Stef Jucker

@StefAJ
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I study witchcraft and wizardry aka physics. Environmental science background. Chemist at heart. Caffeinated. Owner of a UV torch🔦. Queer 🏳️‍🌈. they/them
a "root vegetable" is a vegetable with administrator privileges
@ct_bergstrom This is in maths ecosystem, but the same conclusion: detectors are cr*p, will become more cr*p, LLMs will become much more embedded (eg in Word, etc), disadvantage non-native English speakers. One suggested way out is to _embed_ LLMs into teaching rather than try to ban them. (Much like calculators.)
https://cesaregardito.substack.com/
Thoughts | Cesare G. Ardito | Substack

where i put things that are too long for a Twitter thread. Click to read Thoughts, by Cesare G. Ardito, a Substack publication. Launched 4 months ago.

LLM stands for "landlord models" because you have to pay rent to a corporation to use them
I keep thinking back to this Microlino at Fully Charged Live. Reusable water bottles became acceptable, being vegan is now cool, and so is wearing vintage clothes. So who is going to step up to the critical task of making small cars fashionable? The trend towards giant SUVs is ludicrous, incredibly wasteful and dangerous, and bad for our cities. If you must use a car, it should be as small as possible. Where are the micro-car visionaries/influencers? WE NEED YOU. #cars #SUV #climate

New figures on #cycling in🇨🇭

Basel still🥇21% of all trips

Bern🥈best progression (from 14.8 to 19.2%)

👍Lausanne more than doubled (from 1.6 to 4.4%)

↗️Winterthur, Geneva & St-Gall

⚠️Zurich: if you don't build it...

❓Lucerne: Less tourism? Online courses in a small city?

Source: Mobility and Transport Microcensus 2021
⚠️ Small changes within the margin of error
⚠️ 2021: still marked by Covid and restrictions

Found this fun question on reddit: What projectile launch angle gives the longest PATH in the air?

Here is my solution
https://youtu.be/yXlQ7Kcj70I

What is special about a projectile launch angle of 56.6 degrees?

YouTube
What forms the scum on tea, and what makes its stimulant effect differ from that of coffee? For #NationalTeaDay, this graphic has the answers 🫖 https://wp.me/s4aPLT-tea
National Tea Day: What causes the scum on tea?

Click to enlarge Ever wondered why tea's stimulant effect feels different to that of coffee? Or why sometimes, when you make a brew, thin scum forms on the tea's surface? On National Tea Day, here's a graphic to answer those questions and...

Compound Interest

It's 1987. The Metropolitan Police are waging an intimidation campaign against London's LBTQ+ community.

Wearing rubber gloves to "protect from AIDS" they raid the Royal Vauxhall Tavern

"Well well," says Lily Savage (Paul O'Grady) from the stage as the police pile into the venue. "It looks like we’ve got help with the washing up" /1

Nothing new that cars make poor use of space…

1965 poster by Transport for London.

A double decker would carry now more than 90 people.