Fun fact: the code which took Apollo 11 to the moon is available on github https://github.com/chrislgarry/Apollo-11/blob/master/Luminary099/LUNAR_LANDING_GUIDANCE_EQUATIONS.agc#L179

And if you look through it you'll see that - joyfully - it also includes original comments.

My absolute favourite thing about the Moon Code is that it includes comments like this: "TEMPORARY - I HOPE HOPE HOPE"

Apply for fully funded doctoral student position to work with me on Bayesian workflow, model selection, inference, and diagnostics!

Apply through a joint call https://fcai.fi/doctoral-program and choose me as the supervisor, and tell in the motivation letter why you want to work with me. DL Sep 9.

You can also ask me more about possible research topics and information how it is like to do doctoral studies at Aalto and in the Bayesian workflow group.

#Bayesian #phdPosition #doctoralprogram #phd

All right, folks, I've been watching #OnlyConnect for a couple of years and I love it. I'd enjoy being in a team on the show, but no-one I know is up for it. Anyone want to make up a trio of Mastodonians?

(I'd appreciate boosts for coverage. Thanks!)

I really love this description of a retracted study: not only does it explain what was retracted (turns out men don't generally divorce their sick wives), but also it covers what the error was (a coding problem treated people who left the study as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.

https://retractionwatch.com/2015/07/21/to-our-horror-widely-reported-study-suggesting-divorce-is-more-likely-when-wives-fall-ill-gets-axed/

#science #PeerReview

MIT leaders describe the experience of not renewing its #Elsevier journal contract as overwhelmingly positive.

https://sparcopen.org/our-work/big-deal-knowledge-base/unbundling-profiles/mit-libraries/