When the physicists need burner phones, that’s when you know America’s changed

>>At international academic conferences recently, one sees an interesting trend. Some American participants are travelling with “burner” phones or have minimalist laptops running browsers and not much else. In other words, they are equipped with the same kind of kit that security-conscious people used to bring 15 years ago when travelling to China.<<

#JohnNaughton #TheGuardian #USA #USPol #Research #Oppression #Authoritarianism
theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m…

When the physicists need burner phones, that’s when you know America’s changed

US academics, fearing persecution by their own government, are becoming ideological refugees. Europe, and Britain, must offer them sanctuary

^{John Naughton (The Guardian)}

As my findings in my #GeneticProgramming research are becoming more and more thorough, I have started to document them. The main problem in my runs is still lack of diversity.

PS: It could be nice if we could write papers in some dialect of #markdown

PS2: These writings are for myself to remember where am I and where I'm going. No academic paper yet :)

#ML #MachineLearning #WakeWordDetection

#research #artificialIntelligence

#EvolutionaryComputation #dailynote

Are you into #rustlang and looking for (remote) #work? Want to help #cancer #research? We're planning to add some major features to a CLI app that require some serious software engineering skills. Understanding of stats a big plus, genetics knowledge a bonus. Send me a DM!

(Please RT for reach)

#rustjobs #RemoteJobs #Job #jobs

👉 "The core issue is that open source contributors are not paid fairly. 60% of open-source maintainers are unpaid volunteers, and just 13% make a living as professional project maintainers, according to the 2023 State of the Open Source Maintainer Report."

Boosts appreciated 🚀

➡️ infoworld.com/article/3557846/…

#FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS #SoftwareLibre #Business #KDE #Research #Science #NLnet #softwareDevelopment

How do we fund open source?

Experts with deep experience across open-source software communities share their opinions on how to sustain this critical ecosystem.

^{Bill Doerrfeld (InfoWorld)}

ATTENTION ALL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCHERS: workshop series to integrate disability theory into your research agendas and protocols. If you study technology and disability, this workshop series is for you.

Find details and registration at tinyurl.com/DTHCISeries

#HCI #DisabilityJustice #Research

The Promise and Pitfalls of Web Accessibility Overlays for Blind and Low Vision Users

#accessibility #overlays #research

research paper (PDF)
researchgate.net/profile/Garre…

Did you know elephants are helping shape robot design?

Their trunks' precise movements have been inspiring new tech innovations for 20 years. Researchers are using the insights to create robotic limbs with precise grips that can work to pick up objects in the unpredictable real world:
theconversation.com/elephants-…
#tech #research #wildlife

Elephants use the tips of their trunks to grasp things with great precision – how this can help robotic design

New research has found that the two ‘fingers’ on the tip of an elephant’s trunk exert different forces. The finding will be used to improve the abilities of bio-inspired robots.

^{The Conversation}

Yep, a self-healing metal.

Scientists have discovered that metal-halide perovskite, a next-generation semiconductor material, can self-heal from radiation damage in space. And this could be a game-changer for space-based solar panels and future power generation.

theconversation.com/space-radi…

#Space #Research #Engineering #News

Today I discovered a new PDF reader, that I think folks doing research will like a lot.

It's called Sioyek [^1] and it's something of a software for power users. It minimal, with VIM style key bindings and hidden keyboard shortcuts. The website shows a great deal of the cool features, I will just mention a very nice addition I'm enjoying.

You can right click a reference in the document, and a small rectangle overlay will show you the linked content without moving your current view, so you do not lose track of where you started.

It's very useful to peek at an equation or a citation and keep reading afterwards.

#PDF #tools #research

[^1]: sioyek.info/

🌅 Good morning.

New #research from Consumer Reports offers a rare look into the scope of Meta's online surveillance.

It goes way beyond what most may expect—Meta can know many of the websites you visit and even what you’re doing IRL.

@jonkeegan with the details: themarkup.org/privacy/2024/01/…

Each Facebook User is Monitored by Thousands of Companies – The Markup

A new study looks at who is sending information about your online activity to Facebook

^{themarkup.org}

Are you a #sourdough baker? If so, I need your help! I'm researching sourdough baking during the COVID lockdowns for my MA and would love you to fill out my survey!

surveymonkey.co.uk/r/N9MHNF9

I'm also looking for people to tell me about their sourdough baking journey (Yes, even yours!), so if you would be interested, please DM me!

#sourdough #baking #research #COVID19

We measure how much snails eat in a given time period 🐌🥬

First, cut out lettuce discs carefully, to standardized the amount of food to start.

Second, give these lettuce discs to snails, and wait like 20-24h.

Lastly, fish up the leftover lettuce to scan and measure the area.

It’s a nice measurement for their activity 🐌🍃

#snail #research

"Study Finds There Are 4 Subtypes of Long COVID"

#LongCovid #research
Article here: prevention.com/health/a4243380…

Study here: nature.com/articles/s41591-022…

I wrote a bot that parses the current #Mastodon instances and assigns them to the respective #ASN (de.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASN).

Interesting is the concentration on a few top ASN. Here for example the 10 most frequent ASNs as Pie Chart (as of 11/25/2022).

❤️ Thanks to @TheKinrar for the nice API for receiving the current mastodon instances.

#networking #network #mastoadmin #mastoadmins #research #bot #instance

OSINT: "The Internet Is Forever"

Featuring Internet Archive / WayBack Machine

#Video #OSINT #OSINT #Research #Journalism #Writing #Article #Tutorial #WayBackMachine #InternetArchive #privacy

Watch on #Peertube:
tube.tchncs.de/w/eccM1zPQuuSQ1…

Internet Is Forever: WayBack Machine + Internet Archive (OSINT)

Internet Archive + WayBack Machine Allows You To Find Hidden Internet Content + OSINT Tips. In Today's OSINT + Privacy Demonstration Support Content + Read (Public) Tutorials / Posts: https://buymeacoffee.

^tchncs

I’m doing a project featuring little-known women of science as a part of my studies as a lab technician.
I’ll be drawing some portraits and illustrating the research and discoveries of some interesting scientists✨

Let’s start!

🧬Nettie Stevens. American geneticist who discovered chromosomes X/Y by studying Mealworms (Tenebrio molitor)

#science #womeninstem #womeninscience #molecularbiology #genetics #mastoart #portrait #research #art #ciencia