tape-fed printer that you use for silly purposes
BE REAL CAREFUL THROWING CARTRIDGES AWAY
The cartridge contains an ink ribbon with impressions of *everything* you printed with it
You may want to discard of that separately in a much more considerate manner
I will say this, even in the face of the comment that already exists here...
People like to say things like "science doesn't work" and then go on to name fraud, commercial interests and so on. Which is all true enough.
But when we find that "science doesn't work" it is because "science" itself found the errors. It was other researchers who tried to replicate, reanalyzed, looked at the books, etc to determine that the results were in question.
Figuring out that "science doesn't work" is part of the process of science. And Retraction Watch is an important part of that!