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Shared by Nik (Nicholas) John on 2025-01-21 at 14:57 (original by Wolfie Rankin)

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Written by Nik (Nicholas) John on 2025-01-18 at 09:27

Submissions are now open for

[#]AoIR2025, taking place at the Universidade Federal Fluminense (Fluminense Federal University) in Niterói, Brazil, from October 15th to 18th 2025.

Submissions are due by 1st March 2025.

https://aoir.org/aoir2025/aoir2025subtypes/

Two new BIG innovations for us:

1. Bilingual - some papers/panels will be in Portuguese or Spanish, with simultaneous translation

2. Tiered registration fees to make AoIR affordable for those from Global South countries

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Written by Nik (Nicholas) John on 2025-01-17 at 12:46

Perhaps this is the push I need to try Twin Peaks again. I tried once and got 3 episodes in.

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Written by Nik (Nicholas) John on 2025-01-14 at 08:29

AI is stoopid, case #7,409

I wondered whether ChatGPT 4o could do cryptic crossword clues.

I learnt that it absolutely cannot do anagrams.

From our recent chat:

"Re-arranging "BROTHERHOOD" gives HOVERBOARD, a form of transport."

"Take BROTHERHOOD (11 letters) and remove one O (possibly implied by "over").

Anagramming the remaining letters and incorporating a "W" (for women's), we get BOARDWAGON."

And then, finally:

"After careful rethinking, the anagram of BROTHERHOOD + W gives HORSE-DRAWN.

🤦🏼🤷🏼

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Written by Nik (Nicholas) John on 2025-01-13 at 13:35

I’ve finished watching season one of Severance (for the third time) ahead of season two starting very soon. What are people’s fave writings about the show?

[#]severance

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Written by Nik (Nicholas) John on 2024-12-22 at 14:42

I gave them ten minutes then shut down my Zoom. It's not like I'm not still sitting by my computer, but, you know.

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Written by Nik (Nicholas) John on 2024-12-22 at 14:37

How long does one wait for a student to arrive (late) at a Zoom meeting they themselves chose the time for?

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Written by Nik (Nicholas) John on 2024-12-14 at 09:38

21st century idiocy on proud display yesterday in my neighbourhood: When I went out to the shops, I saw a man in a parked car trying to stop its alarm from going off. By the time I was walking back from the shops, the car was surrounded by people, including medics and firemen. It turned out that this electric car had shut itself down, preventing its driver from getting out of the car. He was able to make his escape when a fireman smashed a window with an axe. 🫤

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Shared by Nik (Nicholas) John on 2024-12-10 at 11:05 (original by Jeff Jarvis)

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Written by Nik (Nicholas) John on 2024-12-10 at 08:16

איפה הכי טוב לעקוב אחרי העדות? #משפטנתניהו

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Shared by Nik (Nicholas) John on 2024-11-30 at 10:54 (original by Robert W. Gehl)

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Shared by Nik (Nicholas) John on 2024-11-28 at 12:53 (original by Dr. Casey Fiesler)

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Written by Nik (Nicholas) John on 2024-11-25 at 18:37

i'm checking in here half way through the american work day and it's like oh god what have i missed now

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Shared by Nik (Nicholas) John on 2024-11-24 at 20:35 (original by Miguel Afonso Caetano)

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Written by Nik (Nicholas) John on 2024-11-24 at 15:40

I am recommending this book to fellow academics, but it is also - and this is very much the authors' intention - a book that I would (actually, will) buy my brother for Chanukah.

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Written by Nik (Nicholas) John on 2024-11-24 at 15:38

It makes an argument that feels familiar but really is novel and fascinating. It doesn't shy away from the horrifying futures that might be awaiting us, but suggests how we might avert the worst ones in a way that isn't pithy (this coming from an Englishman). It is packed full of examples. And while the text is fairly clean from academic jargon, if you're an academic you know exactly where the authors are placing themselves.

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Written by Nik (Nicholas) John on 2024-11-24 at 15:35

I write this with some embarrassment, because I have read this book rather slowly, only at times when I knew I could sit and concentrate on it - and god knows (as does @aram) that these have been few and far between for the last year or so, but: I just finished reading The Secret Life of Data by @aram and @jesse) and let me tell you that it is quite brilliant. Somehow it talks to me as an academic and as an interested layman at the same time.

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Written by Nik (Nicholas) John on 2024-11-23 at 07:44

Waking up after two or three quite stressful dreams is worse than waking up without having had stressful dreams.

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Shared by Nik (Nicholas) John on 2024-11-23 at 07:43 (original by Rida Abu Rass)

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Written by Nik (Nicholas) John on 2024-11-22 at 19:46

I'm rather pleased with myself for solving this!

IYKYK

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