Understanding vs. impact: the paradox of how to spend my time

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=9375

Understanding vs. impact: the paradox of how to spend my time

Not long ago William MacAskill, the founder of the Effective Altruist movement, visited Austin, where I got to talk with him in person for the first time. I was a fan of his book What We Owe the Fu…

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You can't make this shit up ... or maybe you can, if you're an AI. Beautifully #selfreferential !

Springer Nature book on machine learning is full of made-up citations – Retraction Watch

https://retractionwatch.com/2025/06/30/springer-nature-book-on-machine-learning-is-full-of-made-up-citations/

Springer Nature book on machine learning is full of made-up citations

Would you pay $169 for an introductory ebook on machine learning with citations that appear to be made up? If not, you might want to pass on purchasing Mastering Machine Learning: From Basics to Ad…

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"Ah, we meet again, Professor ... "

Wait, haven't I tooted this joke before?

#selfreferential #Moriarty #sorrychapsiknowitsnotfunny

Found this little gem in the town of Gairloch in Scotland. The perfect place to sit and peruse your daily toots! You could also sit and enjoy the local scenery and wildlife, if you were so inclined. All maintained by the local community at Gairloch
#scotland #toots #selfReferential
You can try as much as you want but you will never succeed, you will always make a wrong omelette. #omelette #wrong #chef #digital #dog #funny #happy #win #joke #bluff #raffle #selfreferential
Here Fr. Rufillus the illuminator goes meta too and is painting himself painting the initial 'R'. #selfreferential Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 127; Passionary of Weissenau; Premonstratensian monastery of Weissenau, Germany; 12th century; f.244r (e-codices.ch/en/list/one/...)
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Random #RustLang tip: if you need self-referential struct – take a look at Yoke (https://docs.rs/yoke/latest/yoke/).

It’s really great and comes in handy eg. if you need to do some zero-copy processing of incoming data, returning stuff referencing those data in the output. And beside a single derive-macro, it’s macro-free.

I used ouroboros and rental before that, but Yoke is just a joy to use in comparison.

#Rust #SelfReferential

yoke - Rust

This crate provides `Yoke<Y, C>`, which allows one to “yoke” (attach) a zero-copy deserialized object (say, a `Cow<'a, str>`) to the source it was deserialized from, (say, an `Rc<[u8]>`), known in this crate as a “cart”, producing a type that looks like `Yoke<Cow<'static, str>, Rc<[u8]>>` and can be moved around with impunity.

TL;DR: Very few people advocating #Māori Data Sovereignty are walking the talk. It's oh so hard and expensive to do the right thing and oh so cheap and easy to use those shiny #datafarm alternatives.

Tautoko Dr Karaitiana Taiuru For This Important but depressing research.

Noting that even he decided to post this on LinkedIn. #selfreferential

Māori Perspectives of Data Jurisdiction, Online Identity and Privacy
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/m%C4%81ori-perspectives-data-jurisdiction-online-identity-dr-karaitiana-hcpcf?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android&utm_campaign=share_via

Māori Perspectives of Data Jurisdiction, Online Identity and Privacy

This research is a follow-on from my previous article about Data Jurisdiction and why many Māori Data Sovereignty Principles are no longer relevant, in particular this article will look at jurisdiction. The findings of this research show that most Māori (individuals, whānau, hapū, marae and Iwi) wit

The illuminator of the Dover Bible paints the initial while another person prepares the colour for him. #selfreferential Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 004; The Dover Bible, Volume II.; 12th century; f.242v @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social @corpuscambridge.bsky.social